need help fixing errors?

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

i need to make one of these, but dont know how?

mattal999 · July 26, 2008

read up on this:

http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

and use this to get page location:

<?php

$location = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

?>

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

Ok so how do i put the code together?

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

Any pm me the code or anything?

DarkWater · July 26, 2008

Well, we're not going to code it for you. You'd use, as mattal999 suggested, $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] to get the current page, and then mailing is easy...

.josh · July 26, 2008

#1 has been shown to you, we have no idea how you have your code setup so we can't tell you what to use for #2, and you were pointed in the right direction for #3. We don't write code for you. We help you fix your own code. If you wish for someone to write it for you, post in the freelance section (read the stickies first).

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

Ok thanks guys, would it be like this,

<?php
// The message
$message = "$location = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];";

// In case any of our lines are larger than 70 characters, we should use wordwrap()
$message = wordwrap($message, 70);

// Send
mail('caffinated@example.com', 'My Subject', $message);
?>

DarkWater · July 26, 2008

No. The $message variable is wrong. Try:

$message = sprintf('Location: %s', $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

Ok, explain that please?

also, how do i add checkboxs in php?

DarkWater · July 26, 2008

Just use that as the message variable if you want. It's neater. But anyway...checkboxes are HTML, not PHP.

MFHJoe · July 26, 2008

Using the line:

$message = "$location = $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];";

Would have caused an error anyway (the double quotes would have confused PHP). DarkWater's code just makes it work like we presume you want it to. If for whatever reason you have taken a dislike to DarkWater's code, use:

$message = 'location = '.$_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

ok, so is there a way i can create a form, link it to php and when a user clicks submit sends it?

wildteen88 · July 26, 2008

Yes, You create the form in HTML first (google html forms). When the form is submitted to a PHP script, the data sent will be in the $_POST or $_GET superglobal (depends on your form submit method).

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

<html>

<body>

<?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
  {
  //send email
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ; 
  $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
  mail("someone@example.com", "Subject: $subject",
  $message, "From: $email" );
  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";
  }
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
  {
  echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>
  Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />
  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />
  Message:<br />
  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>
  </textarea><br />
  <input type='submit' />
  </form>";
  }
?>

</body>
</html>

would that be around the lines?

MFHJoe · July 26, 2008

Change the line

echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>

to

echo "<form method='post' action='".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."'>

And then yeah, that should be about right mate. Change $_REQUEST to $_POST as well. It's just better practise seeing as you're only looking for the $_POST variable ($_REQUEST contains $_POST, $_GET and $_COOKIE).

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

Thanks!

so what do i do to add check boxs?

MFHJoe · July 26, 2008

<input type="checkbox" name="check" />

When someone checks it, it's value will be on ($_POST['check'] == 'on'), if someone doesn't check it, $_POST['check'] doesn't exist (you can check if it exists using isset($_POST['check']).

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

ahh im confused

MFHJoe · July 26, 2008

<input type="checkbox" name="check" />

Is the HTML for making a checkbox. Put this in your form.

To see if someone has checked it or not, in your form processing section, use:

if(isset($_POST['check']))
{
    // The checkbox has been checked. Do something here.
}

So altogether, your code may look something like this:

<?php
if (isset($_POST['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
  {
  //send email
  $email = $_POST['email'] ; 
  $subject = $_POST['subject'] ;
  $message = $_POST['message'] ;
  if(isset($_POST['check']))
  {
    $message .= ' The user checked the checkbox.';
  }
  mail("someone@example.com", "Subject: $subject",
  $message, "From: $email" );
  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";
  }
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
  {
  echo "<form method='post' action='".$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."'>
  Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />
  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />
  Message:<br />
  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>
  </textarea><br />
  Checkbox: <input type="checkbox" name="check" /><br />
  <input type='submit' />
  </form>";
  }
?>

</body>
</html>

The bit inside the if statement uses .= to add a sentence to the end of $message.

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

ok sorta getting it now, so how do i design it like the picture i made?

wildteen88 · July 26, 2008

Again this is down to HTML (and CSS) not PHP. To apply a background color to an HTML element on a page with CSS do:

<style type="text/css">
/* CSS syntax

html_tag_name {
    attribute: value
}*/

/* REAL EXAMPLE */
form {
   background-color: #FFCC00;
}

The above CSS will give your form an orange background color.

There are many CSS tutorials onlines, have a look at the tutorials over at w3school.com

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

ahh css yes ok, what about having it as a pop up?

MFHJoe · July 26, 2008

[url=http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/accessibility-tools/pop-up-window-generator/default.php[/url]JavaScript Popup Window Generator

. Just use a separate page. You're still going to need to use CSS though.

Boxerman · July 26, 2008

ok, but when having a pop up thingy, instead of the location part do i put referer?

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