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**art.katri** · 03-17-2009, 08:55 PM

I've done as much through Google as I can for now, so I need help. I've done html and some javascript, but this is my first time using php. I have tried two different versions adapted to my form, but can't get either of them to work. Thanks!!

-Ashley

HTML Code:

  <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="mailer.php" enctype="text/plain">
            
          <p><label class="formelement">Name</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="Name" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
             </p>
            
          <p><label class="formelement">Company</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="Company" type="text" maxlength="50" size="40"/>
          </p>
            
          <p>
            <label class="formelement">City</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="City" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
             </p>
            
          <p>
               <label class="formelement">State</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="State" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
          </p>
            
          <p><label class="formelement">Phone</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="Phone" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
             </p>

          <p><label class="formelement">Email</label>
            <input class="textbox" name="Email" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
             </p>

          <p><label class="formelement">Comments</label>
            <textarea name="Comments" cols="30" rows="10" wrap="virtual"></textarea>
          </p>
          
          <p>
            <label class="formelement">Where did you hear about us?</label>
            <select name="Source" id="info1">
                <option class="dropdown" value="" selected="selected">Select</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="tradeshow">Tradeshow</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="ad">Ad</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="internet">Internet</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="referral">Referral</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="in store">In Store</option>
                <option class="dropdown" value="other">Other</option>
              </select>
          </p>
            
          <p><br />
            <label class="formelement">&nbsp;</label>
              <input type="submit" value="Send" name="submit"/>
              &nbsp;&nbsp;
              <input type="reset" value="Reset" name="reset"/>
          </p>
</form>

PHP Version 1

PHP Code:


			
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) 
    {
    $to="art.vessel@gmail.com";
    $subject="Online Inquiry";
    $business_field=$_POST['business'];
    $name_field=$_POST['name'];
    $city_field=$_POST['city'];
    $state_field=$_POST['state'];
    $phone_field=$_POST['phone'];
    $email_field=$_POST['email'];
    $comments=$_POST['comments'];
    
    $source=$_POST['source'];
    
    $body="From: $name_field\n At: $business_field\n City: $city_field\n State: $state_field\n Phone: $phone_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Comments:\n $comments Source: $source\n";
    
    echo "Form has been submitted to $to!";
    mail($to, $subject, $body);
    } 
    
    else 
    {
    echo "Error! No data sent!";
    }
?>

PHP Version 2

PHP Code:


			
<?php
$to = $_REQUEST['sendto'] ;
$from = $_REQUEST['Email'] ;
$name = $_REQUEST['Name'] ;
$headers = "From: $from";
$subject = "Web Contact Data";

$fields = array();
$fields{"Name"} = "Name";
$fields{"Company"} = "Company";
$fields{"City"} = "City";
$fields{"State"} = "State";
$fields{"Phone"} = "Phone";
$fields{"Email"} = "Email";
$fields{"Comments"} = "Comments";
$fields{"Source"} = "Source";

$body = "We have received the following information:\n\n"; foreach($fields as $a => $b){ $body .= sprintf("%20s: %s\n",$b,$_REQUEST[$a]); }

$headers2 = "From: art.vessel@gmail.com";
$subject2 = "Thank you for contacting us";
$autoreply = "Thank you for your interest in Vessel Drinkware. Somebody will get back to you as soon as possible.";

if($email == '') {print "Oops! You forgot to fill in your email! Please go back and fill in the field.";}
else {
if($name == '') {print "Oops! You forgot to fill in your name! Please go back and fill in the field.";}
else {
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
$send2 = mail($from, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send)
{header( "Location: http://www.vesseldrinkware.com/thankyou.html" );}
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail, please notify art.vessel@gmail.com"; }
}
}
?>

**lizciz** · 03-18-2009, 01:06 AM

Your first version uses small letters where there should be capital ones, in the form field's names (name => Names, city => City etc.) and also you changed the form name Company into business.

You second version checks if $email equals '', but the variable $email is never set (you use $from) so the check will always fail.

**kani alavi** · 03-18-2009, 04:15 AM

even though i am not very familiar with dynamics of php, i have never seen associative arrays declared and initialise the way you did it. what i know is that the curly brackets should be square brackets. and whenever i want to use an associative array i declared and initialised it at the same time.like below

PHP Code:


			
$fields=array("Name"=>"Name","Company"=>"Company","City"=>"City");

the above array initialisation continuous like that up to the number of elements you want.

**art.katri** · 09:28 PM

Thanks for your help, I tried editing those, but they still wouldn't work. I've done more reading online and understand a little bit more. I found a new form that seems simpler, and I'm actually getting it to send an email with no errors, though now I can't get it to send the content of the fields.

I know the array and the line to send the message are screwed up, but I can't figure it out. I don't exactly understand the first line starting with $MsgBody...

PHP Code:


			
<?php
$SendFrom="Form Feedback <art.vessel@gmail.com>";
$SendTo="art.vessel@gmail.com";
$SubjectLine="Feedback Submission";
$ThanksURL="thankyou.html";
$Field = array("Name"=>Name,"Company"=>Company,"City"=>City,"State"=>State,"Phone"=>Phone,"Email"=>Email,"Comments"=>Comments,"Source"=>Source);
$MsgBody = "We have received the following information:\n\n"; foreach($Field as $a=>$b){ $MsgBody .= sprintf("%20s: %s\n",$b,$_REQUEST[$a]);}
$MsgBody=htmlspecialchars($MsgBody, ENT_NOQUOTES);
mail($SendTo, $SubjectLine, $MsgBody, "From: $SendFrom");
header("Location: $ThanksURL");
?>

HTML Code:

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="form.php" enctype="text/plain">

<p><label class="formelement">Name</label>
<input class="textbox" name="Name" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p><label class="formelement">Company</label>
<input class="textbox" name="Company" type="text" maxlength="50" size="40"/>
</p>

<p>
<label class="formelement">City</label>
<input class="textbox" name="City" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p>
<label class="formelement">State</label>
<input class="textbox" name="State" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p><label class="formelement">Phone</label>
<input class="textbox" name="Phone" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p><label class="formelement">Email</label>
<input class="textbox" name="Email" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p><label class="formelement">Subject</label>
<input class="textbox" name="Subject" type="text" maxlength="40" size="40"/>
</p>

<p><label class="formelement">Message</label>
<textarea name="Message" cols="30" rows="10" wrap="virtual"></textarea>
</p>

<p>
<label class="formelement">Where did you hear about us?</label>
<select name="Source" id="info1">
<option class="dropdown" value="" selected="selected">Select</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="tradeshow">Tradeshow</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="ad">Ad</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="internet">Internet</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="referral">Referral</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="in store">In Store</option>
<option class="dropdown" value="other">Other</option>
</select>
</p>

<p><br />
<label class="formelement">&nbsp;</label>
<input type="submit" value="send" name="submit"/>
&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type="reset" value="reset" name="reset"/>
</p>
</form>