passing checkbox value to email - Help please!

kitegirl · December 4, 2008

Hi there, I am having trouble getting an answer to what I thought was a simple problem. I am not php coder, and am dabbling in it for a client to get a form to email solution for them. The form is working great to my email: except! - the checkboxes are causing me hours of searching the internet. All I want is for their value to sent to the email (only the ones that are checked)

here is the part of the html form for the checkboxes... - Thanks for you assistance.

  <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="wallart" value="Wall Art" />
      Wall Art<br>
        <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="mobile" value="Mobile" />
        Mobile
        <br>
        <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="blkboard" value="Blackboard decals" />
        Blk Board Decals
        <br>
        <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="screens" value="Screens" />
        Screens
        <br>
        <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="letnum" value="Letnum" />
        Acrylic Letters & Numbers <br>
        <input name="product[]" type="checkbox" id="shapes" value="Shapes" />
      Acrylic shapes

here is the whole of the PHP file:

<?php
/* Set e-mail recipient */
$myemail  = "mywebdots@gmail.com";

/* Check all form inputs using check_input function */
$yourname = check_input($_POST['yourname'], "Enter your name");
$subject  = check_input($_POST['subject'], "Write a subject");
$email    = check_input($_POST['email']);
$address  = check_input($_POST['address']);
$product   = check_input($_POST['product']);
$screens  = check_input($_POST['screens']);

$how_find = check_input($_POST['how']);
$from = check_input($_POST['email']);
$comments = check_input($_POST['comments'], "Write your comments");

print '<pre>';
print_r($_POST);
print '</pre>';

/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email))
{
    show_error("E-mail address not valid");
}



/* Let's prepare the message for the e-mail */
$message = "Hello!, 

Your contact form has been submitted by:

Name: $yourname
E-mail: $email
Address: $address

Which products I am interested in?; 

$message .= "<ul>";
foreach($_POST['product'] as $key=>$val){
    $message .= "<li>".$val."</li>";
}
$message .= "</ul>";



How did he/she find it? $how_find

Comments:
$comments

End of message
";

/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message, "From: $from");

/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */
header('Location: thanks.htm');
exit();

/* Functions we used */
function check_input($data, $problem='')
{
    $data = trim($data);
    $data = stripslashes($data);
    $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
    if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)
    {
        show_error($problem);
    }
    return $data;
}

function show_error($myError)
{
?>
    <html>
    <body>

    <b>Please correct the following error:</b><br />
    <?php echo $myError; ?>

    </body>
    </html>
<?php
exit();
}
?>

sasa · December 4, 2008

change to

<?php

/* Set e-mail recipient */

$myemail = "mywebdots@gmail.com";

/* Check all form inputs using check_input function */

$yourname = check_input($_POST['yourname'], "Enter your name");

$subject = check_input($_POST['subject'], "Write a subject");

$email = check_input($_POST['email']);

$address = check_input($_POST['address']);

$product = check_input($_POST['product']);

$screens = check_input($_POST['screens']);

$how_find = check_input($_POST['how']);

$from = check_input($_POST['email']);

$comments = check_input($_POST['comments'], "Write your comments");

print '<pre>';

print_r($_POST);

print '</pre>';

/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */

if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email))

{

show_error("E-mail address not valid");

}

/* Let's prepare the message for the e-mail */

$message = "Hello!,

Your contact form has been submitted by:

Name: $yourname

E-mail: $email

Address: $address

Which products I am interested in?"; // add "

$message .= "<ul>";

foreach($_POST['product'] as $key=>$val){

$message .= "<li>".$val."</li>";

}

$message .= "</ul>";

// add next line

$message .= "

How did he/she find it? $how_find

Comments:

$comments

End of message

";

/* Send the message using mail() function */

mail($myemail, $subject, $message, "From: $from");

/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */

header('Location: thanks.htm');

exit();

/* Functions we used */

function check_input($data, $problem='')

{

$data = trim($data);

$data = stripslashes($data);

$data = htmlspecialchars($data);

if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)

{

show_error($problem);

}

return $data;

}

function show_error($myError)

{

?>

<html>

<body>

<b>Please correct the following error:</b><br />

<?php echo $myError; ?>

</body>

</html>

<?php

exit();

}

?>f/code]

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