"unidentified" returning from flash website instead of my PHP variables...

[visuaal]

I am getting "unidentified" in places where First/Last Name and E-mail information should be. And this script has worked before so I know it must be a small mistake.

I got this small script that works with a flash movie on a website so that when they fill out the form (actionscripted) and submit the info it goes thru a php file to send an e-mail to my client so they recieve the name/email. Common setup.

First the Flash form is filled out....
Actionscript:

function clearForm() {

form.name_txt.text = "First Name";
form.email_txt.text = "Last Name";
form.msg_txt.text = "E-mail Address";
}

focusChange = new Object();
focusChange.onSetFocus = function(oldfocus,newfocus) {
	if (newfocus != oldfocus) {
		if(newfocus == form.name_txt) { if (form.name_txt.text == "First Name") { form.name_txt.text = "" } };
		if(newfocus == form.email_txt) { if (form.email_txt.text == "Last Name") { form.email_txt.text = "" } };
		if(newfocus == form.msg_txt) { if (form.msg_txt.text == "E-mail Address") { form.msg_txt.text = "" } };
	}
}
Selection.addListener(focusChange);
clearForm();

sent_text._visible = false;
var contact_php_file = "flashEmailer.php";

send_btn.onRelease = function() {
	sendEmail(n, e, m);
	clearForm();
}

function validateEmail(address) {
	// Check address length
	if(address.length >= 7) {
		// Check for an @ sign
		if(address.indexOf("@") > 0) {
			// Check for at least 2 characters following the @
			if((address.indexOf("@") + 2)<address.lastIndexOf(".")) {
				// Check for a domain name of at least 2 characters
				if (address.lastIndexOf(".") < (address.length - 2)) {
					// If all the above tests pass, the email address is in valid format
					return true; 
				}
			}
		}
	}
	// Called if the email fails
	trace("The entered email address is invalid.");
	return false;
}

function checkForm() {
	n = form.name_txt.text;
	e = form.email_txt.text;
	m = form.msg_txt.text;
	if(m != "" && e != "" && validateEmail(m)) {
		sendEmail(n, e, m);
	} else {
		trace("All Required Fields Not Filled In!");
	}
}



function sendEmail(n, e, m) {
	session = "?nocache=" + random(999999);
	contact_lv = new LoadVars();
	contact_lv.name = n;
	contact_lv.email = e;
	contact_lv.message = m;
	contact_lv.key = "email";
	trace(n + " - " + e + " - " + m);
				sent_text._visible = true;
	contact_lv.sendAndLoad(contact_php_file + session, contact_lv, "POST");
	contact_lv.onLoad = function(success) {
		if(!success) {
			return trace("Error calling PHP File!");
		} else {

		return trace("Email Sent!");
		sent_text._visible = true;
	}			
}
}

stop();

---Talks to the php here----------------------------------------

<?php
/*----------------------------------------------------------
Author 	: www.mkeefedesign.com | Matthew Keefe
Contact : matt [/at/] mkeefedesign [/period/] com
$Id: send_email.php ,v 1.0 Tue Apr 26, 2005 02:20 PM
------------------------------------------------------------
* CODING & DESIGN ©2004 mkeefeDESIGN | ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
------------------------------------------------------------*/

$recipients = "[e-mail]" . ",";
$subject = "A subscriber from your website - JakiaOnline.com";

// Grab the key from Flash to ensure security
$sendKey  = $_POST['key'];

// Only allow the page to send if Flash is the requester
if($sendKey == "email") {
	// The following three variables are gathered from Flash
	$name = $_POST['name'];
	$email = $_POST['email'];
	$message = $_POST['message'];

// Grab todays date
$date = date("F j, Y", time());

// This block is the actual message that is sent in the email
$email_info .= "Below is the visitors contact info and message.\n\n";
$email_info .= "Visitor's Info:\n";
$email_info .= "-----------------------------------------\n";
$email_info .= "Name:  " . $name . "\n";
$email_info .= "Email:  " . $email . "\n";
$email_info .= "Date Sent:  " . $date . "\n\n";
$email_info .= "Message\n";	
$email_info .= "-----------------------------------------\n";
$email_info .= "" . $message . "\n";

$mailheaders = "From: Jakia Music Online <[e-mail]> \n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: " . $email . "\n\n";

if(mail($recipients, $subject, $email_info, $mailheaders)) {
	// Print a success for Flash to know the email is being sent
	print "&success=true";
}
}

?>

---And my results that are e-mailed to me look like this-----------------
Below is the visitors contact info and message.

Visitor's Info:

Name: undefined
Email: undefined
Date Sent: March 14, 2009

Message

undefined

Thanks so much 🙂

[etully]

The fact that you are getting "undefined" is a clue. If you were getting nothing (that is, "" or null) then the problem would likely be somewhere in the PHP script or in the transmission of the data from your Flash movie to your PHP script.

But since it actually says the nine letter word, "undefined", you know that PHP is working just fine. You also know that the transmission of data from Flash to PHP is working just fine.

When you refer to a variable inside Flash that doesn't exist, Flash represents this as the nine letter string "u-n-d-e-f-i-n-e-d". Not "". And not null either.

So the problem lies somewhere inside the Flash movie. You're probably doing something like setting the field name to "Email" (with a capital "E") and then when they click the send button, you're trying to pass a variable called "email" (with a lowercase "e") or some other problem where you're not referring to the variable by the right name. If you are referring to the variable correctly, it's possibly out of scope.