Check Boxes

sjm8566

I have a form I've been trying to set up. Everything works except for the check boxes. I am clueless on how to make it so these will be included in the email.

This is the web form http://www.weddingsbystephanie.com/DSS/contactus.htm

I'm not at all good at this php stuff - please help

This is my php script

<?php

{
$message = "Name: $Name\nAddress: $Address\nCity: $City\nState: $State\nZip: $Zip\nPhone: $Phone\nFax: $Fax\nCell: $Cell\nEmail: $Email\nComments: $Comments\nBusName: $BusName\nBusAddress: $BusAddress\nBusCity: $BusCity\nBusState: $BusState\nBusZip: $BusZip\nBusPhone: $BusPhone\nBusFax: $BusFax\nBusCell: $BusCell\nBusEmail: $BusEmail\nWebsite: $Website\n";
$extra = "From: $Email\r\nReply-To: $Email\r\n";
mail ("weddings@weddingsbystephanie.com", "Request", $message, $extra);
header("Location:http://www.weddingsbystephanie.com/DSS/thankyou.htm");

}
?>

Houdini

Maybe showing your form would help, and you are aware that check boxes go into an array with a common name like mycheckbox[] and a different value for each because any , none or all can be selected, you will have to use some array function like foreach() to use the entries if any of checkboxes.

sjm8566

ok, now I'm really lost

first how can I show you my form? you mean the whole html code?

Houdini

Just mostly how you set up the check boxes.

sjm8566

Services You Offer:


<input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipmentSales" value="Dive Equipment Sales" tabindex="26" />Dive
Equipment Sales


<input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipmentService" value="Dive Equipment Service" tabindex="27" />Dive
Equipment Service  


<input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipmentRental" value="Dive Equipment Rental " tabindex="28" />Dive
Equipment Rental  


<input type="checkbox" name="DiveInstruction" value="Dive Instruction" tabindex="29" />Dive
Instruction


<input type="checkbox" name="Travel" value="Travel" tabindex="30" />Travel


<input type="checkbox" name="AirSales" value="Air Sales" tabindex="31" />Air
Sales


<input type="checkbox" name="Other" value="Other" tabindex="32" />Other 
<textarea name="OtherExp" rows="4" cols="40" tabindex="33"></textarea></td>

Houdini

This will make it easier for you;

<input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Dive_Equipment_Sales]"
 value="Dive Equipment Sales" tabindex="26" /><b>Dive 
			Equipment Sales</b></font></p>
            <p><font face="Arial" size="1">    

            <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Dive_Equipment_Service]"
 value="Dive Equipment Service" tabindex="27" /><b>Dive 
			Equipment Service</b>&nbsp; </font></p>
            <p><font face="Arial" size="1">  

            <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Dive_Equipment_Rental]"
 value="Dive Equipment Rental" tabindex="28" /><b>Dive 
			Equipment Rental </b>&nbsp;</font></p>

        <p><font face="Arial" size="1">     
        <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Dive_Instruction]"
 value="Dive Instruction" tabindex="29" /><b>Dive 
			Instruction</b></font></p>
            <p><font face="Arial" size="1">     

            <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Travel]" value="Travel"
 tabindex="30" /></font><b><font face="Arial" size="1">Travel</font></b></p>
            <p><font face="Arial" size="1">     

            <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Air_Sales]" 
value="Air Sales" tabindex="31" /></font><b><font face="Arial" size="1">Air 
			Sales</font></b></p>
            <p><font face="Arial" size="1">     

            <input type="checkbox" name="DiveEquipment[Other]" 
value="Other" tabindex="32" /><b>Other</b></font><br>
            <textarea name="OtherExp" rows="4" cols="40" tabindex="33"></textarea></td>

Notice that all the checkboxes have a common name now they all have different values so the value if selected of Other if checked would be $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Other]

sjm8566

how do I add it to the feedback.php script?

Houdini

Well as you can now see how the $POST for checkboxes are referred to then you could at the top of your script on the following page make short vaiables like

$other = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Other];
$airsales =$_POST['DiveEquipment'][Air sales];
...

Note that if a field is not checked they will be blank. or if they have all been checked then all will show a value by using the shortened variables.

sjm8566

thankyou so much - I'm to give it a try

Houdini

You are welcome!

sjm8566

I tried adding those lines to my feedback.php file but I must be doing it all wrong because it won't work.

