PHP e-mail copy to viewer themselves ???

[j4mes_bond25]

My Contact form on my website www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk does the job well. However, as the time went by, I've been thinking to make it do MORE than just a basic form, allowing me to receive the information viewers' submits (as it does perfectly well, at the moment).

I wonder if anyone could point me in the right direction, as how could I possibly send a "Bcc" to the viewer who fill the form in with message saying:

Thanks for contacting us. We'll be in touch soon (if you've asked to be contacted). 

Following are the details you've sent:

(these details would be be exactly same as I receive i.e. all the details from the field).

Please visit us soon for your bespoke web solution.

Regards,
www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk

Now, I reckon the above message could be saved in one new variable, so I could do my editing in the message along with some formatting, etc. & THEN recall this "email confirmation" variable at some point, if such a thing is attainable.

My present PHP code is:

<?php

// If the form has been posted, analyse it: 
if ($_POST) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): After Clicking Submit
	foreach ($_POST as $field => $value) {
		$value = trim($value);
   	}

// Creating Variables
	$to="[e-mail]"; 
	$inquiry=$_POST['inquiry'];
	$title=$_POST['title'];
	$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
	$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];
	$email=$_POST['email'];
	$phone=$_POST['phone'];
	$message=stripslashes($_POST['message']);
	$reply=$_POST['reply'];
	$contact=$_POST['contact'];

$headers="From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
"Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
"Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  
"First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" . 
"Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" . 
"E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
"Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" . 
"Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" . 
"Contact: " . $_POST['contact'];


// Create empty ERROR variables
	$error = ""; // for fields left BLANK
	$errorflag = ""; // for fields with INVALID data entered

// Check for field/fields that is/are left BLANK
	if (($first_name == "") || ($last_name == "") || ($email == "") || ($phone == "") || ($message == "")) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Validating if fields are left blank
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please fill in all fields!</span>";
	} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Validating if fields are left blank

else { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): Form Validation
// Validate First Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	if (ctype_alpha($first_name) == FALSE)  {
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid First Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span>";
		$errorflag= "first_name";
		} 
// Validate Last Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (ctype_alpha($last_name) == FALSE) {
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Last Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span>";
		$errorflag="last_name";
		} 
// Validate E-mail (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if ((strpos($email, "@") == FALSE)|| 
		(strpos($email, ".") == FALSE) ||
		(strpos($email, " ") != FALSE)) {
			$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid E-mail</span>";
			$errorflag="email";
		} 
// Validate Contact No. (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (is_numeric($phone) == FALSE) {
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Contact No. <span class='italic'>(must contain numbers only, without any space)</span></span>";
		$errorflag="phone";
		}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): Form Validation

// Confirmation Message seen AFTER filling the form and pressing "Submit" button (whether there's an error or not)
// If there's an error along with displaying the list of flagged error/errors
if ($error != "") {	// CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Error
echo "<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span class='colorTextRed'>Error Occured: </b>" . $error."</span>" ; 
				} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Error


// If there's NO error at all, along with displaying the filled fields
else if (mail($to, $_POST['inquiry'], $message, $headers))
{
		echo "<p><span class='colorTextBlue'>E-mail sent successfully</span></p>";
		echo "<p>Thanks for your comment and time. We will be in touch with you shortly, if required. Following are the details you filled in.<br/><br/>"; 
		echo "<b>Nature of Inquiry:</b> ". $inquiry . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Title:</b> ". $title . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>First Name:</b> ". $first_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Last Name:</b> ". $last_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>E-mail:</b> ". $email . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact No.:</b> ". $phone . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Message:</b> ". $message . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Reply:</b> ". $reply . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact Method:</b> ". $contact . "<br/></p>";
			}
	else {
$error = "<span class='colorTextRed'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-mail NOT sent</span>";
	}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): After Clicking Submit

// Displays the Empty variables i.e. when the Contact Form appears completely blank for the VERY FIRST time with all blank fields
else {

$inquiry = "";
$title = "";
$first_name = "";
$last_name = "";
$email = "";
$phone = "";
$message = "";
$reply = "";
$contact = "";
$errorflag = "";
}
?>

What I've done, additionally, with the hope of sending copy to viewers is:

created a new variable "bcc"

$bcc=$_POST['email'];

AND added "$bcc" in my mail function by:

(mail($to, $_POST['inquiry'], $message, $headers, $bcc))

This DID NOT work, when I tested the form.

