email

[sstangle73]

hey everyone making an email script and got a little stuck

 

the email doesnt send

 

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])){
$to = $_POST['emailto'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = str_replace("\n.", "\n..", $_POST['emailbody']);
$from = $_POST['from'];
$reply = $_POST['reply'];
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: . ' . $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-to: . ' . $reply . "\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo "Success";
} else {
?>
<form action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table>
<tr><td>
<textarea name="emailto" rows="15" cols="50">email@domain.com; email@domain.com; email@domain.com</textarea>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" value="subject">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<textarea name="emailbody" rows="15" cols="50">Message Here</textarea>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="from" maxlength="100" value="From Name">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="reply" maxlength="100" value="Reply To">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="submit" name="email" value="Send!">
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php 
}
?>

[PHP Monkeh]

Are you running this from a webhost or from your localhost?

 

Also are there any error messages being output?

 

[sstangle73]

webhost.

whats the error function i havent coded php in a while

 

[Tandem]

put

 

error_reporting(E_ALL);

 

if you don't have any error reporting enabled via your php.ini

[sstangle73]

no errors

[marcus]

hehe you're trying to do multiple emails.

 

try:

 

<?php

$to = $_POST['emailto'];
// other variables

$ex = explode(";",$to);

if(count($ex) > 0){
foreach($ex AS $emails){
	$email = trim($emails);
	mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
}
}else {
mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
}

?>

[sstangle73]

allright it sends. 3 problems:

 

1) the name and reply to address have a dot before it so if the inputed

Name: Joe Smith

it comes as

.Joe Smith

 

2) i dont think html works

. . . after some test i think i need to add slashes?

 

3) sometimes its going in my spam folder?

 

[ratcateme]

Do you have access to the mail logs?

 

Scott.

[sstangle73]

doubt it. i can check tho

[marcus]

If you make your message using HTML, just use nl2br() on it.

[sstangle73]

the html is working as long as i dont use

'
or
"

in the message.

[marcus]

Um, use htmlentities() on your message

 

Converts characters of such, so " -> "

[sstangle73]

i just need to use add slashes.

because i want the " or 's for the html code. like <img src="blah"> i need the "s

[sstangle73]

thats not my main focas tho. i can do crappy html with out " or ' thats fine. i want to fix the .From and .Reply-to first if you can help me with that?

[sstangle73]

allright i found where the dots were coming from

 

 

does anyone know why it gets flagged as spam? and also how do i send a html message with <img src"blah"> because "s mess up the script

 

 

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
if(isset($_POST['email'])){
$to = $_POST['emailto'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$amessage = nl2br($_POST['emailbody']);
$message = addslashes($amessage);
$from = $_POST['from'];
$reply = $_POST['reply'];
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: '  . $from . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-to: '  . $reply . "\r\n";
$ex = explode(";",$to);

if(count($ex) > 0){
foreach($ex AS $emails){
$email = trim($emails);
mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
}
}else {
mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
}

echo "Success";
} else {
?>
<form action="<? echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
<table>
<tr><td>
<textarea name="emailto" rows="15" cols="50">email@domain.com; email@domain.com; email@domain.com</textarea>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="subject" maxlength="100" value="subject">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<textarea name="emailbody" rows="15" cols="50">Message Here</textarea>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="from" maxlength="100" value="From Name">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="text" name="reply" maxlength="100" value="Reply To">
</td></tr>
<tr><td>
<input type="submit" name="email" value="Send!">
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php 
}
?>

[sstangle73]

fixed spam problem

 

the only problem left is the <img src="blah"> the "s will mess it up any fixes?

[sstangle73]

ideas?

[sstangle73]

noone?

[sstangle73]

?

[adam291086]

What happens when you add the line

 

<img src="blah"> the "s will mess it up any fixes?

[sstangle73]

the image isnt displayed its just a blank email

[adam291086]

i know that some email clients prevent images from being recieved to speed up downloading time.

 

I take it the message comes from the database with the variable $amessage.

Have you tried to echo that variable out to look and what it displays?

[sstangle73]

no ill do that. but

when i send it with out "s ie: <img src=blah> it will send so its somethign with the quotes.

[adam291086]

try this then

 

<img src=\"blah\">

[sstangle73]

heh the slashes were the problem i needed to strip them before it sent it.

 

thanks