email contact information code

[fataah]

I am trying to use this code to get and email who wants to contact us. It is not giving me any error message but also not working when I submit information in form

<?php
$to = '[e-mail]';
$from = '[e-mail]';

//Check if we have something POSTed by the form.
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS)){
//Start with an empty body for the mail message
$body = '';
//Iterate through all the POSTed variables, and add them to the message body.
while (list($key, $value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)){
if( $key != "Submit" )
$body .= $key . ' = ' . $value . "\r\n";
}
//Build up some nice From/Reply Headers
$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $from\r\n";
//Mail the message out.
$success = mail($to, "Web Site Email Message ", $body, $headers);
//Always check return codes from functions.
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"REFRESH\" content=\"0; ";
print "formconfirm.html\">";
}
else{
$td=getdate();
$fname = "mailerror${td['year']}-${td['mon']}-${td['mday']}-${td['hours']}-${td['minutes']}-${td['seconds']}.txt";
$fp = fopen ("$fname","w");
fwrite ($fp, "$body");
fclose ( $fp );
print "<meta http-equiv=\"REFRESH\" content=\"0; ";
print "URL=/\">";
}
}
?>

[bradgrafelman]

First thing I notice is that you're using the deprecated $HTTP*VARS variable format which isn't likely to exist. Instead, you should be using the new superglobals (manual: [man]variables.superglobals[/man]), such as $_POST.

[fataah]

I replaced the HTTP_POST_VARS with $_Post and what happened is that it loops on and on and sent 100's of emails. How do i fix that part.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

There's no reason that you should have more than one email coming out of this. What is in your $_POST array?

[fataah]

I have just a plain html form other than the code above. That HTML form is calling this page. There is no $_post array. I don't know what happened when i click submit it send me lots of emails.

[Ashley_Sheridan]

The $POST array is basically an array containing all the form data that was submitted. If you put

print_r($_POST);
exit;

into your code right at the beginning it will dump out a list of all the form fields being submitted and their values (and then exit the script so that it doesn't send you all those emails again!)

I suspect that one of the fields has something in which is causing this to happen maybe. If you chuck in that excerpt I gave you, and post it back here, I can see maybe what might be causing it to behave in such a strange way.

[fataah]

Thank you so much Ashley for helping me. right now i am going for a meeting and will be away from my desk for couple of hours. I will check that after i return from there and let you know, if it works.
Thanks again,