sending value by email problem.

maciek4

I have 2 checkboxes and 2 drop down menus next to them with an importance factor. I want to send this info by email to myself. I wrote this code but I'm not receiving the value $importance in my email. Why?

$importance = array();
 $need = array();

$mailBody .= "I need English to:\n";
        if(isset($need['friend'])) {$mailBody .= "- social reasons\n";
        $mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[0]."\n";}
        if(isset($need['sell'])) {$mailBody .= "- sell and negotiations\n";
$mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[1]."\n";}

<td bgCOLOR="#E0E0E0" class="tah11" align=left>
 <select disabled="true" name="importance">
    <option value="0" <? echo ($importance[0] == '0' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>-</option>
    <option value="1" <? echo ($importance[0] == '1' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>1</option>
    <option value="2" <? echo ($importance[0] == '2' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>2</option>
    <option value="3" <? echo ($importance[0] == '3' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>3</option>
    <option value="4" <? echo ($importance[0] == '4' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>4</option>
    <option value="5" <? echo ($importance[0] == '5' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>5</option>
    </select>
</td>

<td bgCOLOR="#E0E0E0" class="tah11" align=left>
 <select name="importance" disabled="true">
 <option value="0" <? echo ($importance[1] == '0' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>-</option>
    <option value="1" <? echo ($importance[1] == '1' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>1</option>
    <option value="2" <? echo ($importance[1] == '2' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>2</option>
    <option value="3" <? echo ($importance[1] == '3' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>3</option>
    <option value="4" <? echo ($importance[1] == '4' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>4</option>
    <option value="5" <? echo ($importance[1] == '5' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>5</option>
    </select>
</td>

bogu

There could be lots of problems there:

do u have register_global = On?
Your both select have the same name
$importance[0] and $importance[1], what are this suppose to be?

and from your example I cant manage to understand it, what should it do? do you want to send in your email the listbox's selected values?

n_wattam

you sample code starts with php, then turns in to html with no breaker '?>' to terminate the php to start html, then while still in php you are using <? statements ?>

at the begining the $importance is not equal to nothing, therefor you wont get a value.

bogu

I guess he strip he's code but he didn't explained it appropriated!

Maybe he will come with a better explanation, if he want a responce ...

n_wattam

by the looks of the code he is taking a previous selected option from each select list, and then setting that value on the select list within the form as "SELECTED". in which case its quite a long winded way to do so.

maciek4

I forgot to include checkboxes in the code I posted.

The 2 drop down menus have importance factor between 1 and 5 and when I select value 3 from the drop down menu I want it to be sent to my email.

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="need[article]" value="article" onclick="javascript:document.order.importance10.disabled=false"<? echo isset($need['article']) ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>&nbsp;social reasons<br>

I changed the names but still doesnt work

maciek4

here is what I get in my email:

I need English to:
- social reasons
Importance: 5
- sell and negotiations
Importance:

In the first one there is a value but no value in second and if I add more items then only first value appears and the rest doesnt.

bogu

You answered me only to one question, answer me to the others two ...

maciek4

bogu wrote:
There could be lots of problems there:

do u have register_global = On?

Your both select have the same name

$importance[0] and $importance[1], what are this suppose to be?

and from your example I cant manage to understand it, what should it do? do you want to send in your email the listbox's selected values?

what is register_global = on?
Yes I changed it but the results are the same
$importance is an array so $importance[0] would be value for checkbox need[friend] and $importance[1] would be value for checkbox need[sell] and I want those two values to be sent by mail thats all.

maciek4

I didnt want to post the entire code because, its a long code, there is a whole survey there, so I only posted the one field that is not working correctly and thats the checkboxes with a dropdown menus that indicate the weight factor of the checkboxes. There are 14 checkboxes but I only showed 2 to simplify it. Say one selects box 1 and chooses weight value 1 and selects box 2 and chooses value 5- the result should be

box1
importance: 1

box2
importance 5

n_wattam

the name set to both of your select lists boxes are the same!!

try changing one to 'importance0' and the other to 'importance1'

bogu

So you think that $importance[0] is the value sent through post for the first select and the $importance[1] is the value sent through post for the second select?

Well let me tell you that you are wrong, the right syntax for what u expect to get on POST is like this ...

<select name="importance[]">
    <option value="0">-</option>
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
    <option value="3">3</option>
    <option value="4">4</option>
    <option value="5">5</option>
</select>

<select name="importance[]">
    <option value="0">-</option>
    <option value="1">1</option>
    <option value="2">2</option>
    <option value="3">3</option>
    <option value="4">4</option>
    <option value="5">5</option>
</select>

if u run this line of code on your server:

echo phpinfo();

u are able to see if your register_global is on or off:

When register global si On your select will come like this

$importance[0], $importance[1]

, if register global is Off then you have to know how did u send your forms value through POST or GET:

$_POST['importance'][0], $_POST['importance'][1] or $_GET['importance']

, if u want to know more about this try google.

I hope this help's u understand...

Have fun coding ... 😃

maciek4

It is set to off I checked it.

so what should I do when its set to off ? my form has post

maciek4

I sent it like this

 if(isset($need['friend'])) {$mailBody .= "- social reasons\n";
        $mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[0]."\n\n";}
        if(isset($need['sell'])) {$mailBody .= "- sale and negotiations\n";
        $mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[1]."\n\n";}

maciek4

I got to this point using your instructions but it still doesnt work

$need = array();
$importance = array();

$importance[0] = $_POST["importance"]; 
$importance[1] = $_POST["importance1"];

$mailBody .= "I need english to:\n\n";
		if(isset($need['friend'])) {$mailBody .= "- social reasons\n";
		$mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[0]."\n\n";}
		if(isset($need['sell'])) {$mailBody .= "- sale and negotiations\n";
		$mailBody .= "Importance: ".$importance[1]."\n\n";}

<form action="analize_rq.html" method="post" name="order">

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="need[friend]" value="friend" onclick="javascript:document.order.importance.disabled=false" <? echo isset($need['friend']) ? 'checked' : ''; ?> >&nbsp;social reasons<br>

<select disabled="true" name="importance">
	<option value="0" <? echo ($importance[0] == '0' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>-</option>
	<option value="1" <? echo ($importance[0] == '1' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>1</option>
	<option value="2" <? echo ($importance[0] == '2' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>2</option>
	<option value="3" <? echo ($importance[0] == '3' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>3</option>
	<option value="4" <? echo ($importance[0] == '4' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>4</option>
	<option value="5" <? echo ($importance[0] == '5' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>5</option>
	</select>

<INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="need[sell]" value="sell" onclick="javascript:document.order.importance1.disabled=false"<? echo isset($need['sell']) ? 'checked' : ''; ?>>&nbsp;sales and negotiations<br>

<select name="importance1" disabled="true">
 <option value="0" <? echo ($importance[1] == '0' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>-</option>
	<option value="1" <? echo ($importance[1] == '1' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>1</option>
	<option value="2" <? echo ($importance[1] == '2' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>2</option>
	<option value="3" <? echo ($importance[1] == '3' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>3</option>
	<option value="4" <? echo ($importance[1] == '4' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>4</option>
	<option value="5" <? echo ($importance[1] == '5' ? 'selected' : '') ?>>5</option>
	</select>