Anyhow, would I need a "bcc" OR "cc" in this case. I reckon, it should be "bcc" since I don't want viewers to know that I'm receiving my mails on "[e-mail]"

[TheHyipSite]

you could put a autoreply on your email if your email provided allows it, i have with mine!

[Houdini]

To send a Bcc: in your mail you would just include it in the $headers of your email. Here is the list of HEADERS that comprise an E-mail with a short description'

Headers typically are provided by a "template" from the MUA to the sender
when composing E-mail, usually during step [1]: See RFC2822

From: # who is the sender
To: # who gets this mail
Cc: # people to keep informed, but need not respond
Bcc: # other people to keep informed, keep secret
Subject: # what the mail is about
Reply-To: # added by originator to direct replies
Priority: # try to influence speed and delivery
Precedence: # set ordering in queue
Resent-To: # used for redirecting (forwarding) E-mail
Resent-Cc: # ditto
X-[something]: # personalized headers

Your Headers in the $headers need to be rethought to sucessfully send e-mail with the proper headers. Out of your headers shown below

$headers="From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" .//valid header
    "Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  //not a valid header
    "First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" .//If it were Reply-to it would be valid
    "Contact: " . $_POST['contact'];//not a valid header

Just put the Bcc: in you $headers and you might want to use the Inquiry, Title, First Name etcetera within the body of the message. mail()Has 5 parameters and three are required and the other two are optional but the addtitional headers is usually used. (Mostly for the From: address). This is from the manual as to why the $bcc did not work!

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

to
Receiver, or receivers of the mail.

The formatting of this string must comply with RFC 2822. Some examples are:

[e-mail]
[e-mail], [e-mail]
User <[e-mail]>
User <[e-mail]>, Another User <[e-mail]>

subject
Subject of the email to be sent.

Caution
This must not contain any newline characters, or the mail may not be sent properly.

message
Message to be sent.

Each line should be separated with a LF (\n). Lines should not be larger than 70 characters.

additional_headers (optional)
String to be inserted at the end of the email header.

This is typically used to add extra headers (From, Cc, and Bcc). Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n).

Note: When sending mail, the mail must contain a From header. This can be set with the additional_headers parameter, or a default can be set in php.ini.

Failing to do this will result in an error message similar to Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing. The From header sets also Return-Path under Windows.

Note: If messages are not received, try using a LF (\n) only. Some poor quality Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used). This should be a last resort, as it does not comply with RFC 2822.

additional_parameters (optional)
The additional_parameters parameter can be used to pass an additional parameter to the program configured to use when sending mail using the sendmail_path configuration setting. For example, this can be used to set the envelope sender address when using sendmail with the -f sendmail option.

The user that the webserver runs as should be added as a trusted user to the sendmail configuration to prevent a 'X-Warning' header from being added to the message when the envelope sender (-f) is set using this method. For sendmail users, this file is /etc/mail/trusted-users.

[j4mes_bond25]

Houdini wrote:

To send a Bcc: in your mail you would just include it in the $headers of your email. Here is the list of HEADERS that comprise an E-mail with a short description'
Your Headers in the $headers need to be rethought to sucessfully send e-mail with the proper headers. Out of your headers shown below

$headers="From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" .//valid header
    "Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  //not a valid header
    "First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .//not a valid header
    "Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" .//If it were Reply-to it would be valid
    "Contact: " . $_POST['contact'];//not a valid header

Just put the Bcc: in you $headers and you might want to use the Inquiry, Title, First Name etcetera within the body of the message. mail()Has 5 parameters and three are required and the other two are optional but the addtitional headers is usually used. (Mostly for the From: address). This is from the manual as to why the $bcc did not work!

