mail() html/php problems

[jakus1]

I am using a form to collect iformation from clients and sending to a PHP file that checks the input to make sure it is usable. At the end of that file after it has been determined that everything is okay i want to send a copy of that information to my email box in table form. For some reason i can't get get my message to recognize my variables or arrays. Here is the code that i got off one of these post sites and have modified to fit my application:

/ recipients /
$to = "[e-mail]";

/ subject /
$subject = "Please run this!";

/ message /

$message = "<TABLE WIDTH='50%' BORDER='3' CELLSPACING='3' CELLPADDING='3'>";
$message .="<TR><TD ALIGN='RIGHT'>$FIRSTNAME</TD></TR>\n";
$message .="</TABLE>";

/ To send HTML mail, you can set the Content-type header. /
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

/ additional headers /
$headers .= "From:CMA FORM <[e-mail]>\n";

/ and now mail it /
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

And this will send an email to my box with everything working except the body. The form is there but contains no information, and the "print_r($_post)" command works fine if don't put it into the message body.

[drew010]

if FIRSTNAME is a fieldname of one of your form elements and you have register_globals off, you need to change the line
$message .="<TR><TD ALIGN='RIGHT'>$FIRSTNAME</TD></TR>\n";
to
$message .="<TR><TD ALIGN='RIGHT'>{$_POST['FIRSTNAME']}</TD></TR>\n";

[jakus1]

Thanks that did it!!!

[drew010]

great...
just for extra information to you. php defaults to register_globals off now so you will need to use $POST with all your form submitted variables, $GET with all vars from the query string and $COOKIE for all cookies etc. this is for extra security and just compatibility so if you write a script assuming reg globals is on and then pass it to a friend, you wont have to change 200 variables from $varname to $POST['varname'].
good luck and come back if you have more probs.

[jakus1]

OK One more question i would like to have a loop great the table, but the foreach isn't being recognised for some reason:

/ recipients /
$to = "[e-mail]";

/ subject /
$subject = "Please run this CMA";

/ message /
#$loopy = foreach ($_POST as $FIELD => $VALUE);

$message = "<TABLE WIDTH='50%' BORDER='3' CELLSPACING='3' CELLPADDING='3'>\n";
$message .="<TR><TD COLSPAN='3'><H3>HOME INFORMATION</H3></TD></TR>\n";
$message .="FOREACH ($POST AS $FIELD => $VALUE)\n";
$message .='{';
$message .="<TR><TD ALIGN='RIGHT'>{$label_array['$field']}</TD><TD>{$VALUE}</TR>\n";
$message .= "}";
$message .="</TABLE>";
/PRINT_R($POST)/

/ To send HTML mail, you can set the Content-type header. /
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

/ additional headers /
$headers .= "From:CMA FORM <[e-mail]>\n";

/ and now mail it /
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

What am i doing wrong?