Coordinates being sent with name/val pairs?

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I'm trying to get a simple(?) sendmail script working.

 

It's not.  :-\

 

I noticed that some coordinates are being sent along with my variables to the server in the URL string:

 

for instance: "%21%3F&submit.x=31&submit.y=8"

 

Where are these coming from?  I can't figure it out.  And could that be causing my script to fail?

 

Is the order of the variables critical?

 

Here's the script:

 

<?

if(!empty($_POST['name']) || !empty($_POST['email']) || !empty($_POST['message']))

{

$to = "buzz@yahoo.com";

$subject = "You Rock \n";

$body = stripslashes($_POST['message']);

$body .= "\n\n---------------------------\n";

$body .= "Mail sent by: " . $_POST['name'] . " <" . $_POST['email']  . ">\n";

$header = "From: " . $_POST['name'] . " <" . $_POST['email'] . ">\n";

$header .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST['name'] . " <" . $_POST['email'] . ">\n";

$header .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion() . "\n";

$header .= "X-Priority: 1";

if(@mail($to, $subject, $body, $header))

{

echo "output=sent";

} else {

echo "output=error";

}

} else {

echo "output=error";

}

?>

[kenrbnsn]

Those are sent if you are using an image for the submit button. PHP sees them as $_POST['submit_x'] and $_POST['submit_y'].

 

Sending email to Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail from PHP can be problematical. If you search the forums for email problems, you should find a number of threads that deal with possible solutions.

 

Ken

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Ken,

 

Thanks.  However, this script is working on another site with the same TO: email.

 

Is the order of the variables an issue and does PHP just ignore the

$_POST['submit_x'] and $_POST['submit_y'], or does it cause a problem.

 

Thanks,

 

Rick

[kenrbnsn]

However, this script is working on another site with the same TO: email.

Is that another site on the same server or another site on a different server?

 

What do you mean by

Is the order of the variables an issue

 

Since you're not referring to either $_POST['submit_x'] or $_POST['submit_y'], you don't have to worry about them.

 

Ken

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<<Is that another site on the same server or another site on a different server?>>

 

same server, different folder

 

<<What do you mean by>>

 

Uh, I guess I was wondering if the variables need to arrive in the same order they show up in the PHP script.  Guess not.

 

Also, I changed the email address to one at a school.  Still getting the not-too-illustrative:

 

output=error

 

 

[kenrbnsn]

Remove the "@" symbol from the "mail" line. It is suppressing the real error message that might help solve the problem. Never use the "@" symbol during development work.

 

Ken

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Ken,

 

<<Remove the "@" symbol from the "mail" line. It is suppressing the real error message that might help solve the problem. Never use the "@" symbol during development work.>>

 

I did that and received the same: "output=error".

 

But then the light went on.... I changed the form method from post to get and it works!!

 

Should I put the "@" back in?

 

Thanks for stayin with this.

 

-Rick

[kenrbnsn]

Did you also change all the references of $_POST to $_GET?

 

Ken

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No, but it works.  Should I?

[kenrbnsn]

If your form uses the "get" method, all the values are passed to the $_GET superglobal array, if the method is "post", then they are in $_POST.

 

At the top of you script, put the following two lines that will dump the contents of each array to your screen:

<?php
echo '<pre>$_GET:' . print_r($_GET,true) . '</pre>';
echo '<pre>$_POST:' . print_r($_POST,true) . '</pre>';
?>

 

Where do you see the values?

 

Ken

 

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In the post array.... but wait.

 

My bigger concern is that what happens after the success.  Now, all the user gets is directed to a page with

"Output=success"

 

Not ok.

 

My ideal would be to have some text displayed on my page that the mail was sent...

 

But I might be ok with a simple redirect back to my page, if the former's too complicated.

 

-Rick