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hey guys, im a bit new to php. I was wondering if any of you guys could help me out with this email code i have to send me an email. I have a website with a service link then the user needs to pick which kind of service he/she requires. Everything works except the checkbox part. It sends me an email and it's blank there. Here is my code: 
<?
include("../header.php"); 


$name= $_POST['name'];
$from = $_POST["email"];
$to = "je@example.com";
$subject = "Proposal Request";
$message = "Company Name: " . $_POST["companyname"] . "\n";
$message .= "Telephone Number:" . $_POST["telephonenumber"] . "\n";
$message .= "Email Address:" . $_POST["email"] . "\n";
$message .= "Company Name:" . $_POST["companyname"] . "\n";
$message .= "Company Address:" . $_POST["location"] . "\n";
$message .= "City:" . $_POST["city"] . "\n";
$message .= "State:" . $_POST["state"] . "\n";
$message .= "Type of Service needed:" . $_POST["service[]"] . "\n";
$message .= "Best Time to Contact:" . $_POST["time[]"] . "\n";
$message .= "Contact by Email/Phone:" . $_POST["cpref[]"] . "\n";


if($sent){
	$headers = 'From: ' . $name . ' <' . $from . '>' . "\r\n" .
		'Reply-To: ' . $from . "\r\n" .
		'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
	
	mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
	echo "The Email Has Been Sent";
	

}
?>

<div style="position: absolute; left:149px; top:320px;">

<table bgcolor="#ffffff" width="800" border="0">
<tr>
<td>
<div align="center">
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
  <p><img src="proposalssign.jpg" width="92" height="29" />
    </p>
</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<table width="680" border="0" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td>Need a Free Quote for your company? Not a problem just fill out the indicated boxes below, and we'll be sure to give you a call within the next 24 hours. </td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p>
 
 
  <!-- Begin Proposal Form -->


<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="proposal.php" accept-charset="UTF-8">
      	<input type="hidden" name="sent" value="1" />
	<table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" border="0">
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>Name:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="name" id="name" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>Telephone Number:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="telephonenumber" id="telephonenumber" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>Email Address:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="email" id="email" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>Company Name:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="companyname" id="companyname" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>Company Address:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="location" id="location" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>City:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="city" id="city" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>State:</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="text" name="state" id="state" size="40" value="" />
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>What kind of service are you looking for?</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="checkbox" name="service[]" id="service_0" value="One-Time Scrub Down" /> One-Time Scrub Down<br/>
				<input type="checkbox" name="service[]" id="service_1" value="Daily Maintenance" /> Daily Maintenance<br/>
				<input type="checkbox" name="service[]" id="service_2" value="Weekend Maintenance" /> Weekend Maintenance<br/>
				
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>What's the best time to contact you at?</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="checkbox" name="time[]" id="time_0" value="Morning" />Morning<br/>
				<input type="checkbox" name="time[]" id="time_1" value="Afternoon" />Afternoon<br/>
                <input type="checkbox" name="time[]" id="time_2" value="Evening" />Evening<br/>
				
			</td>
		</tr>
        
        <tr>
			<td valign="top">
				<strong>What is the preferred method to contact you?</strong>
			</td>
			<td valign="top">
				<input type="checkbox" name="cpref[]" id="cpref_0" value="Email" />Email<br/>
				<input type="checkbox" name="cpref[]" id="cpref_1" value="Phone" />Phone<br/>
               
				
			</td>
		</tr>
        
		<tr>
			<td colspan="2" align="center">
				<input type="submit" value=" Submit Form " />
			</td>
		</tr>
	</table>
</form>




<!-- End Proposal Form --><br /><br />
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  1. $service = $_POST['service'];
  2.  
  3. if(is_array($service))
  4. {
  5. 	$comma = "";
  6. 	$service_type = "";
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  8. 	foreach($service as $value)
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Same for other check boxes...
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Looks like manish.s beat me too it. Just remember that your checkbox group is an array, and they have to be extracted with a loop. Also, a radio button may be better for the service if you only want one possible value.
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Optimized code...

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  5.     $message .= "Type of Service needed:" .implode(", ",$service). "\n";
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thank you so much guys. You are the best got another question...is there anyway i can direct them to a "thank you page" instead of echoing a message?
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try this...

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ok i implimented that into the code i had already, but it didn't work. It gave me an error. This is what i did: 

if($sent){
	$headers = 'From: ' . $name . ' <' . $from . '>' . "\r\n" .
		'Reply-To: ' . $from . "\r\n" .
		'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
	
	mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
	echo "The Email Has Been Sent";
        header("location:thankyou.php");

}

btw what does the X-Mailer thing mean? Thanks again guys!
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Remove echo "The Email Has Been Sent"; . The header has to be the first thing sent to the browser.
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It gives me this error:


Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/jebgroup/public_html/proposal.php:6) in /home/jebgroup/public_html/proposal.php on line 66
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Yes, you can't echo or print anything prior to using header. Headers can only be sent once. If you have any output to the browser, headers are sent. Then when you try to send more headers, you get errors.
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