Combining first_name with last_name to give full name in PHP Mailer

[timmy2872]

All of my form works well, the only thing i,m trying to achieve is combine the first_name with last_name to give full name in the email header. I'm using PHPMailer. This is the code i tried to use -

$firstname = $POST["first_name"];
$lastname = $POST["last_name"];
$fullname = $firstname . ' ' . $lastname;
$fullname = $_POST["name"];

$mail = new PHPMailer(TRUE);
$mail->From = $POST["email"]; //Sets the From email address for the
message
$mail->FromName = $POST["name"]; //Sets the From name of the message
$mail->AddAddress('[e-mail]'); //Adds a "To" address
$mail->WordWrap = 50; //Sets word wrapping on the body of the
message to a given number of characters
$mail->IsHTML(true); //Sets message type to HTML
$mail->AddAttachment($path); //Adds an attachment from a path on the
filesystem
$mail->Subject = 'Employer Application Form details'; //Sets the
Subject of the message
$mail->Body = $message; //An HTML or plain text message body
if($mail->Send()) //Send an Email. Return true on success or
false on error

Can anyone see what i,m doing wrong??

[Weedpacket]

$fullname = $firstname . ' ' . $lastname;
$fullname = $_POST["name"];

You put $firstname and $lastname together and then immediately throw away the result and replace it with $_POST["name"].

[timmy2872]

Weedpacket I tried posting $fullname in $mail->FromName = $fullname;
But that doesn't work either?

[timmy2872]

Weedpacket But yes i can see your right now i have cancelled it out

[timmy2872]

So tried this now and still no luck -

$firstname = $POST["first_name"];
$lastname = $POST["last_name"];
$_POST["full_name"] = $firstname . ' ' . $lastname;

$mail = new PHPMailer(TRUE);
$mail->From = $POST["email"]; //Sets the From email address for the message
$mail->FromName = $POST["full_name"];

[laserlight]

To store the combination of the first name and last name, just use a simple variable to refer to the full name, e.g.,

// Check that $_POST["first_name"] and $_POST["last_name"] exist and validate them:
// ...
// Now construct the full name:
$full_name = $_POST["first_name"] . ' ' . $_POST["last_name"]

Then later you can use:

$mail->FromName = $full_name;

Actually, you don't even need $full_name because you can set $mail->FromName directly, but it may be clearer and you might want to do other things with the user's full name.

[timmy2872]

laserlight Thanks Laserlight, but unfortunately that didn't work either, still just shows the email address. Any other ideas, as i,m really scratching my head over this one.

[timmy2872]

laserlight Laserlight you were absolutely right it works, the reason it was throwing me off course was when i enter my email address into the field when it arrives in my inbox it was showing just the email address as my email address shows as "me" when i enter someone elses email it comes up with there first and last name. Thank you very much indeed for sorting this problem out for me 💯