Mail Function - Should I/How do I add Form fields to $message?

[allotrope]

Hello there,

 

I'm new to PHP from this morning & it's all very exciting!

 

I was wondering if someone might be able to help me: I have created a form & want to send the results via php to my email address.

 

I've used the mail function & I think I have to define the $message as equal to the all the fields of my form (i.e. name, otherformtextinfield etc.. except email).

 

Can anyone give me advice on how to do this?

 

I had hope that when i had ...... , $message, ......)  i could add my form fields to that i.e.  ........, $message $name $otherformtextinfield, ......

 

but that didn't work! Probably

 

Thanks

 

Allotrope.

[kenrbnsn]

There are many ways of doing this. Perhaps the easiest is to use the print_r() to dump the values of the $_POST array into your message. It's not really formatted nicely, but it is quick:

<?php
$message = 'The following information was entered:' . "\n";
$message .= print_r($_POST,true);
mail($to,$subject,$message);
?>

 

Ken

[allotrope]

 

Thanks Ken I appreciate your response. I tried what you said...

 

<?php

$message = 'The following information was entered:' . "\n";
$message .= print_r($_POST,true);


  mail( "myemail@something.com", "Newsletter Request", $message, "From: $Email" );
  header( "Location: http://www.website.co.uk" );


?>

 

However I'm not sure then how to create an array?

 

I had tried this

 

<?php

$message = $_REQUEST['Name'], $_REQUEST['Salon'] ;

  mail( "myemail@something.com", "Newsletter Request", $message, "From: $Email" );
  header( "Location: http://www.website.co.uk" );
?>

Which I know is wrong!

[kenrbnsn]

My solution gives you what you're looking for. Why do you want to create an array?

 

Also, while you're testing, don't use the header() function which will redirect your script to a different site. Why are you doing that?

 

Ken

[allotrope]

I started learning PHP this morning to add a join newsletter form to a website this morning. So I learn't how to do it in part from here .. h**p://www.thesitewizard.com/archive/feedbackphp.shtml (to explain why I put the website header).

 

I don't know how to use the $_POST function so I can't quite piece it all together.

 

I will post my form if you have the time to look at it..

 

<div id="form">
<script language="JavaScript" src="form.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <form id="Newsletter" name="form1" method="post" action="sendflsmailb.php">
    
    <input 	type="text" id="inputname" value="Name" name="Name" 
						onfocus="inputName(); style.color='#000'; style.borderColor='#000';" 
						onblur="inputNameOff(); style.borderColor='';" /><br />

    <input 	type="text" id="inputemail" value="Email" name="Email" 
						onfocus="inputEmail(); style.color='#000'; style.borderColor='#000';" 
						onblur="inputEmailOff(); style.borderColor='';" /><br />

    <input 	type="text" id="inputsalon" value="Salon" name="Salon" 
						onfocus="inputSalon(); style.color='#000'; style.borderColor='#000';" 
						onblur="inputSalonOff(); style.borderColor='';" /><br />

    <input name="Send" type="submit" value="Join Our Newsletter" />
    
    </form>
</div>

 

Could you recommend anywhere to learn PHP online?

 

Thank you!

 

[kenrbnsn]

The $_POST superglobal array will contain all the values passed to your script from the form.

 

A good place to learn PHP is W3 Schools. You can also download Apache/PHP/MySQL to your PC and run a local webserver, so you can test things without uploading to a host. I use xampp

 

Ken

[allotrope]

Thank you! I am familiar with W3 & I will download the PHP to test it locally.

 

I have tried the script you suggested but I only get '1' returned in the message body.

 

Thanks for your time.

 

A

[allotrope]

Hi Ken,

 

Just to let you know, I tried the script again just now & it worked, I must have missed smomething! Thank you so much,

 

I'm sure I will want to do other stuff with it soon but I'm really grateful for your help.

 

A