Here's the orginal file w/o the cehck box info added. So where exactly in the script do I input those lines?

<?php

}
?>

Houdini

Look at the code that I posted I edited it and tested it after I realized that it had spaces in the variables (can't do that). That is why your code did not work either remove the spaces or use underscores as I have here>

spaces and would not work so I added underscores, then I tested these new variables with this assignement. 
<?php 
$airsales = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Air_Sales]; 
$divesales = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Dive_Equipment_Sales];
$instruction = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Dive_Instruction];
$other = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Other];
$rental = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Dive_Equipment_Rental];
$service= $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Dive_Equipment_Service];
$travel = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Travel];
//Then you could do whatever you want with these new short variables

{
$message = "Name: $Name\nAddress: $Address\nCity: $City\nState: $State\nZip: $Zip\nPhone: $Phone\nFax: $Fax\nCell: $Cell\nEmail: $Email\nComments: $Comments\nBusName: $BusName\nBusAddress: $BusAddress\nBusCity: $BusCity\nBusState: $BusState\nBusZip: $BusZip\nBusPhone: $BusPhone\nBusFax: $BusFax\nBusCell: $BusCell\nBusEmail: $BusEmail\nWebsite: $Website\n";
$extra = "From: $Email\r\nReply-To: $Email\r\n";
mail ("weddings@weddingsbystephanie.com", "Request", $message, $extra);
header("Location:http://www.weddingsbystephanie.com/DSS/thankyou.htm");

}
?>

Notice that I made the same changes to the $_POST variables that I made to my original post it is now correct and has been tested mostly with Firefox. When you post code in these forums please try to use the BB Code tools there are three of them available the # for entering code the <> for entering HTML and ~ for PHP they are the next to last three symbols on the bottom row in the message posting area. Just enter your code then highlight it by dragging your mouse and then click the appropriate symbol.

sjm8566

OK, i'm not getting an error messages anymore when i test the web form, but the check box data does not show up in the email I receive. Only the orginal text box info is being emailed. Only the following is in the email I receive even though I checked boxes.

Name:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip:
Phone:
Fax:
Cell:
Email:
Comments:
BusName:
BusAddress:
BusCity:
BusState:
BusZip:
BusPhone:
BusFax:
BusCell:
BusEmail:
Website:

Houdini

How are you using the checkbox data exactly?

sjm8566

It's for a friend and I'm building the website. He's going to take the data from the email and put it into a database of some kind.
The check boxes represent the type of services his website visitors offer. They can check one or more than one and he'll know what business they are in.
Does that make sense?

Houdini

The post variables ($POST['somevalue']) are passed from whatever you are calling your first HTML page with the checkboxes and all the text boxes are $POST['thatfieldsName'] holds the value of that text field the checkboxes use $POST['DiveEquipment'][Air_Sales] in this case an associative array now these $POST variable are avaliable on the mailer.php page which is why is suggested reassigning shorter name for ease of entry of variables so when I stated

$airsales = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Air_Sales];
$divesales = $_POST['DiveEquipment'][Dive_Equipment_Sales];

now $airsales hold the value of the box which could even be blank. So take the short variable that I posted at the top of the page and within your message for email or concatenate them as so;

$message .="Air Sales: $airsales\n Dive Rental $diverental....

the dot just before the equal = sign will append or concatenate all that data to the mail message. Make sure there are no spaces in the variables like $POST{'DiveEquipment'][Air Sales] (this will not work), and they must not have spaces in the form like name="DiveEquipment[Air Sales]" (neither will this it must either have the spaces removed or add an underscore in both files. Does that help any? Right now take the form and comment out the mail part and echo all the checkboxes by running the form and check all the boxes and in the mailer form temporarialy add echos for the seven variables that I have reassigned or you could just echo the $POST['DiveEquipment'][Air_Sales];

sjm8566

Ok, I'll give this a try.

sjm8566

OMG! It worked - you are the best of the best!!! Thank you so very, very much!

Houdini

You might want to use the $POST instead of the $variable when doing things like this, but remember that those $POST variables tend to just last one page the one you send them to if you want to use them else where you need to assign them to $_SESSION variables. Glad you got it going. Now you know where to find solutions and sometime maybe an explaination or suggestion.