PHP script not returning data, please can you help

[DMcN]

Hi, I've set up a form in flash which will send data to a PHP file on my web space, which in return will return the data from the textfields to my e-mail address. I know PHP is enabled in enabled on my web server because I tested it and it's OK.

Please can anyone check my PHP script below to see if I am missing something that would cause my e-mails not to be returned (I'm new to PHP).

I posted last week and I had to many parameters but I have now got them down to three so I hope that is OK so I am purely looking for the users input to be returned.

The PHP script is below (I've put the Actionscript code as well in-case someone notices something there)

I have tested this in an HTML page on my web server but no response from my form is received.

Thanks in advance.

PHP...

<?php
$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'Request';
 
$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: $fullName";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .=  "Address: $fullAddress";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Postcode: $postcode";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Tel: $telNumber";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "E-mail: $emailAddress";
 
$sent = mail ($to, $subject, $message);
?>
 

Actionscript...

stop();
    var fullName:TextField;
    var fullAddress:TextField;
    var postcode:TextField;
    var telNumber:TextField;
    var emailAddress:TextField;
 
fullName.restrict = "A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç ";
fullName.maxChars = 40;
 
fullAddress.restrict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+\- ";
fullAddress.maxChars = 90;
 
postcode.restrict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+\- ";
postcode.maxChars = 10;
 
telNumber.restrict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+\- ";
telNumber.maxChars = 20;
 
emailAddress.restrict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+\- ";
emailAddress.maxChars = 50;
 
function sendEmail(fullName, fullAddress, postcode, telNumber, emailAddress)
{    
    var myData:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
 
    myData.fullName = fullName.text;
    myData.fullAddress = fullAddress.text;
    myData.postcode = postcode.text;
    myData.telNumber = telNumber.text;
    myData.emailAddress = emailAddress.text;
}
 
    this.submitButton.onRelease = function()
    {
        if (fullName.text == "" || fullAddress.text == "" || postcode.text == "" || telNumber.text == "")
    {
        gotoAndStop("error");
    }
 
    else
 
    {
        sendEmail();
        gotoAndStop("correct");
    }
 
    myData.sendAndLoad("iopost.php", myData, "POST");    
};
 

[Atli]

Hi.

To use variables sent via the POST protocol in your PHP scripts, use the $_POST super-global.

Try something like:

$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: {$_POST['fullName']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .=  "Address: {$_POST['fullAddress']}";
# Etc...
 

[DMcN]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

It looks as if my PHP script seems to be working now, thanks for the tip (although I could be wrong being new to PHP), but now when I point to the script in a browser window I get an e-mail sent to me but only the headings are there.

Name:
Address:
etc...

The information from the textfields in the SWF file are not being captured.

I think I may have to post in the flash section but thanks for your help, and the speedy reply.

I you feel this may still be a PHP problem please post any thoughts if you can and I'll keep a lookout for any info (I've put my latest script below just in-case).

<?php
$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'Request';
 
$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: {$_POST['fullName']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .=  "Address: {$_POST['fullAddress']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Postcode: {$_POST['postcode']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Tel: {$_POST['telNumber']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "E-mail: {$_POST['emailAddress']}";
$sent = mail ($to, $subject, $message);
?>
 

Thanks.

[Atli]

Hi again.

It's been a while since I've used Flash so I may be wrong here but...

You have an object, 'myData' defined inside a function 'sendEmail'. But you are using the object outside the scope of the 'sendEmail' function. I would have to guess that is the problem.

Try calling the 'sendAndLoad' method on the object inside the 'sendEmail' function.