Email Script Help

geekette · May 21, 2009

So basically what I'm trying to do is create an <input> text field at the end of the revieworder.php file, where the user puts their email address, hits confirm, and then an automated email message gets sent to them. unfortunately, I keep receiving the "mail failed" echo. I probably don't have the correct code, but any help would be appreciated! I've also included the .html and .css files as a background reference:

.html:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC
"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<title> Princess Cupcakes </title>
</head>
<body>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="phpcssstyle.css" type="text/css" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />


<h1>Princess Cupcakes<h1 /> <hr> <hr />
<h2>Warming hearts one cupcake at a time.</h2>
<br>
<h3>All cupcakes are $2.50 each unless otherwise noted. Please allow at least 20 minutes between order and pickup time.</h3>
<br /> <hr> <hr />

<ul><b>
<li>Pink Princess: Strawberry cupcake with a strawberry whipped cream frosting
<li> Swan Princess: Vanilla cupcake with lemon buttercream frosting
<li>Prince Charming: Chocolate cupcake with a raspberry buttercream frosting
<li>Royal Crown: Red velvet cupcake with cheesecake frosting
<li>The Nutty Jester: Nutella filled cupcake, with a nutella buttercream frosting
<li>Pumpkin Carriage: Pumpkin cupcake with a pumpkin whipped cream frosting
<li>Princess Diaries: Blueberry cupcake with blueberry whipped cream frosting
<li>Tropical Princess: Mango and banana cupcake with a strawberry whipped cream frosting
<li>Career Princess: Vanilla cake with dark chocolate buttercream frosting
</b>
<br>
<br>
<br />
<h3>Order your cupcakes here. For quantities over 5 per type of cupcake, please call us:
<form action="ReviewOrder.php" method="get">
<p><b>Pink Princess</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="pp" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="pp" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="pp" value="2" />Two <br />
<input type="radio" name="pp" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="pp" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="pp" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Swan Princess</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="sp" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="sp" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="sp" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="sp" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="sp" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="sp" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Prince Charming</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="pc" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="pc" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="pc" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="pc" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="pc" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="pc" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Royal Crown</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="rc" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="rc" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="rc" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="rc" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="rc" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="rc" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>The Nutty Jester</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="nj" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="nj" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="nj" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="nj" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="nj" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="nj" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Pumpkin Carriage</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="pkc" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="pkc" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="pkc" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="pkc" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="pkc" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="pkc" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Princess Diaries</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="pd" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="pd" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="pd" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="pd" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="pd" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="pd" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Tropical Princess</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="tp" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="tp" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="tp" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="tp" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="tp" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="tp" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<p><b>Career Princess</b></p>
<p><input type="radio" name="cp" value="0" />Zero<br />
<input type="radio" name="cp" value="1" />One<br />
<input type="radio" name="cp" value="2" />Two<br />
<input type="radio" name="cp" value="3" />Three<br />
<input type="radio" name="cp" value="4" />Four<br />
<input type="radio" name="cp" value="5" />Five</p>
<br>
<br>
<p><input type="submit" value="Okay" /></p>
</form>

<body />
<html />

.css file

body {

  color: white;

  background: pink;

  margin-bottom: 6ex;

  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

  font-size: 12px;

}



h1 {

  color: #039;

  background: pink;

  margin-bottom: 2ex;

}



h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {

  color: #039;

}



table {

  margin-right: auto;

  margin-bottom: 2ex;

}



thead td, th {

  color: black;

  background: #cccccc;

  font-size: smaller;

  font-weight: bold;

  text-align: center;

  padding: 0.5em 1ex;

  border: 1pt solid gray;

}



tbody td, td {

  color: black;

  background: #eeeeee;

  font-size: small;

  padding: 0.5em 1ex;

  border: 1pt solid gray;

}



pre {

  color: white;

  font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

  font-size: 12px;

}

this is the .php that connects to the .html:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Review Order</title>
</head>
<body>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="phpcssstyle.css" type="text/css" />

