Form email notification

big-dog

I get a notification through email of a form that is filled out, it contains all the information in the form. I need it to look different in my email currently its something like
First Name; Billy
Last Name; Bob
Address; 123 Street Dr.
City;
State;
Zip Code;
And so on….

Iwant it to look like the form that was filled out

auddog

Your talking about a html email from what I'm gathering. I don't see the X in the upper left hand corner, so I can't see what your talking about.

big-dog

auddog wrote:
Your talking about a html email from what I'm gathering. I don't see the X in the upper left hand corner, so I can't see what your talking about.

A

its to the left sign
heres a email notivication that is producted from form

First Name: Tom
Last Name: Thumb
Date Of Birth: 10/10/2000
Address: 1234 S Main
Apt No:
City: Wichita
State: Ks
Zip Code: 67212
Phone No:
EMail: test@test.com
Roar No:
AMB Transponder No:
Adult Membership:
Junior Membership:
Family Membership:
Family One:
Family Two:
Family Three:
Family Four:
Assist With Track: YES
I Agree: YES
Signature: dja;sldkj;lskdfj
Date Signed: 2/1/07
Amount Paid: $60.00

leatherback

This is -as big-dog pointed out already- done by using HTML email, rather than plain text email.

The trick is to in the headers of your mail() command add this one:

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

Which will tell the email client to expect HTML encoding. Now you can format the whole email using HTML (Tip: Produce the page first in a variable, which you echo to screen, so you can check whether it looks ok, without having to sent dozens emails to yourself).

You might want to consider including a plain-text version of the confirmation too, as some clients do not like html email.

big-dog

Where do I put $headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; in the code Ive tried sevel places sometime it errors on the line and sometimes not but i get the same plain email.
in the html form page or in the php file
sorry but I new as you can tell😕

leatherback

Big-Dog: if you are new, you should ideally post in the newbie section, as people take a bit slower approach in answering there.

In some section of your script the mail() function is used. Find this, and post the code. We can have a look at it for you.

In principle, you want to create something like this:


$message = "<html><body>".$message."</body></html>";
$headers = "To: $to_name <$to_mail>\n" .
          "From: $from_name <$from_mail>\n" .
          "MIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
          "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\n" . 
          "X-Mailer: PHP mailer ";

  if(mail($to_mail, $subject, $message, $headers))
     {
  // do something
  }

big-dog

Heres the html form

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Wichita RC Raceway MemberShip</TITLE>
<script type="text/javascript">
function addVal(newVal, dest, addOrRemove) {
if (addOrRemove) { // true == add; false == remove;
if (dest.value.length != 0) {
dest.value= "";
}
dest.value += newVal;
} else {
dest.value.replace(new RegExp("[, ]?" + value, "ig"), "");
}
}
</script>

