Re: Having trouble with a form to mail script.

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2009/3/21 Linda Stark <nadsab1@xxxxxxxx>:
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> Hi there,
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> Well, after reading the post about "so called experts" and licensing programming, I
> can say that I sure am not licensed or even remotely close to a novice PHP
> programmer, just a ‘lil ole PHP beginner trying to get my web page set up and
> learn a few things.  I’m not sure if I am
> in the right forum but thought I would give this a shot…
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> I just
> created a new mail form in Dreamweaver for a web site.  I’m
> working on a form to mail script that I started after reading a few on line tutorials, and can’t seem to get right. When I run
> this little test script (named sendmail2.php) from the tutorial, on my server,
> just to make sure PHP is working OK for web email forms:
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> <?php
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> $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
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> $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
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> mail( "help@xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Feedback Form Results",
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> $message, "From: $email" );
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> header( "Location: http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.html";
> );
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> ?>
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> Which takes
> input from the following testmail.html page form:
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> <form method="post"
> action="sendmail2.php">
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> Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br
> />
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> Message:<br />
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> <textarea name="message" rows="15"
> cols="40">
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> </textarea><br />
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> <input type="submit" />
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> </form>
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> It works
> great, I get the senders email address and comment sent to my email address –
> account.
> But the form
> I want to use my final design from Dreamweaver, is:
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> <form id="formEmail"
> name="formEmail" method="post"
> action="sendmail2.php">
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> <fieldset>
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> <legend>Account Info:</legend>
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> <label for="emailAddress">User Name:</label>
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> <input type="text" name="emailAddress"
> id="emailAddress" tabindex="10" />
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> <br />
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> <label for="pwd">Password</label>
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> <input type="text" name="pwd" id="pwd"
> tabindex="20" />
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> <br />
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> <label for="confirm">Confirm Password:</label>
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> <input type="text" name="confirm"
> id="confirm" tabindex="30" />
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> <br />
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> </fieldset>
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> <fieldset>
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> <legend>Personal Info</legend>
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> <br />
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> <label for="firstname">First Name:</label>
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> <input type="text" name="firstname"
> id="firstname" tabindex="40" />
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> <br />
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> <br />
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> <label for="lastname">Last Name:</label>
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> <input type="text" name="lastname"
> id="lastname" tabindex="50" />
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> <br />
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> <br />
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> <label for="region">What state do you live
> in?</label>
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> <select name="region" id="region"
> tabindex="60">
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> <option value="al">Alabama</option>
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> <option value="in">Indiana</option>
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> <option value="mich"
> selected="selected">Michigan</option>
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> <option value="oh">Ohio</option>
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> </select>
>
> <br />
>
> <p> How long have u been sawing?</p>
>
> <label>
>
> <input type="radio" name="WoodLength"
> value="newbie" id="WoodLength_0" tabindex="70"
> />
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> 0-2 years</label>
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> <br />
>
> <label>
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> <input type="radio" name="WoodLength"
> value="novice" id="WoodLength_1" tabindex="80"
> />
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> 3-5 years</label></td>
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> <br />
>
> <label>
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> <input type="radio" name="WoodLength"
> value="expert" id="WoodLength_2"
> tabindex="90"/>
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> 6 plus years</label><br />
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> <p>What tools do you use most often?</p>
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> <br />
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> <input type="checkbox" name="shop"
> id="shop" tabindex="100" />
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> <label for="shop">Shopping</label>
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> <br />
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> <input type="checkbox" name="tools"
> id="tools" tabindex="120" />
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> <label for="tools">Tools</label>
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> <br />
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> <input type="checkbox" name="saws"
> id="saws" tabindex="130" />
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> <label for="saws">Saws</label>
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> <br />
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> <label for="Comments">Additional Comments</label>
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> <br />
>
> <textarea name="Comments" id="Comments"
> cols="50" rows="10"
> tabindex="140"></textarea>
>
> <br />
>
> <input type="submit" name="submit"
> id="Submit" value="Join Mail List" tabindex="160"
> />
>
> <br />
>
> </fieldset>
>
> </form>
>
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>
> …and when I
> use it with the associated sendmail2.php script:
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>
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> <?php /*?>
>
> <?php
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> $emailAddress = $_REQUEST['emailAddress'] ;
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> $pwd = $_REQUEST['pwd'] ;
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> $confirm = $_REQUEST['confirm'] ;
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> $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'] ;
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> $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'] ;
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> $region = $_REQUEST['region'] ;
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> $WoodLength = $_REQUEST['WoodLength'] ;
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> $shop = $_REQUEST['shop'] ;
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> $tools = $_REQUEST['tools'] ;
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> $saws = $_REQUEST['saws'] ;
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> $Comments = $_REQUEST['Comments'] ;
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> mail( "help@xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Feedback Form Results",
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> $message, "From: $email" );
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> header( "Location: http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.html";
> );
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> ?>
>
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> The email is
> received, but with a blank return email address and an empty message. None of
> the comments or form values get through - just a blank email sent to my
> address. Can anyone point me in the right direction – what am I doing wrong?
>
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> Note: That
> password field is not really a login password, I just wanted to use it for
> testing purposes.
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> Do I have to
> refrence the type and id attributes in the php script as well?
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> Thanks for
> any input.
>
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>

It looks like you are not using the same variable names in all the
places that you want to use a variable. For one thing, $email is not
set, but $emailAddress is. That should be enough to get you started.

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