problems with using phpMail

Alith7 · May 9, 2007

well, the phpMail script itself works fine, I'm trying to also post the info into a DB at the same time as running the mail script.

Is this even possible?

If so, how?

I've been fighting with it for days and am getting nowhere!

i have the mail script functioning, and a duplicate of the form that is only posting to the DB that works ok to. I just can't seem to get them to work together.

I can post the scripts that I have so far if that would help.

Any help would be much appreciated!

only one · May 9, 2007

can we see the code??

Alith7 · May 9, 2007

I'll attatch the files too if that helps.

Here's the Mail script which works great!

<?php
// set flag to indicate whether your variables have been sent
$mailSent = false;
$phoneconfirm = false;

if (array_key_exists('ewReg', $_POST)) {
// mail processing script
// remove escape characters from POST array
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
  function stripslashes_deep($value) {
	$value = is_array($value) ? array_map('stripslashes_deep', $value) : stripslashes($value);
	return $value;
	}
  $_POST = array_map('stripslashes_deep', $_POST);
  }
  
// validate the input beginning with name
$first_name = trim($_POST['first_name']);
if (empty($first_name)) {
	$error['first_name'] = 'Please enter your first name';
	}
$last_name = trim($_POST['last_name']);
if (empty($last_name)) {
	$error['last_name'] = 'Please enter your last name';
	}

// start validating entry beginning with checking the email field
// set variables to use in validating
$email = $_POST['email'];
$confirm = $_POST['confirm'];
$emailcheck = trim($_POST['email']);
$confirmcheck = trim($_POST['confirm']);

// check to see if the email was filled in
if (empty($emailcheck)) {
	// if no email check to see if there is a phone #
	$phone = trim($_POST['phone']);
	if (empty($phone)) {
		$error['phone'] = 'Please enter either a valid email or a phone number so that we can contact you if you win.';
		}
	elseif (empty($emailcheck) && !empty($phone)) {
		$phoneconfirm = true;
		}
	}
// if there is an email, first validate the email
elseif (!empty($emailcheck)) {
	// check for valid email address
	$pattern = '/^[^@]+@[^\s\r\n\'";,@%]+$/';
	if (!preg_match($pattern, trim($email))) {
 		$error['email'] = 'Please enter a valid email address';
  		}
	// compare email fields to make sure they match
	elseif ($emailcheck !== $confirmcheck) {
		$error['confirm'] = 'Your emails do not match.  Please check and make sure that your email is typed in correctly.';
		}
	// if everything checks out, send the email
	else {
		// send the email
		if (!isset($error)) {
			$mailSent = true;

			// Grab our config settings
			require_once("public_html/config.php");

			// Grab the FreakMailer class
			require_once("public_html/MailClass.inc");

			// instantiate the class
			$mailer = new RegMailer();

			// Change the "from" info from the default
			$mailer->FromName = 'Digital Edge Copy and Print centers';
			$mailer->From = '[email protected]';

			// Change the Reply-to address from the default
			$mailer->AddReplyTo('[email protected]', 'Digital Edge Copy and Print centers');

			// Add an address to send to.
			$mailer->AddAddress('[email protected]', 'Tashina Meyer');

			//  Add Multiple Recipients each extra email needs it's own line
			$mailer->AddAddress("$email", "$first_name $last_name");

			// Set the subject
			$mailer->Subject = 'This is a test';

			// Add an attachment
			// $mailer->AddAttachment("images/10000.jpg", '10000.jpg');

			// Body
			$htmlBody = '<html>
			<head>
			<title>My HTML Email</title>
			</head>
			<body>
			<img src="http://www.phpfreaks.com/images/phpfreaks_logo.jpg" alt="PHP Freaks" /><br />
			<h2>PHP Freaks Rules!</h2>
			<p>We invite you to visit <a href="http://www.phpfreaks.com" title="PHP Freaks">PHP Freaks.com</a> for a loving community of PHP Developers who enjoy helping each other learn the language!</p>
			<p>Sincerely,<br />
			PHP Freaks Staff</p>'; 

			$textBody = 'My text-only body....
			NO HTML no fancy links
			nothing to spectacular'; 

			$mailer->Body = $htmlBody;
			$mailer->isHTML(true);
			$mailer->AltBody = $textBody;

			if(!$mailer->Send()) {
				$error['notSent'] = 'Sorry, there was a problem sending your registration. Please try again later.  If the problem persists, please contact the webmaster at [email protected].';
				}
			$mailer->ClearAddresses();
			$mailer->ClearAttachments();
			}
		}	

	}
	}
?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="styles/basic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<div id="maincontent">

<?php if (isset($error['notSent'])) { ?>
<h1>Server Error</h1>
<p class="warning"><?php echo $error['notSent']; ?></p>
<?php } elseif ($mailSent) { ?>
<h1>Thank you for Registering</h1>
<p>You should recieve an email with your registration number and a special coupon just for you.  Please make sure that [email protected] is listed in your safelist so that your confirmation does not end up in junkmail.</p>
<?php } elseif ($phoneconfirm) { ?>
<h1>Thank you for Registering</h1>
<p>Please print this page with your registration number and keep it in a safe place.  You will need to present it as confirmation of identity if you win the drawing.  The link below will allow you to download and print a special grand opening coupon just for you.  You will need to present your coupon with your confirmation page in order to receive your discount.</p>
<?php } else { ?>

