Alternative to using ini_set in a PHP Form

daniel_lee_hill · November 18, 2009

Hi,

This is my first of hopefully many posts on this forum.

I am reasonably new to php, and have self taught myself, the very basics.

I have recently completed a php mail form for a client, and although it worked fine on the test server, it is not on the host server.

The hosting companies tech support (or lack of) have told me it is to do with my coding and more specifically;

"ini_set is unavailable as it allows some of the options in our global php configuration to be overridden. If wanting to use the functionality obtained in ini_set, you can add additional paths by using:

<?php

$path = '/usr/lib/pear';

set_include_path(get_include_path() . PATH_SEPARATOR . $path);

?>

to use sessions variables is possible but you need to do so without using ini_set"

here is the code for the form.php page, i really hope someone can help here.

<?php

ini_set('session.use_only_cookies',1);

session_start();

//check server

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){

$me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

//define page setup

$head='<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Dennis Transport - Port Lincoln, South Australia</title>

<!--

.style1 {

color: #CC0000;

font-weight: bold;

}

-->

</style>

<!--

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0

var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();

var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)

if (a.indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a;}}

}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0

var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a)&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;

}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01

var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {

d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}

if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];

for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);

if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;

}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0

var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)

if ((x=MM_findObj(a))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}

}

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="gallery/lytebox.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="gallery/lytebox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />

</head>

<table width="810" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td><img src="images/top.jpg" width="810" height="93"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign="top" background="images/bg_white.jpg"><table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

</tr>

</table></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign="top" background="images/bg_white.jpg">

<table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td colspan="2" height="30" valign="top"><img src="images/demo_solution.jpg" width="348" height="30"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="35%" rowspan="2" valign="top">

<img src="images/form_photo.jpg" width="384" height="293"></td>

<td width="65%" valign="top"><span class="style1"><img src="images/sect_enquiry.jpg" alt="Dennis Transport Enquiry Page" width="280" height="30" align="left"></span></td>

</tr><tr>

<td height="263" style="overflow:auto; vertical-align:top">

<strong>Please complete the below information form & a consultant will contact you shortly</strong>';

$form='<div align="center" style="height:230px; width:99%; overflow: auto; vertical-align:top">

<form name="form1" method="post" action="form.php">

<?//php session_register("SESSION"); ?>

<table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="vertical-align:top">

<tr>

<td height="15" colspan="5" valign="top"><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td>

<td width="3"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="49" height="4"></td>

<td width="74"></td>

<td width="95"></td>

<td width="14"></td>

<td width="154"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Name*

</label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="name" type="text" id="name" tabindex="1" size="22"></td>

<td rowspan="4" valign="top"><div align="center"><strong>All fields marked

with a * must<br>

be completed.</strong></div></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Phone*

</label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" tabindex="2" size="22"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="8"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Email </label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="email" type="text" id="email" tabindex="3" size="22"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="13"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="15" colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>Freight Details</strong></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="5"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="50" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Pick Up Address * <br>

<textarea name="from" cols="46" rows="2" id="from" tabindex="4">Please insert the address of the freight pick up point.</textarea>

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="50" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Delivery Address * <br>

<textarea name="to" cols="46" rows="2" id="to" tabindex="5">Please insert the address of the freight delivery point.</textarea>

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="5"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="21" colspan="3" valign="top"><label>Dimension

<input name="size" type="text" id="size" tabindex="6" value="HxWxD" size="16">

</label></td>

<td> </td>

<td valign="top"><label>Weight

<input name="weight" type="text" id="size" size="6" tabindex="7">

Kg

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="7"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="65" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Description Of Freight* <br>

<textarea name="description" cols="46" rows="3" id="description" tabindex="8">Please accurately describe your freight and any special requirements you may need</textarea>

</label> </td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="7"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="97" colspan="5" valign="top" align="center">Type the text from the image below & hit submit

<br>

<input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" tabindex="10">

<img src="CaptchaSecurityImages.php?width=100&height=25&characters=5" alt="captcha" align="absbottom" /><br />

<br> <label>

<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" tabindex="11">

</label>

<label>

<input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="Reset" tabindex="12">

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

</table>

</form>

</div>';

$finish=' </td></tr></table></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="30"><img src="images/base.jpg" width="810" height="30"></td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>';

