Having problems submitting form details to email

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Hi,

I'm new to PHP and seem to be having soom problems, I'm getting confused with all the different styles of script writing.
I've created a PHP script to submit details to my email but the details don't forward. PHP is enabled on the windows server host site.

I don't get any errors it just stays on the submit form.

below is the scripts for the submit form and the sendmail form.
Also how do you get validation to work with the scripts?

Thanks.

Matt

<title>Car Sales</title>

</HEAD>
<body marginheight="0 " topmargin="0" link="0000ff" vlink="0000ff" alink="0000ff">

<form method="POST" action=sendmail .php>

<input type="hidden" name="recipient " value="sales@v2 automotivesolut ions.co.uk">
<input type="hidden" name="success_p age" value="www.v2au tomotivesolutio ns.co.uk/success.html">

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="Name,Ema il_address,Car_ Make,Model,Mile age,Registratio n">
<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="Name,tel ephone_number,E mail_address,Mo bile_Number,Car _Make,Model,Mil eage,Registrati on,Transmission ,Condition,Exte rior_Colour,Ser vcie_History">

<BR><BR>
<table bgcolor=#999999 align=center width=500><tr>< td>

<small><font face="Verdana" color="#ffff00" ><b>Please fill in your information <br> <BR></b> </font></font></small>

</td></tr><table bgcolor=#999999 align=center width=500><tr>< td>

<table>
<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Name: </font></td>
<td bgcolor="#99999 9"><input type="text" size="21" name="Name" maxlength="55"> <font color=red>*</td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Telephone Number: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Telephone _number" maxlength="55"> </td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Mobile Number: </font></td>
<td bgcolor="#99999 9"><input type="text" size="21" name="Mobile_Nu mber" maxlength="25"> <font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana" size="1"></font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Email Address: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Email_add ress" maxlength="25"> <font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana" size="1"><font color=red>*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Car Make: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Car_Make" maxlength="25"> <font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. Ford)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Model: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Model" size="21"><font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. Mondeo)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Specification: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Specifica tion" size="21"><font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. LX / Ghia)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Registration: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Registrat ion" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"></font><font color=red>*</td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Mileage: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Mileage" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"><font color=red>*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Exterior Colour: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Exterior_ Colour" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"></font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Transmission:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Transmiss ion">
</SELECT><br>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" Manual ">Manual </option>
<option value=" Automatic ">Automatic </option>
<option value=" Automatic ">Semi Automatic </option>
</select>
<br /><br />

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Service History:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Service History">
</SELECT>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" None ">None </option>
<option value=" Part ">Part </option>
<option value=" Full ">Full </option>
</select>
<br />

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Condition:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Condition ">
</SELECT><br>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" Excellent ">Excellent </option>
<option value=" Good ">Good </option>
<option value=" Average ">Average </option>
<option value=" Poor ">Poor </option>
<option value=" Damaged ">Damaged </option>
</select>
<br /><br />

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Additional Comments: </font> </td>
<tr><td><p align="right">< textarea name="notes" rows="6" cols="25"></textarea>
</tr>

<tr></td></form>
</td></table>

<br /><br /><br /><br />

<tr><td><p align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> <font color=red>*</font> indicates a field is required</small></td></tr>

<tr><td><p align="center"< p><input type="submit" value="         Send         "> </p>

</center><br><br>
</center></div>
<br>

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sendmail script

<?
$to = "sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk";
$from_header = "From: $from";
if($contents != "")
{
//send mail - $subject & $sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk
mail(" v2automotivesol utions.co.uk ") ; $to, $Name, $Telephone_numb er, $Email, $Mobile_Number, $Car_Make, $Model, $Mileage, $Registration, $Transmission,
$Condition, $External_Colou r, $Service_histor y, from_header);
// redirect back to url visitor came from
header( "Location: http://www.mvalarms.co .uk/success.html" );
}
else
{
print("<HTML><B ODY>Error, no comments were submitted!");
print("</BODY></HTML>");
}?>
?>

Jan 12 '07 #1

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ronverdonk

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You do not really expect our members to read this unformatted bunch of code?
Please read the Posting Guidelines before you post in this forum!

Before you can fill and send your email form you must fill the php variables that you use to populate that email message. So where in sendmail.php do you read the passed variables in the $_POST array and assign them to the php variables?
Another thing: the message body you want to send must be stored in one variable. You cannot send all those different variables separately.

Ronald :cool:

Jan 12 '07 #2

bourbon

New Member

The code below is to give you an idea of what to do.

<?
$name = $_POST['Name']; //The Name sent from your form
$email = $_POST['Email_address']; //The Email_address sent from your form
$notes = $_POST['notes'];
exit;
$mymail = "sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk";
$from = "From: $email";

//send mail - $subject & $sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk
$todayis = date("F j, Y");
$subject = "Inquiry";
$message = "$todayis \n
Name : $market_type \n
Email : $email \n
$notes
";

$from = "From: $from\r\n";

mail($myemail, $subject, $message, $from); Sends the email

// redirect back to url visitor came from
header( "Location: http://www.mvalarms.co .uk/success.html" );
?>

Jan 12 '07 #3

halles

New Member

Hi,

I'm new to PHP and seem to be having soom problems, I'm getting confused with all the different styles of script writing.
I've created a PHP script to submit details to my email but the details don't forward. PHP is enabled on the windows server host site.

