PHP Server problem

xomeia

Hi
Well I'm trying to set up enquiry from page that get sent to my email when the send button is pressed and calls the php file. I'm using swishmax software and the site i'm having trouble with is on the link below:
http://www.hotelceilidh-donia.co.uk/contactnew.html
When I try in on my server www.xomeia.com it works prefectly but when I put it on the hotel server it can't acess the php file for some reason!!!!

Why is this? And what can I do to fix it? The code used to call the php file is below.

on (release) {
if (nameVar=="") {
errormessage="Please enter your name";
} else {
if (emailVar=="") {
errormessage="Please enter your email";
} else {
if (emailVar.indexOf("@") == -1 || emailVar.indexOf(".") == -1) {
errormessage="Please enter a valid email";
} else {
if (dayVar=="" || dayVar<1) {
errormessage="The Day must be more that 1";
} else {
if (dayVar=="" || dayVar>31) {
errormessage="The Day must be less that 31";
} else {
if (monthVar=="" || monthVar<1 || monthVar>12) {
errormessage="Please a valid month i.e 1-12";
} else {
if (yearVar=="" || yearVar<2006 ) {
errormessage="The year is not valid";
} else {
if (yearVar=="" || yearVar>2008) {
errormessage="We can only book up to 2008 online";
} else {
if (nightVar=="" || nightVar<1 || nightVar>21) {
errormessage="The number of nights must be between 1-21";
} else {
errormessage="Sending Message....";
send="yes";
this.loadVariables("contact.php",'POST');
nameVar="";
companyVar="";
emailVar="";
addVar="";
cityVar="";
postVar="";
countryVar="";
teleVar="";
faxVar="";
dayVar="";
monthVar="";
yearVar="";
nightVar="";
roomVar="";
specialVar="";
findVar="";
keywordVar="";
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}

I thought of accessing the php file from the xomeia server that works but I'm not sure how to do this. Any ideas????

Thanks for the help

Blulagoon

Well, I guess the first obvious question to ask, is are you sure the hotel's server has PHP installed ?

From within Flash, are you using the action script loadVars command to call the PHP file ? If you are, there is no reason why the call couldn't be to http://www.xomeia.com/myfile.php so the form is processed on your server, and once the information has been logged, emailed or whatever, use an include statement like: include("http://www.hotel.com/thank_you.php"); to take them back to the hotel site.

HTH - Blu

bogu

And what does your flash script have to do with the php server?

Blulagoon

@ : Possibly nothing, more likely everything 😃

bogu

Blulagoon wrote:
@ : Possibly nothing, more likely everything 😃

I want to help him, but I dont know flash scripting, and it is posted on a php forum. :p

Blulagoon

I see bogu. I originally started using PHP as an adjunct to Flash projects I was doing about 10 years ago, and since that time got into using MySQL and SQL server 2000.

Flash and PHP work extremely well together.

Blu

xomeia

Thanks for the help.

I'm not sure if hotel's server has PHP installed how do I check this? And can this be fixed? But I don't think it does.

I'm using the code below to load the php file:
this.loadVariables("contact.php",'POST');
Is this correct?

Cheers

bogu

create a php file:

<?php
    echo phpinfo();
?>

and see if it works ...

Blulagoon

Well, if the hotel's server doesn't have PHP installed then you'd have to install it, or use another server, such as Xomeia.com's.

Haven't used actionscript in ages, so your code might be right, but for me it always was:
loadVariables("contact.php", this, "POST");

Blu

xomeia

Thanks, I know the script works because I use the same idea on the xomeia server. How do I go about setting up the PHP on the hotel server because this would solve alot of problems. Cheers

thorpe

How do I go about setting up the PHP on the hotel server because this would solve alot of problems. Cheers

Do you have root access to the server? Installing php is covered in the manual.