Mail not sending variables

[rbabich]

I have a script that is doing a good job of inserting the variables into the database, but for a solid week I have tried everything and CANT get the variablese sent to me in the email form. The email gets delivered without the variables every time.

Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks. :queasy:

$sql="INSERT INTO contractor
(first,last,phone,zip,email,biztype,compname)
VALUES
('$POST[first]','$POST[last]','$POST[phone]','$POST[zip]','$POST[email]','$POST[biztype]','$_POST[compname]')";

if (!mysql_query($sql,$con))
{
die('Error: ' . mysql_error());
}

mail('[e-mail]', 'Contractor Signup', 'email');

[Houdini]

What variable are you sending with the mail() function all I see going into the mail are your to field ([e-mail]0 then the Subject of (Contractor Signup) and then in the message pasrt all you have is (email) from what you have shown I would suspect that you recieve an e-mail with the subject of Contractor Signup and a message that says email so where are thes variables you are talking about?

[rbabich]

I just dropped this up to use as a sample:
mail('[e-mail]', 'Contractor Signup', 'email');

I tried
mail('[e-mail]', 'Contractor Signup', '$POST[first],$POST[last]');

Should I be using Request instead? (I am very slow and dim) Thanks for the help

[Houdini]

First lets redefine your $POST variables

$first = $_POST['first'];
$last = $_POST['last'];
$email = $_POST['email'];

Now lets make a message with these new shorter variables.

$message = "Hello $first $last has just signed up for the Contractor sign up\n
their email address is $email";
$send = mail('[e-mail]', 'Contractor Signup', $message);
if ($send) {
echo "<p>Email Sent to intended recipients successfully!</p>";
} else {
echo "<p>Mail could not be sent. You missed something in the script. Sorry!</p>";
}

[rbabich]

Thanks so much for your help. It worked perfectly. I didnt know you could restate the variables like that. Thank you very much for your help.