PHP form not submitting on IE 8, But does submit on Firefox and Chrome

[jeweline]

Hi All,

 

I am a newbie to this forum and a newbie to scripting. In fact this is my first type trying to make a form work. I've created a PHP contact form that when the submit button is clicked, I want it to send an e-mail to a certain address. Thanks so much for taking the time to look at this and help me! I'm so confused and frustrated! :banghead: Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

I created the form in Dreamweaver. I first added code for server-side verification of the fields and then I used Dreamweaver's Spry Validation widgets to add client-side verification of the form elements.

 

In Firefox and Google Chrome, when I test the form by correctly filling out the different form elements and clicking the submit button:

• the form gets submitted
  the "thank you" message correctly displays
  and I receive an e-mail in my mailbox
  

The problem is with Internet Explorer 8. When I test the form by correctly completing the various form elements and clicking the submit button:

 

The form doesn't get submitted because

• I see the following statement "Sorry, there was a problem sending your message. Please try later." This statement displays because part of an "If-then-else" statement failed. It is part of the client-side verification code I created
  Since, the form wasn't submitted, I don't get the resulting e-mail.

 

I really don't know enough about PHP to debug. All I can figure is that for some reason IE thinks the $_POST and $mailSent variables are empty, so it displays the "sorry, there was a problem" error message.

 

Here's a link to the form I'm testing:

http://www.buypuresilverbullion.com/silverlinemarket2/contactus.php

 

[b]Here's the code I'm using in the contact form page to display either error messages or a confirmation message:[/b]

 

<?php
if ($_POST && isset($missing) && !empty($missing)) {
?>
  <p class="warning2"><strong>Please complete the missing item(s) indicated.</strong></p>
<?php
} elseif ($_POST && !$mailSent) {
?>
  <p class="warning2">Sorry, there was a problem sending your message. Please try later.</p>
<?php
} elseif ($_POST && $mailSent) {
?>
  <p class="acknowledgement"><strong>Thanks so much for taking the time to send us a note! We’ve received your message, and will contact you shortly!</strong></p>
<?php } ?>

 

 

Here's the code of the include file that contains the script to process the form:

 

<?php
if (isset($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) && strpos($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'], '.inc.php')) exit;

// remove escape characters from POST array
if (PHP_VERSION < 6 && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
  function stripslashes_deep($value) {
    $value = is_array($value) ? array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) : stripslashes($value);
    return $value;
  }
  $_POST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_POST);
}

// assume that there is nothing suspect
  $suspect = false;
  // create a pattern to locate suspect phrases
  $pattern = '/Content-Type:|Bcc:|Cc:/i';
  
  // function to check for suspect phrases
  function isSuspect($val, $pattern, &$suspect) {
    // if the variable is an array, loop through each element
    // and pass it recursively back to the same function
    if (is_array($val)) {
      foreach ($val as $item) {
         isSuspect($item, $pattern, $suspect);
      }
    } else {
      // if one of the suspect phrases is found, set Boolean to true
      if (preg_match($pattern, $val)) {
        $suspect = true;
      }
    }
  }

  // check the $_POST array and any subarrays for suspect content
  isSuspect($_POST, $pattern, $suspect);

  if ($suspect) {
    $mailSent = false;
    unset($missing);
  } else {
    // process the $_POST variables
    foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
      // assign to temporary variable and strip whitespace if not an array
      $temp = is_array($value) ? $value : trim($value);
      // if empty and required, add to $missing array
      if (empty($temp) && in_array($key, $required)) {
        array_push($missing, $key);
      } elseif (in_array($key, $expected)) {
        // otherwise, assign to a variable of the same name as $key
        ${$key} = $temp;
      }
    }
  }
  
  // validate the email address
  if (!empty($email)) {
    // regex to identify illegal characters in email address
    $checkEmail = '/^[^@]+@[^\s\r\n\'";,@%]+$/';
    // reject the email address if it doesn't match
    if (!preg_match($checkEmail, $email)) {
      $suspect = true;
      $mailSent = false;
      unset($missing);
    }
  }

  
  // go ahead only if not suspect and all required fields OK
  if (!$suspect && empty($missing)) {
  
     // initialize the $message variable
     $message = '';
     // loop through the $expected array
     foreach($expected as $item) {
       // assign the value of the current item to $val
       if (isset(${$item}) && !empty(${$item})) {
         $val = ${$item};
       } else {
         // if it has no value, assign 'Not selected'
         $val = 'Not selected';
       }
       // if an array, expand as comma-separated string
       if (is_array($val)) {
         $val = implode(', ', $val);
       }
       // add label and value to the message body
       $message .= ucfirst($item).": $val\n\n";
     }

    // limit line length to 70 characters
    $message = wordwrap($message, 70);

     // create Reply-To header
     if (!empty($email)) {
       $headers .= "\r\nReply-To: $email";
     }

     
    // send it  

    $mailSent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    if ($mailSent) {
      // $missing is no longer needed if the email is sent, so unset it
      unset($missing);
    }
  }
?>

[PFMaBiSmAd]

For images as submit buttons (works in all browsers) - http://us.php.net/manual/en/faq.html.php#faq.html.form-image

[jeweline]

Thanks! I'll check my code for the image. Thanks again!

[jeweline]

PFMaBiSmAd,

 

I checked my code, and it looks fine as compared to the example.

 

The example:

When submitting a form, it is possible to use an image instead of the standard submit button with a tag like:

 

<input type="image" src="image.gif" name="foo" />

 

 

My code is

 <input type="image"src="images/contactmedia/contact_btn.png" alt="Submit button" name="send" id="sendusyourcomments" value="Send us your comments!" />

 

But I'll take the image out and use the try the standard form button. Thanks again.

[jeweline]

PFMaBiSmAd,

 

Thanks so much for the tiip! I changed the submit button from an image to the standard button and it worked! Thanks again!

[BoarderLine]

Hi jeweline,

 

I also came across this problem in the same situation. Good news you can keep your image submit by changing your code as follows in the login transaction:-

 

Where you have this line of code:-

 

$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("STARTER", "Trigger_Default_Starter", 1, "POST", "kt_login1");

 

Change it to:-

 

if(isset($_POST['kt_login1_x'])){
$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("STARTER", "Trigger_Default_Starter", 1, "POST", "kt_login1_x");
} else {
$loginTransaction->registerTrigger("STARTER", "Trigger_Default_Starter", 1, "POST", "kt_login1");
}

 

Hope this helps 

[redarrow]

((if (PHP_VERSION < 6 && get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { )) <<< someone doing there home work nice to see.

 

 

 

yep unfortunately, there loads off incompatibility with img on the button but the standard way is the best way to add a image and not the default button.

 

 

ps. like your coding smart.