Incorrect From address - form processing

DocRocks

Hello from a new member,

I am a web desginer with only basic php experience and am using a script from level10design.com to process forms to email. The Level10 forum does not seem to be working (can't register new members?) so I am turning to this dedicated php forum for help.

Here is the problem. When I send Form 1, the script runs fine and sends an email to my mailbox with the correct From address. I created Form 2 by cut and paste of the code from Form 1 and added several new radio buttons - essentially the same as Form 1. When Form 2 is sent to my mailbox, the From address is of the form "user_name@host.mailserver.com". Both the domain holding the forms and my domain are hosted on the same servers (Linux). The server is running Apache 1.3.34 and PHP4.4.1.

Has anyone seen this type of error and have an idea for a fix? I can post the form and php script if needed.

Thanks

Cent

There's probably an easy solution to the problem but without seeing what was done its hard to answer.

So you have a form that posts to a PHP script which in turns emails the results to you.

You copied the form to add some new fields. Does it post to the same script or a different script? In either case, the from name in the email is not what you expect, correct?

It's probably 1 of 2 things. If you post the code, I'll help out. Might be easier than me giving suggestions and screwing things up for you.

Best,
Cent.

DocRocks

Cent,

Here is the code - thanks for your prompt response.

<?php
// L10Fm - v1.01 rel 1 (12/10/03)
// requirements for session data -
// 1. LevelTen Hit Counter PHP v3.15 rel 3
// 2. L10HC_API.php v3.15 v1.0 rel 1
//

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// confinguration variables
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// List all domains, including posible subdomains (e.g. www.) that are allowed to submit
// requests to this script and the domains of any posible recipient email address.

$validReferrers = array('lasersgrowhair.com','www.lasersgrowhair.com','raywebprojects.com',' ');

// Use the this array (or create new arrays with a different association) to replace
// setting fields in the form. Don't delete the 'default' array.

$formAction['default'] = array(
'Recipient' => 'bob@raywebprojects.com',
'Recipient_cc' => '',
'Recipient_bcc' => '',
'subject' => 'Contact Form',
'redirect' => 'http://www.lasersgrowhair.com',
'email' => '',
'realname' => '',
'required' => '',
'format' => 'html',
'sesrep_max_items' => '20',
);

// If set to 0, the form can set the email recipient. For security reasons you should
// set this variable to 1.

$disableFormRecipients = 1;

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// Start of code
// Don't edit below this line
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

$pageHdr = "<html><head><style>td {font: x-small, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} h1 {font-size: medium;} .err {color: #EE0000; font-weight: bold;}</style></head><body bgcolor=#FFFFFF><table width='500' align=center><tr><td>";
$pageFtr = "</td></tr>\n</body></html>";

$L10_LIBLoaded = 0;
if(file_exists("L10_LIB.php")) {
include_once("L10_LIB.php");
$L10_LIBLoaded = 1;
}

$HTTP_REF = getenv('HTTP_REFERER');
$a = preg_replace("/https?:\/\//","",$HTTP_REF);
$a = explode("/",$a);
$a = array_shift($a);

if(!in_array($a,$validReferrers)) {
print "$pageHdr<p class=err>Invalid Referrer '$a'</p><p>Referrer does not have permission to access this LevelTen Formmail script.<p>For help on this issue, see <a href='http://www.leveltendesign.com/L10Apps/Fm/help_troubleshooting.php#invalidReferrer?hct=L10Fm-ErrMsg' target=_blank>LevelTen Formmail troubleshooting</a>$pageFtr";
exit;
}

if(($POST['form_action'] == '') || ($formAction[$POST['form_action']]['Recipient'] == '')) {
$fAIndex = 'default';
} else {
$fAIndex = $_POST['form_action'];
}

$Recipient = (!$disableFormRecipients && ($POST['Recipient'] != '')) ? $POST['Recipient'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['Recipient'];
$subject = ($POST['subject'] != '') ? $POST['subject'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['subject'];
$redirect = ($POST['redirect'] != '') ? $POST['redirect'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['redirect'];
$email = ($POST['email'] != '') ? $POST['email'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['email'];
$realname = ($POST['realname'] != '') ? $POST['realname'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['realname'];
$Recipient_cc = (!$disableFormRecipients && ($POST['Recipient_cc'] != '')) ? $POST['Recipient_cc'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['Recipient_cc'];
$Recipient_bcc = (!$disableFormRecipients && ($POST['Recipient_bcc'] != '')) ? $POST['Recipient_bcc'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['Recipient_bcc'];
$format = ($POST['format'] != '') ? $POST['format'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['format'];
$required = ($POST['required'] != '') ? $POST['required'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['required'];
$sesrep_max_items = ($POST['sesrep_max_items'] != '') ? $POST['sesrep_max_items'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['sesrep_max_items'];
$Recipient_secured = ($POST['Recipient_secured'] != '') ? $POST['Recipient_secured'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['Recipient_secured'];