<h1>Review Order</h1>
<?php

function reviewpp ( ) {
echo "<p>Pink Princess: ", $_GET [ "pp" ];
if ($_GET["pp"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["pp"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["pp"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["pp"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["pp"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["pp"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewsp ( ) {
echo "<p>Swan Princess: ", $_GET [ "sp" ];
if ($_GET["sp"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["sp"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["sp"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["sp"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["sp"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["sp"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewpc ( ) {
echo "<p>Prince Charming: ", $_GET [ "pc" ];
if ($_GET["pc"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["pc"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["pc"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["pc"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["pc"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["pc"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewrc ( ) {
echo "<p>Royal Crown: ", $_GET [ "rc" ];
if ($_GET["rc"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["rc"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["rc"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["rc"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["rc"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["rc"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewnj ( ) {
echo "<p>The Nutty Jester: ", $_GET [ "nj" ];
if ($_GET["nj"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["nj"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["nj"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["nj"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["nj"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["nj"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewpkc ( ) {
echo "<p>Pumpkin Carriage: ", $_GET [ "pkc" ];
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["pkc"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewpd ( ) {
echo "<p>Princess Diaries: ", $_GET [ "pd" ];
if ($_GET["pd"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["pd"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["pd"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["pd"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["pd"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["pd"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewtp ( ) {
echo "<p>Tropical Princess: ", $_GET [ "tp" ];
if ($_GET["tp"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["tp"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["tp"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["tp"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["tp"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["tp"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

function reviewcp ( ) {
echo "<p>Career Princess: ", $_GET [ "cp" ];
if ($_GET["cp"] == "0")
echo " (Zero)</p>";
if ($_GET["cp"] == "1")
echo " (One)</p>";
if ($_GET["cp"] == "2")
echo " (Two)</p>";
if ($_GET["cp"] == "3")
echo " (Three)</p>";
if ($_GET["cp"] == "4")
echo " (Four)</p>";
if ($_GET["cp"] == "5")
echo " (Five)</p>";
}

reviewpp ( );
reviewsp ( );
reviewpc ( );
reviewrc( );
reviewnj ( );
reviewpkc ( );
reviewpd ( );
reviewtp ( );
reviewcp ( );


?>

Please enter your email address below and we will send you a confirmation email shortly. If you do not receive a confirmation email, please call us.: 
<Input type="Text" size="30">
<form action="email.php" method="get>
<Input type="Text" size="30">
<p><input type="submit" value="Confirm" /></p>


</body>
</html>

the following is the email script, also a .php:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Princess Cupcakes Review Order Email Confirm</title>
</head>
<body>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="phpcssstyle.css" type="text/css" />



<?php

$to =

$subject = 'Princess Cupcakes';

$message = "Thank you for your order. We will have them ready shortly.";

$headers = "From: [email protected]\r\nReply-To: [email protected]";

$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );

echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";
?>


</body>
</html>

MasterACE14 · May 21, 2009

$to doesn't have anything assigned?

geekette · May 22, 2009

yea, regarding that...how do I get it so that the $to connects to the <input text> field in the other .php file? The email basically will be sent to whatever email address the user inputs.

MasterACE14 · May 22, 2009

change this...

<Input type="Text" size="30">
<form action="email.php" method="get>
<Input type="Text" size="30">
<p><input type="submit" value="Confirm" /></p>

to this...

<form action="email.php" method="get>
<Input type="Text" size="30" name="email">
<p><input type="submit" value="Confirm" /></p>
</form>

then in the e-mail script.

change this...

$to =

to this...

$to = $_GET['email'];

you can also check if the e-mail address entered is valid before you send the e-mail.

like this...

function is_email($email) { // Thanks to "mail(at)philipp-louis.de" from php.net!

    return(preg_match("/^[-_.[:alnum:]]+@((([[:alnum:]]|[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]-]*[[:alnum:]])\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i",$email));

}

if(!is_email($_GET['email'])) {
  die("Not a valid e-mail!");
}

geekette · May 22, 2009

When I replaced what I had to the following:

<form action="email.php" method="get>
<Input type="Text" size="30" name="email">
<p><input type="submit" value="Confirm" /></p>
</form>

the field didn't show up. however, when I had it the way I did before, the text field would be there, though, the email still echoed fail after correcting the $to field.

geekette · May 22, 2009

Nevermind, I realized why the input text field wasn't showing up. Syntax error--I was missing a quote. However, the emails won't go through. It echo's "mail failed."

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