form help

jasoncstyle

i am a complete rookie to php and to this site. i am attempting to make a contact form for a realtor (probably a little more involved than i should be getting into), but am unsure if it is coded correctly. i was hoping someone could take a look at the form as well as the php file and let me know if it will work properly. also you will see in the php that i was unsure (unsure about it all actually) about the checkbox.

any assistance is appreciated

jasoncstyle

below is the form

<form name="contact" METHOD="POST" ACTION="contact.php" onSubmit="return check();">
<p> Name:
<input name="name" type="text" id="name">
</p>
<p> Email:
<input type="text" name="email">
</p>

<p>Address: 
  <input name="address" type="text" id="address">
</p>
<p>Phone (xxx-xxx-xxxx): 
  <input name="phone" type="text" id="phone">
</p>
<p>Fax (xxx-xxx-xxxx): 
  <input name="fax" type="text" id="fax">
</p>
<p>I want to: 
  <input type="radio" name="buyselllease" value="buy">

  buy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
  <input type="radio" name="inquirybuyselllease" value="sell">
  Sell &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
  <input type="radio" name="inquirybuyselllease" value="lease">
  Lease</p>
<p>the following type of property: <br>
  <select name="propertytype[]" size="3" multiple id="propertytype[]">
    <option value="residential" selected>residential</option>

    <option value="commercial">commercial</option>
    <option value="land">land</option>
  </select>
</p>
<p>I am most interested in these Myrtle Beach/Grand Strand areas (hold 'control' key to select more than one):<br>
  <select name="area[]" size="17" multiple id="area[]">
<option value="Carolina Forest" selected="selected">Carolina Forest</option>
<option value="Conway">Conway</option>
<option value="Forestbook">Forestbrook</option>
<option value="Garden City">Garden City</option>
<option value="Litchfield">Litchfield</option>
<option value="Little River">Little River</option>
<option value="Murrells Inlet">Murrells Inlet</option>
<option value="Myrtle Beach">Myrtle Beach</option>
<option value="North Myrtle Beach">North Myrtle Beach</option>
<option value="Pawleys Island">Pawleys Island</option>
<option value="Socastee">Socastee</option>
<option value="Surfside">Surfside</option>
<option value="Calabash, NC">Calabash, NC</option>
<option value="Ocean Isle">Ocean Isle</option>
<option value="Sunset Beach, NC">Sunset Beach, NC</option>
<option value="Other">Other</option>
<option value="Not Sure">Not Sure</option>
  </select>

</p>
<p><b>Check all boxes that apply</b><br>

<input type="checkbox" name="PR1" value="I want to buy a single family home" tabindex="1"> I want to buy a single family home<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR2" value="I want to buy a condo/townhouse" tabindex="2"> I want to buy a condo/townhouse<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR3" value="I want to buy investment property" tabindex="3"> I want to buy investment property<br>

<input type="checkbox" name="PR4" value="I want to buy property to rehab" tabindex="4"> I want to buy property to rehab<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR5" value="I want to buy land and/or development property" tabindex="5"> I want to buy land and/or development property<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR6" value="I want to sell a single family home" tabindex="6"> I want to sell a single family home<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR7" value="I want to sell a condo/townhouse" tabindex="7"> I want to sell a condo/townhouse<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR8" value="I want to sell investment property" tabindex="8"> I want to sell investment property<br>

<input type="checkbox" name="PR9" value="I want to sell property to rehab" tabindex="9"> I want to sell property to rehab<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="PR10" value="I want to sell land and/or development property" tabindex="10"> I want to sell land and/or development property
</p>
<p>Please give me any additional information that you have regarding your real estate needs. It will help me respond more accurately to your request:
<br>
<br>
<textarea name="info" COLS=40 ROWS=5 id="info"></textarea>
</p>
<p><select name="find" size="1" id="find">

<option selected>How did you find this site?</option>
<option value="Repeat visit">Repeat visit</option>
<option value="Yard sign">Yard sign</option>
<option value="From an agent">From an agent</option>
<option value="Search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc)">Search engine (Google, Yahoo, etc)</option>
<option value="Postcard / Printed flyer">Postcard / Printed flyer</option>
<option value="Newspaper/Magazine Ad">Newspaper/Magazine Ad</option>
<option value="Word of mouth">Word of mouth</option>
</select></p>

<p>
  <input name="submit" type="image" title="Send" src="../images/index/send_but2.jpg" alt="Send" align="bottom" />
</p>
</form>

and here is the php

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$to = "paige@paigebird.com";
$subject = "Contact Me website email";
$name = $POST['name'];
$email = $POST['email'];
$phone = $POST['phone'];
$fax = $POST['fax'];
$buyselllease = $POST['buyselllease'];
$propertytype = $POST['propertytype'];
$area = $POST['area'];
//missing checkbox...not sure what to do here
$info = $POST['info'];
$find = $_POST['find'];

$body = "From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Phone: $phone\n Fax: $fax\n BuySellLease: $buyselllease\n PropertyType: $propertytype\n Area: $area\n Info: $info\n Found: $find\n";

$headers2 = "From: noreply@paigebird.com";
$subject2 = "Thank you for contacting Paige Bird";
$autoreply = "Thank you for contacting me. I will get back to you as soon as possible, usually within 48 hours.";

if($name == '') {print "You have not entered a name, please go back and try again";}
else {
if($from == '') {print "You have not entered an email, please go back and try again";}
else {
echo "Your information has been submitted to $to!";
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body);
$send2 = mail($email, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
if($send)
{header( "Location: http://www.YourDomain.com/thankyou.html" );}
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail, please notify webmaster@YourCompany.com"; }
}
}
?>

lingsharma

this wont work

$area = $_POST['area'];

because you named it as "area[]"

lingsharma

for check box you do the same thing for all the check box (try it I'm not so sure)

eg:

$PR1=$POST['PR1'];
$PR2=$POST['PR2'];
.
.
.
.
and so on untill u cover all your check boxes

krotkruton

Actually, I think you do want "$area = $POST['area'];"
Then, you can get each value by appending [index] to the $area variable. I'm not really sure what you want to do with it once you have it though. If you just wanted to echo out each value on a new line, it would look something like this:

<?php
$area = $_POST['area'];
for ($i = 0; $i < count($area); $i++) {
  echo $area[$i] . "<br>";
}
?>

Alternatively, you can do this with the array:

<?php
foreach($_POST['area'] as $area) {
  echo $area . "<br>";
}?>

I didn't test that, so I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's how it will work. You can search google for "php checkbox array" and get a lot of examples.

Hopefully that answers your question. With that said, two tips for using this website. First off, surround your code with php tags so it's easier to read. They look like [ + PHP + ] and [ + / + PHP + ] (without the spaces and pluses).
Also, if I answered your question and you don't need any more help on this topic, please mark the thread as resolved so others don't waste time on a problem that has already been solved.

garblar

set up each checkbox like this:

<input type="checkbox" name="PR[]" value="I want to sell a single family home" tabindex="6"> I want to sell a single family home<br>

then $_POST['PR'] should be an array of all your checkboxes

so you would iterate through them and add the value to whatever string you are going to put into the email.

I believe that only the checked checkboxes will be passed