Simple Lack of Knowledge

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

Hi Guys,

I am having some trouble creating a form process due to a simple lack of knowlegde.

Here is my current php code:

<?php

$EmailFrom = "website@harrisonpearce.com";
$EmailTo = "register@harrisonpearce.com";
$Subject = "New Candidate Registration";
$name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
$email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$telephone = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['telephone'])); 
$location = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['location'])); 
$attachcv = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['attachcv'])); 
$coveringletter = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['coveringletter'])); 

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (Trim($name)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($email)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($telephone)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (!$validationOK) {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
  exit;
}

// email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Telephone: ";
$Body .= $telephone;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Location: ";
$Body .= $location;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Attach CV: ";
$Body .= $attachcv;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Covering Letter: ";
$Body .= $coveringletter;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email 
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page 
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../sent\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
}
?>

And here is the front end HTML code:


<form name="submit-cv" id="submit-cv" action="_layout/php/submit-cv.php" method="post">


<table>
<tbody><tr>
	<td>
		Your Name: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="name" class="text" type="text" value="" name="name">
	</td>
	<td>
		Email Address: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="email" class="text" type="text" value="" name="email">
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>
		Telephone: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="telephone" class="text" type="text" value="" name="telephone">
	</td>
	<td>
		Location:<br />
		<input id="location" class="text" type="text" value="" name="location">
	</td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
		Attach CV:<br />
		<input type="file" name="attachcv" id="attachcv" /> 
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
		Covering Letter:<br />
		<textarea name="coveringletter" rows="5" cols="20"></textarea>
	</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Details">

</form>

At the moment, as you can see the attach CV field is a simple text entry field - I want to make this a file upload field which will then attach the file to the email that it sends to me.

Any assistance in this would be fantastic.

Best,

Scott.

boompa · June 22, 2012

Start by reading the manual.

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

Start by reading the manual.

Thanks for that - can't seem to find much on the attaching of the file into the email that the back end sends though?

litebearer · June 22, 2012

re: uploading files - http://www.tizag.com/phpT/fileupload.php/

re: attaching files to email - http://webcheatsheet.com/php/send_email_text_html_attachment.php

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

re: uploading files - http://www.tizag.com/phpT/fileupload.php/

re: attaching files to email - http://webcheatsheet.com/php/send_email_text_html_attachment.php

Thanks for your help but I am still a little lost as to how best integrate that with my existing code.

litebearer · June 22, 2012

My suggestion is to start small ie create a simple test file using the tutorial provided above to see how to upload a file. Once you do that you will see how to change your actual scripts.

Most new phpers try to do too many things at once. build your scripts in increments. Makes life sooooo much easier when trying to debug.

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

My suggestion is to start small ie create a simple test file using the tutorial provided above to see how to upload a file. Once you do that you will see how to change your actual scripts.

Most new phpers try to do too many things at once. build your scripts in increments. Makes life sooooo much easier when trying to debug.

Ok so I know have a script that can upload the file but it really throws me on how to email it as an attachment???

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="uploader.php" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="MAX_FILE_SIZE" value="100000" />
Choose a file to upload: <input name="uploadedfile" type="file" /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Upload File" />
</form>

<?php

// Where the file is going to be placed 
$target_path = "uploads/";

/* Add the original filename to our target path.  
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); 

$target_path = "uploads/";

$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); 

if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). 
    " has been uploaded";
} else{
    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}

?>

litebearer · June 22, 2012

1. has the file been successfully uploaded?

2. do you know the path to the file?

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

1. has the file been successfully uploaded?

2. do you know the path to the file?

Yep I know the location of the file and the path is /test/uploads

ScottAllenNet · June 22, 2012

Sorry: http://harrisonpearce.com/test/uploads/

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

Can anyone else help?

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

Seems like the page you linked does not exists.

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

Thats right, it is the destination for the script to upload the file.

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

On the page where you are running the PHP, echo this.

<?php

echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

What value do you get?

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

/test/index.php

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

Okay, check if the file exists in your folder. If the file exists, you can continue to step 2 where you attach the file to the email.

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

Yeah - as noted before i can confirm the file does upload successfully I just can't grasp how to attach that said file to an outgoing email and then erase the file.

