parsing form data

[elskan]

Hi

I am having trouble getting my head round the forms process in PHP.

I want to be able to send all if the information on the form

<FORM action=mail.php
method=post>
<TABLE>
<TBODY>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD height="40" class="bodytext">Forename</TD>
<TD height="40">
<SELECT name=Title>
<OPTION
selected>Mr.
<OPTION>Mrs.
<OPTION>Miss
<OPTION>Ms.
<OPTION>Other</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<INPUT
name=Forename size="20">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Surname</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name=Surname>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Company Name</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name="company">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Department</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name=Department>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Address</TD>
<TD>
<textarea name=Address rows=4 wrap=physical cols=30></textarea>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Post Code</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=15 name="Post Code">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Telephone</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name=Telephone>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Facsimile</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name=Facsimile>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Email</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT size=35 name=Email>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=middle>
<TD colSpan=2 class="bodytext" height="25"><b>Areas of Interest:</b></TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Mircofilm Services</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Mircofilm Services">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Scanning Services</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Scanning Services">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Digitising Services</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Digitising Services">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Equipment &amp; Consumables</TD>
<TD>
<input type=checkbox value=Yes
name="Equipment and Consumables">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Document Storage</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Document Storage">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Brochure to be sent?</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Send a Brochure?">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Sales to call?</TD>
<TD>
<INPUT type=checkbox value=Yes name="Sales to call?">
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD class="bodytext">Comments or Questions</TD>
<TD>
<TEXTAREA name="com" wrap=VIRTUAL cols=30 rows=5></TEXTAREA>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign=top>
<TD colSpan=2 class="bodytext">
<CENTER>
<INPUT type=submit value="Send Form">
<INPUT type=reset value="Clear Form">
</CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
</TBODY>
</TABLE>
</FORM>

To mail.php

How do I syntax the php to recieve all of the form data

So far I have :

<?php

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Web site form feedback";
$msg= $Title, $Forname, $etc etc etc

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

?>
your mail has been sent

I know this is wrong can anybody help.

Thanks in advance

Elskan
😕

[trexx]

if you have a form-element like

<input type="text" name="mytext">

you obtain the value in PHP with

$_POST['mytext']

(if the method of your form was set to "post")

you really shouldn't use special chars and spaces to name the input elements. replace "Send a Brochure?" with "sendABrochure" i.e.

[shamly]

When the user clicks the "Send" Button, the page is submitted and the data in the page will be available as POST data to mail.php.

so if you want to access the data available you can use the $_POST method to retrieve each variable.

eg. you have named the email text box "Email". So if you want to get the value the user entered in that text box, all you have to write in mail.php is

$_POST['Email']

This will return the data, the user entered in the text box named "Email".

Hope this Helps .🙂

[elskan]

Thnks for help.

like this?

<?php

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Optical Record Systems Web site form feedback";
$POST['Email']
$POST['s_name']
$_POST['f_name']

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

?>

[trexx]

not exactly... you have to put all the variables into the body. you could do this automated of course (loop through the $_POST array with "foreach" i.e.) but i would recommend to do it manually, because you have more freedom in formatting the mail-body.

it should look like:

$body = "Forename: {$_POST['f_name']}\n".
              "Name: {$_POST['s_name']}\n".
              "etc...\n";
mail( $to, $subject, $body );

[elskan]

works a treat, many thanks