feedback form

[Jaswinder]

feed.php

<form action="feed1.php" method="post">
Name - <input type="text" name="name" /><br /><br />
Email - <input type="text" name="email" /><br /><br />
Subject - <input type="text" name="subject"/><br /><br />
message - <textarea rows="5" cols="10" name="message"></textarea><br /><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send mail" name="sub" />
</form>

 

 

feed1.php

 

<?php
extract($_POST);
$to="sehgal_jas@yahoo.com";
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers.="From:$name<$email>";
mail($to,$subject,$msg,$headers);
echo "Message sent successfully";
?>
 

error

 

"; mail($to,$subject,$msg,$headers); echo "Message sent successfully"; ?>

 

how to solve it??

 

[requinix]

You don't have PHP installed. The solution is to install PHP.

[Jaswinder]

the code is giving  proper result on localhost..but i know to get mail  i have to upload it on server

 

 

??? this problem is coming when i uploaded my script on hosting.... so how to install php there..

[requinix]

Are you sure your hosting supports PHP? Who do you have?

[Jaswinder]

It should be as my other php websites are running on it.... Its Hostmonster.com

[requinix]

As long as PHP is installed, you're using the right file extension (typically .php, perhaps .php5), and you're using the long open tags (<?php) then the script should work. If it isn't working then probably one (or more) of those conditions aren't being met.

[Jaswinder]

so the code is correct........   may i try this code on another hosting??

[jazzman1]

  On 5/19/2013 at 2:56 AM, Jaswinder said:

so the code is correct........   may i try this code on another hosting??

 

No, it's not,

 

The proper format should be

From: user@domain.com will work// or quote a userNameFrom: "user" <user@domain.com>

[Jaswinder]

@jazzman1

 

sorry but not getting it.. can u give me the proper code.. using my example

[jazzman1]

Take that and give us the result back if there is an error:

<?php

if (function_exists('mail')) {
    extract($_POST);
    $to = "sehgal_jas@yahoo.com";
    $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
    $headers.= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
    $headers.= <<<EOD
From: "$name" <$email>
EOD;
} else {
    echo 'mail() has been disabled'; exit;
}
// send message
if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
    echo "mail send ... OK";
} else {
    echo "mail send ... ERROR!";
}

Make sure that the "$subject" and the "$message" variables are defined!

[Jaswinder]

your code is giving syntax-error on line 15.. correct it so i can test it

[jazzman1]

It's coming from the heredoc - EOD;

 

Make sure that there is no an empty space before that one - EOD; (10 row)

[Jaswinder]

k.. syntax problem solved.

 

i run the code...  but a blank page is comings after processing... and no  email in my mailbox

[jazzman1]

He-he, that's life php coding

 

So, try that:

<?php

if (function_exists('mail')) {
    extract($_POST);
    $to = "sehgal_jas@yahoo.com";
    $headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
    $headers.= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
    $headers.= <<<EOD
From: "$name" <$email>
EOD;

// send message
    if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
        echo "mail send ... OK";
    } else {
        echo "mail send ... ERROR!";
    }
} else {
    echo 'mail() has been disabled';
    exit;
}

Make sure all variables are defined in proper way.

[Jaswinder]

buddy 

 

same result again.. a blank page with no email in inbox 

[Jaswinder]

and 1 more question about <<<EOD (heredoc)

what exactly it do... i search the web ,  not get clear much,,,i think it is used to write multiple lines with single(') and double quotes(") ?? is it

[jazzman1]

Blank page, no errors, no messages, no echoes ???

 

Put down error_reporting(-1) on the top of the file and come back again.

[Jaswinder]

still blank.. dont know whats happening??  shoul i try it on another hosting??

[jazzman1]

Just put down simple echo "Test page" and see if you get any result.

[Jaswinder]

its not showing that also... so i just changed the host.. its working great know and i got the email..

 

about <<<EOD (heredoc)

what exactly it do... i search the web ,  not get clear much,,,i think it is used to write multiple lines with single(') and double quotes(") ?? is it

 

and also about this line

 

From: "$name" <$email>

[jazzman1]

A here document is a special-purpose code block and allows me easily to quoting/escaping the strings effectively.

About < (<) and > (>), there are html character entities, so to display for instance a less than sign we must write: < or <

But...when you try to send emails you can use both of them, I think.  

For example:

From: "$name" <$email>

[Jaswinder]

thank you for such info and code.....

 

can we use the same code when we have to send the mail to the sender ...

[jazzman1]

  On 5/20/2013 at 2:54 AM, Jaswinder said:

 

can we use the same code when we have to send the mail to the sender ...

 

No, especially if you're planning to send a mass of emails to our subscribers.

 

You have to consider using some php mail library as swiftMailer or phpMailer