</HEAD>
<BODY>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<p align="center"><b><font size="4">Wichita <font color="#FF0000">R/C 
Raceway</font></font></b></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<p align="center"><b>Member Ship</b></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td>
<p align="center"><b><font face="arial" size="2">Please Fill out <u>
Completely</u> </font></b><font face='arial' size=2><b>&nbsp;fields marked with a 
<font color="#FF0000">*</font> are required:</td>
</tr>
</table>
<form enctype='multipart/form-data' action='membership.php' method='post'>
<table border=1 bordercolor='#000000'>
</table>
<div align="center">
<table width='100%' border=1 cellspacing="0">
<tr><td width="17%">First Name<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='FirstName'></td>
<td colspan="7">
Last Name<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='LastName'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Date Of Birth<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='DateOfBirth'></td>
<td colspan="7">
E Mail<font color="#FF0000">*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=email name='EMail'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Address<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='Address'></td>
<td colspan="7">
Apt No</td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='AptNo'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> City<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='City'></td>
<td colspan="7">
Phone No</td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='PhoneNo'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> State<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='State'></td>
<td colspan="7">
Roar No</td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='RoarNo'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Zip Code<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='ZipCode'></td>
<td colspan="7" nowrap>
AMB Transponder No</td>
<td colspan="2">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='AMBTransponderNo'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Adult Membership</td>
<td width="3%">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type="radio" value="$45.00" name="Membership"onclick="addVal(this.value, this.form.Amount, this.checked)" /><td colspan="4">
<p align="right">Junior Membership</td>
<td width="3%">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type="radio" value="$20" name="Membership"onclick="addVal(this.value, this.form.Amount, this.checked)" /><td colspan="4">
<p align="right">Family Membership</td>
<td width="3%">
<font face='arial' size=2><b><input type="radio" value="$60.00" name="Membership"onclick="addVal(this.value, this.form.Amount, this.checked)" /><tr><td colspan="12" style="font-size: 10pt"> <b>Adult Membership</b> 16 yrs and 
older is $45.00. <b>Junior Membership</b> under 16 is $20.00.<br>
<b>Family Membership</b> is of immediate family members only, residing in 
same house hold is $60.00<br>
Memberships are on a 12 month bases starting&nbsp; February 1st.<br>
Family memberships require information for those on membership (<i>see below</i>)</td>
</tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Family Member 1</td>
<td colspan="3">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='FamilyMember1'></td>
<td colspan="5">
Family Member 2</td>
<td colspan="3">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='FamilyMember2'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Family Member 3</td>
<td colspan="3">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='FamilyMember3'></td>
<td colspan="5">
Family Member 4</td>
<td colspan="3">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='FamilyMember4'></td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%" nowrap valign="top"> Assist With Track</td>
<td colspan="11" valign="top">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=checkbox name='AssistWithTrack' value="YES">
</b></font>We do not require you to help with 
the track, but it is greatly appreciated. We have seen tracks come and go due to 
the lack of help. This is a non-profit facility and is made possible by 
volunteers.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%" valign="top"> I agree<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="11">
I<font face='arial' size=2><b>&nbsp;<input type=checkbox name='IAgree' value="YES"> </b></font>understand this membership is an annual 
membership.</td></tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Signature<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="4">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='Signature'></td>
<td colspan="3">
<p align="right">Date<font color='#ff0000'>*</font></td>
<td colspan="4">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='DateSigned'></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="12"> &nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr><td width="17%"> Total Amount</td>
<td colspan="11">
<font face='arial' size=2><b>
<input type=text name='Amount'></b></font> </td></tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>
<input type='submit' value='Submit Form'> <input type=reset value='Clear Form'>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Heres the php file
<?php
include("global.inc.php");
$errors=0;
$error="The following errors occured while processing your form input.<ul>";
pt_register('POST','FirstName');
pt_register('POST','LastName');
pt_register('POST','DateOfBirth');
pt_register('POST','Address');
pt_register('POST','AptNo');
pt_register('POST','City');
pt_register('POST','State');
pt_register('POST','ZipCode');
pt_register('POST','PhoneNo');
pt_register('POST','EMail');
pt_register('POST','RoarNo');
pt_register('POST','AMBTransponderNo');
pt_register('POST','MemberShip');
pt_register('POST','FamilyMember1');
pt_register('POST','FamilyMember2');
pt_register('POST','FamilyMember3');
pt_register('POST','FamilyMember4');
pt_register('POST','AssistWithTrack');
pt_register('POST','IAgree');
pt_register('POST','Signature');
pt_register('POST','DateSigned');
pt_register('POST','Amount');
pt_register('POST','IPAddress');
pt_register('POST','DateSubmitted');
if($FirstName=="" || $LastName=="" || $DateOfBirth=="" || $Address=="" || $City=="" || $State=="" || $ZipCode=="" || $EMail=="" || $MemberShip=="" || $IAgree=="" || $Signature=="" || $DateSigned=="" || $Amount=="" ){
$errors=1;
$error.="<li>You did not enter one or more of the required fields. Please go back and try again.";
}
if(!eregi("^[a-z0-9]+([_\\.-][a-z0-9]+)*" ."@"."([a-z0-9]+([\.-][a-z0-9]+)*)+"."\\.[a-z]{2,}"."$",$EMail)){
$error.="<li>Invalid email address entered";
$errors=1;
}
$IPAddress = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS["REMOTE_ADDR"];
$DateSubmitted = date("l jS of F Y h:i:s A");
if($errors==1) echo $error;
else{
$where_form_is="http".($HTTP_SERVER_VARS["HTTPS"]=="on"?"s":"")."://".$SERVER_NAME.strrev(strstr(strrev($PHP_SELF),"/"));
$message="First Name: ".$FirstName."
Last Name: ".$LastName."
Date Of Birth: ".$DateOfBirth."
Address: ".$Address."
Apt No: ".$AptNo."
City: ".$City."
State: ".$State."
Zip Code: ".$ZipCode."
Phone No: ".$PhoneNo."
EMail: ".$EMail."
Roar No: ".$RoarNo."
AMB Transponder No: ".$AMBTransponderNo."
Member Ship: ".$MemberShip."
Family Member 1: ".$FamilyMember1."
Family Member 2: ".$FamilyMember2."
Family Member 3: ".$FamilyMember3."
Family Member 4: ".$FamilyMember4."
Assist With Track: ".$AssistWithTrack."
I Agree: ".$IAgree."
Signature: ".$Signature."
Date Signed: ".$DateSigned."
Amount: ".$Amount."
IP Address: ".$IPAddress."
Date Submitted: ".$DateSubmitted."
";
$message = stripslashes($message);
mail("mem@example.com","Member Ship Submitted",$message,"From: $FirstName $LastName");
$link = mysql_connect("localhost","mem","xxxx");
mysql_select_db("mem_formgn",$link);
$query="insert into Membership (First_Name,Last_Name,Date_Of_Birth,Address,Apt_No,City,State,Zip_Code,Phone_No,EMail,Roar_No,AMB_Transponder_No,Member_Ship,Family_Member_1,Family_Member_2,Family_Member_3,Family_Member_4,Assist_With_Track,I_Agree,Signature,Date_Signed,Amount,IP_Address,Date_Submitted) values ('".$FirstName."','".$LastName."','".$DateOfBirth."','".$Address."','".$AptNo."','".$City."','".$State."','".$ZipCode."','".$PhoneNo."','".$EMail."','".$RoarNo."','".$AMBTransponderNo."','".$MemberShip."','".$FamilyMember1."','".$FamilyMember2."','".$FamilyMember3."','".$FamilyMember4."','".$AssistWithTrack."','".$IAgree."','".$Signature."','".$DateSigned."','".$Amount."','".$IPAddress."','".$DateSubmitted."')";
mysql_query($query);

header("Refresh: 0;url=http://wichitarcraceway.com");
?><?php 
}
?>

bradgrafelman

Just thought I'd point out a couple of things:

When posting PHP code, please use the board's [PHP][/PHP] bbcode tags - they make the code much, much easier to read (as well as aiding the diagnosis of syntax errors). I've already edited your post and added these tags since it was stretching the page so much, but you should keep this in mind in the future.
I also removed the domain from your e-mail address within the code snippet. In this day and age, I don't think you want any more spammers to know what your e-mail address is.