Sending Email from a Form...

jonnybinthemix

hi guys

i have made a simple html form for collecting information:-

<div class="main">


<fieldset>
<legend>
We welcome your comments...
</legend>

<form name="mail" action="script.php" method="post">


Your Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="name" value="Your name..." size="20"><br>
<br>
Your Email Address:<br>
<input type="text" name="email" value="Email address..." size="28"><br>
<br>
Comment:<br>
<textarea rows="10" cols="25" name="comment"> </textarea><br>
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">

</form>

<div style="position: absolute; right:35px; top: 40px;">
<img src="jedi.jpg"></div>

</fieldset>
</div>

and the i have a script.php with the contents:-

<?php
    $to="butterworth_jon@hotmail.com";
    $from="From: $email";

if ($comment != " ")
{

mail ($to, $comment, $from);
header ("location:$HTTP_REFERER");
}
    else
{
print("<HTML><BODY>ERROR, Type something in the comment box!");
print("</BODY></HTML>");
}

?>

Only problem is, it doesent work!!

It doesent come up with any error messages, it juse doesent send the email 🙁

Any ideas guys?

Thanks

Jon

Houdini

Change the second page to.

<?php
$email=$_POST['email'];
$comment=$_POST['comment'];
$to="butterworth_jon@hotmail.com";
$from="From: $email";

if ($comment != " ")
{

mail ($to, 'My Form Test',$comment, $from);
header ("location:$HTTP_REFERER");
}
    else
{
print("<HTML><BODY>ERROR, Type something in the comment box!");
print("</BODY></HTML>");
}

?>

Email needs a to field then a subject (so I added one) then the message, and a from field. Try that out and if your php.ini is set properly it should send and email to the address you set in the $to variable and be in the junk mail folder, since that seems to be where all mail to hotmail goes unless it is from Microsoft, at least on my Outlook that is where it ends up.

cdwhalley_com

The parameters for the mail function are as follows (from php.net documentation):

mail ( string to, string subject, string message [, string additional_headers [, string additional_parameters]] )

The only ones you need are 'to', 'subject' and 'message' (an email also needs a from header but generally this is set in php.ini...)
I would change the code of script.php to look like this:

$to="butterworth_jon@hotmail.com";
$inputname=$_POST['name'];//get the name from the form
$inputemail=$_POST['email'];//get email from the form
$inputcomment=$_POST['comment'];//get comment from the form

if ($inputcomment != "" and $inputname != "" and $inputemail != "")//make sure they filled ALL the boxes
{
$subject="Comments from ".$inputname;//put together a subject
$message=$inputname." with email: ".$inputemail." has filled in the form. They made the comments:  ".$inputcomment;//put together the message

mail ($to, $subject, $message);//send the message

header ("Location:finishedpage.php");//redirect to a page that says Thanks
} else//if they left a field empty
{
echo "<b>Please fill in all the fields</b>";//error message - maybe put a link back to form page
}

EDIT: Sorry, when I started typing it out there weren't any replies...

jonnybinthemix

you are both so kind 😃

i am going play about with it now taking your suggestions into account.

ill post back to confirm that it works 🙂

thank you very much 😃

jon

jonnybinthemix

brilliant guys it works

thanks ever so much

really appreciated 🙂

Jon