[RESOLVED] Problem with mail form

LarryK

I have this code that works fine on a php 5 machine you can see it work here:
http://www.goodtogonetworks.com/Contact_Us/contact_us.html

but when I try it on a php 4 server it doesn't mail or go to the next page.

The entire code is below. Can anyone tell me how to correct it to work on the other server. The server is working (it sends other simple mail messages) so it is something in this specific code that the php 4 machine doesn't like.

One other difference between the two servers is the php4 one that doesn't work is configured::
sendmail_from me@localhost.com me@localhost.com

Whereas the other is that does work is configured:
sendmail_from no value no value

As always thanks for looking and for any help.

<html>
<head><title>Contact Us</title></head>
<body BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
<BR>
<BR>
<img alt=""
src="Contact_Us_NDaisyBanner.gif"
style="width: 600px; height: 58px;">
<h1> Under Construction</h1>

    <?php

    // Handle POST method.
    if ($_POST)
    {
        $name = $_POST['name'];
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        $comments = $_POST['comments'];
    $headers = 'From: mcsouthmembership.inlandproductivity.com' . "\r\n" .

        // Compose simple text message:
        $message = "Message from $name ($email)\n\nComments:\n\n$comments";

        // Send message to [email]bob@microsoft.com[/email]
        mail("me@mydomain.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message);

        // Thank the generous user
        echo "<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>\n";
    }
    else
    {

    ?>
	<font color="#660000"

face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT">

    <FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">

        <p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>

        <p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" /></p>

        <p>Comments:</p>
        <p><textarea name="comments"></textarea></p>

        <p><input type="submit" value="Send!" /></p>

    </form>

    <?php

    }

    ?>

</body>

</html>

Rodney_H_

You forgot headers, and some servers don't like this shorthand: action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" for the action.

I was able to get this to work:

<?php
// if form has been posted, process form:

if (isset($_POST['submit']))  {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$headers = 'From: mcsouthmembership@inlandproductivity.com' . "\r\n" .

//  Message:
$message = "Message from $name ($email)\n\nComments:\n\n$comments";

// Send mail
mail("larrykolk@emslabs.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message, $headers);

// Thank  user
echo "<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>\n";
}
// else the form was not submitted:
else{
 ?>
<FORM action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
<p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" /></p>
<p>Comments:</p>
<p><textarea name="comments"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send!" /></p>
</form>
<?php
}
?>

PS: Your from address wasn't valid. I think you meant:
csouthmembership@inlandproductivity.com, and not
csouthmembership.inlandproductivity.com

LarryK

Still having the same problem with your Code... Thanks for looking at it though.

Rodney_H_

LarryK wrote:
Still having the same problem with your Code... Thanks for looking at it though.

Hmmm... 😕

What error messages if any are you receiving? Have you tried to change the from email addresses?

LarryK

All it does is clear the form. It doesn't go to the Thanks for Contacting Us or send. No error message.

You can see that one at:

http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/momsclubform.php

I'll try changing the from, but as far as I know that is a valid address.

I put this code on both servers and it works fine:

<?php (mail('me@mydomain.com', 'testing', 'testing 123')) ? print 'sent' : print 'not sent'; ?>

Rodney_H_

You didn't change the name of the submit button:

THIS: <input type="submit" value="Send!" />

To this: <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send!" />

LarryK

Your code also does the same thing on that server

Rodney_H_

OK. Post exactly what you have so far. we'll start from scratch.

LarryK

This is what I have now

<html>
<head><title>Contact Us</title></head>
<body BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC">
<BR>
<BR>
<img alt=""
src="Contact_Us_NDaisyBanner.gif"
style="width: 600px; height: 58px;">

    <?php

    // Handle POST method.
    if ($_POST)
    {
        $name = $_POST['name'];
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        $comments = $_POST['comments'];

        // Compose simple text message:
        $message = "Message from $name ($email)\n\nComments:\n\n$comments";

        // Send message to [email]bob@microsoft.com[/email]
        mail("larrykolk@emslabs.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message);

        // Thank the generous user
        echo "<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>\n";
    }
    else
    {

    ?>
	<font color="#660000"

face="Comic Sans MS,Tekton,Blueprint,Dom Casual,Dom Casual BT">

    <FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">

        <p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>

        <p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" /></p>

        <p>Comments:</p>
        <p><textarea name="comments"></textarea></p>

        <p><input type="submit" value="Send!" /></p>

    </form>

    <?php

    }

    ?>

</body>

</html>

Rodney_H_

LarryK wrote:
<FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">

this should be:

<FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">

Rodney_H_


<FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">

I am running php 4.x, and when I run this line of code, I get this error:

"You don't have permission to access /php/
Notice: Undefined variable: PHP_SELF in c:\program files\easyphp1-8\www\php\1.php on line 37
on this server."

However, when I change it to:


<FORM style="border: 0px dotted red; padding: 2px" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">

All is well. (I thought I pointed that out to you already).

