forms in flash, i just dont $_GET-it

[fondue]

sorry for the bad joke there, im sure thats never been used in this forum. haha

i have a flash file, has a simple $_POST form in there that calls out a .php form outside of the .swf file.

what i dont get is that this script was working for a week, and then nothing but errors. i have since realized that my syntax is off. i am not all that savay in php, and truth be told i am learning as i go. so with this code, i get "Undefined index" and "Undefined variable" errors, but what am i doing wrong? i do get an email with the content, but nothing in it. im lost.

HELP!

<?
//specifies who the email is sent too, the name and subject line
$ToEmail = "[e-mail]";
$ToName = "to me";
$ToSubject = "website contact";


// what the email body is and converts flash variables to php variables and sets them up for the email
$EmailBody = "name: {$_GET['name']} \n email: {$_GET['email']} \n message: {$_GET['message']}";

//combines the variable to a message
$Message = $EmailBody;

//mail: sends the form with variable called from header above and From: the variables in the form
mail($ToEmail, $ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".$name." <".$email.">");

//error code
if(!@mail){
echo "error";
} else {
echo "sent";
}


?>

[fondue]

this isnt a flash problem, its just the code isnt proper php, please someone help!!

[esukf]

You said yourself you are using POST method for your forms yet you are using $GET for your variables.
Try changing $GET['name'] to $_POST['name'] etc.

[fondue]

if my flash file has post, shouldnt the .php file have $_GET??

[shonuff]

No, $GET looks for values passed in the url. If the flash form is using $POST to pass form input, then your processing script should use $_POST to get those values.

[fondue]

okay, i replaced the $GET with $POST and i still get these errors.

Notice: Undefined index: name in D:\inetpub\virtual\dezignmafia\wwwroot\form.php on line 10

Notice: Undefined index: email in D:\inetpub\virtual\dezignmafia\wwwroot\form.php on line 10

Notice: Undefined index: message in D:\inetpub\virtual\dezignmafia\wwwroot\form.php on line 10

Notice: Undefined variable: name in D:\inetpub\virtual\dezignmafia\wwwroot\form.php on line 16

Notice: Undefined variable: email in D:\inetpub\virtual\dezignmafia\wwwroot\form.php on line 16
sent

[fondue]

also just wanted to say thanks for all the help so far. i really appreciate it.

[shonuff]

I believe that is because you haven't defined the values for those variables. (name, email, message, etc.)

define the values at the top of the script...

$name = $_POST["name"];  //etc..

Also, this line needs some revisions...

$EmailBody = "name: {$_GET['name']} \n email: {$_GET['email']} \n message: {$_GET['message']}"; 

[fondue]

so here it is as of today, still not working, but still working on it. haha.

<?


$ToEmail = "my@emailaddycom";
$ToName = "my name";
$ToSubject = "website contact";

// im getting errors with these three lines
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["message"];


// and errors with this line
$EmailBody = "name: {$_POST['name']} \n email: {$_POST['email']} \n message: {$_POST['message']}";


$Message = $EmailBody;


mail($ToEmail, $ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".$name." <".$email.">");


if(!@mail){
echo "error";
} else {
echo "sent";
}


?>

[msimonds]

Here is one that I wrote a few days ago! See if this script can help

<?php
// Address error handing.
ini_set ('display_errors', 1);

error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

//setup the variables used in $_POST for top of form

$prefix     =       trim($_POST['prefix']);
$firstname  =       trim($_POST['first']);
$lastname   =       trim($_POST['lastname']);
$email      =       trim($_POST['email']);
$dphone     =       trim($_POST['dayphone']);
$hphone     =       trim($_POST['homephone']);
$p_contact  =       trim($_POST['p_contact']);

//setup the variables used in $_POST for the second part of the form

$ename      =       trim($_POST['eventname']);
$emonth     =       trim($_POST['eventmonth']);
$eday       =       trim($_POST['eventdate']);
$eyear      =       trim($_POST['eventyear']);
$evenue     =       trim($_POST['eventvenue']);
$ecity      =       trim($_POST['eventcity']);
$estate     =       trim($_POST['eventstate']);
$etickets   =       trim($_POST['ticketsneeded']);

//seteup the last variable used in the form for the text area box
$ecomments  =       trim($_POST['additional']);

// Check if the form has been submitted.
if (isset($_POST['submit']))
{
    $problem = FALSE; // No problems so far.

