[RESOLVED] Radio Buttons Help

sys4dm1n

I wrote a contact form script -- but I am unable to get it working properly. I am using radio buttons, check boxes, and drop down menus.

The check boxes and drop down menus do not even appear in the email which is sent, and the radio buttons show up as the word "Array". Please help!

The HTML and PHP is attached, but I will post the PHP code here aswell (the HTML form is attached).

<?php
$pagetype = "Quote";
$scriptname = "$pagetype A Form";
$script_dir = "/www/dir/";
$emailaddress = "email@domain.com";
$subjectheader = "$pagetype A Test";
$redirecturl = "index.php?x=web&cat=contact&form=submit";
$message = "
---Order Info---
Shipper: $name
Zip Code: $zip
Email: $email
New Quote: $new_quote
Old Quote #: $oldquote
Distributor or End User: $doeu
Company: $company
Shipping FOB Plant: $shippingfob\n\n

---Bag Info---
Bag Thickness: $bagthick
Bag Width/Length: $bagwidthlength
Quantity: $quantity
Estimated Annual Usage per Size: $usage_per_size
Special Features: $special
Other: $other_text
Type: $type
Tubing: $tubing
Other: $other_text2
Risen: $risen
Other: $other_text3
UVI: $uvi
Antistat: $antistat
Application:\n$application\n\n

---Security Info---
IP Address: $ip
Browser: $browser
Date: $d
Time: $t";

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {

  $name     = $_POST[shipper];
  $email    = $_POST[email];
  $zip      = $_POST[zip];
  $new_quote = $_POST[new_quote];
  $oldquote    = $_POST[oldquote];
  $doeu  = $_POST[distributor_or_end_user];
  $bagthick      = $_POST[bag_thickness];
  $bagwidthlength      = $_POST[bag_width_length];
  $usage_per_size      = $_POST[usage_per_size];
  $special      = $_POST[special_features];
  $other_text = $_POST[other_text];
  $type      = $_POST[type];
  $tubing      = $_POST[tubing];
  $other_text2      = $_POST[other_text2];
  $resin      = $_POST[resin];
  $other_text3      = $_POST[other_text3];
  $uvi      = $_POST[uvi];
  $antistat      = $_POST[antistat];
  $application      = $_POST[application];
  $shippingfob      = $_POST[shipping_fob_plant];
  $ip		= $_POST[ip];
  $browser  = $_POST[browser];
  $d	    = $_POST[d];
  $t	    = $_POST[t];
  $subject  = $_POST[subject];

   mail("$emailaddress", "$subjectheader $subject", "$message", "From: $email \nReply-To: $email");

  if ($redirecturl != "") {
     header("Location: $redirecturl");
  } else {
     echo "";
  }

} else {

   include($script_dir . 'quote_a_body.php');

}
?>

Someone please help!

bogu

Did u try to print your POST array? <-- you should do that before asking for others to debug your script (ex. print_r($_POST)😉

First of all, did u write the HTML form?
Look of what u write here:

....
<input type="checkbox" name="new_quote[]" value="Yes">
....
<input type="checkbox" name="new_quote[]" value="No">
....

When u try to send the value in your email you write like this:

$new_quote = $_POST[new_quote];

Well this $_POST[new_quote] is an array and it look something like this:

[new_quote] => Array
        (
            [0] => Yes
            [1] => No
        )

Learn how to debug your script, dont come here and ask for others to do that for u, I just show u how to do, try and let me know how is going.

P.S. There is a saying: "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Get a man to fish and you feed him for a life time."
P.S2. For the example I showed u above u use checkbox shouldnt u use radio button? because is either Yes or either No, it cant be both ...

Houdini

I believe that you are getting the purpose of checkboxes and radio buttons confused. A radio button allows only one of tow or more options to be selected and a checkbox will allow zero, one, all options, or any number inbetween zero and all.

In one part of your form you have two check boxes with values of Yes and No and allowing the user to check both is nonsensical although possible it should be a radio button.

Radio buttons all share the same name but have a different value and checkboxes are options that shar the same array name and can be either index arrays or associative arrays. So you need to set up your form accordingly. then repost it as well as the problem you are having.

sys4dm1n

I was having a major brain fart last night. I was up almost all night working and wasn't thinking clear at all.

Haha, I appreciate the help guys, I figured it out after reading these posts and noticing that I was being extremely careless about the form at the time.

Resolved!

Thanks!

Houdini

I know how that goes when I was in the navy me and a buddy of mine went to the commissary and the food preparer asked him did he want a ham and cheese omelet or just a cheese omelet and he said yes.

sys4dm1n

Haha.