Setting up an e-mail form with variable recipients

[ORDesign]

Hi Everyone,
Brand new here and pretty new to PHP as well!
I am editing an e-mail form that is already working, but needs to be changed so that based on a selection at the bottom of the form, check boxes, one, two, or three people will be sent the resulting form. I also want the form to send the name of the selection made to our database online. The checkboxes represent different areas, and a different person works in each area. Someone filling out the form will be able to check off all three, all three areas need to be sent to the database and the resulting form and the e-mail needs to be sent to the people who are represented by the checkboxes.

I am very new to PHP, but I understand the basics of it, I do a lot of e-mail forms in Cold Fusion.

How would I go about setting something up so that I can achieve this goal?

Thanks!
ORDesign

[homer09001]

would it not be better to use a Multiple Selection box, instead of checkboxes?

[homer09001]

here is a little script i put together which should do what you looking for:

<?
$selection = $_POST['test'];
if(isset($selection))
{
$recip1 = $selection[0];
$recip2 = $selection[1];
$recip3 = $selection[2];
$recip4 = $selection[3];
$recip5 = $selection[4];
$recip6 = $selection[5];
$recip7 = $selection[6];

echo "$recip1<br>$recip2<br>$recip3<br>$recip4<br>$recip5<br>$recip6<br>$recip7";
}
else
{
?>
<form method="POST" action="index.php"> 
<?php 
print "Select Items: <select name=test[] size=5 multiple > 
          <option value=item1 >item1</option> 
          <option value=item2 >item2</option> 
          <option value=item3 >item3</option> 
          <option value=item4 >item4</option> 
          <option value=item5 >item5</option> 
          <option value=item6 >item6</option> 
          <option value=item7 >item7</option> 
        </select><br>";
print "<input type=submit value=Submit><input type=reset>\n"; 
?> 
</form>
<?}?>

[ORDesign]

Thanks for the tip Homer09001.
I tried this out and now understand how this works but I need a little help incorporating it into my page.

I've attached the code that you sent, modified and inserted into my existing code. It processes the form fine and send the data to our database, but the e-mail message isn't getting sent.

I've attached the code for the e-mail below. Please let me know where the problem is and how to resolve it.

 $message = ($config['new_reg_message'] );

$selection = $_POST['prefArea']; 
$recip1 = $selection[0]; 
$recip2 = $selection[1]; 
$recip3 = $selection[2];

$submitEmail1="$recip1";
$submitEmail2="$recip2";
$submitEmail3="$recip3";

$message ="<table>
  <tr>
   <td colspan='2' align='center'>
   <h3>Title</h3></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
        <td>Entry Date:</td>
     	<td>$dt1</td>
        </tr>
    <tr>
          <td>FIRST NAME:</td>
          <td>$_POST[firstName]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr> 
          <td>LAST NAME:</td>
          <td>$_POST[lastName]</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
          <td>E-MAIL ADDRESS:</td>
          <td>$_POST[email]</td>
        </tr>

    <tr>
      <td>COMPANY NAME: </td>
      <td>$_POST[company]</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
    <td>ADDRESS:</td>
      <td>$_POST[address1]<br/>
		   $_POST[address2]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>CITY:</td>
      <td>$_POST[city]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>STATE:</td>
      <td>$_POST[state] 
	  <tr>
        <td>ZIP: </td>
        <td>$_POST[zip]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>PHONE: </td>
      <td>$_POST[phone]</td>
    </tr>    
    <tr>
      <td>DATE OF BIRTH</td>
      <td>$dt</td>
    </tr>  
</table>
";
  $from_email = "admin ";
  $headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0"."\n";
  $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"."\n";
  $headers .= "From: ME "."\n";
  $headers .= "Return-Path: [e-mail] "."\n";
  $headers .= "Reply-To:[e-mail] ";

mail($submitEmail1, $submitEmail2, $submitEmail3, "Subject - $_POST[firstName] $_POST[lastName]", $message, $headers);	
header("location:post.htm" );
exit();			

Thanks,
ORDesign

[ORDesign]

Hi Everyone,
I posted this job last week and I am still trying to figure out how to make it all work. Can someone help me understand how to make this code I posted on 6-11 work so I can get this project finished?

Thanks,
ORDesign

[leatherback]

How is your POST data set?

I am pretty sure this:
$selection = $_POST['prefArea'];
$recip1 = $selection[0];
$recip2 = $selection[1];
$recip3 = $selection[2];

$submitEmail1="$recip1";
$submitEmail2="$recip2";
$submitEmail3="$recip3";

is not giving you what you are expecting.
Echo out the individual variable, and check that they are all set, and the way you think they should be.