form2mail-don't recieve message part

neobyte

I've been struggling with this for two days--I finally tried to just cut and paste the following, but I still have the same problem: I get the mail with To, From, and Subject, but the Message area is always blank. (All I see is a blinking cursor in the area where the message should be.
All I can figure is that it's a configuration problem--but I follwed the instructions on setting up php.ini, etc., very carefully.
I'm running Apache 1.3.x on an NT4 machine with phpn 4.3.2. I've gone over all the FAQs and Forums, and it seems that I must be the only chump with this problem!
Here's the simple code I'm currently using:
<html>
<head><title>feedback</title></head>
<body>
<FORM method=post action="sendmail.php">
Email: <INPUT name="email" type="text"><br>
Message:<br>
<TEXTAREA name="message">
</textarea><br>
<input type=submit>
</FORM>
</body>
</html>
*********here's the php*************
<?
mail( "dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form Results",
$message, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html" );
?>

By the way, the thankyou.html page displays just fine. I just can't get the darn message...which is pretty much the point of all this!

Tekron-X

Is register_globals on or off

neobyte

register_globals = Off

Tekron-X

then in your php code you must do this

<? 
mail( "dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form Results", 
$_POST['message'], "From: $_POST['email']" ); 
header( "Location: [url]http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html[/url]" ); 
?>

Note I used the super global $POST becaouse all versions of PHP do not automaticaly prosess form variables. Instead it puts them in the appropriate array i.e $GET, $_POST ect....

That is why I called the variables like an array i.e
$_POST['message']

Tekron-X

OH but if register globals in on you don't have to do that but it is more secure to keep it off.

neobyte

I printed your reply and will get right at it...sure wish I had gotten a hold of you last Thursday!!! I've been going nuts...mainly because it all looked so simple...I thought, "What can I possibly be doing Wrong?!"
Guess I'd better take a closer look at the manual--especially on these...doh!...is $_POST called a global_array? Don't answer that! I'll look it up. Thanks very much, Tek.
dave in San Diego🆒

Tekron-X

LOL Np neobyte. PHP does seem very simple but it can get very complicated easily.

neobyte

I don't know if you'll see this Tek...maybe I should start a new thread....anyway. I changed code but then got:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in c:\apache\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 2
I copied the code I've currently got in htdocs (I gone over it carefully & it is identical to what you suggested-as far as I can tell).

<?
mail( "dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form Results", $POST['message'], "From: $POST['email']" );
header( "Location: <a href="http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html" target="_blank">http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html</a>" );
?>

I guess php doesn't like me. Know any ways I could bribe it?

Tekron-X

Sorry about that an error on my part lol I see it now copy this code directly

<? 
mail( "dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form Results", $_POST['message'], "From: ".$_POST['email']); 
header( "Location: <a href="http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html" target="_blank">[url]http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html[/url]</a>" ); 
?>

try that ummm if that dosn't work let me know and I will try to fix it again but that should work I believe. If not I already think I know the cahnge to make.