[RESOLVED] configure firePHP

[jrough]

I am trying to configure firePHP.

The error is a fatal error. Call to undefined function fb('hello');
I'm guessing it is the include path.

I did php_info and it said the include path in XAMPP is in .;C:\xampp\php\pear.

I have Windows 7.

I have a 'distributor_form.php' page in the root directory which I am trying to debug.

There is an included file on this page also in the root directory 'send_email_form.php'.
I have this code at the top.

 
require_once('FirePHPCore/FirePHP.class.php');
ob_start();
fb('hello');

The FirePHPCore/FirePHPclass.php folder is located in the main directory including the fb() function.

The form is submitted. I can see the headers are sent in live headers. Why am I getting the error?
Am I supposed to put the library in the pear directory?
thanks,

[sneakyimp]

The [man]require_once[/man] statement should throw a fatal error if it can't find the file to be included. Are you getting an error message? If so, you may need to adjust the path you have specified. If the script that contains your PHP code lives in a directory that contains a directory FirePHPCore which, in turn contains a file FirePHP.class.php, then your initial require-once command should work.

[jrough]

THANKS :-) I checked in my php.ini and include_path is commented out on my hosted server.
Does that mean i CAN use the root directory as the include path?

I get a fatal error.
Fatal error: Call to undefined function fb() in /hermes/waloraweb055/b2368/ph.my_hosted_server_user_name/send_form_email.php on line 4
So it doesn't find the FirePHPCore/FirePHP.class.php . Do I have to put all that in the include?

/home/users/web/b2368/ph.my_hosted_server_user_name/FirePHPCore/FirePHP.class.php ? I don't have to do that for other included files. The FirePHPCore folder is in the root directory on my hosted server.

[jrough]

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[NogDog]

If you install it somewhere relative to the web root directory, you can just require relative to that. Let's suppose your web root is "/var/www/users/jrough/". If your firePHP directory is "/var/www/users/jrough/FirePHP/", then you could require that file as:

require_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/FirePHP/FirePHPCore/FirePHP.class.php';

Or you could set your include path at run-time:

set_include_path($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'].'/FirePHP/'.PATH_SEPARATOR.get_include_path());
require_once 'FirePHPCore/FirePHP.class.php';

[sneakyimp]

require_once should result in a FATAL ERROR if php cannot find the file you have specified. if it is not producing a fatal error, this suggests that the function fb() is not defined even if you manage to successfully include that file. where does the function fb() actually get defined?

[jrough]

ok this is all helpful for firephp but there is a bigger issue that might be related. There is no MySQl server. The handler page just needs to send the form posted email , they want it $POSTed not a $GET, so the form data isn't sent in the open air. So do I need to use a cookie instead of a $_POST? Maybe this is why my code keeps getting a die error. So this code below is the handler page in the <form method="POST" action="handler.php">
form tags. How can I make it work with a POST without a database? Sorry I just realized what could be the problem. Firephp might not be finding a problem but the error messages make it look like it wasn't posted.

This is the code

<?php


if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

// 
$email_to = "[e-mail]";
$email_subject = "Distributor_Inquiry";


function died($error) {
    // your error code can go here
    echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
    echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
    echo $error."<br /><br /> ";
    echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

}

// validation expected data exists
if(!isset($_POST['first']) ||
    !isset($_POST['last']) ||
     !isset($_POST['company']) ||           
    !isset($_POST['email'])){

    died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
}


$first_name = $_POST['first']; // required  
$last_name  = $_POST['last']; // required
$company = $_POST['company']; // required
$address = $_POST['address']; // not required
$address2 = $_POST['address2']; //not required
$city = $_POST['city']; //not required
$state = $_POST['state']; //not required
$zip = $_POST['zip']; //not required
$email_from = $_POST['email']; // required 
$telephone = $_POST['phone']; // not required
$url = $_POST['url']; //not required
$comments = $_POST['message']; //not required




$error_message = "";
  /*  $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
    $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }*/

  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }
    $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

function clean_string($string) {
  $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
  return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}

$email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

$email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

$email_message .= "Company: ".clean_string($company)."\n";


// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $company, $headers);  

?>

<!-- include your own success html here -->

Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

<?php
}
?> 

This is the die error message.
We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. These errors appear below.

We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.

Please go back and fix these errors.

Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

[sneakyimp]

This sounds like a different problem altogether.

The error message you have typed in your post here doesn't match exactly the code that you have but it looks like the function died() is called by this code:

    // validation expected data exists
    if(!isset($_POST['first']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last']) ||
         !isset($_POST['company']) ||           

        !isset($_POST['email'])){

    died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
}

that is because either first, last, company, or email (or any combination of these) has not been set. Note that your code is checking $_POST. Whether your form submits via POST or GET would depend on the method attribute of your form. This form would submit via POST:

<form method="post" action="some_script.php">
</script>

if you want it to use GET (probably not a good idea) then you would set method="get" in your form. I don't think COOKIE is what you are after.

[jrough]

I was getting some email responses with a few of the inputs. Only the first name, company, and email. The last name wouldn't send.
See test data of Form details below.

First Name: janis
Last Name:
Email: [e-mail]
Company: mycompany

I had the 4 required fields assigned. The not required fields weren't set but at least the sendmail was working. i assigned the required fields to a $_POST[] value but now I'm getting a parse error on line 88??
Line 88 is the line after all the $email_message.= xxx ' lines , it can't find the end of the line? but it looks right to me. Maybe the error is not there.

Form details below.

First Name: janis
Last Name:
Email: [e-mail]
Company: mycompany

Thanks & Regards,

<?php

if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

// 
$email_to = "[e-mail]";
$email_subject = "Distributor_Inquiry";


function died($error) {
    // your error code can go here
    echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
    echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
    echo $error."<br /><br /> ";
    echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

}

// validation expected data exists
if(!isset($_POST['first']) ||
    !isset($_POST['last']) ||
     !isset($_POST['company']) ||           
    !isset($_POST['email'])){

    died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted. ');       
}


$first_name = $_POST['first']; // required  
$last_name  = $_POST['last']; // required
$company = $_POST['company']; // required
$address = $_POST['address']; // not required
$address2 = $_POST['address2']; //not required
$city = $_POST['city']; //not required
$state = $_POST['state']; //not required
$zip = $_POST['zipcode']; //not required
$country = $_POST['country'];
$email_from = $_POST['email']; // required 
$telephone = $_POST['phone']; // not required
$url = $_POST['url']; //not required
$comment = $_POST['message']; //not required




$error_message = "";
  /*  $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
    $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }*/

  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }
    $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

function clean_string($string) {
  $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
  return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}

$email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "Company: ".clean_string($company)."\n";
$email_message .= "Address: ".clean_string($address)."\n";
$email_message .= "Address2: ".clean_string($address2)."\n";
$email_message .= "City: ".clean_string($city)."\n";
$email_message .= "State: ".clean_string($state)."\n";
$email_message .= "Zip: ".clean_string($zip)."\n";
$email_message .= "Country: ".clean_string($country)."\n";
$email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
$email_message .= "Distributor Web Site: ".clean_string($url)."\n";
$email_message .= "Message: ".clean_string($comment)."\n";
$email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";  



// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);  

?>

<!-- include your own success html here -->

Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

<?php
}
?> 

[sneakyimp]

I copied the code you have posted here directly into a file and checked it for syntax errors and got none. If you are having parse errors you need to be more specific. What does the parse error say? Which line, exactly, is it?