can't get all form inputs to show up in mail

neobyte

It's probably best to just show the simple code first:
<?
mail( "dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form8", $POST['theirname'], $POST['theiremail'], $_POST['theirmessage'] );
header( "Location: http://www.rjscollects.com/thankyou.html" );
?>

<form method="post" action="info.php">
<font face="Arial" size="2" color="#CCCC00">Your name?</font>
<input type="text" name="theirname" size="35"><br>
<font face="Arial" size="2" color="#CCCC00">Your E-mail or Phone number?</font>
<input type="text" name="theiremail" size="22"><br>
<textarea name="theirmessage" rows=6 cols=35></textarea>
<hr>
<input type="submit" value="Send to RJS">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</td></tr>
</form>

I have a second computer that I'm using to test my html/php script. When I fill out the three inputs on the form (name, email, & message) and hit submit, the mail is sent and my thank you page shows up no problem.
On the other end, when I open the email (for the form I just submitted) in Outlook Express, the From: is the default user name of the sender, not the value of "theirname" - instead, what was entered in the "theirname" field shows up in the message area on the email.
The fields "theiremail" and "theirmessage" are out floating in cyberspace somewhere.
I've looked at the manual and a number of examples, but I can't make hide nor hair of the thing.
This form only has three entries...and I've got another form to do with lots of entries! If I can't even get three to show up, I have no clue on getting 15-20 fields to send properly.
(This was sooooo much easier to do when I just used a html 'mailto:'. But No. My boss wants a "thank you" page. Argh!)
Thanks for any help...Lord knows I need it!

Tekron-X

Hey Bro I looked at you code for about 10 - 15 min and I can't see anything wrong with it. I will look at it more but I don't see anything wrong with it. I am starting to think that it is sonething with your configuration.

netizen

<?php
$header = "From: ".$_POST['theirname']." <". $_POST['theiremail'].">";

mail("dave@rjscollects.com", "Feedback Form8",$_POST['theirname'],$header);

You need to remember the format:

mail($to,$subject,$message,$additional_headers);

[man]mail[/man]

neobyte

Yeah! I'm no PHP guru, but from what I can tell, the code seems okay. I'm thinking configuration too; my that's as "easy" as the coding. It seems like only a pinhead could screw this stuff up. (Oops...that opens the possibility of me being a pinhead...ummm...okay, that's possible.)
I keep searching the FAQs and forums and can't find diddlysquat! The manual on this one is as useful as tits on a bull.
Thanks, Tek...it's nice to know someone wants to help.

zalath

You need to set the header, not just give it a value.

Look at netizen's example. Try it.

neobyte

Thanks, Netizen...
Okay, I understand now that the argument to mail has a specific order (format) in which it reads data. Now I guess my goal is to get more info on the additional headers entry(ies).
What I need to find out is whether each "piece" of data that I want to be sent will need its own header or if I can group them together. e.g.-
$header = "From: ".$POST['theirname']." <". $POST['theiremail'].">";
$header2 = "Address: ".$POST['theiraddress'].";
$header3 = "State: ".$POST['theirstate'].";
...
?>

Thanks...I think I'm off in the right direction now. (well...maybe...I've been struggling for days with this.)

neobyte

Well, I entered netizen's code as written, but still whatever I enter in theirname field is what displays in the message area of my Outlook Express.
However, I do note that $message is the third element in the mail() 'format': mail($to,$subject,$message,$additional_headers);
so I'm assuming that since "theirname" is the first field in my html form <input type="text" name="theirname">, it will "fall into" the third "slot" which is $message.

zalath mentioned that one must "set" a header...I've seen nothing, while researching this issue, that said anything about that. It seems to be what is necessary here.
Can someone guide me to the part in the manual or somesuch refence so I can see how to do this?

netizen

Neo,

Read the manual section below:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

What zalath said about setting headers is like I set the FROM header.

$headers .= "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: webmaster@$SERVER_NAME\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());

$to = "recipient";
$subject = "subject";
$message = "Some kind of Message Here";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

Now according to the link I included the mail function may behave differently on a windows platform. I don't work on a windows platform, so I've never looked into it.

You could write your own wrapper with fput(). 🙂