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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

php forms can be self processing, its easy to debug one script, try

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<!-- @(#) $Id$ -->
<head>
<title>HTML Template</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
</head>
<body>
<?php if (isset($_POST["submit"])) 	{
  if(!$_POST['name'] || !$_POST['email'] || !$_POST['question'] )     
  { echo "Required fields not completed, please input the required fields."; }
 else { $name = $_POST['name'];
  $email = $_POST['email'];
  $question = $_POST['question'];
  $message = wordwrap("Message from $name \n Message: $question", 70);
  if(!mail($email,"Inquiry",$message)) {echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields."; } else echo "Message sent.";
 } } ?>
<form name='FAQ' method='post' action='<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>'>
<table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='5' border='0' width='500' align='center'>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Name: * </td>
<td width='350'><input type='text' size='55' name='name'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Email Address: * </td>
<td width='350'><input type='text' size='55' name='email'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Question: * </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='350' colspan='2'><textarea cols='59' rows='5' name='question'></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2' align='right'><input type='submit' value='Submit' name='submit'></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<!-- @(#) $Id$ -->
<head>
<title>HTML Template</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
</head>
<body>
<?php if (isset($_POST["submit"])) 	{
  if(!$_POST['name'] || !$_POST['email'] || !$_POST['question'] )     
  { echo "Required fields not completed, please input the required fields."; }
 else { $name = $_POST['name'];
  $email = $_POST['email'];
  $question = $_POST['question'];
  $message = wordwrap("Message from $name \n Message: $question", 70);
  if(!mail($email,"Inquiry",$message)) {echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields."; } else echo "Message sent.";
 } } ?>
<form name='FAQ' method='post' action='<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>'>
<table cellpadding='0' cellspacing='5' border='0' width='500' align='center'>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Name: * </td>
<td width='350'><input type='text' size='55' name='name'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Email Address: * </td>
<td width='350'><input type='text' size='55' name='email'></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='150'><p class='content'>Question: * </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width='350' colspan='2'><textarea cols='59' rows='5' name='question'></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan='2' align='right'><input type='submit' value='Submit' name='submit'></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

but the message is only being sent to the sender, no address is specified for you
Try replacing line 16

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 if(!mail('myaddress@mysite.com',"Inquiry",$message,"Cc:$email\r\n")) {echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields."; } else echo "Message sent.";
 if(!mail('myaddress@mysite.com',"Inquiry",$message,"Cc:$email\r\n")) {echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields."; } else echo "Message sent.";

message to "customer service", copy to sender
all necessary html headers are sent before any script output, in case malformed pages are being thrown out by the server,

Last edited by almostbob; Sep 14th, 2009 at 11:15 am.

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If at first you dont succeed, join the club
Of course its always in the last place you look, you dont keep looking after you find it

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

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Originally Posted by JerieLsky

this is what i did in the .php file, i omitted the contents and i just replaced it with this statement but still no output:
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   echo "Me.";
?>
<?php echo "Me."; ?>
what do u think is causing the problem?

can you post the whole code?

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

this is a better line16

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if(!mail('me@mysite.com',"Inquiry","$message","From: $email " . "\r\n" . "Cc: $email"."\r\n")) {echo "Sending failed,"; } else { echo "Message sent."; }
if(!mail('me@mysite.com',"Inquiry","$message","From: $email " . "\r\n" . "Cc: $email"."\r\n")) {echo "Sending failed,"; } else { echo "Message sent."; }

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

try this:

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<?php
//The button is presed
	if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
 
		$sent_mail = mail($email,$message,$message);
		if($sent_mail) {
		echo "Message sent.";
		die();//Stop here
		} else {
		"Message was NOT Sent.";
		die();
		}
	}
	else {	
	?>
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0" width="500" align="center">
	    <form name="FAQ" method="post" action="mail.php">
 
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Name: * </td>
			<td width="350"><input type="text" size="55" name="name"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Email Address: * </td>
			<td width="350"><input type="text" size="55" name="email"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Question: * </td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea name="question" cols="59" rows="5"></textarea></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
	    </tr>
	    </form>
	    </table>
 
		<?php
		}
		?>
<?php
//The button is presed
	if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
		
		$sent_mail = mail($email,$message,$message);
		if($sent_mail) {
		echo "Message sent.";
		die();//Stop here
		} else {
		"Message was NOT Sent.";
		die();
		}
	}
	else {	
	?>
		<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0" width="500" align="center">
	    <form name="FAQ" method="post" action="mail.php">
	    
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Name: * </td>
			<td width="350"><input type="text" size="55" name="name"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Email Address: * </td>
			<td width="350"><input type="text" size="55" name="email"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="150"><p class="content">Question: * </td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea name="question" cols="59" rows="5"></textarea></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
	    </tr>
	    </form>
	    </table>
		
		<?php
		}
		?>

This worked on my server. Tested!

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

Hi there almostbob, thanks for the quick response.. well actually i'm still having a problem with one line that you've give which is in line 18 stating:

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<form name='FAQ' method='post' action='<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>'>

The problem is in the action='<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>'
Once that i click the Submit button a "Page Load Error" occurs saying

"Firefox can't find the file at /C:/Documents and Settings/rEd_xiii21/Desktop/programming/ERDI Website Final/Duplicate of Edited Site/<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>."

What does the code - action='<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]; ?>' - actually do?

Thanks for your time.

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

Here is a link to download the .html and .php file that i'm working with.

http://www.adrive.com/public/c510468...5e82f624c.html

Ahm, i'm actuallly using wamp server, I've set them ONLINE and started all services too.. so I think I don't have a problem with it though.

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Originally Posted by JerieLsky

Here is a link to download the .html and .php file that i'm working with.

http://www.adrive.com/public/c510468...5e82f624c.html

Ahm, i'm actuallly using wamp server, I've set them ONLINE and started all services too.. so I think I don't have a problem with it though.

I can assure that the code that this guys have given are all working. Your code even works, it prints "ME" after i click the submit button.

Have you put your files in the WWW directory?? in wamp by default, it is located here C:\wamp\www\

then try accessing it like this

http://localhost/E-FAQ.html

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

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Sep 14th, 2009

you are trying to run php from the local file system /C:/Documents and Settings/rEd_xiii21/Desktop/programming/ERDI Website Final/Duplicate of Edited Site/
that wont work, even if it is the same folder
php has to run as http://127.0.0.1/filepath/filename.php (or localhost/)
move all the files you wish to work on, below the folder assigned as localhost in your php/wamp/IDE settings and access them though the localhost url
I do not know what php system version/wamp/ide you have installed but the errors now seem to be simply method problems, but a solution is getting closer (nervous fingers crossed)

Last edited by almostbob; Sep 14th, 2009 at 11:07 pm.