I cant even get a PHP Contact Form to work!

[jayrock101]

Hi Forum

Im really hoping I can get some help here without being abused for my stupidness!!

Basically im trying to create a very very simple feedback form. I was successful, in that i recieved an email with the details, but when i tried to add a third contact field it just doesnt send it through?

Heres the code for the form:

<form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong>Email: </strong><br>
<input name="email" type="text" />
<br>
<br/>
<strong>Name: </strong><br>
<input name="name" type="text" />
<br>
<br/>
<strong>Message:</strong><br/>
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" />
</font></p>
</form>

And the PHP (website.com is replaced with the correct domain):

<?php
ini_set("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");
$email=$REQUEST['email'];
$name=$REQUEST['name'];
$message=$_REQUEST['message'];
mail("[e-mail]","Feedback Form Results",$message,$email,$name);
header("Location:http://www.website.com/em-done.html");?>

Has anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks lots

[jeepin81]

For your php script - it might be a little cleaner and easier to run something like this:

<?

$msg = "Email:-----------------$_POST[email]\n";
$msg .= "Name:---------------$_POST[name]\n\n";
$msg .= "Message:-----------$_POST[message]\n";

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Feedback Form Results";
$mailheaders = "From: $_POST[name]\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-to: [e-mail]\n\n";
mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
?>

Hope that helps.
j

[peytonrm]

Your problem is that you're passing the mail function more parameters than it takes. The mail function interpreting the variables after $message as other parameters instead of as more things to add to the message. So you need to do something like suggested above or you can just concatenate the extra fields onto the end of your $message variable.

[jayrock101]

Hi Jeepin, thanks for the reply. I tried the script on my site and it seemed to work, although i never recieved an email - even though there where no errors. Could you mark on your script where i would need to insert my variables just so I can check that i havent missed anything out?

Peytonrm, thanks for the info and I understand you to the point of 'concatenate' what does this actually mean? Could you give a sample using my original script?

Thanks guys

James

[jeepin81]

not a problem James.

Remember you need to put the correct email address in the "$to" variable.

<? 

$msg = "Email:-----------------$_POST[email]\n"; 
$msg .= "Name:---------------$_POST[name]\n\n"; 
$msg .= "Message:-----------$_POST[message]\n"; 

//put the email address of where you want the info to be sent right here 
//--------------------------
$to = "[e-mail]"; 
//--------------------------

$subject = "Feedback Form Results"; 
$mailheaders = "From: $_POST[name]\n"; 
$mailheaders .= "Reply-to: [e-mail]\n\n"; 
mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders); 
?> 

that should work for you. as far as concatenate it just means joining two string together usually w/ a ' . '. If you are just getting started w/ programming dr. google does have lots of answers and examples. From my own experience trial and error is the king tutor. And people on this forum are usually pretty rockin as far as helping out.

Best,
j

[jayrock101]

j

Thanks for the info and encouragement, but I must be doing something stupidly wrong here.

I made the changes (which i had done previously, but it was good to check) I uploaded the exact script you sent but im still not getting anything back? Neither am i getting any errors? (i have also tried 2 different email addresses). Could it be something to do with my server (although I have had limited success and responses before?

Weird.... Any idea of what to try next?

James

[NogDog]

Most servers require that the "From:" header be a valid email account on that server. Therefore you will need to hard-code a value for "From:", then use a "Reply-To:" header for the user's email.

You might want to take a look at the script I have on my web site for an example: http://www.charles-reace.com/PHP_and_MySQL/Contact_Form/

[hezll]

haha,i am still here with no help

[djheru]

Yes, you definitely want to use a valid email on the machine for the From header. Also, many spam filters will perform certain tests on an email and block it at the server if it doesn't seem "authentic" (not spam-like) enough. The PHP.net comments for the mail() function have lots of good info about this.