<?php if (isset($error['first_name'])) { ?><span class="warning"><?php echo $error['first_name']; ?><br /></span><?php } ?>
<?php if (isset($error['last_name'])) { ?><span class="warning"><?php echo $error['last_name']; ?><br /></span><?php } ?>
<?php if (isset($error['email'])) { ?><span class="warning"><?php echo $error['email']; ?><br /></span><?php } ?>
<?php if (isset($error['confirm'])) { ?><span class="warning"><?php echo $error['confirm']; ?><br /></span><?php } ?>
<?php if (isset($error['phone'])) { ?><span class="warning"><?php echo $error['phone']; ?><br /></span><?php } ?>

<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="regForm" id="regForm">
<table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" align="center">
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['first_name'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>First Name: </td>
	<td><input name="first_name" type="text" id="first_name" maxlength="50" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$first_name'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['last_name'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Last Name: </td>
	<td><input name="last_name" type="text" id="last_name" maxlength="50" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$last_name'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['phone'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>
	<?php if (isset($error['email'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Email:</td>
	<td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" maxlength="100" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$email'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['confirm'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Confirm Email: </td>
	<td><input name="confirm" type="text" id="confirm" maxlength="100" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$confirm'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"><?php if (isset($error['phone'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Phone:</td>
    <td><input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" maxlength="20" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$phone'";} ?> /></td>
      </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right">Store:</td>
    <td><select name="store">
      <option value="Brookfield">Brookfield</option>
      <option value="Milwuakee">Milwaukee</option>
      <option value="Richfield" selected="selected">Richfield</option>
      </select>
    </td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"> </td>
	<td><input type="Submit" name="ewReg" id="ewReg" value="Submit" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>


</body>
</html>

Here's the DB script that I have so far, it's not the greatest and isn't working completly, but it's what I have so far. I'm having a lot of problems with the error handling. Mail and Phone in the DB are Unique columns to limit duplicat entries.

<?php require_once('Connections/Registration.php'); ?>
<?php
if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType, $theDefinedValue = "", $theNotDefinedValue = "") 
{
  $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ? stripslashes($theValue) : $theValue;

  $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string") ? mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) : mysql_escape_string($theValue);

  switch ($theType) {
    case "text":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;    
    case "long":
    case "int":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) : "NULL";
      break;
    case "double":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . doubleval($theValue) . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "date":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" : "NULL";
      break;
    case "defined":
      $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue : $theNotDefinedValue;
      break;
  }
  return $theValue;
}
}

$editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
  $editFormAction .= "?" . htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
}

// sest store location to dictate which table to post to
$storetable = $_POST['store'];

if ((isset($_POST["MM_insert"])) && ($_POST["MM_insert"] == "regForm")) {
  $insertSQL = sprintf("INSERT INTO {$storetable} (first_name, last_name, email, phone) VALUES (%s, %s, %s, %s)",
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['first_name'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['last_name'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['email'], "text"),
                       GetSQLValueString($_POST['phone'], "text"));

  mysql_select_db($database_Registration, $Registration);
  $Result1 = mysql_query($insertSQL, $Registration) or die("<h3>The email or phone that you entered is already registered.<br />You can only enter once for this drawing.<br />If you feel that this is an error, please use the back button<br />to make sure that you entered your information correctly.<br />If the problem persists, please contact the webmaster at [email protected].</h3>");

  $insertGoTo = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
  if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
    $insertGoTo .= (strpos($insertGoTo, '?')) ? "&" : "?";
    $insertGoTo .= $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
  }
  header(sprintf("Location: %s", $insertGoTo));
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<link href="styles/basic.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
</head>

<body>
<div id="maincontent">

<?php if ($Result1) { ?>
<h1>Thank you for Registering</h1>
<p>You should recieve an email with your registration number and a special coupon just for you.  Please make sure that [email protected] is listed in your safelist so that your confirmation does not end up in junkmail.</p>
<?php } ?>


<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" name="regForm" id="regForm">
<table width="450" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" align="center">
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['first_name'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>First Name: </td>
	<td><input name="first_name" type="text" id="first_name" maxlength="50" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$first_name'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['last_name'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Last Name: </td>
	<td><input name="last_name" type="text" id="last_name" maxlength="50" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$last_name'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['phone'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>
	<?php if (isset($error['email'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Email:</td>
	<td><input name="email" type="text" id="email" maxlength="100" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$email'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"><?php if (isset($error['confirm'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Confirm Email: </td>
	<td><input name="confirm" type="text" id="confirm" maxlength="100" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$confirm'";} ?> /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"><?php if (isset($error['phone'])) { ?><span class="warning">**</span><?php } ?>Phone:</td>
    <td><input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" maxlength="20" <?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$phone'";} ?> /></td>
      </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right">Store:</td>
    <td><select name="store"<?php if(isset($error)) {echo "value='$store'";} ?>>
      <option value="Richfield">Richfield</option>
      <option value="Brookfield">Brookfield</option>
      <option value="Milwuakee">Milwaukee</option>
      </select>
    </td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
	<td width="100" align="right"> </td>
	<td><input type="Submit" name="ewReg" id="ewReg" value="Submit" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
    <input type="hidden" name="MM_insert" value="regForm">
</form>

</div>

</body>
</html>

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Alith7 · May 9, 2007

and please, I'm really new to all this, so you won't hurt my feelings if you tell me that I'm going about this completely bassackwards and I need to start over. My boss threw this project on my desk last Friday and I have to have the whole site redone by Monday. ::)

Alith7 · May 9, 2007

does anyone have ANY ideas?

I hate to sound desparate, but I am. I am rapidly running out of time and I still have the whole rest of the site to redesign.

Thanks in advance!

Alith7 · May 10, 2007

Any ideas??

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