[RESOLVED] forms and paypal

[QuizToon]

Hi all

I have a simple form with various bits of information on, name, address, telephone number etc.

When the user clicks the button I want to a) send the information in the form to my email address and then b) take the user to paypal to make the payment.

Now I know how to create the simple buy now paypal button and i also know how to send the info to myself, what I dont know is how to do both at the same time with the click of the button.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Regards

Graham

[anakadote]

Have the form action parameter (<form action="" method="post">) be the name of the same file, or rather $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. This will load the POST data to the same file where you can process it and send the data to yourself in an email. Afterwards, you can redirect the user to Paypal.

Ex.

<?php

// Check if the form was submitted. (Should have a submit-type button with the name "submit" in your form
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){

   // Validate submitted data and send email to yourself

   // Now, redirect to Paypal
   header("Location: http://www.paypal.com?param1={$_POST['param1']}");
   exit();

}

?>

You can tack on any necessary parameters to the redirect URL, as I demonstrated by adding ?param1={$_POST['param1']}

[dagon]

paypal has example php scripts for using their Instant Payment Notification to do this on their site.