mailform

[themanwhowas]

$recipient = $_POST['to'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = "{$_POST['message']}";
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['from'] . "\r\n"
.'Reply-To: ' . $_POST['from'] . "\r\n";

if (mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
echo 'Mail Sent';
} else {
echo 'Mail NOT Sent';}

dont worry im not setting up a site for spam mailers, i was just messing about with the mail() function for educational purposes but have come across a problem. no matter what i do, the reply-to header is never set. as you can see, the reply to should be the same as the from header but for some reason this is not hapenning. i have tried it inside double quotes, with and without braces, with its own $POST array but nothing works apart from when i type the literal string into the php itself.
ie.

$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['from'] . "\r\n"
.'Reply-To: [e-mail]' . "\r\n";

any ideas?

[NogDog]

Try a print_r($POST) and verify that $POST['from'] is actually being set. (Maybe you spelled the name of its input field with a capital "F" or some other slight spelling difference?)

[themanwhowas]

$POST['from'] is used twice and in the first instance it works fine (the from part of the header), but it is the second usage of $POST['from'] that is not working (reply to). considering that it is identical to the from section which does indeed show who the mail is from, i can deduce that the spelling and syntax is fine. im just very stumped as to why this is hapenning

[bradgrafelman]

Echo out the $headers and visually inspect it - does it look right?

Try using [man]var_dump/man on $_POST['from'] - perhaps there's an extra line break at the end of it or something like that? Make sure var_dump() returns the expected length - if the address is '[e-mail]' make sure that var_dump says string(15).

[themanwhowas]

vardump works ok. here is the whole code. please be gentle with me

<?php


if (isset($_POST['verify']))

{


$recipient = $_POST['to'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = "{$_POST['message']}";
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['from'] . "\r\n"
.'Reply-To: ' .  $_POST['from'] . "\r\n";

if (mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
echo "Mail Sent<br />";
var_dump($_POST['from']);
} else {
echo 'Mail NOT Sent';
}
}

?>

<form action="mailform.php" method="post">

<p>


<p>&nbsp;

</p>



<p>
to: 
<input type="text" name="to">
</p>
<p>
subject: 
<input type="text" name="subject">
</p>
<p>
from: 
<input type="text" name="from">
</p>
<p>message:</p>
<p>
<textarea name="message">
</textarea>
</p>
<input type="hidden" name="verify" value="true">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</form>

[bradgrafelman]

Try enclosing both e-mail addresses in <> signs, e.g. "Reply-to: <[e-mail]>" .

[themanwhowas]

anglular braces did not help.
im beginning to think that POST arrays cant be used for 'reply-to' headers which i find very strange as they can be used for 'from' headers

[Warlock]

Well you can always try to write completly new code if nothing else help

[themanwhowas]

im sure that in any other code the post array would not work for reply to. i dont need this to work really. it was just me experimenting

[Warlock]

themanwhowas wrote:

im sure that in any other code the post array would not work for reply to. i dont need this to work really. it was just me experimenting

Then why do you bother at all :evilgrin:

[bradgrafelman]

themanwhowas wrote:

im beginning to think that POST arrays cant be used for 'reply-to' headers

That doesn't make any sense. $POST['from'] is simply a string. If you believe that you can't use $POST['from'] then you'd have to believe you can't use any strings at all.

[themanwhowas]

ok. maybe im retarded. what i mean is that $_POST['from'] posts 'from' in the header 'from' but doesnt post 'from' in the header 'reply to' if you understand what i mean (from is one of my forms text field names)
as for why im bothering? i really dont know, but now ive started i just cant stop. its just like pringles made with crack