Problem submitting previously working form on new server

[a c s]

Hello, I'm a php newbie and have been using the following php code fine
(until now) to submit a form and create an email message. I recently
moved the site from a local server to an ISP's server and now, whenever
I attempt to submit the form, the entries I made are cleared and no
e-mail is sent.

I have no idea what the problem is - can anyone help?
------------begin extracted php---------------
<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){
$me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
print <<<TOEND

<form name="form1" method="post" action="$me">

Name: <input type="text" name="Name">
Subject: <input type="text" name="Subject"></td>
Message: <textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send"></td>

</form>

TOEND;

} else {
error_reporting(0);
$recipient = 'a***@innovez.co.uk';
$subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);
$from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);
$msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);
if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg))
echo nl2br("<b>Message Sent:</b>
To: $recipient
Subject: $subject
Message:
$msg");
else
echo "Message failed to send";
}
?>
------------end extracted php---------------

[Pedro Graca]

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.php.]
a c s wrote:

Hello, I'm a php newbie and have been using the following php code fine
(until now) to submit a form and create an email message. I recently
moved the site from a local server to an ISP's server and now, whenever
I attempt to submit the form, the entries I made are cleared and no
e-mail is sent.

I have no idea what the problem is - can anyone help?
(... snip ...)
} else {
error_reporting(0);

Try
error_reporting(E_ALL);

instead.
Then correct all Notices, Warnings and Errors, and repost if it still
doesn't work.

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[a c s]

Hi Pedro,

I have changed the error_reporting function to E_ALL but there is no
change in behavior: the form just resets itself.

Any other ideas? With thanks, Alan.
Pedro Graca wrote:

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.lang.php.]
a c s wrote:

Hello, I'm a php newbie and have been using the following php code fine
(until now) to submit a form and create an email message. I recently
moved the site from a local server to an ISP's server and now, whenever
I attempt to submit the form, the entries I made are cleared and no
e-mail is sent.

I have no idea what the problem is - can anyone help?

(... snip ...)

} else {
error_reporting(0);

Try
error_reporting(E_ALL);

instead.
Then correct all Notices, Warnings and Errors, and repost if it still
doesn't work.

[Pedro Graca]

a c s top-posted:

I have changed the error_reporting function to E_ALL but there is no
change in behavior: the form just resets itself.

Any other ideas? With thanks, Alan.

Hmmm ... It worked perfectly here.

What PHP version is running on your server?

<?php echo phpversion(); ?>
$_SERVER, $_POST, ... are available from PHP 4.1.0 onwards.
If you use an earlier version substitute those superglobal arrays with
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, ...

http://www..php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php
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[a c s]

Sir, you are a genius - the version of PHP on the server was 4.0.6.

The workaround sorted the problem nicely, and it'll be added to my
troubleshooting list for the future.

Thanks again, Alan.

Pedro Graca wrote:

a c s top-posted:

I have changed the error_reporting function to E_ALL but there is no
change in behavior: the form just resets itself.

Any other ideas? With thanks, Alan.

Hmmm ... It worked perfectly here.

What PHP version is running on your server?

<?php echo phpversion(); ?>
$_SERVER, $_POST, ... are available from PHP 4.1.0 onwards.
If you use an earlier version substitute those superglobal arrays with
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, ...

http://www..php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php

[a c s]

Hi Pedro,

Have you any idea why (it seems only in PHP versions less than 4.1.0)
the attachment received is an empty "attachment.txt" file instead of the
actual file I attached?

Many thanks in advance, Alan.

Pedro Graca wrote:

a c s top-posted:

I have changed the error_reporting function to E_ALL but there is no
change in behavior: the form just resets itself.

Any other ideas? With thanks, Alan.

Hmmm ... It worked perfectly here.

What PHP version is running on your server?

<?php echo phpversion(); ?>
$_SERVER, $_POST, ... are available from PHP 4.1.0 onwards.
If you use an earlier version substitute those superglobal arrays with
$HTTP_SERVER_VARS, $HTTP_POST_VARS, ...

http://www..php.net/manual/en/reserved.variables.php

[Pedro Graca]

a c s top-posted:

Hi Pedro,
To mail me use my address and follow the indications in the signature.
If you ask me something by mail I probably will tell you to ask in the
newsgroup instead :)
Have you any idea why (it seems only in PHP versions less than 4.1.0)
the attachment
Attachment? ?!?!?!? What do you mean?
Something in MIME e-mail, perhaps?
received
received? ?!?!?!? What do you mean?
Received by what?
A mail client?
A HTTP server?
A IRC client?

And, if it was received, it must have been sent. Sent by what?
A PHP script?
A mail client?
An FTP-to-Mail server?
is an empty "attachment.txt" file instead of the
actual file I attached?

Where could the attachment be lost?
One of several places:
a) before being sent
b) at the moment of sending
c) between being sent and received
d) at the moment of receiving
e) after being received

You say it's at c); I guess it's at b) -- or even at a)
Verify your sending script.

PS. What is the relation between the failed "received attachment"
and switching a form to a different server (the subject of this
post)?
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[a c s]

Pedro. My apologies. My script had a missing semi-colon.

Thanks again, Alan.

Pedro Graca wrote:

a c s top-posted:

Hi Pedro,

To mail me use my address and follow the indications in the signature.
If you ask me something by mail I probably will tell you to ask in the
newsgroup instead :)

Have you any idea why (it seems only in PHP versions less than 4.1.0)
the attachment

Attachment? ?!?!?!? What do you mean?
Something in MIME e-mail, perhaps?

received

received? ?!?!?!? What do you mean?
Received by what?
A mail client?
A HTTP server?
A IRC client?

And, if it was received, it must have been sent. Sent by what?
A PHP script?
A mail client?
An FTP-to-Mail server?

is an empty "attachment.txt" file instead of the
actual file I attached?

Where could the attachment be lost?
One of several places:
a) before being sent
b) at the moment of sending
c) between being sent and received
d) at the moment of receiving
e) after being received

You say it's at c); I guess it's at b) -- or even at a)
Verify your sending script.

PS. What is the relation between the failed "received attachment"
and switching a form to a different server (the subject of this
post)?