PHP Question

[GoldenEagle]

Does anyone know the code to have a from email to you?

For example I have -



form action="app.php" metod="post" What else do I need?

[GoldenEagle]

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[MacroGuru]

Does anyone know the code to have a from email to you?

For example I have -



form action="app.php" metod="post" What else do I need?Well, in the app.php you need to have the following.


mail ( "[email protected]", "Subject of the Mail",

"Mail Body" );


You can also display the form on the APP.PHP if you wanted to for the End use to see by using the echo ("$variable"); command inside the area.

Hope this helps.

[GoldenEagle]

?php mail ( "[email protected]", "CFL Application"

"Mail Body");
?

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in C:\Websites\thecfl.net\app.php on line 3

[MacroGuru]

Hmm, if it is written exactly like what you have, the comma is missing between the CFL Application and your Mail body.

That could be the problem.

[GoldenEagle]

Ok, so I now need to write varaibles for each answer in the form so I can see it in the email?

[GoldenEagle]

Would I replace mail body with

echo ($name);

[GoldenEagle]

I got it working but with this error message

Warning: mail() expects at most 5 parameters, 9 given in C:\Websites\thecfl.net\app.php on line 9

I am guessing that means I can only pass five parameters. Is there another function?

[3ric]

Can't you append all the text and put it all in the message argument?
Look at example 4 from the page http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[Alf]

http://www.php.net/manual (http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php) is nearly my homepage now since I began writing my stats site for Hattrick in the french league !

[MacroGuru]

Here is a sample of the player registration form I use for the Utah Wolverines that e-mails the form to the owners/Coaches. e-mail addy's have been modified.



<?php

mail("[email protected], [email protected]", "Player Registration For Utah Wolverines",

"$name is interested in joining the Utah Wolverines, he feels he has what it takes to be part of a championship tradition.

He has provided us with the following information:

Personal Information

Name: $name
Date of Birth: $dob
Address: $address
Apt: $apt
City: $city
State: $state
Zip: $zip

Contact Information

Home Phone: $homephone
Work Phone: $workphone
Other Phone: $otherphone
Email: $email

Position Choice

QB: $qb
DB: $db
RB: $rb
PK: $pk
OL: $ol
KR: $kr
DL: $dl
ST: $st
LB: $lb
WR: $wr

Height: $height
Weight: $weight
40 Time: $forty
Bench: $bench

Player Experience

High School: $highschool
High School Years: $hsyears
Last High School Year: $hslast

College: $college
College Years: $cyears
Last College Year: $clast

Semi-Pro Team: $semipro
Years Semi-Pro: $spyears
Last Year Semi-Pro: $splast

Professional Team: $pro
Years Pro: $proyears

Emergency Contact Information

Contact Name: $emername
Contact Number: $emernumber

Player Bio

Where From: $wherefrom
Hobbies: $hobbies
Profession: $profession
Favorite Food: $food
Favorite Team: $team
Favorite Music: $music
Favorite Movie: $movie
Favorite Quote: $quote

");
?>

[GoldenEagle]

<?php
mail ("[email protected]", "CFL Application",

"Name: $name"
"Handle: $handle"
"Email: $email"
"AIM : $AIM"
"Team 1: $team1"
"Team 2: $team"
"Comments : $comments"
);
?>


This generates the following error message:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '"' in C:\Websites\thecfl.net\app.php on line 5

If I taken the quotation marks away it gives me something an unexpected semi-colon error.

[3ric]

Have you tried to do it like this:


<?php
mail ("[email protected]", "CFL Application",

"Name: $name
Handle: $handle
Email: $email
AIM : $AIM
Team 1: $team1
Team 2: $team
Comments : $comments"
);
?>

[Alf]

I agree with 3ric

[GoldenEagle]

I tried that and it worked. Sorry I did not update.

[Alf]

No problem. Glad to see it working for you !

[sabotai]

General tip. Do not just throw your email address in there. Use variables to hold it. Spam bots will go through your PHP and see [email protected] and you'll start getting spam.

If you did something like (using psuedo-code here...)

string name = "thechargers";
string isp = "hotmail";
string end = "net";

string email = name + "@" + isp + "." + end;

It'll fend off those damn bots.

[Bonegavel]

Sab, the bots can't get at the php code. If they can, we are all Doomed!

[sabotai]

Ok....well...they can't yet. :)

[GoldenEagle]

Did you get that book yet sab?

[sabotai]

It came today. Haven't had much of a chance to crack it open yet but I plan to later