Php emailer help

[perezf]

i cant seem to figure out what is going wrong im sure it is something simple

but the email function is not working

[code]<div align="center">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <p>Your Name:<br>
    <input name="name" type="text" size="50">
  </p>
  <p>Your Email:<br>
    <input name="from" type="text" size="50">
  </p>
  <p>Your Question:<br>
    <textarea name="contents" cols="50" rows="5"></textarea>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> 
    </p>
</form></div>

<?php

if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){}else{

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Question from DoitYourself";
$from_header = "From: $from";


  mail($to, $subject, $contents, $from_header);



echo "Thank You for using the 2fr3sh emailer the messages have been sent!";
};

?>[/code]

[craygo]

you have your isset function wrong. Also if you have globals turned off, which they are by default, you cannot just use $from.

try this
[code]
<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])){
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Question from DoitYourself";
$from_header = "From: $_POST['from']";


  mail($to, $subject, $contents, $from_header);



echo "Thank You for using the 2fr3sh emailer the messages have been sent!";
} else {
?>
<div align="center">
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
  <p>Your Name:<br>
    <input name="name" type="text" size="50">
  </p>
  <p>Your Email:<br>
    <input name="from" type="text" size="50">
  </p>
  <p>Your Question:<br>
    <textarea name="contents" cols="50" rows="5"></textarea>
  </p>
  <p>
    <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> 
    </p>
</form></div>

<?
}
?>[/code]

[HeyRay2]

[code]
<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
[/code]

You have not defined [b]action[/b] in your form, so the data you submit doesn't get sent anywhere. Try this:

[code]
<form name="form1" method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
[/code]

[craygo]

good job heyray2 I blew right past that part :)

[perezf]

worked perfectly thank you

[HeyRay2]

Glad to help... ;)

[perezf]

i wouldnt recommend putting
<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>
because it just goes to the main page index.php not to the page i want it to stay on

leaving the action blank makes the same page reload allowing the script to work now

[HeyRay2]

[code]<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>[/code]

That variable is replaced by the name of the php file that printed out your html form, so only use it if that same php file also does your form processing.

Otherwise, enter the name of the file that you want to process the form... ;)