That was fantastic, since it worked perfectly well. I can see the mail reaching me AND a confirmation message sent to the sender, as well.

Bearing in mind, your suggestion, I've altered my codes accordingly (including "$error AND $errorflag's recommendation. Although, I'm afraid, I didn't quite understand what you meant by "it'll list ONLY the last error". Do you mean, if someone type in TWO fields wrong i.e. "name & e-mail" then BOTH would display at the same time, since right now ONLY one displays & once we correct it, the OTHER displays thereafter, so "Error Occured" ONLY displays ONE error at a time, EVEN after I use ".=":

<?php

// If the form has been posted, analyse it: 
if ($_POST) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): After Clicking Submit
	foreach ($_POST as $field => $value) {
		$value = trim($value);
   	}

// Creating Variables
	$to="[e-mail]"; 
	$inquiry=$_POST['inquiry'];
	$title=$_POST['title'];
	$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
	$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];
	$email=$_POST['email'];
	$phone=$_POST['phone'];
	$message=stripslashes($_POST['message']) . "\r\n" . 
			"From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
			"Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  

			"First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" . 
			"Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" . 
			"E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
			"Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" . 
			"Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" . 
			"Contact: " . $_POST['contact'];
	$reply=$_POST['reply'];
	$contact=$_POST['contact'];

$headers="From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Bcc: " . $_POST['email'];

// Create empty ERROR variables
	$error = ""; // for fields left BLANK
	$errorflag = ""; // for fields with INVALID data entered

// Check for field/fields that is/are left BLANK
	if (($first_name == "") || ($last_name == "") || ($email == "") || ($phone == "") || ($message == "")) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Validating if fields are left blank
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please fill in all fields!</span>";
	} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Validating if fields are left blank

else { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): Form Validation
// Validate First Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	if (ctype_alpha($first_name) == FALSE)  {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid First Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "first_name";
		} 
// Validate Last Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (ctype_alpha($last_name) == FALSE) {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Last Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "last_name";
		} 
// Validate E-mail (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if ((strpos($email, "@") == FALSE)|| 
		(strpos($email, ".") == FALSE) ||
		(strpos($email, " ") != FALSE)) {
			$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid E-mail</span><br />";
			$errorflag .= "email";
		} 
// Validate Contact No. (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (is_numeric($phone) == FALSE) {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Contact No. <span class='italic'>(must contain numbers only, without any space)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "phone";
		}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): Form Validation

// Confirmation Message seen AFTER filling the form and pressing "Submit" button (whether there's an error or not)
// If there's an error along with displaying the list of flagged error/errors
if ($error != "") {	// CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Error
echo "<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span class='colorTextRed'>Error Occured: </b>" . $error."</span>" ; 
				} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Error


// If there's NO error at all, along with displaying the filled fields
else if (mail($to, "www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk Inquiry", $message, $headers))
{
		echo "<p><span class='colorTextBlue'>E-mail sent successfully</span></p>";
		echo "<p>Thanks for your comment and time. We will be in touch with you shortly, if required. Copy of your Inquiry has been sent to your e-mail.<br/>Following are the details you filled in.<br/><br/>"; 
		echo "<b>Nature of Inquiry:</b> ". $inquiry . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Title:</b> ". $title . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>First Name:</b> ". $first_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Last Name:</b> ". $last_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>E-mail:</b> ". $email . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact No.:</b> ". $phone . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Message:</b> ". $message . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Reply:</b> ". $reply . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact Method:</b> ". $contact . "<br/></p>";
			}
	else {
$error = "<span class='colorTextRed'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-mail NOT sent</span>";
	}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): After Clicking Submit

// Displays the Empty variables i.e. when the Contact Form appears completely blank for the VERY FIRST time with all blank fields
else {

$inquiry = "";
$title = "";
$first_name = "";
$last_name = "";
$email = "";
$phone = "";
$message = "";
$reply = "";
$contact = "";
$errorflag = "";
}
?>

Once the submit is pressed the screen looks like in the attached file (with all details being displayed in "message" field. Try filling the form yourself & you'd know what I mean.