LarryK

Give me what you got, I'll put it on that server, and you can see what happens... Ive been uploading what you said and it hasn't worked. Let me say I appreciate what you are doing ... This simple form is so pesty on this server. I put what you said on that site now. You can see it there, it doesn't work. http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/contact_us.html

LarryK

Perhaps the problem is due to the frame situation? Actually - no that isn't it. Nothing you have has worked on that server.

Rodney_H_

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Contact Us</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
	background: #ffffcc;
	color: #660000;
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS","Tekton","Blueprint","Dom Casual","Dom Casual BT";
	}
#myForm {
	border: 0px dotted red;
	padding: 2px;
	}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<img src="http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/Contact_Us_NDaisyBanner.gif" width="600" height="58px" alt="" />

<?php
// if the form has not been submitted:
if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// display form:
?>
<form id="myForm" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post">
<p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" /></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" /></p>
<p>Comments:</p>
<p><textarea name="comments"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send!" name="submit" /></p>
</form>
<?php
} 
// else, process form:
elseif(empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['comments'])) {
echo '<p>the form was not filled out completely. Please go back and try again.</p>';
exit;
}
else {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];

// Compose simple text message:
$message = 'Message from ' . $name .' ($email)

Comments:

' . $comments;

// Send message to [email]bob@microsoft.com[/email]
mail("larrykolk@emslabs.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message);

// Thank the generous user
echo '<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>
<p>We will get back to you at: ' . $email . ' as soon as possible.</p>';
}
?>

</body>
</html>

LarryK

Here is the problem now, here is your code:

http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/rodneycode.php

Rodney_H_

LarryK wrote:
Here is the problem now, here is your code:

http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/rodneycode.php

Duplicate that exact file and save it as : rodneycode.phps and upload it. Then, let me know, so I can look at line three, the parse error.... ??

It has me stumped, cos I have report errors on all, and I don't receive any parse errors... Heck, the xhtml even validates:

here is normal file

here as a .phps

LarryK

I copied your .phps file and uploaded to to:
http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/rodneycode.phps

Thats what you wanted right?

Thanks,

Larry

Rodney_H_

LarryK wrote:
I copied your .phps file and uploaded to to:
http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/rodneycode.phps

Thats what you wanted right?

Thanks,

Larry

Larry, no. I would like you to save the file that was giving you the parse error,
http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/rodneycode.php, as a .phps file and upload THAT so I could look at the code...

(please)

LarryK

Roger that.

Rodney_H_

when I go to view the .pps file I see this:

</form>
<?php
}
// else, process form:
elseif(empty($POST['name']) || empty($POST['email']) || empty($POST['comments'])) {
echo '<p>the form was not filled out completely. Please go back and try again.</p>';
exit;
}
else {
$name = $POST['name'];
$email = $POST['email'];
$comments = $POST['comments'];

// Compose simple text message:
$message = 'Message from ' . $name .' ($email)

Comments:

' . $comments;

// Send message to bob@microsoft.com
mail("larrykolk@emslabs.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message);

// Thank the generous user
echo '<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>
<p>We will get back to you at: ' . $email . ' as soon as possible.</p>';
}
?>

</body>
</html>

:eek: That is just a CHUNK of the code we have been working on, and no wonder there is a parse error on line three. However, that is not the code that we have been working on in it's entirety. The entire code is something like this:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
<title>Contact Us</title>
<style type="text/css">
body {
	background: #ffffcc;
	color: #660000;
	font-family: "Comic Sans MS", "Courier New", Arial, sans-serif;
	}

#myForm {
	margin-top: 25px;
	border: 1px dotted red;
	padding: 15px;
	width: 600px;
	width/**/:/**/ 570px;
	}
	/* The first width command is read by all browsers;  

	the second by all browsers except IE5.x on PC. */

</style>
</head>

<body>
<img src="http://www.uplandmomsclub.org/Contact_Us/Contact_Us_NDaisyBanner.gif" width="600" height="58px" alt="" />

<?php
// if the form has not been submitted:
if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// display form:
?>
<form id="myForm" action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<p>Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="35" /></p>
<p>Email: <input type="text" name="email" size="35" /></p>
<p>Comments:</p>
<p><textarea name="comments" rows="8" cols="40"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send!" name="submit" /></p>
</form>
<?php
} 
// else, process form:
elseif(empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['comments'])) {
echo '<p>The form was not filled out completely. Please go back and try again.</p>';
}
else {
$name = trim($_POST['name']);
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$comments = trim($_POST['comments']);

// Compose simple text message:
$message = 'Message from ' .$name.' ('.$email.') ' ."\n\n". 'Comments:' . "\n\n" .$comments;

// Send message to bob@microsoft.com
$header = 'From: ' . $name . '<' . $email . '>' . "\r\n";
mail("larrykolk@emslabs.com", "Feedback from Momsclub", $message, $header);

// Thank the generous user
echo '<h1>Thank You For Contacting Us</h1>
<p>We will get back to you at: ' . $email . ' as soon as possible.</p>';
}
?>

<br />


</body>
</html>

And the code above may work for you, if uploaded in its entirety and saved as: momsclubform.php.

It will then be called into the page 'contact_us.html' via your frameset...

😃