checkboxes content will not show on email

hoachen

I am trying to get everything that user filled from form. After the user pressed submit button those data will send to my email account. The problem i am having now is i am not getting the data the from the checkboxes. The checkboxes can be select on or both. If the user select on it will show on my account if they selected both, both data will send to my account. currently, I have two checkboxes on the html form but when the user checked on the checkboxes, the data will not show on my email. I don't know what is wrong on my php code. Please give your precious advices. Thank you very much for your time to read my problem

Cheers,
hoachen

My html form
First Name: <input type="text"name="firstname" size="25"> <br>
LastName: <input type="text"name="lastname" size="25"> <br>

<input name="interests1" type="checkbox" value="Yes" >I'm interested on red car. <br>

<input name="interests2" type="checkbox" value=" Yes" >I'm interested on traveling. <br>

My PHP
<?php

$to="myemail@address.com";
$subject="Contact Form ";

$Message .= "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
$Message .= "Last Name: " . $POST["lastname"] . "<br>";

if(isset($POST['interests1']) && ($POST['interests1']=='Yes'))
{

$Message.=($_POST['interests1'])?"Interest: I'm interested on red car: Yes <br><br>":" \n I'm interested on red car: No <br>" ;
}

if(isset($POST['interests2']) && ($POST['interests2']=='Yes'))
{
$Message.=($_POST['interests2'])?"I'm interested on traveling: Yes <br><br>":" \nI'm interested on traveling: No <br>";
}

if (@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
echo "Your information was submitted successfully...";
else
echo "Failed to send";
?>

Houdini

Make your form kind of like this

<html>
<body>
<form name='myform' action ="checkform.php" method="POST">
First Name: <input type="text"name="firstname" size="25"> <br>
LastName: <input type="text"name="lastname" size="25"> <br>

<input name="interests1[]" type="checkbox" value="car" >I'm interested on red car. <br>

<input name="interests1[]" type="checkbox" value="travel" >I'm interested on traveling. <br>
<input type='submit'>
</body>
</html>

Change the references to the interests to
check if $POST[interest1][0]=="car" or $POST[interest1][1] =="travel" then they want to both have a red car and travel wherever or if $_POST[interest1][0]=="travel" then they just want to travel.

hoachen

it didn't show on my email account either when I select the first one or the second one or both.

Houdini wrote:
Make your form kind of like this
<html>
<body>
<form name='myform' action ="checkform.php" method="POST">
First Name: <input type="text"name="firstname" size="25"> <br>
LastName: <input type="text"name="lastname" size="25"> <br>

<input name="interests1[]" type="checkbox" value="car" >I'm interested on red car. <br>

<input name="interests1[]" type="checkbox" value="travel" >I'm interested on traveling. <br>
<input type='submit'>
</body>
</html>
Change the references to the interests to
check if $POST[interest1][0]=="car" or $POST[interest1][1] =="travel" then they want to both have a red car and travel wherever or if $_POST[interest1][0]=="travel" then they just want to travel.

ab4net

can you tell what are you receiving in your mail ..? or is it empty .. ?
any way try to change this line:
$Message .= "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
and make it:
$Message = "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
and please write what you are receiving so it is easier to be diagonested !!
regards,

hoachen

I received the first name and last name but not the checkbox value! it is nothing.

ab4net wrote:
can you tell what are you receiving in your mail ..? or is it empty .. ?
any way try to change this line:
$Message .= "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
and make it:
$Message = "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
and please write what you are receiving so it is easier to be diagonested !!
regards,

ab4net

do you have the GOLBAL register ont he server ON or OFF ??

hoachen

I don't think i have it just a basic form and php like what I post ealier.

ab4net

ok, then try this ...
<?
$to="myemail@address.com";
$subject="Contact Form ";
$Message .= "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
$Message .= "Last Name: " . $POST["lastname"] . "<br>";

