[Resolved] forms.. textareas.. hhmmm..

[Ravenous]

I've got a contact form up and running, somewhat. The user input their info, and then the message in a text area named message. When they submit, it mails the data to me. However, despite the fact that the user has input text in the textarea, I get nothing in the email.

Here's the PHP:

...
if($HTTP_POST_VARS['message'] = "") {
							echo "Error: no message";
							}
						else { 
								$message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];
								if(isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['mailinglist'])) {

								$db_link = mysql_connect("localhost", "root")
											or die("Could not connect : " . mysql_error());
								mysql_select_db("mailinglist") or die("Could not select database");
								$query = "INSERT INTO info VALUES ('NULL','".$HTTP_POST_VARS['senderEmail']."','".$HTTP_POST_VARS['senderName']."')";
								$result = mysql_query($query, $db_link) or die("Query failed : " . mysql_error());

								$message .= "\r\nI checked the boxed on the form indicating that I do not object to receiving your newsletter.";
								}
						}

					$headers  = "From: {$from}\r\n";
					$headers .= "Reply-To: {$from}\r\n";
					$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

					mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
					}
...

Anyone know what's up? Apparently I am doing something wrong.

Oh yeah.. Even if there is nothing in the textarea, the code doesn't echo "Error: no message"; as it should.

Anyone?

[stolzyboy]

you aren't checking for equality on your if, you need two ='s like

if($HTTP_POST_VARS['message'] == "")

that should get you further into your troubleshooting

[Ravenous]

DOH!! You'd think a CS student would notice something like that! Thanks..