$a = explode("@",$Recipient);
$a = array_pop($a);
if(!in_array($a,$validReferrers)) {
print "$pageHdr<p class=err>Invalid Recipient '$Recipient'</p><p> Email address does not have permission to relay through this LevelTen Formmail script.<p>For help on this issue, see <a href='http://www.leveltendesign.com/L10Apps/Fm/help_troubleshooting.php#invalidReferrer?hct=L10Fm-ErrMsg' target=_blank>LevelTen Formmail troubleshooting</a>$pageFtr";
exit;
}

$rccArray = explode(",",$Recipient_cc);
$Recipient_cc = '';
if($rccArray[0] != '') {
foreach($rccArray as $rcc) {
$a = explode("@",$rcc);
$a = array_pop($a);
if(in_array($a,$validReferrers)) {
$Recipient_cc .= "$rcc,";
}
}
}
$Recipient_cc = substr($Recipient_cc,0,-1);

$rbccArray = explode(",",$Recipient_bcc);
$Recipient_bcc = '';
if($rbccArray[0] != '') {
foreach($rbccArray as $rbcc) {
$a = explode("@",$rbcc);
$a = array_pop($a);
if(in_array($a,$validReferrers)) {
$Recipient_bcc .= "$rbcc,";
}
}
}
$Recipient_bcc = substr($Recipient_bcc,0,-1);

$a = explode(",",$required);
if($a[0] != '') {
foreach($a as $req) {
if($_POST[$req] == '') {
print "$pageHdr<p class=err>Required Field '$req' is missing!</p><p> You must input a value for this field before submitting<p align=center><a href=\"".$HTTP_REFERER."\">back to form</a>$pageFtr";
exit;
}
}
}

$htmlFormat = (strtolower(substr($format,0,1)) == 'h');

$msg = '';
if($htmlFormat) {
$msg = "<html><head><style>td {font: x-small, verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;} .fldname {font-weight:bold;font-size:x-small;} .flddata {font-size:x-small;} .tblhdr { font-size:x-small;font-weight:bold;color:#FFFFFF;background-color=#000088}</style></head><body>\n";
$msg .= "<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=640>\n";
$msg .= "<tr><td colspan=3 class='tblhdr'>AAvant-garde Contact Form</td></tr>\n";
} else {
$msg = "AAvant-garde Contact Form\n\n";
}

$bl0 = '';
$bl1 = '';
$ld = ' ';
$el = "\n\n";

$creditStrAdd = '';

if($htmlFormat) {
$bl0 = '<tr bgcolor=#E8E8FF><td class="fldname" valign=top>';
$bl1 = '<tr bgcolor=#FFFFFF><td class="fldname" valign=top>';
$ld = '</td><td>   </td><td width=80% class="flddata">';
$el = "</td></tr>\n";
}
$i = 0;
foreach($_POST as $k => $v) {
if($htmlFormat) {
$v = str_replace("\n","<br>\n",$v);
}
if($i) {
$msg .= "$bl0$k:$ld$v$el";
} else {
$msg .= "$bl1$k:$ld$v$el";
}
$i = !$i;
}

if(file_exists("L10HC_API.php")) {
include("L10HC_API.php");
$vID = getVID();
if($htmlFormat) {
$msg .= "<tr><td colspan=3><br> <br></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=3 border=1>";
$creditStrAdd = ' & LevelTen Hit Counter';
} else {
$msg .= "\n\n";
$creditStrAdd = ' & LevelTen Hit Counter';
}
$msg .= getSessions($vID,$max_sessions,$Recipient_secured,$htmlFormat+1);
if($htmlFormat) {
$msg .= "</td></tr>\n";
} else {

