mail() error someone please help!

daveharris · June 23, 2004, 9:15pm

[php]

<?php $name = $POST_['name']; $email = $POST_['email']; $subject = $POST_['subject']; $body = $POST_['query']; mail("[email protected]", "$subject", "$body", "From: '$name' : '$email'"); ?>[/php]

MOD EDIT: Corrected Incorrect Usage of PHP bb code tags

Above is my php code to send an email with what a user types in the form. I am currently getting blank emails sent to my address and was wondering if someone can tell me where I went wrong.

This is probably something simple as I am a beginner and have had very little php experience.

All help is greatly appreciated.

lig · June 23, 2004, 10:17pm

echo/print out the indiviual pieces and make sure the variable is actually moving in. Oh and it’s $POST not $POST

daveharris · June 24, 2004, 3:33pm

I have tried this and the variables are not working. I have changed it to $_POST so it can’t be that.

Any ideas?

peg110 · June 24, 2004, 4:34pm

If indeed your code is like

[php]

<?php $name = $_POST['name']; $email = $_POST['email']; $subject = $_POST['subject']; $body = $_POST['query']; mail("[email protected]", "$subject", "$body", "From: '$name' : '$email'"); ?>

[/php]

Then I would have to ask, how are you sending the info? What is the code for the submitting page? Is it using a POST for it’s METHOD? Is the ACTION pointing to the page that has the above code? Are there any errors being displayed? Is the error reporting turned on in the PHP.INI?

If the variables are not working (as you suggested), then I would look at how you are submitting them to thies page.

Ragster00 · June 24, 2004, 4:35pm

Can we see the new chunk of code?

daveharris · June 24, 2004, 5:17pm

[code]

Get an 0845 Local Rate Number To

Simple support is available by the below form:-

Name:

Email Address:

Subject:

Query:

For add-on support packages click here.

[/code]

Above is the code I am using to submit the data. It can be previewed at http://www.07005.net/test/contact%20body.htm[/url]

peg110 · June 24, 2004, 6:23pm

I am not 100 percent sure, but I do believe you need to have all of your FORM elementes enclosed in the tags.

<form method="POST" action="sent.php">
   Name:&nbsp; <input type="text" name="name" size="20"></p>
  <p>Email Address:&nbsp; <input type="text" name="email" size="20"></p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subject:&nbsp;
  <input type="text" name="subject" size="20"></p>
  <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Query:&nbsp;
  <textarea rows="8" name="query" cols="32"></textarea></p>
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"><input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></p> 
</form>

daveharris · June 24, 2004, 6:29pm

It works

Thanks everyone for your help