I don't get any errors it just stays on the submit form.

below is the scripts for the submit form and the sendmail form.
Also how do you get validation to work with the scripts?

Thanks.

Matt

<title>Car Sales</title>

</HEAD>
<body marginheight="0 " topmargin="0" link="0000ff" vlink="0000ff" alink="0000ff">

<form method="POST" action=sendmail .php>

<input type="hidden" name="recipient " value="sales@v2 automotivesolut ions.co.uk">
<input type="hidden" name="success_p age" value="www.v2au tomotivesolutio ns.co.uk/success.html">

<input type="hidden" name="required" value="Name,Ema il_address,Car_ Make,Model,Mile age,Registratio n">
<input type="hidden" name="sort" value="Name,tel ephone_number,E mail_address,Mo bile_Number,Car _Make,Model,Mil eage,Registrati on,Transmission ,Condition,Exte rior_Colour,Ser vcie_History">

<BR><BR>
<table bgcolor=#999999 align=center width=500><tr>< td>

<small><font face="Verdana" color="#ffff00" ><b>Please fill in your information <br> <BR></b> </font></font></small>

</td></tr><table bgcolor=#999999 align=center width=500><tr>< td>

<table>
<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Name: </font></td>
<td bgcolor="#99999 9"><input type="text" size="21" name="Name" maxlength="55"> <font color=red>*</td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Telephone Number: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Telephone _number" maxlength="55"> </td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Mobile Number: </font></td>
<td bgcolor="#99999 9"><input type="text" size="21" name="Mobile_Nu mber" maxlength="25"> <font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana" size="1"></font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Email Address: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Email_add ress" maxlength="25"> <font color="#ff0000" face="Verdana" size="1"><font color=red>*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Car Make: </font></td>
<td><input type="text" size="21" name="Car_Make" maxlength="25"> <font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. Ford)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Model: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Model" size="21"><font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. Mondeo)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Specification: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Specifica tion" size="21"><font color=red>*<fon t color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1">(i.e. LX / Ghia)</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Registration: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Registrat ion" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"></font><font color=red>*</td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Mileage: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Mileage" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"><font color=red>*</font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Exterior Colour: </font> </td>
<td><input type="text" name="Exterior_ Colour" size="21"><font color="#ffffff" face="Verdana" size="1"></font></td>
</tr>

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Transmission:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Transmiss ion">
</SELECT><br>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" Manual ">Manual </option>
<option value=" Automatic ">Automatic </option>
<option value=" Automatic ">Semi Automatic </option>
</select>
<br /><br />

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Service History:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Service History">
</SELECT>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" None ">None </option>
<option value=" Part ">Part </option>
<option value=" Full ">Full </option>
</select>
<br />

<tr><td BGCOLOR="#99999 9"><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Condition:</font></td>
<td BGCOLOR="#99999 9" NAME="Condition ">
</SELECT><br>
<select name="attn" size="1">
<option value=" Excellent ">Excellent </option>
<option value=" Good ">Good </option>
<option value=" Average ">Average </option>
<option value=" Poor ">Poor </option>
<option value=" Damaged ">Damaged </option>
</select>
<br /><br />

<tr><td><p align="right">< font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> Additional Comments: </font> </td>
<tr><td><p align="right">< textarea name="notes" rows="6" cols="25"></textarea>
</tr>

<tr></td></form>
</td></table>

<br /><br /><br /><br />

<tr><td><p align="center"> <font color="#000000" face="Verdana"> <font color=red>*</font> indicates a field is required</small></td></tr>

<tr><td><p align="center"< p><input type="submit" value="         Send         "> </p>

</center><br><br>
</center></div>
<br>

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
sendmail script

<?
$to = "sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk";
$from_header = "From: $from";
if($contents != "")
{
//send mail - $subject & $sales@v2automo tivesolutions.c o.uk
mail(" v2automotivesol utions.co.uk ") ; $to, $Name, $Telephone_numb er, $Email, $Mobile_Number, $Car_Make, $Model, $Mileage, $Registration, $Transmission,
$Condition, $External_Colou r, $Service_histor y, from_header);
// redirect back to url visitor came from
header( "Location: http://www.mvalarms.co .uk/success.html" );
}
else
{
print("<HTML><B ODY>Error, no comments were submitted!");
print("</BODY></HTML>");
}?>
?>

Hi!
When using "mail() it's not allow more then 3-4 parameter,
for information , put your data in "$message" value and use html header.

you wil find usefull info at : http://uk2.php.net/manual

http://www.halleswebde sign.com

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