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[khujo56]

is there a way you can say it has been submitted to my e-mail address then have it re-directed to a new page?

[per1os]

This is always fun looking at how people do stuff the hard way.

 

If you are going to be using more forms like this, I would suggest a different method of error reporting than just echoing or exiting, bad habit and does not allow for full control.

 

I would actually suggest a validate function

 

<?php
function validate(&$error_msg) {
       $validate_array = array("email", "name", "message"); // add more here for verification
       $error_msg = "";
       foreach ($validate_array as $value) {
               switch ($value) {
                        case 'email':
                               // note requires a "is_email" function that you have to create
                               if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value]) || !is_email($_POST[$value])) {
                                       $error_msg .= "Email is missing  or in properly formatted.<br />";
                               }
                        break;

                        case 'name':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= "Name field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;

                        case 'message':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= "Message field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;
               }
       }

       if (!empty($error_msg)) {
             return false;
       }

       return true;
}

function is_email($email) {
     return true; // for now you need to write the code here.
}

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
      if (!validate($error_msg)) {
             header('Location: http://www.placeiwanttoredirectto.com/page.php?error_msg=' . $error_msg);
             die();
      }

       // else everything is valid do processing here     
}
?>

 

Which in return would allow you expand easily and have it in a nice function could could be included via a functions file and should allow for you to use this in any other script with ease.

[xyn]

Alternativly, modify this to your hearts content.

Form.htm

<form method="POST" action="sendmail.php">
<div align="center">
 <center>
 <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="400">
   <tr>
     <td width="122"><b>Name:</b></td>
     <td width="270"><input type="text" name="name" size="20"></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="122"><b>E-mail:</b></td>
     <td width="270"><input type="text" name="email" size="20"></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="122"><b>Message:</b></td>
     <td width="270"></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="396" colspan="2"><textarea rows="6" name="message" cols="47"></textarea></td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td width="392" colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td>
   </tr>
 </table>
 </center>
</div>
</form>

 

 

sendmail.php

<?php
if(isset($_POST['name']) && empty($_POST['name']))
{
    $error[] = "Post your name";
}
if(isset($_POST['email']) && empty($_POST['email']))
{
    $error[] = "Post your name";
}
if(isset($_POST['message']) && empty($_POST['message']))
{
    $error[] = "Post your name";
}
if(is_array($error))
{
   echo("errors:<br>");
   foreach($error as $x => $i)
   {
       echo("- ".$i."<br>");
   }
}
else
{
    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "subject";
    $message = $_POST['message'];
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $from = $_POST['email'];
    mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $name<$from>");
    
    echo("<script>alert(\"Thanks!\nE-mail has been sent!\");</script>");
    
    $url = "redirect_page.htm";
    header("Location: $url");
}
?>

[xyn]

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[per1os]

Problem with your function.

you could make an array quicker than running your function :/

 

This is always fun looking at how people do stuff the hard way.

 

If you are going to be using more forms like this, I would suggest a different method of error reporting than just echoing or exiting, bad habit and does not allow for full control.

 

I would actually suggest a validate function

 

<?php
function validate(&$error_msg) {
       $validate_array = array("email", "name", "message"); // add more here for verification
       $error_msg = "";
       foreach ($validate_array as $value) {
               switch ($value) {
                        case 'email':
                               // note requires a "is_email" function that you have to create
                               if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value]) || !is_email($_POST[$value])) {
                                       $error_msg .= "Email is missing  or in properly formatted.<br />";
                               }
                        break;

                        case 'name':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= "Name field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;

                        case 'message':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= "Message field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;
               }
       }

       if (!empty($error_msg)) {
             return false;
       }

       return true;
}

function is_email($email) {
     return true; // for now you need to write the code here.
}

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
      if (!validate($error_msg)) {
             header('Location: http://www.placeiwanttoredirectto.com/page.php?error_msg=' . $error_msg);
             die();
      }

       // else everything is valid do processing here     
}
?>

 

Which in return would allow you expand easily and have it in a nice function could could be included via a functions file and should allow for you to use this in any other script with ease.

 

Its not a problem with the function. The function would work just fine. Just a different way of doing it. I generally only use validate functions because than I have one location to change all that information. I actually go a lot deeper in my personal code so one validate function can validate everything my site needs.

 

Just an extra idea, that does work.

 

The nicest thing about it, if I have certain fields like name and message that do not need any special validation I can easily do something like this:

 

<?php
function validate(&$error_msg) {
       $validate_array = array("email", "name", "message"); // add more here for verification
       $error_msg = "";
       foreach ($validate_array as $value) {
               switch ($value) {
                        case 'email':
                               // note requires a "is_email" function that you have to create
                               if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value]) || !is_email($_POST[$value])) {
                                       $error_msg .= "Email is missing  or in properly formatted.<br />";
                               }
                        break;

                        case 'message':
                        case 'name':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= ucwords($value) . " field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;
               }
       }

       if (!empty($error_msg)) {
             return false;
       }

       return true;
}

function is_email($email) {
     return true; // for now you need to write the code here.
}

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
      if (!validate($error_msg)) {
             header('Location: http://www.placeiwanttoredirectto.com/page.php?error_msg=' . $error_msg);
             die();
      }

       // else everything is valid do processing here     
}
?>

 

                        case 'message':
                        case 'name':
                                if (!isset($_POST[$value]) || empty($_POST[$value])) {
                                        $error_msg .= ucwords($value) . " field is requried.<br />";
                                }
                        break;
               }

 

Which saves on typing time.