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

Check out this tutorial.

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

Thanks - but each submission of the form will be sending a different document - that doesn't really help me.

Perhaps this will help show the context of what I am trying to achieve: http://www.harrisonpearce.com/submit-your-cv

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

this might help

<?php
$type = mime_content_type($file);
?>

it would produce the file type of the file.

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

I really appreciate your help but I think you overestimate my php abilites. I have no idea how to implement this.

What I have produces really is the limit.

If possible, can you explain in the simplist of terms, how to turn the following into a form that will upload and email the document along with the form:

<form name="submit-cv" id="submit-cv" action="_layout/php/submit-cv.php" method="post">


<table>
<tbody><tr>
	<td>
		Your Name: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="name" class="text" type="text" value="" name="name">
	</td>
	<td>
		Email Address: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="email" class="text" type="text" value="" name="email">
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>
		Telephone: <font color="#DA1623">*</font><br />
		<input id="telephone" class="text" type="text" value="" name="telephone">
	</td>
	<td>
		Location:<br />
		<input id="location" class="text" type="text" value="" name="location">
	</td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
		Attach CV:<br />
		<input type="file" name="attachcv" id="attachcv" /> 
	</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td colspan="2">
		Covering Letter/Other:<br />
		<textarea name="coveringletter" rows="5" cols="20"></textarea>
	</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Details">

</form>

<?php

// get posted data into local variables
$EmailFrom = "website@harrisonpearce.com";
$EmailTo = "register@harrisonpearce.com";
$Subject = "New Candidate Registration";
$name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
$email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$telephone = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['telephone'])); 
$location = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['location'])); 
$coveringletter = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['coveringletter'])); 

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (Trim($name)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($email)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($telephone)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (!$validationOK) {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
  exit;
}

// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Telephone: ";
$Body .= $telephone;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Location: ";
$Body .= $location;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Covering Letter: ";
$Body .= $coveringletter;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email 
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page 
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../sent\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
}
?>

ZulfadlyAshBurn · June 23, 2012

This should work just fine. I have not personally tested it out. But it looks fine

<?php


// upload the file to the server


$filename = basename( $_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']);


// Where the file is going to be placed
$target_path = "uploads/";


/* Add the original filename to our target path.  
Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */
$target_path = $target_path . basename( $_FILES['file']['name']); 


if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['file']['tmp_name'], $target_path)) {
    echo "The file ".  basename( $_FILES['file']['name']). 
    " has been uploaded";
} else{
    echo "There was an error uploading the file, please try again!";
}


$file = file_get_contents($target_path);


// get posted data into local variables
$EmailFrom = "website@harrisonpearce.com";
$EmailTo = "register@harrisonpearce.com";
$Subject = "New Candidate Registration";
$name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
$email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$telephone = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['telephone'])); 
$location = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['location'])); 
$coveringletter = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['coveringletter'])); 


// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (Trim($name)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($email)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (Trim($telephone)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (!$validationOK) {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
  exit;
}


// prepare email body text
$Body .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\r\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n"
$Body .= "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Telephone: ";
$Body .= $telephone;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Location: ";
$Body .= $location;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Covering Letter: ";
$Body .= $coveringletter;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Content-Type: ".mime_content_type($file)."; name=\"" .$target_path. "\"\r\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\r\n" . "Content-disposition: attachment; file=\"" .$target_path. "\"\r\n" . "\r\n" . chunk_split(base64_encode($file));




// send email 
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");


// redirect to success page 
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../sent\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=../../error\">";
}
?>

I've just updated the code. Saw some syntax errors.

ScottAllenNet · June 23, 2012

Thanks man! I seem to get this error though: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /homepages/7/d393500880/htdocs/harrisonpearce/_layout/php/submit-cv.php on line 54

Barand · June 23, 2012

missing ';' at end of this line

$Body .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\r\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n"

ScottAllenNet · June 24, 2012

missing ';' at end of this line

$Body .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\r\n" . "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\r\n\r\n"

Thanks buddy - but it now shows this error:

There was an error uploading the file, please try again!

Fatal error: Call to undefined function mime_content_type() in /homepages/7/d393500880/htdocs/harrisonpearce/_layout/php/submit-cv.php on line 70

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