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Hello,

 

<?php
// Process the message once it has been sent
if (isset($_POST['newMessage'])) {
  // Escape and prepare our variables for insertion into the database
  // This is also where you would run any sort of editing, such as BBCode parsing
  $to   = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['to']);
  $from = $_SESSION['userID'];
  $sub  = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['subject']);
  $msg  = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['message']);
    
  // Handle all your specific error checking here
  if (empty($to) || empty($sub) || empty($msg)) {
    $error = "<p>You must select a recipient and provide a subject and message.</p>\n";
  } else {
    // Notice carefully how we only have to provide the five values we previously discussed
    $sql = "INSERT INTO myPMs (to_id, from_id, time_sent, subject, message) VALUES ('$to', '$from', NOW(), '$sub', '$msg')";
    if (!mysql_query($sql)) {
      $error = "<p>Could not send message!</p>\n";
    } else {
      $message = "<p>Message sent successfully!</p>\n";
    }
  }
}

echo isset($error) ? $error : '';
echo isset($message) ? $message : '';

echo "<form name=\"newMessage\" action=\"\" method=\"post\">\n";
echo "<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n";
echo "<tr>\n";
echo "<td>To:</td>\n";
echo "<td><select name=\"to\">\n";
echo "<option value=\"\"></option>\n";

// Collect and loop through all usernames that are not the current user
$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE id != '$_SESSION[username]' ORDER BY username");
if (mysql_num_rows($sql) > 0) {
  while ($x = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql)) echo "<option value=\"$x[id]\">$x[username]</option>\n";
}

 

How would I have a button on a seperate page that links to this script, but pass the script the TO USER part.

 

Any ideas?!

 

Thanks

Nick

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USE POST:

<form action="myPage.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="to" value="toUserID">
<input type="button" name="myButton" value="Send Message">
</form>

 

This would use a hidden field to pass the toUserID (which you would have to dynamically enter) to the $_POST['to'] variable in your script

 

Or you could use GET and do somthing like:

 

<a href="myPage.php?uid=toUserID">Send Message</a>