Cant get PHP form script to work Please Help

[simon71]

Hi,

 

Im new to PHP and contact forms so need some help getting my data collection form to work.

 

Im hosting on Fasthost. My form action is '/htdocs/form/sendmail.php'.

 

my script is:

 

<?php
$email_to="[email protected]";
$name=$_POST["Name"];
$email_from=$_POST["[email protected]"];
$message=$_POST["Name,Address,Postcode,Email,Gender,Age,Correspondence"];
$email_subject="Consultation Form";
$headers=
"from:$email_from.\n";
"reply-to:$email_from.\n";

if(!filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
die("The email address entered is invalid.");
$message = "Name: ". $name . "\r\nMessage: " . $message;
ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);
$sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $message, $headers, -f$email_from);
if($sent) {
header("Location: http://www.iter-rese...hank_you.html/");

} else {
echo "There has been an error sending your message. Please try later.";
}
}
?>

 

When i hit the submit button the browser just trys to open a new window with my PHP script in.

 

I'm New to PHP and contact forms so if im doing something really basic and stupid i apologise in advance.

 

has anyone got any suggestion??

 

Simon

[siric]

Need the script for the form.

[TeddyKiller]

Try this. tidied it up a bit. It might be that your "TARGET" is _BLANK (In the FORM tag which is part the form)

<?php
$email_to =      "[email protected]";
$name =          $_POST["Name"];
$email_from =    $_POST["[email protected]"];
$message =       $_POST["Name"] . $_POST["Address"] . $_POST["Postcode"] . $_POST["Email"] . $_POST["Gender"] . $_POST["Age"] . $_POST["Correspondence"];
$email_subject = "Consultation Form";
$headers =       "FROM: $email_from.\n" . "reply-to:$email_from.\n";

if(!filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
   die("The email address entered is invalid.");
} else {
   $message = "Name: ". $name . "\r\nMessage: " . $message;

   ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);

   $sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $message, $headers);

   if($sent) {
      header("Location: http://www.iter-rese...hank_you.html/");
   } else {
      echo "There has been an error sending your message. Please try later.";
   }
}
?>

$_POST["[email protected]"];

Do you seriously have a form field called that?

[simon71]

The form Script is:

 

<form action="/htdocs/form/sendmail.php" method="post" name="form1" target="_blank" id="form1">
        <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3">
        <tr>
        <td width="38%"><label>
        <div align="right">Name</div>
        </label></td>
        <td width="62%"><input name="Name" type="text" id="Name" tabindex="1" size="50" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Address</div>
        </label></td>
        <td><textarea name="Address" cols="50" id="Address" tabindex="2"></textarea></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Postcode</div>
        </label></td>
        <td><input name="Postcode" type="text" id="Postcode" tabindex="3" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Email</div>
        </label></td>
        <td><input name="Email" type="text" id="Email" tabindex="4" size="50" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Gender</div>
        </label></td>
        <td><select name="Gender" size="1" id="Gender" tabindex="5">
        <option value="1">Male</option>
        <option value="2">Female</option>
        <option value="0" selected="selected">Please Select</option>
        </select></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Age</div>
        </label></td>
        <td><select name="Age" size="1" id="Age">
        <option value="0">Please Select</option>
        <option value="1"><16</option>
        <option value="2">17-20</option>
        <option value="3">21-25</option>
        <option value="4">26-30</option>
        <option value="5">31-35</option>
        <option value="6">36-40</option>
        <option value="7">41-45</option>
        <option value="8">46-50</option>
        <option value="9">50></option>
        </select></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
        <td><label>
        <div align="right">Would you prefer any further correspondence to be in Welsh Or English </div>
        </label></td>
        <td><select name="Correspondence" size="1" id="Correspondence">
        <option value="0">Please Select</option>
        <option value="1">Welsh</option>
        <option value="2">English</option>
        </select>
        <label>
        <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
        <input name="Reset" type="reset" id="Reset" value="Reset" />
        </label></td>
        </tr>
        </table>
    </form>

 

[TeddyKiller]

Read my post.

<form action="/htdocs/form/sendmail.php" method="post" name="form1" target="_blank" id="form1">

 

You have a _BLANK target. Remove the target... It'll be helpful.

[simon71]

I have removed the '_blank' and nothing has changed??

 

Any more ideas?

 

Simon

[TeddyKiller]

<form action="/htdocs/form/sendmail.php" method="post" name="form1" id="form1">

The form action should look like that.

