PHP multiple fields

[theh1tman]

OK. First off, let me say I know very little about php. I primarily work in flash and most of the web work I do is informational design and although many of the sites I work on have shopping carts, I do not create them. I use an outsider for that.

I am working on a site in flash that contains multiple input fields so people can send order requests to my client. For instance, she wants their name, email address, phone number, address, as well as numerous questions about the colors, style, etc of the product they are inquiring about. I have managed to set up a base php page that allows for people to send one block of text, but what I need help with is a little different then that. No doubt it would be no problem for ANYONE who knows php but Im totally lost.

What I need to happen is this. I want to set up the fifteen or so input fields. When they fill in all of the fields (each named with specific variable names) and click submit, I want it to send my client an email. In the email, it should say "Name:" followed by whatever they input for the field with a variable name of "name," and continue down the line like that.

Can anyone help me figure out how to do this?

[Atli]

Hi. Welcome to The Scripts!

To do that you could use the mail() function.

You would have to use the $_POST (or $_GET) super-globals to read the input, create the message and send it.

Here is a simple example:

<?php
// Make sure the input data was received
if(isset($_POST['Name']) and isset($_POST['Phone'])) {
    // Create the email body
    $name = $_POST['Name'];
    $phone = $_POST['Phone'];
    $body = "This message was sent from a PHP web!\n - Name : $name\n - Phone : $phone";
 
    // Create the email headers
    $to      = '[e-mail]';
    $subject = 'Message from PHP web page';
    $headers = 'From: [e-mail]' . "\r\n" .
        'Reply-To: [e-mail]' . "\r\n" .
        'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
 
    // Send the email
    $success = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
 
    // Check if it was sent successfully
    if($success) {
        echo "Message sent!";
    }
    else {
        echo "Failed to send message!";
    }
}
?>