Newbie need Help!

[atomant]

Hi!

I am realy starting with php. I have allready look at the docs on the php.net so I am asking here for help.

I want to make possible for people to subscribe to a mailing list thru the net. So I have made a HTML form and a PHP script to call. So I can send mail but the problem is that "From" is blank. Instead I get the from email in the body of the email what I don't want. Here is my php code:

<?PHP
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "$POST[subject]";
$from = "$POST[email]";

mail($to, $subject, $from);

?>

What I ma missing here ?😕

[jpmoriarty]

the third parameter in mail() isnt "from", it's all the additional headers. therefore it should be:

mail($to, $subject, "From: $from");

and other ones you can use include "Reply-To:" and some others (like i think "CC:" and "BCC:", that sort of thing)

[atomant]

Thanx, now this works fine. Now I have another problem. When I send the message I get back a message from a Ecartis (mailing list deamon) with a error that can not find file...If you use normal email client it works fine but with this "webform" it doesn't.
Any idea ?

[mo0ness]

Since ur only now starting PHP, I dont want 2 confuse u with IF statements etc, but here sum info..

When u wish to display an output result when an action is made, u shud use the IF statement (see php.net for more).

U shud do this:

<?php

if (mail($to, $subject, "From: $from"))
{
print "emailed ok";
}
else
{
print "error: couldnt send email";
}
?>

Also, there is also a body of your message missing (Format: $to, $subject, $body, "From: $from")), dont know if its required for a valid submission, but the the variable in that place I stated sends the email with text.

[atomant]

well, the email is sent ok, because I get back response from the mailing list deamon (I have also tried it out before to send to the normal email address and works ok). I don't need a body but anyway I'll try with what you have suggested me.