how to send mail with name and email?

[mark103]

Hi guys,

 

I have a problem with the $header variable. I am trying to extract the value from the $name method and included with the $email method.

 

<?php
session_start();
    define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
    define('DB_USER', 'myusername');
    define('DB_PASSWORD', 'mypass');
    define('DB_DATABASE', 'mydbname');
       
    $errmsg_arr = array();
    $errflag = false;

    $link = mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
    if(!$link) {
  die('Failed to connect to server: ' . mysql_error());
    }

    $db = mysql_select_db(DB_DATABASE);
    if(!$db) {

die("Unable to select database");
    }

   function clean($var){

return mysql_real_escape_string(strip_tags($var));
    }
    $name = clean($_GET['name']);
    $email = clean($_GET['email']);
    $type = clean($_GET['type']);
    $comments = clean($_GET['comments']);


if($name == ''){
   $errmsg_arr[] = 'name are missing.';
   $errflag = true;
} elseif($email == ''){
   $errmsg_arr[] = 'email are missing.';
   $errflag = true;
}

    if($errflag) {
  $_SESSION['ERRMSG_ARR'] = $errmsg_arr;
  echo implode('<br />',$errmsg_arr);
   }
   else {
$insert = array();
if(isset($_GET['name'])) {
    $insert[] = 'name = \'' . clean($_GET['name']) .'\'';
}
if(isset($_GET['email'])) {
    $insert[] = 'email = \'' . clean($_GET['email']) . '\'';
}
if(isset($_GET['type'])) {
    $insert[] = 'type = \'' . clean($_GET['type']) . '\'';
}
if(isset($_GET['comments'])) {
    $insert[] = 'comments = \'' . clean($_GET['comments']) . '\'';
}

if (count($insert)>0) {
   $names = implode(',',$insert);


if(isset($email)){
   $name = $_GET['name'];
   $email = $_GET['email'];
   $header = 'From: $name <-f $email>' . "\r\n";  
   $to = "[email protected]";
   $subject = $type;
   $message = "$comments";
   $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\l\n";
   mail($to, $subject, $message, $header);
echo "Thank you for sent us your email";
  }
}
}
?>

 

 

Something got to do with this line:

 

$header = 'From: $name <-f $email>' . "\r\n";

 

My problem is I can see in my email that the sender name has been included with (unknown sender) while the email address are display as empty address. I am really not sure why I have got the blank sender name and with the blank sender address.

 

 

Do you know what the main problem is and what I need to change it with?

 

Any advice would be much appreciate.

 

Thanks,

Mark

[BlueSkyIS]

by $name method do you mean $name variable??

 

there probably should be no -f in this:

 

$header = 'From: $name <$email>' . "\r\n";

[mark103]

yes, sorry it was my mistake. However, I have got an email that come with a $name as sender name and <[email protected]> as my email.

 

I have input the values into $name as sender name and $email as from sender email address.

 

Do you know what the problem is?

 

Here's the update code:

 

if(isset($email)){
   $name = $_GET['name'];
   $email = $_GET['email'];
   $header = 'From: $name <$email>' . "\r\n";  
   $to = "[email protected]";
   $subject = $type;
   $message = "$comments & $rate";
   $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\l\n";
   mail($to, $subject, $message, $header);
echo "Thank you for sent us your email";
  }

[blew]

try using double quotes

 

$header = "From: $name etc";

 

it should work, cuz a variable only works in double quote, not in a single quote

[BlueSkyIS]

try using double quotes

 

$header = "From: $name etc";

 

it should work, cuz a variable only works in double quote, not in a single quote

 

good catch!

 

ay caramba! such a simple thing, and I missed it, even using single-quotes in my suggestion...

[blew]

try using double quotes

 

$header = "From: $name etc";

 

it should work, cuz a variable only works in double quote, not in a single quote

 

good catch!

 

ay caramba! such a simple thing, and I missed it, even using single-quotes in my suggestion...

 

oh yeah

 

but lets wait for the mark's answer

[mark103]

Thanks for the help guys. I can see the problem is fixed. However, how i can hide the mailed-by server name, something is like myservername.com. How I can get rid it??

 

here's the update code:

 

if(isset($email)){
   $name = $_GET['name'];
   $email = $_GET['email'];
   $header = "From: $name <$email>". "\r\n";  
   $to = "[email protected]";
   $subject = $type;
   $message = "$comments & $rate";
   $header .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\l\n";
   $add = "$name <$email>";
   mail($to, $subject, $message, $header, $add);
echo "Thank you for sent us your email";
  }

[mark103]

do anyone know how to correct the problem??

[BlueSkyIS]

not sure it can be done.

 

warning: you might find that if you use a return address that has a different domain than the sending server your email will be bounced back, put into the spam box, and/or cause your server to be blacklisted as a spam server. i suggest that you use the actual server domain for outbound emails.