}

$extraHeaders = "";
if($email != '') { $extraHeaders .= "From: \"".addslashes($realname)."\" <".$email.">\r\n"; }
if($realname != '') { $extraHeaders .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n"; }
if($htmlFormat == 'h') { $extraHeaders .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; }
if($Recipient_cc != '') { $extraHeaders .= "Cc: $Recipient_cc\r\n"; }
if($Recipient_bcc != '') { $extraHeaders .= "Bcc: $Recipient_bcc\r\n"; }

$success = 1;
$success = mail($Recipient,$subject,$msg,$extraHeaders);

if(!$success && $L10_LIBLoaded) {
log_event("Unsuccesful Email Attempt: $Recipient");
}

//print "mail($Recipient,$subject,$msg,$extraHeaders)";
//print "$msg";

header("Location: $redirect");
?>

Cent

Ok. Took a look at the code. Could you PM me the HTML code snippet of your form or post it as well?

DocRocks

Cent,

Here is the form html. FYI, I use Dreamweaver templates for my pages:

<form method="post" action="testvideo.php">
<table width="80%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<p align="justify"><strong>Please fill out the following
form and AAvant-garde Center will <span class="textYellowBkgd">send
a free</span> video explaining Laser Hair Regeneration
Therapy or Virtual Reality Hair Replacement.  You
may request information on either or both. </strong></p>
<p class="indexBulletText"><strong> Required </strong></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td width="17%">
<div align="right">Name</div>
</td>
<td width="38%">
<input name="Name" type="text" id="Name" onBlur="MM_validateForm('Name','','R');return document.MM_returnValue">
</td>
<td width="10%">
<div align="right"></div>
</td>
<td width="35%"> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">Street</div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Street" type="text" id="Street" onBlur="MM_validateForm('Street','','R');return document.MM_returnValue">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right">Unit</div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Unit" type="text" id="Unit" size="10">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">City</div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="City" type="text" id="City2" onBlur="MM_validateForm('City2','','R');return document.MM_returnValue">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right"></div>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">State</div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="State" type="text" id="State" onBlur="MM_validateForm('State','','R');return document.MM_returnValue">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right">Zip</div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Zip" type="text" id="Zip" onBlur="MM_validateForm('Zip','','RisNum');return document.MM_returnValue" size="10">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">Home Phone </div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Home Phone" type="text" id="Home Phone">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right">Work Phone </div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Work Phone" type="text" id="Work Phone">
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">Preferred email* </div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Preferred email" type="text" id="Preferred email" onBlur="MM_validateForm('Preferred email','','NisEmail');return document.MM_returnValue">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right"></div>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<div align="right">Alternate email </div>
</td>
<td>
<input name="Alt. email" type="text" id="Alt. email">
</td>
<td>
<div align="right"></div>
</td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="62" colspan="2" valign="bottom" class="laserTekFont">Choose either or both </td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="52" colspan="2">Low-Level Laser Hair Regeneration Therapy </td>
<td> </td>
<td>
<p>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="LLLT" value="LLLT-VHS">
VHS</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="LLLT" value="LLLT-DVD">
DVD</label>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="61" colspan="2">Virtual Reality Hair Replacement </td>
<td> </td>
<td>
<p>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="Virtual Reality" value="VR - VHS">
VHS</label>
<br>
<label>
<input type="radio" name="Virtual Reality" value="VR - DVD">
DVD</label>
<br>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr bgcolor="#D6E0F5">
<td>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</td>
<td>Click this button to send your request to
<script language="JavaScript">
</script>
</td>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>

            </table>
           </form>

Cent

Here's your problem:

$email = ($_POST['email'] != '') ? $_POST['email'] : $formAction[$fAIndex]['email'];

If the script doesn't get the EMAIL address from your form, then its looking for you to define it in the $formAction array:

$formAction['default'] = array(
'Recipient' => 'bob@raywebprojects.com',
'Recipient_cc' => '',
'Recipient_bcc' => '',
'subject' => 'Contact Form',
'redirect' => 'http://www.lasersgrowhair.com',
'email' => '',
'realname' => '',
'required' => '',
'format' => 'html',
'sesrep_max_items' => '20',
);

So... it's blank in the array and on your HTML form you do not have an EMAIL input field.

In your HTML form, you have:

One of which should be changed to email. Also, you shouldn't have spaces or characters such as periods "." in form names. I would change "Preferred email" to "email" and "Alt. email" to "alt-email".

In either case, that seems to be your problem.

Best,
Cent