[SOLVED] mail help

[corillo181]

hi i'm new to php and i tried everything to do a form and recieve it in to my mail.. i fallow every tutorial on the net i could and still it dont work..

is there something my webhost provider most do so it can work? because i know is not me.. i tried all kind of tutorials and still i'm not able to recieve a mail from a form..

[Orio]

Can you post your script please?

Orio.

[corillo181]

i used the scribs from phpfreaks tutorials.. i did the biulding a membership sing up system.. . that one didn't work to send email and i fallowed every step back and forth.. i even did it a few times cuz i wanted to learn how to do it so i can do my own.. everytihng is fine i even get the member info in to my database , but they never get the email..

i also tried building a simple form..

in that one too the info goes in to the database, but can't send a email

how about you post a script that works and i can try it and tell you if it did work or if is something wrong with my server provider..



.. i really need this help this only thing holding me back to learning more about other things..


thank you for your help..

[Orio]

<?php
$ip = getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$body = "Name: ".$_POST['Name']." \n Rating: ".$_POST['Rating']." \n \n Comments: \n ".$_POST['Comments']." \n \n $ip";
mail($to,$subject,$body);
echo "Thank you ";
?>

For example.

Orio.

[corillo181]

oh that help.. i don't know what was wrong with the tutorials.. but this one work..

now the problem witht he form i attach is when the page is view it send a email empty.

i know i got to put some thing like if (isset['submit']) so the form is only sent when they press the submit bottum but i dunno how to put that ..

[jcbarr]

Have your form pass a variable like this;

[code]<input type="hidden" name="send" value="Y">[/code]

Then make your script run depending on the value of the send variable;

[code]<? $send=$_POST['send'];

if ($send=="Y"){

place script here

    } ?>[/code]

I don't know if that is the best way to do it, but it has always worked for me.