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Contact form coded for Yahoo! Small Biz hosting using drop down box! Help!

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So, I'm stumped. Stupid Yahoo! hosting has some silly requirements for PHP forms. I'm a PHP beginner, so bare with me. So far, I've figured out the usual input text fields for people to type in information such as name, phone number, comments, etc.  I also figured out how to insert a check box for people to check if they want our newsletter. Now, I want a drop down box with 4-5 options, but I haven't found a way to code it to work with this set of code I got from http://www.webmaster-showcase.net/response.php. The whole "echo" thing and the way it's done, I'm terribly confused. I wanted the drop down menu to be located below the phone number text input field. I know how to do drop down menus just for navigation purposes, but I've never coded it to be formatted for webmaster-showcase.net's Yahoo! requirement-based PHP form code.

 

The whole Yahoo thing is explained on http://www.webmaster-showcase.net/yahoo/SendMail.php under "Web Hosting Quirks".

 

Help please? =)  Thanks in advance!

 

Here's what I have so far.

 

<html>
<head>
        <title>Response</title>
</head>
<body background="images/bg.gif" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" vlink="#000099" text="#000000">

<table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600>
<tr valign="top" align="left">
    <td><img src="images/c.gif" height=1 width="80"></td>
    <td><img src="images/c.gif" height=1 width="250"></td>
    <td><img src="images/c.gif" height=1 width="250"></td>
    <td><img src="images/c.gif" height=1 width="20"></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
    <td colspan=1 height="58" align="center" valign="middle"></td>
    <td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan=1 width=164><font face="Arial Black" size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Webmaster-Showcase.net</span></font></td>
    <td valign="middle" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan=1 width=164><font face="Arial Black" size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Feedback</span></font></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
  <td colspan="1"></td>
  <td colspan="2">
    <table><tr><td>
     
<?php
# ATTENTION! - IF YOU COPY THIS CODE, CHANGE THE NEXT LINE!
$to = "[email protected]";
$ask = 0;
if (($Name == "") && ($Email == "") && ($Phone == "") && ($Newsletter == "") && ($Comments == ""))
{
  $ask = 1;
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Please fill out the form and then click on the submit button.</p>";
}
elseif (($Name == "") || ($Comments == ""))
{
  $ask = 1;
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">You missed some field.</p>";
}
if ($ask == 1)
{
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Please fill in all the fields, so we can get back to you...</p>";
  echo "<form name=\"form\" method=\"post\" action=\"contact_test.php\">";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Name<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Name\" value=\"$Name\"></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Email<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Email\" value=\"$Email\"></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Phone Number<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Phone\" value=\"$Phone\"></p>";

  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Comments or Questions<br><textarea name=\"Comments\" rows=\"5\" cols=\"50\">$Comments</textarea></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Sign Up For Our Newsletter!<br><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Newsletter\" value=\"$Newsletter\">Yes</p>"; 
  echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"Submit\">";
  echo "<input type=\"reset\" name=\"Reset\" value=\"Clear Form\">";
  echo "</form>";
}
else
{
    $message = "Name: $Name\nEmail: $Email\nComments: $Comments\n";
    $eLog="/tmp/mailError.log";
    //Get the size of the error log
    //ensure it exists, create it if it doesn't
    $fh= fopen($eLog, "a+");
    fclose($fh);
    $originalsize = filesize($eLog);

    if (preg_match('/^[\w\.\-]+@([\w\-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/', $Email, $matches)) {
      print ("Sending to owner (cc: to you) --</ br></ br>");
      mail ($to, "Website Email", $message, "Cc:$Email");
    } else {
      print ("Sending to owner --</ br></ br>");
      mail ($to, "Website Email", $message);
    }
    /*
     * NOTE: PHP caches file status so we need to clear
     * that cache so we can get the current file size
     */
    clearstatcache();
    $finalsize = filesize($eLog);

    //Check if the error log was just updated
    if ($originalsize != $finalsize) {
      print "<p>There was a problem sending the mail. Please try again later or send the message to<a href=\"$to\">$to</a> using your own mail client progam.</p>";
    } else {
      echo "<p class=bodymd>Thanks for your message, $Name.</p>";
    }
}

?>

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Okay, I know these are the fields as well as the "Submit" and "Clear" buttons used in the form.

 

{
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Please fill in all the fields, so we can get back to you...</p>";
  echo "<form name=\"form\" method=\"post\" action=\"contact_test.php\">";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Name<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Name\" value=\"$Name\"></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Email<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Email\" value=\"$Email\"></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Your Phone Number<br><input type=\"text\" name=\"Phone\" value=\"$Phone\"></p>";

  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Comments or Questions<br><textarea name=\"Comments\" rows=\"5\" cols=\"50\">$Comments</textarea></p>";
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Sign Up For Our Newsletter!<br><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"Newsletter\" value=\"$Newsletter\">Yes</p>"; 
  echo "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"Submit\" value=\"Submit\">";
  echo "<input type=\"reset\" name=\"Reset\" value=\"Clear Form\">";
  echo "</form>";
}
else
{

 

How do I format a field that's a drop down menu using that "echo" method used for the other existing fields? I've tried giving it "input type=\"select"\", then gave it a name and  value just like I would with the rest of the fields. However, I have no idea where I would put the options for the drop down menu. I've tried the whole <option value> song and dance, but all it did was cause the PHP file to appear blank. I've even typed in a "data=" (then list the option values separated by commas) line between the input type and value tags within that echo code. I kept getting a blank page. I've looked for hours for a solution. Please help? Thanks!

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Also, where in this code and how do I modify how the e-mail sent back to us is formatted with the information we need?  Or is that taken care of?

 

{
    $message = "Name: $Name\nEmail: $Email\nComments: $Comments\n";
    $eLog="/tmp/mailError.log";
    //Get the size of the error log
    //ensure it exists, create it if it doesn't
    $fh= fopen($eLog, "a+");
    fclose($fh);
    $originalsize = filesize($eLog);

    if (preg_match('/^[\w\.\-]+@([\w\-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/', $Email, $matches)) {
      print ("Sending to owner (cc: to you) --</ br></ br>");
      mail ($to, "Website Email", $message, "Cc:$Email");
    } else {
      print ("Sending to owner --</ br></ br>");
      mail ($to, "Website Email", $message);
    }

 

Do I just add another "&& ($NameOfField == "")" in the beginning of this code below under "$ask= 0;" and it'll be included in the order they're listed in that line of code? Will that take care of what information is sent back to us when a visitor to our site fills out the form?

 

<?php
# ATTENTION! - IF YOU COPY THIS CODE, CHANGE THE NEXT LINE!
$to = "[email protected]";
$ask = 0;
if (($Name == "") && ($Email == "") && ($Phone == "") && ($Newsletter == "") && ($Comments == ""))
{
  $ask = 1;
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">Please fill out the form and then click on the submit button.</p>";
}
elseif (($Name == "") || ($Comments == ""))
{
  $ask = 1;
  echo "<p class=\"bodymd\">You missed some field.</p>";
}
if ($ask == 1)
{

 

Much help is appreciated!

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