In addition, just certain things I wonder if you could enlighten me about.

I've tried & tested it, it works well. Only tiny hiccup is........ EVEN I receive exactly the same message, ALONG WITH the viewer himself (which is fine).

Is there anyway, I could NOT receive the "copy" of this "confirmation" e-mail, since I'd end-up with having "loads of" these confirmation messages, which is NOT relevant for me to receive it, since it's MORE of a relevance to viewers THEMSELVES.

Lastly, when if you fill this form yourself, you'll now get the "copy" of your own message, BUT when you receive it, you'll have "[e-mail]" in the "to" field & your own e-mail address in the "from" field, which looks not quite professional, since it'll give viewers the impression that they've received the form from "their OWN address" from "my website", if you catch my drift.

Is there anyway, I could make changes here, such as having "viewer's OWN e-mail" (whatever they type in the "e-mail" field) in the "to" field AND "my e-mail" i.e. "[e-mail]" in the "from" field.

[Weedpacket]

You could always send two emails - one to you and one to them.

[j4mes_bond25]

Just to update on my codes:

Everything works perfectly well now.

<?php

// If the form has been posted, analyse it: 
if ($_POST) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): After Clicking Submit
	foreach ($_POST as $field => $value) {
		$value = trim($value);
   	}

// Creating Variables
	$to="[e-mail]"; 
	$inquiry=$_POST['inquiry'];
	$title=$_POST['title'];
	$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
	$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];
	$email=$_POST['email'];
	$phone=$_POST['phone'];
	$message=stripslashes($_POST['message']);
	$reply=$_POST['reply'];
	$contact=$_POST['contact'];

$headers="From: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Bcc: " . $_POST['email'];

// Create empty ERROR variables
	$error = ""; // for fields left BLANK
	$errorflag = ""; // for fields with INVALID data entered

// Check for field/fields that is/are left BLANK
	if (($first_name == "") || ($last_name == "") || ($email == "") || ($phone == "") || ($message == "")) { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Validating if fields are left blank
		$error = "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please fill in all fields!</span>";
	} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Validating if fields are left blank

else { // CURLY BRACKET (Open): Form Validation
// Validate First Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	if (ctype_alpha($first_name) == FALSE)  {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid First Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "first_name";
		} 
// Validate Last Name (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (ctype_alpha($last_name) == FALSE) {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Last Name <span class='italic'>(Alphabets only)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "last_name";
		} 
// Validate E-mail (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if ((strpos($email, "@") == FALSE)|| 
		(strpos($email, ".") == FALSE) ||
		(strpos($email, " ") != FALSE)) {
			$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid E-mail</span><br />";
			$errorflag .= "email";
		} 
// Validate Contact No. (including ERRORS such as (1) field left BLANK (2) field with INVALID data entered 
	else if (is_numeric($phone) == FALSE) {
		$error .= "<span class='colorTextBlue'>Please enter a valid Contact No. <span class='italic'>(must contain numbers only, without any space)</span></span><br />";
		$errorflag .= "phone";
		}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): Form Validation

// Confirmation Message seen AFTER filling the form and pressing "Submit" button (whether there's an error or not)
// If there's an error along with displaying the list of flagged error/errors
if ($error != "") {	// CURLY BRACKET (Open): For Error
echo "<br/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><span class='colorTextRed'>Error Occured: </b>" . $error."</span>" ; 
				} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): For Error


