Re: [PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
I wrote mine specially ... it runs with a preview phase which was pretty
tricky to put in ... but the to-value is hardcoded in the script, cuz it
just sends mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... when the user fills in the
form the script checks it for errors, and then either bounce back to the
form if there are any errors, or to the preview if there's not (atleast I
think I kept the preview in there, not sure anymore, been a long while)
and then on to a thank you message
I control it all using hidden form fields ... pretty simple ... it's coded
to my old site-structure, before I started to use templates ... so it's a
bit difficult to peel it out and show it to you though but will try if
requested...
FWIW
Rene
Fate would have it, that on Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:41:11 -, Ricardo Lopes
wrote:
There are several ways to do this.
Some people like the approach:
if ($submit) { send_email(); }
or you can put a hidden field in your form, like op:
input name=op type=hidden id=op value=send /
and use:
if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['op']) ($HTTP_GET_VARS['op'] == 'send'))
{
send_email();
}
and there are many others.
by the way in the code you wrote you have:
form method=post .
and then you use:
$id=$_GET['id']; --- if this is the same than $HTTP_GET_VARS['id'] this
wont work
Where does that mail function (is it a function?) go?
The function sends an email, for more details consult the php manual.
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Re: [PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
There are several ways to do this.
Some people like the approach:
if ($submit) { send_email(); }
or you can put a hidden field in your form, like op:
input name=op type=hidden id=op value=send /
and use:
if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['op']) ($HTTP_GET_VARS['op'] == 'send'))
{
send_email();
}
and there are many others.
by the way in the code you wrote you have:
form method=post .
and then you use:
$id=$_GET['id']; --- if this is the same than $HTTP_GET_VARS['id'] this
wont work
Where does that mail function (is it a function?) go?
The function sends an email, for more details consult the php manual.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:10 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
Hello to all.
I am trying to write a simple (at least I thought it was simple...)
Contact Us form that
sends an email when it is submitted.
The $to_name variable was passed from a previous page. I am sure that the
variable
was passed, as I can echo it and it is being passed correctly - thanks to
this list!
The problem I am having is this: I cannot quite figure out how an html
form handles this
mail function when the to field is filled with an existing variable.
This is what I've got: (I removed all of the table formatting to make it
clearer here)
form name=mailer method=post action=? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?
input name=from_name type=text id=from_name
value=?=$from_name?
input name=from_email type=text id=from_email
value=?=$from_email?
input name=subject type=text id=subject value=?=$subject?
size=60
textarea name=message cols=55 rows=15
id=message?=$message?/textarea
input name=userid type=hidden id=userid value=?$to_name? /
input type=submit name=Submit value=mail
So, I think that this sets up the form for processing, AFAIK.
Then, I added the stuff that pulls the email address associated with the
id in $to_name
from the MySQL database, and adds the string for the proper domain. I've
left out the
connection stuff for clarity:
$id=$_GET['id'];
$string=@somedomain.com;
$result= mysql_query(SELECT * FROM mydatabase WHERE ID=$id,$db);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
$to_name=$myrow[3]$string; } ?
I know that the thing that actually sends mail looks like this:
mail($to_name, $from_name, $subject, $message, From:
$from_email\nX-Mailer: PHP/
.. phpversion());
But how do I get this all to happen when the user hits the submit button?
Where does
that mail function (is it a function?) go? I have read a lot of stuff on
the various PHP lists
and sources, but I just cannot figure out this piece of the puzzle.
TIA for your suggestions, and for your patience with my lack of knowledge
here.
-- Phil Matt
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[PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
Ricardo Lopes wrote:
There are several ways to do this.
Some people like the approach:
if ($submit) { send_email(); }
or you can put a hidden field in your form, like op:
input name=op type=hidden id=op value=send /
and use:
if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['op']) ($HTTP_GET_VARS['op'] == 'send'))
{
send_email();
}
Thanks again, Ricardo. I now have the form communicating with the server.
I think that I might have an error in my script:
Where I join together the value of the passed variable ($myrow[3]) and the string
containing the domain ( $string=@somedomain.com) I used:
$to_name=$myrow[3]$string
If the passed variable's value is, for instance, smith, then does my $to_name
become:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On hitting the submit button, I see the server being called and data being sent, but
nothing is being received. I'm just wondering if I've appended those two things
correctly.
TIA for your continued assistance.
Cheers --- Phil
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Re: [PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
I would recomed you to use:
$to_name=$myrow[3].$string; -- Notice the dot . and no
instead of:
$to_name=$myrow[3]$string;
On hitting the submit button, I see the server being called and data being
sent, but
nothing is being received. I'm just wondering if I've appended those two
things correctly.
If you mean the server sends the email but it isnt recived in the other
server i can't help you i dont use the mail function, in this kind of
questions you should use the other mailing list instead of this, this is
only from database questions related to php.
Good luck.
BTW i guess there are other function you could use for sending email instead
of mail consult the php documentation to know more.
- Original Message -
From: Phil Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 4:18 PM
Subject: [PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
Ricardo Lopes wrote:
There are several ways to do this.
Some people like the approach:
if ($submit) { send_email(); }
or you can put a hidden field in your form, like op:
input name=op type=hidden id=op value=send /
and use:
if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['op']) ($HTTP_GET_VARS['op'] == 'send'))
{
send_email();
}
Thanks again, Ricardo. I now have the form communicating with the server.
I think that I might have an error in my script:
Where I join together the value of the passed variable ($myrow[3]) and
the string
containing the domain ( $string=@somedomain.com) I used:
$to_name=$myrow[3]$string
If the passed variable's value is, for instance, smith, then does my
$to_name become:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On hitting the submit button, I see the server being called and data being
sent, but
nothing is being received. I'm just wondering if I've appended those two
things correctly.
TIA for your continued assistance.
Cheers --- Phil
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[PHP-DB] PHP and mail forms
Hello to all.
I am trying to write a simple (at least I thought it was simple...) Contact Us form
that
sends an email when it is submitted.
The $to_name variable was passed from a previous page. I am sure that the variable
was passed, as I can echo it and it is being passed correctly - thanks to this list!
The problem I am having is this: I cannot quite figure out how an html form handles
this
mail function when the to field is filled with an existing variable.
This is what I've got: (I removed all of the table formatting to make it clearer here)
form name=mailer method=post action=? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?
input name=from_name type=text id=from_name value=?=$from_name?
input name=from_email type=text id=from_email value=?=$from_email?
input name=subject type=text id=subject value=?=$subject? size=60
textarea name=message cols=55 rows=15
id=message?=$message?/textarea
input name=userid type=hidden id=userid value=?$to_name? /
input type=submit name=Submit value=mail
So, I think that this sets up the form for processing, AFAIK.
Then, I added the stuff that pulls the email address associated with the id in
$to_name
from the MySQL database, and adds the string for the proper domain. I've left out the
connection stuff for clarity:
$id=$_GET['id'];
$string=@somedomain.com;
$result= mysql_query(SELECT * FROM mydatabase WHERE ID=$id,$db);
while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result)){
$to_name=$myrow[3]$string; } ?
I know that the thing that actually sends mail looks like this:
mail($to_name, $from_name, $subject, $message, From: $from_email\nX-Mailer: PHP/
.. phpversion());
But how do I get this all to happen when the user hits the submit button? Where does
that mail function (is it a function?) go? I have read a lot of stuff on the various
PHP lists
and sources, but I just cannot figure out this piece of the puzzle.
TIA for your suggestions, and for your patience with my lack of knowledge here.
-- Phil Matt
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