We have changed the checking type, and the yes should be in " not '

if ($interests1 && $interests1=="Yes"){
$Message.=($POST['interests1'])?"Interest: I'm interested on red car: Yes <br><br>":" \n I'm interested on red car: No <br>" ;
}
if($interests2 && $interests2=="Yes"){
$Message.=($POST['interests2'])?"I'm interested on traveling: Yes <br><br>":" \nI'm interested on traveling: No <br>";
}
if (@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
echo "Your information was submitted successfully...";
}else{
echo "Failed to send";
}
?>

does it work this way ..?

hoachen

Yes, it works on my school server but when I in-cooporated with other stuffs like attachement then it does not work. Like
$mime_boundary="==Multipart_Boundary_x".md5(mt_rand())."x";

$tmp_name = $FILES['filename']['tmp_name'];
$type = $FILES['filename']['type'];
$name = $FILES['filename']['name'];
$size = $FILES['filename']['size'];

if (file_exists($tmp_name)){

  // check to make sure that it is an uploaded file and not a system file
  if(is_uploaded_file($tmp_name)){

     // open the file for a binary read
     $file = fopen($tmp_name,'rb');

     // read the file content into a variable
     $data = fread($file,filesize($tmp_name));

     // close the file
     fclose($file);

     // now we encode it and split it into acceptable length lines
     $data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
 }

ab4net wrote:
ok, then try this ...
<?
$to="myemail@address.com";
$subject="Contact Form ";
$Message .= "First Name: " . $POST['firstname'] . "<br>";
$Message .= "Last Name: " . $POST["lastname"] . "<br>";

We have changed the checking type, and the yes should be in " not '

if ($interests1 && $interests1=="Yes"){
$Message.=($POST['interests1'])?"Interest: I'm interested on red car: Yes <br><br>":" \n I'm interested on red car: No <br>" ;
}
if($interests2 && $interests2=="Yes"){
$Message.=($POST['interests2'])?"I'm interested on traveling: Yes <br><br>":" \nI'm interested on traveling: No <br>";
}
if (@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
echo "Your information was submitted successfully...";
}else{
echo "Failed to send";
}
?>

does it work this way ..?

Houdini

The form is first call it anything with an html extension.

<html> <body> 
<form name='myform' action ="checkform.php" method="POST"> 
First Name: <input type="text"name="firstname" size="25"> <br> 
LastName: <input type="text"name="lastname" size="25"> <br> 
<input name="interests[]" type="checkbox" value="car" >I'm interested on red car. <br> 
<input name="interests[]" type="checkbox" value="travel" >I'm interested on traveling. <br> 
<input type='submit'><input type='reset'> </body> </html>

Here is the checkform.php referenced by the above html form

<?php
// program name: checkform.php
// run this then modify to your needs.
$first = $_POST['firstname'];
$last = $_POST['lastname'];
echo $first." ".$last."<br />";
echo $_POST['interests'][0]."<br />";
echo $_POST['interests'][1]."<br />";
if($_POST['interests'][0]=='car'){
$message = "I'm interested in a red car!<br />";  

}
else{
$message .="I'm not interested in a red car!<br />";
}
if($_POST['interests'][0] == 'travel' ||$_POST['interests'][1] == 'travel')
{
$message .="I'm interested in traveling!<br />";  

}
else{
$message .="I'm not interested in traveling!";
}
echo $message;
 ?>

That ought to show you better how to make this work. When you post code to the forum if you don't mind select your code by dragging your mouse then click the little ~ that you see in the dogearred looking sheet just before the quote bubble that is yellow in color in the row of formatting options, it makes it much easier to read your code.

hoachen

first, the echo doesn't work! it give me "Undefined index: interests "

Kinsbane

I believe the problem you might have is, you have your two checkboxes whose names are interests1 and interests2.

In the PHP that processes the form-data, try using:

if ($_POST['interests1'] == "on") {
$Message .= "This person is interested in the red car.";
}

I had to use == "on" in order to get it to do something with the value of the checked box.