[Resolved] Form Processing

pfl_patriots

Is it possible to both email the values entered in fields and post them to another target ? I have a form that signs up a customer for a newsletter (collecting some information in the process), I would like to both email the entered values to me and pass it on to the page that actually processes the information (on a seperate server.

Should I have the form post to a php file on my server for the emailing portion and then somehow re-post it to the other server? If so, can you give me an example?

Thanks in advance, this forum has been a tremendous help to me.

ucbones

absolutely...

say your form is...

<form method="post" action="process.php">
<textarea name="nameofinput"></textarea>
</form>

then process.php would look like this...

mail("joecool@example.com", "Mail Subject", $_POST["nameofinput"]);
...rest of your form process bit

There's no need to do the different bits of processing on different pages, just add the above line to the beginning of your process page.

Hope that helps,

ucbones

pfl_patriots

That would definately work if I could both email and process the form in one file. Unfortunately, I need to email the results, then pass the information on to the processing file which is located on another server. So I guess what i am looking for is a way to re-post the form somehow in code without needing to hit a submit button. I'd love to do all of the processing internally (in fact I do for all of my other forms), but this particular form is to sign up for an enews letter that is provided by another company so they need to information from the form passed to them as if it was directly posted to them.

Would it be possible to somehow use the header() command to redirect after sending the email? Will this send the _POST information on to the next stop?

zeb

Try this... Have your form POST the info to a page on your site that looks something like this:

$formValue1 = $_POST['formvalue1'];
$formValue2 = $_POST['formvalue2'];
$formValue3 = $_POST['formvalue3'];

$message = "value1: $formValue1\nvalue2: $formValue2\nvalue3: $formValue3";

mail("Your_Email_Address", "Subject", "$message");

$page = "<html>
    <head>
        <stuff>
        </stuff>
        <script type='text/javascript'><!--
        function submitForm()
            {document.forms['formName'].submit();
            }
        // --></script>
    </head>

<body onLoad='submitForm();' bgcolor='#ffffff'>
    <form action='pageOnOtherServer.php' method='POST' name='formName' target='_blank'>
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue1' value='$formValue1'>
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue2' value='$formValue2'>
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue3' value='$formValue3'>
    </form>
    <moreBodyStuff>
    </moreBodyStuff>
</body>
</html>';

echo $page;

This page could contain anything you want, but if it contained a form with hidden fields, that you could have PHP set the values of the fields, and have JavaScript submit the form onLoad. If you specify a new window as the target of the form, then whatever happens on the other server will happen in the new window, and your page can keep loading...

Does that help?

Mordecai

You'll have to use either sockets or cURL to repost the information.

ucbones

actually I'd have thought Zeb's idea should work... although there is one mistake I spotted...

$page = "<html> 
    <head> 
        <stuff> 
        </stuff> 
        <script type='text/javascript'><!-- 
        function submitForm() 
            {document.forms['formName'].submit(); 
            } 
        // --></script> 
    </head> 

<body onLoad='submitForm();' bgcolor='#ffffff'> 
    <form action='pageOnOtherServer.php' method='POST' name='formName' target='_blank'> 
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue1' value='$formValue1'> 
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue2' value='$formValue2'> 
        <input type='hidden' name='formValue3' value='$formValue3'> 
    </form> 
    <moreBodyStuff> 
    </moreBodyStuff> 
</body> 
</html>";

(literally just one change, the inverted comma at the end to double quote...)

Hope that helps,

ucbones

pfl_patriots

Yes, that works very well. Thank you VERY much Zeb ! You're my Hero of the Day!

😃

zeb

Originally posted by ucbones
actually I'd have thought Zeb's idea should work... although there is one mistake I spotted...

...

(literally just one change, the inverted comma at the end to double quote...)

😃 Thanks! I guess it was still early... Wait, it was almost noon! Oh... uh, I mean, I've been up for hours. 😉

pfl_patriots

Now for the fun part... Trying to squeeze it all into a nuke-php module......