// If there's NO error at all, along with displaying the filled fields
else if (mail(
		$to, "www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk Inquiry",
		"Thank you for your time and comment on www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk. We will get back to you soon, if you'd asked for it. Following are the details you've filled in:\r\n\r\n\r\n" . 
		"Nature of Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  
		"First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" . 
		"E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" . 
		"Contact: " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" .
		"Message: " . $message, $headers))
{
		echo "<p><span class='colorTextBlue'>E-mail sent successfully</span></p>";
		echo "<p>Thanks for your comment and time. We will be in touch with you shortly, if required. Copy of your Inquiry has been sent to your e-mail.<br/>Following are the details you filled in.<br/><br/>"; 
		echo "<b>Nature of Inquiry:</b> ". $inquiry . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Title:</b> ". $title . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>First Name:</b> ". $first_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Last Name:</b> ". $last_name . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>E-mail:</b> ". $email . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact No.:</b> ". $phone . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Message:</b> ". $message . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Reply:</b> ". $reply . "<br/>";
		echo "<b>Contact Method:</b> ". $contact . "<br/></p>";
			}
	else {
$error = "<span class='colorTextRed'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;E-mail NOT sent</span>";
	}
} // CURLY BRACKET (Close): After Clicking Submit

// Displays the Empty variables i.e. when the Contact Form appears completely blank for the VERY FIRST time with all blank fields
else {

$inquiry = "";
$title = "";
$first_name = "";
$last_name = "";
$email = "";
$phone = "";
$message = "";
$reply = "";
$contact = "";
$errorflag = "";
}
?>

I also receive the way I wanted e-mail.

Only thing is, I need to play around further with the way the address is presently being displayed on "to" and "from" in the header, when viewers receive the information.

In the "to" field, it says: [e-mail] (i.e. MY e-mail, rather than my viewers)
AND in the "from" field, it says: "viewer's e-mail" rather than MY e-mail.

This looks little unprofessional. I'll delve into it further, in the mean time.

[Houdini]

In the $to variable rewrite it like this

$to="NameYouWantHere <[e-mail]>"; 

and in the From: something kind of like this

$headers="From: NameYouWantHere <" . $_POST['email'] . ">\r\n" .

or

$headers="From: NameYouWantHere <$email>\r\n" .// since you have that variable

Replace the NameYouWantHere with whatever you want and that is what will show in the e-mail but the address is required and used within the<> just after it.

[j4mes_bond25]

Houdini wrote:

In the $to variable rewrite it like this

$to="NameYouWantHere <[e-mail]>"; 

and in the From: something kind of like this

$headers="From: NameYouWantHere <" . $_POST['email'] . ">\r\n" .

or

$headers="From: NameYouWantHere <$email>\r\n" .// since you have that variable

Replace the NameYouWantHere with whatever you want and that is what will show in the e-mail but the address is required and used within the<> just after it.

Well, if I update my code as you mentioned then it'd look like this:

	$to="All Inclusive Web Design <[e-mail]>"; 
	$inquiry=$_POST['inquiry'];
	$title=$_POST['title'];
	$first_name=$_POST['first_name'];
	$last_name=$_POST['last_name'];
	$email=$_POST['email'];
	$phone=$_POST['phone'];
	$message=stripslashes($_POST['message']);
	$reply=$_POST['reply'];
	$contact=$_POST['contact'];

$headers="From: All Inclusive Web Design <$email>\r\n"; 
$headers="Bcc: " . $_POST['email'];

The resulting e-mail look like this:

To: "All Inclusive Web Design" <[e-mail]>
From: "Nobody" <[e-mail]>

Now, you can see that in the
"To" field, it's MY e-mail that REMAINS the way it was. But rather peculiarly, in the
"From" field instead of saying "All Inclusive Web Design" <[e-mail]>, it's saying "Nobody" with this "god knows whose e-mail that is" appears. Whose e-mail is this appearing ???

