Simple Script Simple Problem

amites

just now picking up PHP, and having a problem with a form script,
the idea is to have the response in an easy to read and easy to archive format, however it keeps popping up

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE, expecting ']' in /home/virtual/site9/fst/var/ www/ html/can/2003/ join/test.php on line 178

which is

$recipient = 'userid@flcan.org';

can anyone tell me what Im doing wrong??

removed for space

stolzyboy

seems like a doable script, but this one is easier

<?
if (isset($send))
{
$to  = "first last <first@last.com>" . ", " ;

$subject = "mail Form";

$message = "
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
all your html and $variables can go here

</body>
</html>
";

$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

$headers .= "From: whomever<me@you.com>\r\n";
$headers .= "Cc: [email]him@her.com[/email]\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
<br><br><center><font size=3><b>Thank You, You're information has been submitted</b></font></center>
<?
}
else
{
?>
spit out input form
<?
}
?>

vallette

You need to concatanate your strings:
echo ' <td>' $_POST[phone] '</td>\n';
won't work.

You need to put in periods to join the srings to your variables:
echo ' <td>'.$_POST[phone].'</td>\n';

You can also do:
echo " <td>$_POST[phone]</td>\n";
as long as you use double quotes to deliniate strings you can include variables but remember to escape \" any double quotes within the string:
echo "<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\">\n";

There's also an issue with using single quotes within single quotes:
echo '<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='10'>\n';
is going to bomb.
Try:
echo "<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='10'>\n";

There's other ways to print large chunks of text too. Weave the PHP code into your HTML code:

or use the print <<END...END capability.

Hope this helps,
Dave

stolzyboy

yes vallette is correct, however the way i showed will save your pinkies, since you don't have to concatenate anything you just use your html and php within the quotes, you don't necessarily need to jump on to php, actually that was a mistake on my part so disregard that

amites

edit

ok, played arounf with it a little and figured out that the error line PHP was giving me had nothing to do with what was wrong yey

below is what came out, and is working

edit

<?php

$msg = " <END
<html><body>
<table width= \"100%\" border= \"0\" cellspacing= \"0\" cellpadding= \"10\">
  <tr><td>Full Name:</td>
    <td> $_POST[name] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Email:</td>
    <td> $_POST[email] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Phone Number:</td>
    <td> $_POST[phone] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Street Address:</td>
   <td> $_POST[address1] <br> $_POST[address2] </td></tr>  <tr><td>County:</td>
    <td> $_POST[county] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Registered to Vote:</td>
    <td> $_POST[voter] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Time Available:</td>
    <td> $_POST[available] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Other Affiliations:</td>
    <td> $_POST[affiliations] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Areas of Interests:</td>
    <td><table>  <tr><td>Hemp for industry</td>
          <td> $_POST[hemp] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Cannabis Freedom </td>
          <td> $_POST[freedom] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Medical Marijuana</td>
          <td> $_POST[medical] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Environmental Reform </td>
          <td> $_POST[environment] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Prison/ Jail Reform </td>
          <td> $_POST[prison] </td></tr>  <tr><td> Regional Activities </td>
          <td> $_POST[regional] </td></tr>  <tr><td>State Wide Activities</td>
          <td> $_POST[statewide] </td></tr>  <tr><td>What CAN you do?</td>
          <td> $_POST[interests] </td></tr>
      </table></td></tr>  <tr><td>Actions of Interest:</td>
    <td>
      <table>  <tr><td>Protests and Demonstrations</td>
          <td> $_POST[protests] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Newspaper Clippings </td>
          <td> $_POST[newspaper] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Legal Support </td>
          <td> $_POST[legal] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Host Education Workshops</td>
          <td> $_POST[workshop] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Lobbying</td>
          <td> $_POST[lobbying] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Mailers/ Phone Soliciting </td>
          <td> $_POST[mail] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Signature Gathering</td>
          <td> $_POST[signatures] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Educational Booths/Vending </td>
          <td> $_POST[tabling] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Event Promotions</td>
          <td> $_POST[promotion] </td></tr>  <tr><td>What CAN you do?</td>
          <td> $_POST[actions] </td></tr>
      </table></td></tr>  <tr><td>Skills:</td>
    <td>
<table>  <tr><td> Office Data Entry</td>
          <td> $_POST[data] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Computer / Technical</td>
          <td> $_POST[technical] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Legal</td>
          <td> $_POST[legalskill] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Medical</td>
          <td> $_POST[medicalskill] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Auto Repair</td>
          <td> $_POST[auto] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Vending</td>
          <td> $_POST[vending] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Music</td>
          <td> $_POST[music] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Writing</td>
          <td> $_POST[writing] </td></tr>  <tr><td>Event Organizing</td>
          <td> $_POST[organizing] </td></tr>  <tr><td>What CAN you do?</td>
          <td> $_POST[skills] </td></tr>
      </table></td></tr>  <tr><td>Personal Thoughts:</td>
    <td> $_POST[thoughts] </td></tr>
</table>
</body></html>
END;
";

$recipient = "userid@flcan.org";
$subject = "flcan.org new membership";

$mailheaders = "From: $_POST[email] <> \n";
$mailheaders .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";

mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);

echo "<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Form Sent!</TITLE></HEAD><BODY>";
echo "<H1 align=center>Thank You, ' $_POST[sender_name] </H1>";
echo "<P align=center>Your feedback has been sent.</P>";
echo "</BODY></HTML>";

?>

vallette

I lead you astray. The print version I mentioned '<<<END...END' won't work to set a variable it just to print text to a page or file. Just use $msg="your code"; with escaped double quotes.

You also need to fix

Pull out the '<? echo $POST[name] ?>' and just use $POST[name]. This is probably whats causing the error.

FYI: when you use '<<<END...END' you don't need to escape quotes.