nearlyalaugh

thanks, that occurred to me... but i only halfheartedly tried it. now it works, for all those interested i indeed did need to add [code]$name    = $_GET['name']; $from    = $_GET['from']; $subject = $_GET['subject']; $message = $_GET['message']; $submitted = $_GET['submitted'];[/code] it's curious though: in the mentioned email-this-link script and another test script, i didn't have to set all of em! for instance, this works: [code]<?php echo " <p> <form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" method=\"get\"> <input type=\"text\" name=\"tinput\" value=\"$tinput\" /> <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"submitted\" value=\"true\" /> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"submit\" /> </form> </p> "; echo " <p> Submitted: <b>$submitted</b><br /> You Wrote: <b>$tinput</b> </p> "; if ($submitted and $tinput) { echo "you submitted stuff!"; } elseif ($submitted) { echo "you pressed submit!"; } else { echo "run for your life!"; } ?>[/code] so there's probably something deeper going on, but what i did works and it's a better way to go anyways thanks!

Wrote a simple 'email this link' script a while back that worked perfectly, & decided--after having done all that work--that i'd turn my old perl email form to php, seeing as i "knew how things work." well, i've got what looks like a simple form, and one that looks like it should work... but does not. the form action is itself. there are four required fields: name, from, subject, and message. if all are defined, it is supposed to conduct a mail() function and send it off to me and echo a thank you; else it's to display the form. instead of doing that, however, when submitted it indeed shows up in the url bar (method=get), but it returns the form, empty--can't even echo the vars. the code is below, can anyone tell what's wrong? [code]<?php define("title","nearlyalaugh.com - Contact Me"); include("include1.php"); // THIS IS JUST THE GENERIC STUFF, SHOULDN'T AFFECT THE FORM $message = stripslashes($message); $to      = "myemail@nearlyalaugh.com"; $header  = "From: $name <$from>"; // IF ALL VARS SET, EXECUTE MAIL if ($name and $from and $subject and $message and $submitted) {    mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);    echo "       <h2>Thank You for Contacting Me!</h2>       <div class=\"desc\">I'll get on it soon as I can</div>       <p>          <b>What You Submitted:</b><br />          Name: $name<br />          Email: $from<br />          Subject: $subject<br />          Message: $message       </p>    "; } // OTHERWISE else {    echo "       <h2>Comments, Questions? Contact Me!</h2>       <div class=\"desc\">Just fill out the form below. All fields are <span class=\"highlight\">required</span>.</div>       <p>    ";    // IF SUBMITTED WITHOUT ALL INFO    if ($submitted) {       if (($name == "") or ($from == "") or ($subject == "") or ($message == "")) {          echo "All fields are required. You forgot:";          if ($name == "") { echo " - <b>Your Name</b>"; }          if ($from == "") { echo " - <b>Your Email</b>"; }          if ($subject == "") { echo " - <b>Your Subject</b>"; }          if ($message == "") { echo " - <b>Your Message</b>"; }       }    }    // HERE'S THE FORM    echo "       <form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]\" method=\"get\">       <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"submitted\" value=\"true\" />       <b>Your Name:</b><br />       <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" value=\"$name\" style=\"width:50%;\" /><br />       <b>Your Email:</b><br />       <input type=\"text\" name=\"from\" value=\"$from\" style=\"width:50%;\" /><br />       <b>Subject:</b><br />       <input type=\"text\" name=\"subject\" value=\"$subject\" style=\"width:50%;\" /><br />       <b>Your Message:</b><br />       <textarea name=\"message\" rows=\"10\" cols=\"60\" wrap=\"virtual\">$message</textarea><br />       <input type=\"reset\" value=\"Clear All\" onclick=\"return confirm('Clear All Fields?!')\" />       <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Send Email\" />       </form>       </p>    "; } include("include2.php"); // THE GENERIC FOOTER ?>[/code] any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!