Email Form Code!!

phpn00b111

Hi - I'm still having problems with this and hope someone can help. I have an simple HTML form that has 4 fields:

FromName:
FromEmail:
DropDown:
Message:

The "DropDown" field is a drop down menu for different departments with different email addresses for each. Depending on which department the user selects, the form will send the email message to that person.

How can I code this? Here's what I'm using right now and I'm not sure how to incorporate it:

<?php

if ($_POST['submit'] == TRUE) {

$receiverMail = "your@mail.com";
$name		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromName']));
$email		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromEmail']));
$subject	= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Email from Our Website']));
$msgfor	       = stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['DropDown']));
$msg		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Message']));
$ip			= $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$msgformat	= "From: $name ($ip)\nEmail: $email\nMessage For: $msgfor\n\nMessage: $msg";

if(empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($msg)) {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>Please fill all the required fields</p>";
}
elseif(!ereg("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)) {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>The email address is invalid</p>";
}
elseif(mail($receiverMail, $msgformat, "From: $name <$email>")) {
	echo "<h2>The email has been sent!</h2><p>I will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>"; }
else {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>Please try again... If the problem continues there's probably something wrong with the server.</p>";
}

}
else { ?>
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Also, for one of those Departments in the drop down menu, there are multiple individuals that need to be CC'd. How can I include that in the code as well?

I would also like to redirect to a success page if it goes through.

thanks so much for any help!!

anakadote

phpn00b111 wrote:
$receiverMail = "your@mail.com";

The list (drop down) value should be received through your form as well.

$receiverMail = $_POST['toaddress'];

phpn00b111

anakadote wrote:
The list (drop down) value should be received through your form as well.

$receiverMail = $_POST['toaddress'];

Hi -

I don't want to place the email address in the form, either in the values or hidden fields. I'd prefer to have it all server side so the addresses can be hidden from the public.

anakadote

ok. in your list use something like this:

<html>
<option value="email1">Department1</option>
<html>

and then when you submit the form have the script replace the values:

<?php
if($POST['toaddress'] == 'email1'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'email2'){
$mailto =
?>
so on and so forth.

then mail($mailto, subject, etc...

phpn00b111

anakadote wrote:
ok. in your list use something like this:

<html>
<option value="email1">Department1</option>
<html>

and then when you submit the form have the script replace the values:

<?php
if($POST['toaddress'] == 'email1'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'email2'){
$mailto =
?>
so on and so forth.

then mail($mailto, subject, etc...

Wow...thanks for the help!!! So for the one option in the drop down that has multiple email addresses, do I just add a comma after each email? Like:

<?php
if($POST['toaddress'] == 'email1'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com, two@domain.com, three@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'email2'){
$mailto =
?>

So would this snippet look like it would work (don't have access to the server right now):

<?php

$redirectURL = "thanks.html";

if ($POST['submit'] == TRUE) {
if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option1'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com, two@domain.com, three@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option2'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option3'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option4'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option5'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option6'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'option7'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
} else if ($_POST['toaddress'] == 'option8'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';

$name		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromName']));
$email		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromEmail']));
$subject	= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Email from Our Website']));
$msg		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Message']));
$ip			= $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$msgformat	= "From: $name ($ip)\nEmail: $email\nMessage For: $toaddress\n\nMessage: $msg";

if(empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($msg)) {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>Please fill all the required fields</p>";
}
elseif(!ereg("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)) {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>The email address is invalid</p>";
}
elseif(mail($mailto, $subject, $msgformat, "From: $name <$email>")) {
	echo "<h2>The email has been sent!</h2><p>I will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>"; }
else {
	echo "<h2>The email was not sent</h2><p>Please try again... If the problem continues there's probably something wrong with the server.</p>";
}

}
else {

if (!mail($mailto, $subject, $msgformat, "From: $name <$email>")) { echo "Error sending e-mail!";}
else { header("Location: ".$redirectURL); }

?>
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I also added the redirectURL in there but don't know if I used it properly.

thanks again!!

anakadote

yep that looks good. just don't forget to close out your last else if. ( } )

phpn00b111

anakadote wrote:
yep that looks good. just don't forget to close out your last else if. ( } )

Excellent! I'll try this out later today and hopefully it'll work great. 🙂

So for the one option in the drop down that has multiple email addresses, do I just add a comma after each email? Like:

<?php
if($POST['toaddress'] == 'email1'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com, two@domain.com, three@domain.com';
} else if ($POST['toaddress'] == 'email2'){
$mailto = 'you@domain.com';
?>

anakadote

correct. good luck!

phpn00b111

anakadote wrote:
correct. good luck!

Hey there - I just tested out the code and the form hangs on the PHP script. It doesnt send the mail or redirect to the thanks.html page - it just sits on a blank page with no error message.

Could you show me what the problem could be? Do I need to code in an SMTP server?

<?php
$redirectURL = "thanks.html";

if ($_POST['submit'] == TRUE) {

$name		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromName']));
$email		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['FromEmail']));
$subject	= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Subject']));
$to         = stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['ToAddress']));
$msg		= stripslashes(strip_tags($_POST['Message']));
$ip			= $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

/ Set the email addresses in the drop down list here /

if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option1'){
$mailto = 'email1@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option2'){
$mailto = 'email2@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option3'){
$mailto = 'email3@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option4'){
$mailto = 'email4@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option5'){
$mailto = 'email1@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option6'){
$mailto = 'email1@domain.com'

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option7'){
$mailto = 'email1@domain.com';

} else if ($_POST['ToAddress'] == 'option8'){
$mailto = 'email1@domain.com';

$msgformat = "From: $name ($ip)\nEmail: $email\nMessage For: $to\n\nMessage: $msg";

if(!mail($mailto, $subject, $msgformat, "From: $name <$email>")) {
echo "<h2>Error sending e-mail!</h2> <p>Please <a href='index.html'>try again</a></p>.";}
else { header("Location: ".$redirectURL); } }
}
?>

jara06

didnt see this thread.
Please dont duplicate threads 🙁

Put an answer here:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?p=10639731#post10639731

Weedpacket

Closing this thread to prevent further duplication.