[Resolved] E-mailing form input

[gr3gg0r]

how would i go about getting the input of a form e-mailed to me? And how would i format it so it is readable? Thanks!

[TheDefender]

First, try searching these forums, because this topic is very basic and has been asked many many times in the past...
Secondly, look in the manual at the [man]mail[/man] function. In it, there are examples of how to format and send the email.

As far as how to get your form variables in there, you would just grab them out of the superglobal GET or POST array depending on which you use (I recommend using POST for your method.

[gr3gg0r]

ok, thanks for the reply. I've looked up the mail() function, and it is pretty much what i am looking for. However, i don't know where to have that function run.

In my case, i have a form on one page that takes 3 values. On submit, a calculation is done and returned to the user. Do i need the mail function on the same page as the form(calc.html), or on the page where the calculation is done(calculate.php)?

[TheDefender]

On the called page (calculate.php).

In addition to the calculation on that page, you could call the mail function to send those variables to you.

[gr3gg0r]

$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'Price Calculator Data';
$message = "Percent= " . $percent . "\nPaypal= " . $pp . "\nSellerPaid= " . $SellerPaid;

mail($to, $subjuect, $message);

would this code work? I've tested it out, but i haven't received the e-mail

[TheDefender]

You may try including the to information in the header and passing that to the mail function instead of explicitly defining the $to variable... Your mail server maybe rejecting the email since the $to variable may not have passed properly, and since you didn't define a from, you'd have no way of getting that bounce back...

$headers  =  "MIME-Version: 1.0\\r\\n" . 
            "Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1255\\r\\n" .
            "To: <[e-mail]>\\r\\n" .
            "From: <[e-mail]>\\r\\n";
$subject = 'Price Calculator Data'; 
$message = "Percent= " . $percent . "\nPaypal= " . $pp . "\nSellerPaid= " . $SellerPaid; 

mail(null, $subject, $message, $headers);

[gr3gg0r]

excellent, that worked. However, when i receive the e-mail, it says it is from an unknown sender, how would i be able to change that?? Thanks!

[gr3gg0r]

perhaps there is a way to collect the ip and use that as the sender name?

[TheDefender]

$headers  =  "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .  

"Content-type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1255\r\n" . 
"To: Your Name Here <[e-mail]>\r\n" . 
"Reply-To: Your Name Here <[e-mail]>\r\n" . 
"From: Your Name Here <[e-mail]>\r\n"; 
$subject = 'Price Calculator Data';  

$message = "Percent= " . $percent . "\nPaypal= " . $pp . "\nSellerPaid= " . $SellerPaid;  

mail(null, $subject, $message, $headers);

[secureirc]

This is what we use in ours to get the ip of the client:

Submitted from $user_ip\r\n

[gr3gg0r]

I'm not sure how to use $user_ip\r\n. I tried just putting it in the message of the e-mail, but it doesn't return a value that way. Does it need to be on the page with the form?

[TheDefender]

You have to define the $user_ip address first from the $_SERVER global array.

$user_ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

But, this isn't why you got the unknown user in the email. See my updated code above to address that.

[gr3gg0r]

thanks guys! Everything is worked out and going great! This forum really is great. Thanks again!