[xyn]

I didnt mean to say there is a problem with your function, as there wasn't

it's just i find arrays quicker and easier to do then messing with Swith, case and break.

[khujo56]

well either one works great..so thank you.

now i still did not get the e-mail that i tested. is there a problem with hotmail accounts

it should usually be fast.

[per1os]

I didnt mean to say there is a problem with your function, as there wasn't

it's just i find arrays quicker and easier to do then messing with Swith, case and break.

 

Switch/cases are very useful and easy to use. Either way its personal preference. I love the functionality and flexibility a switch/case can give you over just an array.

 

 

 

Generally, hotmail aol gmail and yahoo have spam filters that filter out emails. Usually emails coming from servers are filtered out as spam. Check the hotmail junk box. There is really no set solution other than making sure you set mail headers properly. www.php.net/mail

[scarhand]

After reading frost110's reponse I am going to be using validation functions like that from now on! The way I showed you to do it with echo's and exit's was the simplest and easiest way I could have showed you with minimal coding, but then again like I said I am still a newb. 

[khujo56]

well i tried my actual e-mail address associated with my website and i still don't get anything.

what could be the problem??

[per1os]

well i tried my actual e-mail address associated with my website and i still don't get anything.

what could be the problem??

 

Sometimes servers do not like sending email address to [email protected] something to do with the relaying bit of it, unsure. I know my server will not send an email address to that address, so I have a gmail account setup which forwards all emails to my main account address and just use that for emails to be sent from my server.

[khujo56]

is there an alternative to that. it kinda defeats the purpose of a form if the info cannot be sent to the assigned e-mail address

[teng84]

is there an alternative to that. it kinda defeats the purpose of a form if the info cannot be sent to the assigned e-mail address

 

what ?

[khujo56]

the form works fine but the info does not get to my assigned address...i tried my hotmail account then i switched to my other e-mail address..neither receives any

 

[teng84]

maybe you dont have a mail server

[khujo56]

so i finally figured out that i did not have a php package for my hosting. finally switched over to php, it works fine but it does redirect to the assigned address. instead i get this message

 

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/j/n/r/jnr1975/html/mailer.php:31) in /home/content/j/n/r/jnr1975/html/mailer.php on line 34....it should redirect to the main page. below is the php script.

 

<?php

if(isset($_POST['name']) && empty($_POST['name']))

{

    $error[] = "Post your name";

}

if(isset($_POST['email']) && empty($_POST['email']))

{

    $error[] = "Post your e-mail address";

}

if(isset($_POST['message']) && empty($_POST['message']))

{

    $error[] = "Post your comments";

}

if(is_array($error))

{

    echo("errors:<br>");

    foreach($error as $x => $i)

    {

        echo("- ".$i."<br>");

    }

}

else

{

    $to = "[email protected]";

    $subject = "subject";

    $message = $_POST['message'];

    $name = $_POST['name'];

    $from = $_POST['email'];

    mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $name<$from>");

   

    echo("<script>alert(\"Thanks!\E-mail has been sent!\");</script>");

   

    $url = "http://www.iheartvacation.com/";

    header("Location: $url");

}

?>

[teng84]

header("Location: $url");

 

will fail beacuse you have an output above the header

 

header will work if theres no thing to be displayed on top of it or even below

[khujo56]

so how would i change that  ???

[mmarif4u]

try this at very top of ur script for header problem.

 

<?php
ob_start();
rest of ur code
?>

[khujo56]

that does not work, sorry

[redarrow]

<?php
if(isset($_POST['name']) && empty($_POST['name']))
{
     $error[] = "Post your name";
}
if(isset($_POST['email']) && empty($_POST['email']))
{
     $error[] = "Post your e-mail address";
}
if(isset($_POST['message']) && empty($_POST['message']))
{
     $error[] = "Post your comments";
}
if(is_array($error))
{
    echo("errors:
");
    foreach($error as $x => $i)
    {
        echo("- ".$i."
");
    }
}
else
{
     $to = "[email protected]";
     $subject = "subject";
     $message = $_POST['message'];
     $name = $_POST['name'];
     $from = $_POST['email'];
     mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $name<$from>");
     
     echo("<script>alert(\"Thanks!\E-mail has been sent!\");</script>");
     
if($to){
     $url = "http://www.iheartvacation.com/";
     header("Location: $url");
}
  }
?>

[khujo56]

HI

 

i tried that script..when it says that the info has been sent, instead of re-directing to the assigned page, i get this message instead :

 

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/j/n/r/jnr1975/html/mailer.php:33) in /home/content/j/n/r/jnr1975/html/mailer.php on line 37

[xyn]

At the top of your page... add. (aka above the <head> tags)

<?php

ob_start();

?>

 

 

and at the bottom of your page

<?php

ob_end_flush();

?>

[khujo56]

so post this on the actual html page instead of the php page?

[xyn]

yep. because that allows you to use header();

while using <head></head> in html..

I believe thats the problem.