[Houdini]

It would be whatever the $POST['email'] value is, so just enter a real email instead of a variable (most likely your own

$headers = "From: All Inclusive Web Design <youremailhere>\r\n";
$headers .= "Bcc: " . $_POST['email']; //remember to concatenate otherwise you write over the first $header

[j4mes_bond25]

Houdini wrote:

It would be whatever the $POST['email'] value is, so just enter a real email instead of a variable (most likely your own

$headers = "From: All Inclusive Web Design <youremailhere>\r\n";
$headers .= "Bcc: " . $_POST['email']; //remember to concatenate otherwise you write over the first $header

NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW, finally, I managed to get the result to my COMPLETE SATISFACTION. It's working like a charm now.

I'm ONLY getting JUST ONE e-mail i.e. to the viewer's e-mail WITHOUT having to receive any copy myself.

In the "To" field: I'm seeing "viewer's e-mail" AND
in the "From" field, I'm seeing "[e-mail]"

In addition to changing my "$header" slightly:

    $headers="From: [e-mail]\r\n" . 
            "Bcc: " . $_POST['email'];

I had to MORE IMPORTANTLY, rather needed playing around with "mail" function instead:

FROM:

    else if (mail([B]$to[/B],
            "www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk Inquiry",
            "Thank you for your time and comment on www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk. We will get back to you soon, if you'd asked for it. Following are the details you've filled in:\r\n\r\n\r\n" . 
            "Nature of Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  

            "First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" . 
            "E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Contact: " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" .
            "Message: " . $message, $headers))

TO:

    else if (mail([B]$_POST['email'][/B],
            "www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk Inquiry",
            "Thank you for your time and comment on www.allinclusivewebdesign.co.uk. We will get back to you soon, if you'd asked for it. Following are the details you've filled in:\r\n\r\n\r\n" . 
            "Nature of Inquiry: " . $_POST['inquiry'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Title: " . $_POST['title'] . "\r\n" .  

            "First Name: " . $_POST['first_name'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Last Name: " . $_POST['last_name'] . "\r\n" . 
            "E-mail: " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Reply: " . $_POST['reply'] . "\r\n" . 
            "Contact: " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" .
            "Message: " . $message, $headers))

This is what I'd call a time "to heave a sigh of relief" & enjoy the footie's final few minutes 😉 (had to give football's final a miss, until I got this working).

Course, I don't think I'll settle with this, since I'll continue to make changes as the time goes by, but having had this work PERFECTLY WELL today, it was worth spending entire day getting this thing working fan-bloody-tastically well.

Undoubtedly, without having you around, it would've been COMPLETELY IMPOSSIBLE & hence I very much appretiate you time, effort & help at every single stage. Thanks once again.

[Houdini]

Enjoy the last day of the games. Glad to help. When you do get to MIME e-mail it can be very frustrating, but I have a code for that that can be altered.

[j4mes_bond25]

Houdini wrote:

Enjoy the last day of the games. Glad to help. When you do get to MIME e-mail it can be very frustrating, but I have a code for that that can be altered.

I don't suppose I could do some "formatting" along with having a pic. sent to viewer in the footer of the confirmation mail, since I fancy adding "company's logo" at the end of their confirmation mail, when viewer's receive the e-mail.

[Houdini]

That would be of the MIME type email and would be an inline attachment. You would just place the <img src="yourfooterpic.jpg"> at the bottom and make the image type either image/jpeg or image/gif whatever it is. You have to read the actual file into the mail and encode it and provide MIME boundries for a multipart email. Below is my code that you can play with until you figure it out. I think I have an inline as well as a regular attachment I can't remember.

