mailing with php 4.2.1

[michibk]

Hello,

is there a possibility to use a mailfunction in a form like

<form method='POST' action='MAILTO:XXX'>
<input type=hidden value='Y'>
<input type='SUBMIT' name='SUBMIT' value=?SUBMIT?>
</form>

and format the output. I don´t want the information of this mail (the hidden fields) as attachment in a mail (OUTLOOK)in a strange format (*.att)! Could I for example format the data in a CSV format or Excel or whatever?

Please don´t ignore this message :-)
I ned your help!

Mike

[siwis]

<form action="mailto:[e-mail]" method="post" enctype="text/plain">

although I'd be tempted to use mail() instead. Particularly as you want to format your message with the entries from several fields.

[michibk]

hmmmmmmm - this doesn't work like i assumed :-(

my code:

echo "<form method='POST' action='mailto:[e-mail]' enctype='text/plain'> \n";

$j=0;
while ($j < $mal){

echo "<input type=hidden value=" . $artikel_liste[$j]['id'] ."> \n";
echo "<input type=hidden value=" . $artikel_liste[$j]['item'] ."> \n";
echo "<input type=hidden value=" . $artikel_liste[$j]['qty'] ."> \n";

$j++;

}

echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='enviar pedido'> \n";
echo "</form> \n";

where $mal has a certain value and the $artikel_liste[$j]['X'] is defined. When i see the mail it sends:

PHPSESSID=0af9db5a10cf44e562e59fb7c4333f6a
submit=enviar pedido

that's not i wanted to send ??

Any suggestion? I wanted to post the array"

[Anon]

You need to give names to your hidden inputs!!! Without a name, an INPUT tag is worthless! If you're using sessions, another hidden element is added to the form (view post-php source to see the PHPSESSID) so you cant avoid that.

HOWEVER, I totally agree with Si Watts that you should forget about the mailto:. Use the mail() function instead!