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Sep 14th, 2009

Please Read! php problem.

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I'm just new in php actually and this is the problem that i have been encountering lately. I actually have one .html file and .php file, on the .html file I created a form which looks like this:

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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0" width="500" align="center">
	    <form name="FAQ" method="post" action="question.php">
	    <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-weight: normal;font-variant: normal;text-transform: none;color: #000000;"> 
	    <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"></textarea name="question"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
	    </tr>
	    </form>
	    </table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="5" border="0" width="500" align="center">
	    <form name="FAQ" method="post" action="question.php">
	    <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12px;font-style: normal;line-height: normal;font-weight: normal;font-variant: normal;text-transform: none;color: #000000;"> 
	    <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"></textarea name="question"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td colspan="2" align="right"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"></td>
	    </tr>
	    <tr>
			<td>&nbsp;</td>
	    </tr>
	    </form>
	    </table>

And here is the .php file:

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<?php
	if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
 
		mail($email,Inquiry,$message);	
		echo "Message sent.";		
	}
	else
	{	
		echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
	}
?>
<?php
	if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
		
		mail($email,Inquiry,$message);	
		echo "Message sent.";		
	}
	else
	{	
		echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
	}
?>

The problem that i'm encountering here is, in each textbox in the.html file i just live it blank, once that i click on the "Submit" button, the output that would be displayed is "Message sent.", instead of "Sending failed, please input the required fields."

Please help me here.. Thanks, been trying to solve it for almost 6hours already, and still i get the same output.

thanks in advance.

Last edited by JerieLsky; Sep 14th, 2009 at 8:40 am.

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

you should have check first if the fields are not empty?

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<?php
// you should check if this fields are empty
if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="")
{
echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
}else{
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$question = $_POST['question'];
$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
echo "Message sent."; 
else
echo "Message sending failed";
}
<?php
// you should check if this fields are empty
if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="")
{
echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
}else{
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$question = $_POST['question'];
$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
echo "Message sent."; 
else
echo "Message sending failed";
}

For now, you might already get the idea. Hope it helps

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

I used the code that you suggested but nothing has been displayed or no output at all. What is the use of the isset() function in the if-else statement then?

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I used the code that you suggested but nothing has been displayed or no output at all. What is the use of the isset() function in the if-else statement then?

you are checking if the post method has been set or is the submit button been submitted.

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Ahm, what is then the problem on the code why does it not display anything?

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Re: Please Read! php problem.

the problem is, this part

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<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea cols="59" rows="5"></textarea name="question"></td>
<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea cols="59" rows="5"></textarea name="question"></td>

try changing it to this

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<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea cols="59" rows="5" name="question"></textarea></td>
<td width="350" colspan="2"><textarea cols="59" rows="5" name="question"></textarea></td>

and use the code that i've given earlier

Last edited by ivatanako; Sep 14th, 2009 at 9:58 am.

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Seriously, still no output. I even tried adding this statement in the .php file

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echo "Me";

it actually showed nothing. I added that statement after the <?php tag and before the if-else statement, here:

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<?php
	echo "Me";
	if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="")
	{
		echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
	}
	else
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
 
		if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
			echo "Message sent.";
		else
			echo "Message sending failed";
	}
?>
<?php
	echo "Me";
	if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="")
	{
		echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
	}
	else
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";

		if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
			echo "Message sent.";
		else
			echo "Message sending failed";
	}
?>

so confusing..

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Seriously, still no output. I even tried adding this statement in the .php file
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echo "Me";
echo "Me";
it actually showed nothing. I added that statement after the <?php tag and before the if-else statement, here:
PHP Syntax (Toggle Plain Text)
<?php
	echo "Me";
	if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="")
	{
		echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields.";
	}
	else
	{
		$name = $_POST['name'];
		$email = $_POST['email'];
		$question = $_POST['question'];
		$message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question";
 
		if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
			echo "Message sent.";
		else
			echo "Message sending failed";
	}
?>
<?php echo "Me"; if($_POST['name']=="" || $_POST['email']=="" || $_POST['question']=="") { echo "Sending failed, please input the required fields."; } else { $name = $_POST['name']; $email = $_POST['email']; $question = $_POST['question']; $message = "Message from $name \n Message: $question"; if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message)) echo "Message sent."; else echo "Message sending failed"; } ?>
so confusing..

do you have a mailserver? i tested your code on my machine.. and im sure that it is working.

try removing the mail function then try outputting just plain text

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if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))
if(mail($email,Inquiry,$message))

try changing the 'inquiry'

Last edited by ivatanako; Sep 14th, 2009 at 10:33 am.

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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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<?php
   echo "Me.";
?>
<?php
   echo "Me.";
?>

what do u think is causing the problem?

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