<?php
################################################################################
###########
### An email script that will attach images inline in an HTML and plain text e-mail ###
### Just enter you own email infomation and file names with paths where indicated in ###
### the script. Have fun with it alter it add to it or whatever you want. When you are ###
### done reading all the confusing tutorials about this kind of using mail to send your ###
### own without PHPmailer then you can just use this file to suit your self. ###
################################################################################
###########
$headers = "From: Me <[e-mail]>";//put your own stuff here or use a variable
$to = '[e-mail]';// same as above
$subject = 'Testing Inline attachment HTML Emails';//your own stuff goes here
$html ="<img src='beerchug.gif'><br /><br />
<b>This</b> is HTML <span style='background:cyan'>and this is a cyan highlight</span>
<br />So this should be a new line.<br /><br />This should be a new line with a space between the above.
<br />Here's dead Al<br><img src='DeadAl.jpg'><br />He is dead in this photo!<br />This is a martyr, well
OK then I think I will pass on looking like that all blowed up and all.<br /><br />So much for being a martyr!<br /> He's just another dead terrorist in the pile of the others ... ougggh nooooo!";//make up your own html or use an include
//the below is your own plain text message (all the $message(x))
$message0 = 'Dear valued customer,';// or make up your own for plain text message
$message1 = 'NukeXtra just released our new search engine optimisation (SEO) services.
We have exciting new packages from Cost-Per-Click (CPC, Paid advertising) to specialised optimization of your website by a designated SEO campaign manager.';
$message2 = 'Studies have proven that top placement in search engines, among other forms of online marketing, provide a more favourable return on investment compared to traditional forms of advertising such as, email marketing, radio commercials and television.';
$message3 = 'Search engine optimization is the ONLY fool proof method to earning guaranteed Top 10 search engine placement.';
$message4 = '95% of monthly Internet users utilize search engines to find and access websites';
$message5 = 'Attached is the NukeXtra SEO & CPC packages guide for your information.';
$message6 = 'If you have any questions or are interested in proceeding with our SEO services, please do not hesitate to contact us.';
$message7 = 'I look forward to this opportunity for us to work together.';
$message8 = 'With Kindest regards,';
$message9 = 'Someone';
$message10 = 'PHP Web Programmer';
$message11 = 'NukeXtra - [e-mail] - http://dhost.info/stevedemarcus/steve/' ;
$message12 = '218 Some Court<br />Somewhere, ST 55555';
$message12 = 'Tel: (xxx)-xxx-xxx | Fax: {xxx)-xxx-xxxx';
//Now lets set up some attachments (two in this case)
//first file to attach
$fileatt2 = '../images/beerchug.gif';//put the relative path to the file here on your server
$fileatt_name2 = 'beerchug.gif';//just the name of the file here
$fileatt_type2 = filetype($fileatt2);
$file2 = fopen($fileatt2,'rb');
$data2 = fread($file2,filesize($fileatt2));
fclose($file2);
//another file to attach
$fileatt = 'DeadAl.jpg';//relative path to image two and more (this one is in the same directory)
$fileatt_name = 'DeadAl.jpg';//just the name of the file
$fileatt_type = filetype($fileatt);
$file = fopen($fileatt,'rb');
$data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt));
fclose($file);
// Generate a boundary string that is unique
$semi_rand = md5(time());
$mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";
// Add the headers for a file attachment
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/alternative;\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
$message = "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
"<font face=Arial>" .
$html."\r\n";
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
$message0 . "\n\n" .
$message1 . "\n\n" .
$message2 . "\n\n" .
$message3 . "\n\n" .
$message4 . "\n\n" .
$message5 . "\n\n" .
$message6 . "\n\n" .
$message7 . "\n\n" .
$message8 . "\n\n" .
$message9 . "\n" .
$message10 . "\n" .
$message11 . "\n" .
$message12 . "\n\n";
// Add the headers for a file attachment
$headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" .
" boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
// Base64 encode the file data
$data2 = chunk_split(base64_encode($data2));
// Add file attachment to the message
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: image/gif;\n" . // {$fileatt_type}
" name=\"{$fileatt_name2}\"\n" .
"Content-Disposition: inline;\n" .
" filename=\"{$fileatt_name2}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data2 . "\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n";
// Add another file attachment to the message as many as you have
$data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
// Add file attachment to the message
$message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
"Content-Type: image/jpg;\n" . // {$fileatt_type}
" name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Disposition: inline;\n" .
" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
$data . "\n\n" .
"--{$mime_boundary}--\n";
// Send the message
$send = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($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>";
}
?>