//check to see if fields are populated in the top of the form

if (empty ($firstname))  //check for first name
    {
	$problem = TRUE;
	echo '<p>You forgot to enter your first name, Please hit the back button and fill in the missin information</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty ($lastname))   //check for last name
    {
	$problem = TRUE;
	echo '<p>You forgot to enter your last name, Please hit the back button and fill in the missin information</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($email))//check for email address
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter your email address, Please hit the back button and fill in the missing information</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }
    elseif (!valid_email($email))//Check validity of email
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>Your email address is not correctly formatted, please push the back button and correct the error</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

   if (empty($dphone))     //check for phone contact number
        {
        $problem = TRUE;
        echo '<p>You forgot to enter your telephone number, please hit the back button and enter your phone number</p>';
        echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
        }

 //check to see if the required information is being filled out in the second part of the form

if (empty($ename))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter your event name, please hit the back button and Event Name</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($emonth))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to the month of the event, please hit the back button and select the correct month from the drop down menu</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($eday))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter the day of the event, please hit the back button and select the correct day from the drop down menu</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($eyear))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter the year of the event, please hit the back button and select the correct year from the drop down menu</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($evenue))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter the venue, please hit the back button and correct the Venue</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($ecity))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to enter the city of the event, please hit the back button and correct the city.</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (empty($estate))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo '<p>You forgot to select the state that the event is being help, please hit your back button and select the correct state from the drop down menu</p>';
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if(!is_numeric($etickets))
    {
    $problem = TRUE;
    echo  "<p>The number of tickets you entered is not valid please hit your back button and make sure it is a number</p>";
    echo "<input type=button value=\"Back\" onClick=\"history.go(-1)\">";
    }

if (!$problem)
    { // If there weren't any problems send the email!

    //prepare the name for the body in the email
    $name = $prefix . ' ' . $firstname . ' '. $lastname;
    $name = ucwords(strtolower($name));
    //removes backslash problem in email
    $ecomments = stripslashes($ecomments);
    $body = "Name: <strong>$name</strong> <br/>";
    //setup the contact information from the form into one variable
    $contact_info = "Email Address: <a href=\"mailto:$email\">$email</a> <br />Daytime Number: <strong>$dphone</strong><br />Home Phone: <strong>$hphone</strong> <br/>Preferred Contact Method: <strong>$p_contact</strong><br>";
    $body .= $contact_info;

    //setup the rest of the information
    $event_info = "Event Name:&nbsp;<strong>$ename</strong><br />
                   Event Month: <strong>$emonth &nbsp; $eday, $eyear</strong><br />
                   Event Venue:&nbsp;<strong>$evenue</strong><br />
                   Event City:&nbsp;<strong>$ecity</strong><br />
                   Event State:&nbsp;<strong>$estate</strong><br />
                   Number of Tickets Needed:<strong>$etickets</strong><br />
                   <br /><br />
                   Comments:<strong>$ecomments</strong>";
    //print out this message for testing
    $body .= $event_info;
    //echo $body;

    // Recipients
    $mailTo = "[e-mail]"; // note the comma


    // From
    $mailFrom = $email;
    $mailFromName = $firstname . ' '. $lastname;

    // Reply address
    $mailReplyTo = $mailFrom;

    // Message subject and contents
    $mailSubject = "Event Request Submission";
    $mailMessage = $body;
    // Text message charset
    $mailCharset = "windows-1252"; // must be accurate (e.g. "Windows - 1252" is invalid)

    // Create headres for mail() function
    $headers  = "Content-type: text/html; charset=$mailCharset\r\n";
    $headers .= "From: $mailFromName <$mailFrom>\r\n";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: $mailReplyTo\r\n";
    $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion() . "\r\n";
    $headers .= "X-Priority: 1";

    // Send mail
    mail($mailTo, $mailSubject, $mailMessage, $headers);
    header("Location: http://www.yoursite.com/tickets-complete.html");
    ;
	}





}
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//                 Funtions                              //
//                                                       //
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function valid_email($email)
{
      $pattern = "^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$";

  if (eregi($pattern, $email))
  {
     return true;
  }
  else
  {
     return false;
  }
}




?>

Works like a charm!!

[fondue]

so im still working on this and so far this has all been helpfull.

decided not to use flash anymore, back to the lovely HTML.

i found out that i wasnt referring to the variables, and i also added the insset() tag and that got out all the errors and what not. my only problem now, is that when i hit submit on my form, all i get back is the number #1, no matter what i put in the form feild.

<?php

$ToEmail = "[e-mail]";
$ToName = "me";
$ToSubject = "website contact";

$name = isset($_POST['name']);
$email = isset($_POST['email']);
$comments = isset($_POST['comments']);

$EmailBody = "name: $name \nemail: $email \ncomments: $comments";

$Message = $EmailBody;

mail($ToEmail, $ToSubject, $Message, "From: ".$name." <".$email.">");

?>

anyone have any ideas of why that i would get just "1" in each feild in my emails??