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blahstuff86

Hey I'm looking for someone to create a script that could do this

I want to have a form on my website and a pull down menu. And in that pull down menu names of people.

Is it possible for when someone writes a message in the form and selects a persons name that it could send that message to a HTML file or any other easy to print file....according to who they selected in the pull down menu?

So if you think you could do this please reply to this thread or PM me.

--andrew

laserlight

This is some code that you can work with as a base.
I would recommend using say, a mysql database rather than the simplistic textfile database (messages.txt) given here.

<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
	$recepient = trim($_POST['recepient']);
	$message = trim($_POST['message']);
	if (strlen($_POST['recepient']) > 0) {
		if (strlen($_POST['message']) > 0) {
			$file = fopen('messages.txt', 'a');
			$str = 'Recepient: ' . $recepient . "\n";
			$str .= 'Message: ' . $message . "\n\n";
			if (fwrite($file, $str)) {
				$msg = 'Your message has been saved';
			} else {
				$msg = 'Error: message not saved!';
			}
			fclose($file);
		} else {
			$msg = 'Please enter your message';
		}
	} else {
		$msg = 'Please select the recepient';
	}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Message Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($msg)) {
	echo '<p>' . $msg . '</p>' . "\n";
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" />
Recepient:
<select name="recepient">
<option value="">Choose One</option>
<option value="user1">user1</option>
<option value="user2">user2</option>
<option value="user3">user3</option>
</select><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60"><?php
if (isset($_POST['message'])) {
	echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);
}
?></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

blahstuff86

thanks.
so if it writes to messages.txt for every recipient will it just write there? Can it be changed to every recipient would get a txt file?

--andrew

Mordecai

This would be a very easy script to do. If you are working from a dynamic drop-down list (it changes), then you will either need a database or a file containing the information that is needed to be in it.
If it's static, then just put it in an HTML file and set the form's action to the PHP script.

The PHP script needs to read the data from the form and then output a page based on this information. Assuming this information is also dynamic, it will have to read either a file or a database. You can search the database for information about the person by using their name.
SELECT * FROM people WHERE name=$namefromform
If you are using a file instead, you'll have to just include the file:
include($namefromform.".txt"); // this opens information from a .txt file, but it can be anything

If you are getting information from the form via POST, you'll need to use $POST["namefromform"] or, if you're using GET, $GET["namefromform"], where "namefromform" is the name of the field in the form.

Hope this helps. By the way, it's against the rules to offer jobs on here, I believe. There are many sites you can look at for job offerings. Check out PHP.net's link site.

laserlight

well, of course it can, you just need to figure out a way.

maybe create a textfile with the name of each user?

up to you.

blahstuff86

I'm trying to get the multiple text thing to work this is what I got

I put the file $file to see if it would pick up but it doesnt seem to write to the text files said in the pull down menu.

See this is for a camp so parents can email their children and they can post via form and the messages will go to the specific Cabins so the pull down menu will be for cabins....

Could you tell me what Im doing wrong with the file thing?

<?php
if (isset($POST['submit'])) {
$recepient = trim($POST['recepient']);
$message = trim($POST['message']);
if (strlen($POST['recepient']) > 0) {
if (strlen($POST['message']) > 0) {
$file = fopen('$file', 'a');
$str = 'recepient: ' . $recepient . "\n";
$str .= 'Message: ' . $message . "\n\n";
if (fwrite($file, $str)) {
$msg = 'Your message has been saved';
} else {
$msg = 'Error: message not saved!';
}
fclose($file);
} else {
$msg = 'Please enter your message';
}
} else {
$msg = 'Please select the recepient';
}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Message Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($msg)) {
echo '<p>' . $msg . '</p>' . "\n";
}
?>
<form action="<?php echo $SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" />
Cabin:
<select name="file">
<option value="">Choose One</option>
<option value="messages1.txt">user1</option>
<option value="messages.txt">user2</option>
<option value="user3">user3</option>
</select><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="60"><?php
if (isset($POST['message'])) {
echo nl2br(htmlspecialchars($POST['message']));
}
?></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />