I finally got my html form to send an email by a php file, however, my data is not passing. The email only contains hard coded info, my variables re empty.
my html form method is “post”. I am using “$message = $_REQUEST[‘message’] ;” to pick up the message field data but nothing is passing between the two fies.
try using $_POST[‘message’];
otherwise.
can you post the code so we can look at it?
html form tag<FORM action="mailtest1.php" name="mailform" method="post" enctype="text/plain" onSubmit="return checkForm(this);">
<TEXTAREA name="message" cols="30" rows="6" class="field" wrap="VIRTUAL"></TEXTAREA>
This is calling php (no in testing format)[php]<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = “Test mail”;
$message = $_REQUEST[‘message’] ;
/* $message = “Hello! This is a simple email message from me.”;*/
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = “From:” . $from;
/*
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo “Mail Sent.”;
*/
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) ;
if($send && $message != “”){
header( "Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/thankyou.htm" ) ; }
else
{ header( “Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/problem.htm” ) ; }
?> [/php]
Final file more extensive. This is cut down just to get things working
use $message here not $body…
you have this
[php] $send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) ;
[/php]
should be this
[php] $send = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
[/php]
INDEED its not working i don’t know if is known bug for POST but just use get on your form and it will work fine.
this is not the first time i have encountered that issue myself
data is not passing and I don’t know why. I made change to no avail. If you notice I’m testng for a $message value after the send.
yea i understand i tried to echo the $message too and it says variable not declared
did you try using GET on your html form?
yea, to no avail. I did application programming for 15 year and a little web work. Been off for 5 years for medical reasons. Now it’s like starting all over again. This should be a simple thing and its driving me nuts.
Works for me here is what I used…
mail_form.php
[php]
[/php]
mail_send.php
[php]<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = “Test mail”;
$message = $_REQUEST[‘message’];
/* $message = “Hello! This is a simple email message from me.”;*/
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = “From:”.$from;
/*
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo “Mail Sent.”;
*/
$send = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
/* if($send && $message != “”){
header( "Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/thankyou.htm" ) ; }
else
{ header( “Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/problem.htm” ) ; }
*/
?> [/php]
I don’t see any real difference from what isn’t working for me. That’s why I’m thinking that my host hasn’t allowed POST on the server.
Helpdesk said I have to declare variables to use them. Are thses not declared properly?[php]<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = $_REQUEST[‘natureofinquiry’];
$message = $_POST[‘message’] ;
$from = "[email protected]";
$headers = “From:” . $from;
$body = $message + " " + $subject;
$send = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) ;
if($send && ($body != “”)){
header( "Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/thankyou.htm" ) ; }
else
{ header( “Location: http://www.tristatecasinoparties.com/problem.htm” ) ; }
?> [/php]
your variables are declared property maybe you should show them your code so they see for themselves