[simon71]

ive changed the code and still no change.

 

im wondering if iPHP is enabled on my hosting account, even though according to fasthost it is included in my package??

[TeddyKiller]

Oh I understand what you mean. On your form page.. just include something like this..

<?php echo 'It supports PHP'; ?>

 

Then try it out, see if it echo's it.

The filename extension should also be .php

[simon71]

Oh I understand what you mean. On your form page.. just include something like this..

<?php echo 'It supports PHP'; ?>

 

Then try it out, see if it echo's it.

The filename extension should also be .php

 

Just did this and i got the 'it supports PHP' message back.

 

What next??

[Muddy_Funster]

in your form's 'action' remove the /htdocs from the front of it and give it a shot.

[simon71]

ive done that already. Still no change.

 

If it of any help the link below take you to the form.

 

www.iter-research.co.uk/GetInvolved

 

[Muddy_Funster]

I can navigate directly to http://www.iter-research.co.uk/form/sendmail.php and it loads (blank page but that's to be expected).

have you tried:

action="../form/sendmail.php"

[simon71]

ive changed the code...still no change!!

[TeddyKiller]

<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
    $email_to =      "[email protected]";
    $name =          $_POST["Name"];
    $email_from =    $_POST["[email protected]"];
    $message =       $_POST["Name"] . $_POST["Address"] . $_POST["Postcode"] . $_POST["Email"] . $_POST["Gender"] . $_POST["Age"] . $_POST["Correspondence"];
    $email_subject = "Consultation Form";
    $headers =       "FROM: $email_from.\n" . "reply-to:$email_from.\n";

    if(!filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
       die("The email address entered is invalid.");
    } else {
       $message = "Name: ". $name . "\r\nMessage: " . $message;

       ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);

       $sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $message, $headers);

       if(isset($sent)) {
          header("Location: http://www.iter-rese...hank_you.html/");
       } else {
          echo "There has been an error sending your message. Please try later.";
       }
   }
} else {
    echo 'You never clicked the submit button!';
}
?>

[Muddy_Funster]

the submit button took me to the desired page, did you refresh your browser?  However the page is still blank, can you turn error reporting to E_all?

[simon71]

Ive now changed the file to include teddykillers code, now all i get is email address is invalid when i hit submit

[TeddyKiller]

Change..

    if(!filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
       die("The email address entered is invalid.");
    } else {

To this..

$regex = "^[_+a-z0-9-]+(\.[_+a-z0-9-]+)*"."@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]{1,})*"."\.([a-z]{2,}){1}$";
if (!eregi($regex,($email_from))) {
       die("The email address entered is invalid.");
} else {

[simon71]

code now reads:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['Submit'])) {
    $email_to =      "[email protected]";
    $name =          $_POST["Name"];
    $email_from =    $_POST["[email protected]"];
    $message =       $_POST["Name"] . $_POST["Address"] . $_POST["Postcode"] . $_POST["Email"] . $_POST["Gender"] . $_POST["Age"] . $_POST["Correspondence"];
    $email_subject = "Consultation Form";
    $headers =       "FROM: $email_from.\n" . "reply-to:$email_from.\n";

    $regex = "^[_+a-z0-9-]+(\.[_+a-z0-9-]+)*"."@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]{1,})*"."\.([a-z]{2,}){1}$";
if (!eregi($regex,($email_from))) {
       die("The email address entered is invalid.");
} else {
       $message = "Name: ". $name . "\r\nMessage: " . $message;

       ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);

       $sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $message, $headers);

       if(isset($sent)) {
          header("Location: http://www.iter-rese...hank_you.html/");
       } else {
          echo "There has been an error sending your message. Please try later.";
       }
   }
} else {
    echo 'You never clicked the submit button!';
}
?>

 

still get email address is invalid

[TeddyKiller]

Change...

$_POST["[email protected]"];

to

$_POST["Email"];

[simon71]

The problem is now fixed.

 

A HUGE thank you TeddyKiller 

 

 

[Pikachu2000]

RE: eregi()

 

From the PHP manual: "This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged."

[TeddyKiller]

RE: eregi()

 

From the PHP manual: "This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 5.3.0. Relying on this feature is highly discouraged."

What could be used instead?

[Pikachu2000]

PERL compatible regular expression (PCRE) functions, such as preg_match().