Just starting in php

[kevinrea]

hi guys,

i am just starting in php.

i am trying to get my swish form to work, when i click the submit, it just says "WAITING FOR BLAH BLAH BLAH WEBSITE" at the bottom of the browser window.. it never really seems to send.

my website supports it,.. i am using it in conjunction with a swish form that i made.

here is the code behind the submit button on my swish form..

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on (press) {

    Name = ClientName.text;

    ClntEmail = Email.text;

    ClntAddress = Address.text;

    ClntCity = ClientCity.text;

    ClntState = ClientState.text;

    ClntZipcode = ClientZipcode.text;

    PropType = PropertyType.text;

    DesCity = DesiredCity.text;

    PriceRnge = PriceRange.text;

    MinBdrooms = MinimumBedrooms.text;

    MinBthrooms = MinimumBathrooms.text;

    MinSqFt = MinimumSquareFootage.text;

    MinLotSze = MinLotSizeAcreage.text;

    TypeConst = TypeOfConstruction.text;

    AddComments = AdditionalComments.text;

    loadVariables("contact.php",'POST');

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and then , here is the content of my .php file which is called  'contact.php', and it transferred to the

website using ASCII, so it wouldn't corrupt it as a binary transfer seems to do....

 

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<?php

 

$Name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['Name'];

$Email = $HTTP_POST_VARS['ClntEmail'];

$Address = $HTTP_POST_VARS['ClntAddress'];

$City = $HTTP_POST_VARS['ClntCity'];

$State = $HTTP_POST_VARS['ClntState'];

$Zipcode = $HTTP_POST_VARS['ClntZipcode'];

$PropertyType = $HTTP_POST_VARS['PropType'];

$DesiredCity = $HTTP_POST_VARS['DesCity'];

$PriceRange = $HTTP_POST_VARS['PriceRnge'];

$MinBedrooms = $HTTP_POST_VARS['MinBdrooms']

$MinBathrooms = $HTTP_POST_VARS['MinBthrooms'];

$MinSqFoot = $HTTP_POST_VARS['MinSqFt'];

$MinLotSize = $HTTP_POST_VARS['MinLotSze'];

$AdditionalComments = $HTTP_POST_VARS['AddComments'];

 

$message = stripslashes($AddComments);

 

$sendTo = "ksrea@sbcglobal.net";

$subject = "Message from Contact Form on SearchWestervilleHomes.com";

 

$msg_body = "Name: $name\n";

$msg_body .= "E-Mail: $email\n";

$msg_body .= "Address: $address\n";

$msg_body .= "City: $City\n";

$msg_body .= "State: $State\n";

$msg_body .= "Zipcode: $Zipcode\n";

 

$msg_body .= "Property Type: $PropertyType\n";

$msg_body .= "Desired City-Area: $DesiredCity\n";

$msg_body .= "Price Range: $PriceRange\n"

$msg_body .= "Minimum Bedrooms: $MinBedrooms\n";

$msg_body .= "Minimum Bathrooms: $MinBathrooms\n";

$msg_body .= "Minimum Square Feet: $MinSqFoot\n";

$msg_body .= "Minimum Lot Size/Acreage: $MinLotSize\n";

$msg_body .= "Additional Comments: $AdditionalComments\n";

 

 

$header_info = "From: ".$name." <".$email.">";

 

mail($sendTo, $subject, $msg_body, $header_info);

 

?>

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any help would be appreciated.

 

Kevin

 

 

[trq]

Firstly, I'm not sure where your learning php from but the $HTTP_POST_VARS[] array has long been depricated in favour of $_POST[]. Secondly, you'll need to check the form was submitted to the page before attempting to assign values to variables from the $_POST[] array. Thirdly, you'll want to wrap your call to the mail() function in a conditional to see if it has succeeded. Try...

 

<?php

if (isset(_POST['Name'])) {
  $Name = $_POST['Name'];
  $Email = $_POST['ClntEmail'];
  $Address = $_POST['ClntAddress'];
  $City = $_POST['ClntCity'];
  $State = $_POST['ClntState'];
  $Zipcode = $_POST['ClntZipcode'];
  $PropertyType = $_POST['PropType'];
  $DesiredCity = $_POST['DesCity'];
  $PriceRange = $_POST['PriceRnge'];
  $MinBedrooms = $_POST['MinBdrooms']
  $MinBathrooms = $_POST['MinBthrooms'];
  $MinSqFoot = $_POST['MinSqFt'];
  $MinLotSize = $_POST['MinLotSze'];
  $AdditionalComments = $_POST['AddComments'];

  $message = stripslashes($AddComments);

  $sendTo = "ksrea@sbcglobal.net";
  $subject = "Message from Contact Form on SearchWestervilleHomes.com";

  $msg_body = "Name: $name\n";
  $msg_body .= "E-Mail: $email\n";
  $msg_body .= "Address: $address\n";
  $msg_body .= "City: $City\n";
  $msg_body .= "State: $State\n";
  $msg_body .= "Zipcode: $Zipcode\n";
  $msg_body .= "Property Type: $PropertyType\n";
  $msg_body .= "Desired City-Area: $DesiredCity\n";
  $msg_body .= "Price Range: $PriceRange\n"
  $msg_body .= "Minimum Bedrooms: $MinBedrooms\n";
  $msg_body .= "Minimum Bathrooms: $MinBathrooms\n";
  $msg_body .= "Minimum Square Feet: $MinSqFoot\n";
  $msg_body .= "Minimum Lot Size/Acreage: $MinLotSize\n";
  $msg_body .= "Additional Comments: $AdditionalComments\n";

  $header_info = "From: ".$name." <".$email.">";

  if (mail($sendTo, $subject, $msg_body, $header_info)) {
    echo "Success";
  } else {
    echo "Failed to send mail";
  }

}

?>

 

Post the results.

[kevinrea]

HI Thorpe,

 

thanks for the help.

I got the php from being referenced there from some of the folks on the swishzone forum., to this page...

http://www.swishzone.com/index.php?area=resources&tab=tutorials&do=page&action=detailed&link_id=152

 

also, what file sharing properties should the php file have on the server ??? shold it be 0777 ?\

is there any way to check a php script to see if it is really working other than putting it up on the website ?

 

kevin

[BlueSkyIS]

also, what file sharing properties should the php file have on the server  shold it be 0777 ?

 

The term is "permissions" and they should be 0755.

 

is there any way to check a php script to see if it is really working other than putting it up on the website ?

 

Not easily. You should develop locally and/or a different location than the live site.

[cooldude832]

you can detect syntactical errors very easily if you have a pretty print editor as if you have quoted issues, missing semi colon etc it will not color the lines down further.  If you aren't using a line number/pretty print editor I suggest you will, it will save you and us lots of time diagnosing silly problems.

[trq]

is there any way to check a php script to see if it is really working other than putting it up on the website

 

Install a webserver locally and develope on that.

[kevinrea]

hi thorpe,

thanks for your help.

i installed  web server locally, it is Easy file Sharing Web Server, and i put the pages up there and when i click on the submit button, in the log it says " Post/serverdirectory/contact.php.,

so, does that mean it is working ok ?

 

thanks,

kevin