Switch

[Bill H]

I wrote a PHP script that the user decides who they want to send the email
to based on the selection from a "dropdown" box. The essential part of the
script that I'm having problems with is:

<?php

/* Pre-defined script variables. */
$eol = "\n";
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$mailfrom = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$subject = 'Contact Us Request';

/* Initialize a clean array to replace $_POST with clean data */
$etype = $_POST['etype'];
$errmsg = 'etype-: '.$etype.' | Case value-: ';

/* Define the mailto address
switch ($etype) {
case 0:
$mailto = 's****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '0';
break;
case 1:
$mailto = 's******@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '1';
break;
case 2:
$mailto = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '2';
break;
case 3:
$mailto = 'm*****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '3';
break;
default:
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= 'default';
}
..
..
builds an email and sends it to myself.
?>

The email shows up at the "me" address instead of the "myacct" address. The
problem is the email shows "etype-: 3 | Case value-: ". This indicates
that the switch didn't work at all. Can anyone tell me why?

Thanks,

Bill

[Csaba Gabor]

Bill H wrote:

/* Initialize a clean array to replace $_POST with clean data */
$etype = $_POST['etype'];
$errmsg = 'etype-: '.$etype.' | Case value-: ';

/* Define the mailto address
switch ($etype) {
case 0:
$mailto = 's****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '0';
break;
case 1:
$mailto = 's******@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '1';
break;
case 2:
$mailto = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '2';
break;
case 3:
$mailto = 'm*****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '3';
break;
default:
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= 'default';
}
.
.
builds an email and sends it to myself.
?>

The email shows up at the "me" address instead of the "myacct" address. The
problem is the email shows "etype-: 3 | Case value-: ". This indicates
that the switch didn't work at all. Can anyone tell me why?

Isn't it simpler to do:
$aMailTo = array('s****@mycorp.net', 's******@mycorp.net',
'w********@mycorp.net', 'm*****@mycorp.net');
$mailTo = 'm*@mycorp.net'; // default
if (array_key_exists($etype, $aMailTo))
$mailTo = $aMailTo[$etype];
$errmsg .= "$etype";
By the way, in your code above, you haven't closed off
the comment that starts on the Define the mailto address line.
Also, though it shouldn't make a difference in the switch
statement, the type of $etype is string.

Csaba Gabor from Vienna

[Jerry Stuckle]

Bill H wrote:

I wrote a PHP script that the user decides who they want to send the email
to based on the selection from a "dropdown" box. The essential part of the
script that I'm having problems with is:

<?php

/* Pre-defined script variables. */
$eol = "\n";
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$mailfrom = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$subject = 'Contact Us Request';

/* Initialize a clean array to replace $_POST with clean data */
$etype = $_POST['etype'];
$errmsg = 'etype-: '.$etype.' | Case value-: ';

/* Define the mailto address
switch ($etype) {
case 0:
$mailto = 's****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '0';
break;
case 1:
$mailto = 's******@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '1';
break;
case 2:
$mailto = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '2';
break;
case 3:
$mailto = 'm*****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '3';
break;
default:
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= 'default';
}
.
.
builds an email and sends it to myself.
?>

The email shows up at the "me" address instead of the "myacct" address. The
problem is the email shows "etype-: 3 | Case value-: ". This indicates
that the switch didn't work at all. Can anyone tell me why?

Thanks,

Bill

Bill,

Try

case '0':
case '1':
etc

Or, when I know it's a numeric value, I use:

$etype= isset($_POST['etype']) ? intval($_POST['etype']) ? 0;

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[Bill H]

Csaba:

How stupid could I get. The missing "close comment" was the problem.

I tried the array but it seems the:

if (array_key_exists($etype, $aMailTo)) {
$mailTo = $aMailTo[$etype];
$errmsg .= "$etype"; }

....didn't work but:

$mailTo = $aMailTo[$etype];

....did. Go figure.

Thanks very much.

Bill
"Csaba Gabor" <cs***@z6.comwrote in message
news:c2**************************@news.chello.at.. .

Bill H wrote:

>/* Initialize a clean array to replace $_POST with clean data */
$etype = $_POST['etype'];
$errmsg = 'etype-: '.$etype.' | Case value-: ';

/* Define the mailto address
switch ($etype) {
case 0:
$mailto = 's****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '0';
break;
case 1:
$mailto = 's******@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '1';
break;
case 2:
$mailto = 'w********@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '2';
break;
case 3:
$mailto = 'm*****@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= '3';
break;
default:
$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';
$errmsg .= 'default';
}
.
.
builds an email and sends it to myself.
?>

The email shows up at the "me" address instead of the "myacct" address.
The problem is the email shows "etype-: 3 | Case value-: ". This
indicates that the switch didn't work at all. Can anyone tell me why?

Isn't it simpler to do:
$aMailTo = array('s****@mycorp.net', 's******@mycorp.net',
'w********@mycorp.net', 'm*****@mycorp.net');
$mailTo = 'm*@mycorp.net'; // default
if (array_key_exists($etype, $aMailTo))
$mailTo = $aMailTo[$etype];
$errmsg .= "$etype";
By the way, in your code above, you haven't closed off
the comment that starts on the Define the mailto address line.
Also, though it shouldn't make a difference in the switch
statement, the type of $etype is string.

Csaba Gabor from Vienna

[Toby A Inkster]

Bill H wrote:

$mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';

For future reference, when using an example domain name, please use
example.(com|net|org). Mark Segal, who owns mycorp.net might not be
happy with you posting valid e-mail addresses at his domain to Usenet,
and potentially attracting spammers to it.

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[Bill H]

Thanks Toby.

It neverceases to amaze the breadth of information all of us are unaware of.
:-)

Bill

"Toby A Inkster" <us**********@tobyinkster.co.ukwrote in message
news:3c************@ophelia.g5n.co.uk...

Bill H wrote:

> $mailto = 'm*@mycorp.net';

For future reference, when using an example domain name, please use
example.(com|net|org). Mark Segal, who owns mycorp.net might not be
happy with you posting valid e-mail addresses at his domain to Usenet,
and potentially attracting spammers to it.

--
Toby A Inkster BSc (Hons) ARCS
[Geek of HTML/SQL/Perl/PHP/Python/Apache/Linux]
[OS: Linux 2.6.12-12mdksmp, up 13 days, 16:31.]

USD/EUR Exchange Rate Graph
http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2007/11/18/usd-eur/