2009/3/21 Linda Stark <nadsab1@xxxxxxxx>: > > > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > 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… > > > 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: > > > > <?php > > $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ; > > $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ; > > mail( "help@xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Feedback Form Results", > > $message, "From: $email" ); > > header( "Location: http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.html"; > ); > > ?> > > > > Which takes > input from the following testmail.html page form: > > > > <form method="post" > action="sendmail2.php"> > > Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br > /> > > Message:<br /> > > <textarea name="message" rows="15" > cols="40"> > > </textarea><br /> > > <input type="submit" /> > > </form> > > 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: > > > > > > > > <form id="formEmail" > name="formEmail" method="post" > action="sendmail2.php"> > > <fieldset> > > <legend>Account Info:</legend> > > <label for="emailAddress">User Name:</label> > > <input type="text" name="emailAddress" > id="emailAddress" tabindex="10" /> > > <br /> > > <label for="pwd">Password</label> > > <input type="text" name="pwd" id="pwd" > tabindex="20" /> > > <br /> > > <label for="confirm">Confirm Password:</label> > > <input type="text" name="confirm" > id="confirm" tabindex="30" /> > > <br /> > > </fieldset> > > <fieldset> > > <legend>Personal Info</legend> > > <br /> > > <label for="firstname">First Name:</label> > > <input type="text" name="firstname" > id="firstname" tabindex="40" /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > <label for="lastname">Last Name:</label> > > <input type="text" name="lastname" > id="lastname" tabindex="50" /> > > <br /> > > <br /> > > <label for="region">What state do you live > in?</label> > > <select name="region" id="region" > tabindex="60"> > > <option value="al">Alabama</option> > > <option value="in">Indiana</option> > > <option value="mich" > selected="selected">Michigan</option> > > <option value="oh">Ohio</option> > > </select> > > <br /> > > <p> How long have u been sawing?</p> > > <label> > > <input type="radio" name="WoodLength" > value="newbie" id="WoodLength_0" tabindex="70" > /> > > 0-2 years</label> > > <br /> > > <label> > > <input type="radio" name="WoodLength" > value="novice" id="WoodLength_1" tabindex="80" > /> > > 3-5 years</label></td> > > <br /> > > <label> > > <input type="radio" name="WoodLength" > value="expert" id="WoodLength_2" > tabindex="90"/> > > 6 plus years</label><br /> > > <p>What tools do you use most often?</p> > > <br /> > > <input type="checkbox" name="shop" > id="shop" tabindex="100" /> > > <label for="shop">Shopping</label> > > <br /> > > <input type="checkbox" name="tools" > id="tools" tabindex="120" /> > > <label for="tools">Tools</label> > > <br /> > > <input type="checkbox" name="saws" > id="saws" tabindex="130" /> > > <label for="saws">Saws</label> > > <br /> > > > > <label for="Comments">Additional Comments</label> > > <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> > > > > …and when I > use it with the associated sendmail2.php script: > > > > > <?php /*?> > > <?php > > $emailAddress = $_REQUEST['emailAddress'] ; > > $pwd = $_REQUEST['pwd'] ; > > $confirm = $_REQUEST['confirm'] ; > > $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'] ; > > $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'] ; > > $region = $_REQUEST['region'] ; > > $WoodLength = $_REQUEST['WoodLength'] ; > > $shop = $_REQUEST['shop'] ; > > $tools = $_REQUEST['tools'] ; > > $saws = $_REQUEST['saws'] ; > > $Comments = $_REQUEST['Comments'] ; > > mail( "help@xxxxxxxxxxxx", "Feedback Form Results", > > $message, "From: $email" ); > > header( "Location: http://www.mydomain.com/thankyou.html"; > ); > > ?> > > > > 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? > > > > Note: That > password field is not really a login password, I just wanted to use it for > testing purposes. > > > Do I have to > refrence the type and id attributes in the php script as well? > > > > Thanks for > any input. > > > > 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. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
