[SOLVED] Issue with AS3 Email Form and PHP timeout.

[simplexian]

I am using Flash CS3 (Actionscript 3.0) to create a contact form.

 

The problem in this case, is that the email is not being recieved for 10+ minutes. The browser hangs at "Transferring data from ...". With that said, the URLLoader does recieve the Event.COMPLETE, so the PHP file is recieving the variables from Flash correctly.

 

I am assuming this is a timeout issue of some sort, but I am not finding any answers on the Actionscript forums.

 

Here is the PHP file being used:

 

<?php

$name=$_POST['name'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$message=$_POST['message'];
$subject = 'Subject example';
$toaddress='xxxxxxxx@xxx.com';
$name=trim($name);
$email=trim($email);
$subject=stripslashes($subject);
$message=stripslashes($message);
if(mail($toaddress,$subject,$message,'From: '.$name.' <'.$email.'>')){
echo 'response=passed';
} else {
echo 'response=failed';
}
?>

 

 

 

 

[simplexian]

Additionally... to ensure it isn't the fault of flash, I made an html file to send the email, and exactly the same problem. 10-15 minutes to recieve email.

[RichardRotterdam]

i dont think that is flash or php thats causing that. thats because youre mail server checks the mail every 10 min and sends it. it must be in a queue of some sort

[simplexian]

It's not my mail server.

 

To test to make sure my mail server wasn't backed up in the queue, I had a friend send numerous emails before, during, and after the email sent by the contact form. All emails sent by the friend were recieved almost instantly, while the email from the contact form isn't recieved until the timeout on the PHP file.

[simplexian]

And this test has been done repeatedly. It's a constant incident.

[simplexian]

Bump.

[simplexian]

Bump.

[simplexian]

Bump.

[BlueSkyIS]

have you tested your php without the flash front end?

[simplexian]

Additionally... to ensure it isn't the fault of flash, I made an html file to send the email, and exactly the same problem. 10-15 minutes to recieve email.

 

Yes.

[BlueSkyIS]

so the script by itself runs instantly, but the email is not received for 10 minutes? or does the script by itself run for a long time before timing out?

[simplexian]

The script runs instantly as far as I can tell, the 'response=success' is outputted and recognized by flash on every instance.

Still, the browser hangs at "Transferring data from mydomain.com".

 

 

[simplexian]

I'm sorry, 'response=passed', rather.

[simplexian]

Bump.

[simplexian]

Bump.

[The Little Guy]

if the email is almost instant when you use a html based mail form, and not when you use the flash, then there is an error or problem with your action script, and not your php.

[simplexian]

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[simplexian]

To test to make sure my mail server wasn't backed up in the queue, I had a friend send numerous emails before, during, and after the email sent by the contact form. All emails sent by the friend were recieved almost instantly, while the email from the contact form isn't recieved until the timeout on the PHP file.

 

I wasn't clear. The emails that were recieved instantly were not sent through the PHP file in question, they were sent through his mail provider.

 

Additionally... to ensure it isn't the fault of flash, I made an html file to send the email, and exactly the same problem. 10-15 minutes to recieve email.

 

Again, an email sent by either the html mail form or flash are not recieved until the timeout on the PHP file.

[The Little Guy]

then the only solution, is that your host, or your mail server (if your hosting on your own server) has a cron job, that checks every 10 minutes or so for new mail to be sent, then sends out the emails.

 

If you have sent mail out before, using the same mail server, has it been sent instantly before?

[simplexian]

If that is the case, is the "Transfering data from..." hanging in the browser unrelated to the delayed mail problem? If so, what is causing this hanging in the browser?

 

I assumed they were a linked issue.

[The Little Guy]

is there a loop of some sort in the code?

 

you could also use the php function:

 

http://php.net/set_time_limit

[simplexian]

In what code? The PHP?

 

<?php

$name=$_POST['name'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$message=$_POST['message'];
$subject = 'Subject example';
$toaddress='xxxxxxxx@xxx.com';
$name=trim($name);
$email=trim($email);
$subject=stripslashes($subject);
$message=stripslashes($message);
if(mail($toaddress,$subject,$message,'From: '.$name.' <'.$email.'>')){
echo 'response=passed';
} else {
echo 'response=failed';
}
?>

 

No loop present.

 

And far as with set_time_limit, how do I implement that with the preceding code? I know nothing of PHP, obviously.

[The Little Guy]

set time limit may not be the problem, but it shouldn't hang forever.

set_time_limit(10);
$name=$_POST['name'];
$email=$_POST['email'];
$message=$_POST['message'];
$subject = 'Subject example';
$toaddress='xxxxxxxx@xxx.com';
$name=trim($name);
$email=trim($email);
$subject=stripslashes($subject);
$message=stripslashes($message);
if(mail($toaddress,$subject,$message,'From: '.$name.' <'.$email.'>')){
echo 'response=passed';
} else {
echo 'response=failed';
}

[simplexian]

Added set_time_limit(10); as you indicated, it still hangs at "Transfering data from...".

[simplexian]

And, it appears that emails are taking the same time to be recieved, despite the set_time_limit();.