// draw page up

echo "$head

$form

$finish";

}else{

//define page setup

$head='<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<title>Dennis Transport - Port Lincoln, South Australia</title>

<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

<style type="text/css">

<!--

.style1 {

color: #CC0000;

font-weight: bold;

}

-->

</style>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">

<!--

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0

var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();

var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)

if (a.indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a;}}

}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0

var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a)&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;

}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01

var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {

d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}

if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[n];

for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers.document);

if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;

}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0

var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)

if ((x=MM_findObj(a))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}

}

//-->

</script>

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="gallery/lytebox.js"></script>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="gallery/lytebox.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />

</head>

<table width="810" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td><img src="images/top.jpg" width="810" height="93"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign="top" background="images/bg_white.jpg"><table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

</tr>

</table></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td valign="top" background="images/bg_white.jpg">

<table width="98%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">

<tr>

<td colspan="2" height="30" valign="top"><img src="images/demo_solution.jpg" width="348" height="30"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="35%" rowspan="2" valign="top">

<img src="images/form_photo.jpg" width="384" height="293"></td>

<td width="65%" valign="top"><span class="style1"><img src="images/sect_enquiry.jpg" alt="Dennis Transport Enquiry Page" width="280" height="30" align="left"></span></td>

</tr><tr>

<td height="263" style="overflow:auto; vertical-align:top">';

$form='<div align="center" style="height:230px; width:99%; overflow: auto; vertical-align:top">

<form name="form1" method="post" action="form.php">

<?//php session_register("SESSION"); ?>

<table width="98%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="vertical-align:top">

<tr>

<td height="15" colspan="5" valign="top"><p><strong>Contact Details</strong></p></td>

<td width="3"></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td width="49" height="4"></td>

<td width="74"></td>

<td width="95"></td>

<td width="14"></td>

<td width="154"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Name*

</label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="name" type="text" id="name" tabindex="1" size="22"></td>

<td rowspan="4" valign="top"><div align="center"><strong>All fields marked

with a * must<br>

be completed.</strong></div></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Phone*

</label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" tabindex="2" size="22"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="8"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="20" valign="top"><label>Email </label></td>

<td colspan="3" valign="top"><input name="email" type="text" id="email" tabindex="3" size="22"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="13"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="15" colspan="2" valign="top"><strong>Freight Details</strong></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="5"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="50" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Pick Up Address * <br>

<textarea name="from" cols="46" rows="2" id="from" tabindex="4">Please insert the address of the freight pick up point.</textarea>

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="50" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Delivery Address * <br>

<textarea name="to" cols="46" rows="2" id="to" tabindex="5">Please insert the address of the freight delivery point.</textarea>

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="5"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="21" colspan="3" valign="top"><label>Dimension

<input name="size" type="text" id="size" tabindex="6" value="HxWxD" size="16">

</label></td>

<td> </td>

<td valign="top"><label>Weight

<input name="weight" type="text" id="size" size="6" tabindex="7">

Kg

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="7"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="65" colspan="5" valign="top"><label>Description Of Freight* <br>

<textarea name="description" cols="46" rows="3" id="description" tabindex="8">Please accurately describe your freight and any special requirements you may need</textarea>

</label> </td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="7"></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="97" colspan="5" valign="top" align="center">Type the text from the image below & hit submit

<br>

<input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" tabindex="10">

<img src="CaptchaSecurityImages.php?width=100&height=25&characters=5" alt="captcha" align="absbottom" /><br />

<br>

<label>

<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" tabindex="11">

</label>

<label>

<input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="Reset" tabindex="12">

</label></td>

<td></td>

</tr>

</table>

</form>

</div>';

$finish=' </td></tr></table></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td height="30"><img src="images/base.jpg" width="810" height="30"></td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>';

error_reporting(0);

// initialize a array to

//hold any errors we encounter

//script to process quote & send to email//

// initialize a variable to

// put any errors we encounter into an array

$errors = array();

// test to see if the form was actually

// posted from our form

// In testing, if you get an Inavlid referer error

// comment out or remove the next three lines

// $page = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'].$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

// if (!ereg($page, $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']))

// $errors[] = "Invalid referer";

//if (!session_is_registered("SESSION")){

// $errors[] = "Invalid form submission";

//}

// check to see if a name was entered

if (!$_POST['name'])