Hi,

I need some help to enable a contact form I've been using to handle Japanese input.
I'm not a PHP programmer or developer and really appreciate any feedback. The form was a download from a free resource.

I have inserted some statements into the code, but have not been successful in getting the Japanese text to display correctly in the email I get back.

Here is the code: (the statements I have inserted are within ****)

=== HTML FORM ====
<!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">
    <head>
****	<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />****
    </head>
<body>
<form name="fcform2" method="post" action="process_form.php" onsubmit="return validate.check()">
<div id="fcf2">

<h4>Contact Form</h4>
Alternatively, you can send us an email through this contact form.
<br />
<p>* is a mandatory field </p>

<div class="r">
<label for="name">Name: <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" onblur="trim('name')" />
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="company">Company:</label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="company" id="company" onblur="trim('company')" />
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="phone" class="req">Telephone:  <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" onblur="trim('phone')" />
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="email" class="req">Email Address: <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" onblur="trim('email')" />
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="address" class="req">Postal Address:<em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="address" id="address" onblur="trim('address')"></textarea>
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="postcode" class="req">Postcode: <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="postcode" id="postcode" onblur="trim('postcode')" />
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="interested_in" class="req">Interested in: <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<select name="interested_in" id="interested_in">
<option value="">Please select</option>
<option value="personal_advice">Personal Advice</option>
<option value="business_advice">Business Advice</option>
</select>
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="contact_me_by" class="req">Contact me by:<em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<select name="contact_me_by" id="contact_me_by">
<option value="">Please select</option>
<option value="email">Email</option>
<option value="telephone">Telephone</option>
</select>
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="hear_about_us">How did you hear about us?</label>
<span class="f">
<textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="hear_about_us" id="hear_about_us" onblur="trim('hear_about_us')"></textarea>
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<label for="comment" class="req">Comment: <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<textarea cols="30" rows="8" name="comment" id="comment" onblur="trim('comment')"></textarea>
</span>
</div>

<div class="r">
<p>The following is a spam prevention question and we appreciate your cooperation in filling it in:</p>
</div>

<!-- the section below MUST remain for the magic to work -->
<!-- although feel free to change the style / layout -->
<div class="r">
<label for="quest" class="req"><?php echo $question; ?> <em>*</em></label>
<span class="f">
<input type="text" name="answer_out" size="6" id="answer_out" onblur="trim('answer_out')" /> &nbsp;
</span>
</div>
<!-- section above must remain -->


<div class="sp">&nbsp;</div>

<?php
if(isset($_GET['done'])) {
    echo '<div align="center" style="color:red;font-weight:bold">'.$confirmation_message.'</div><br />';
}
?>

</div>

<center><input class="send-btn" type="submit" value="Submit" /></center>
<br />



<!-- the 2 hidden fields below must REMAIN for the magic to work -->
        <input type="hidden" name="answer_p" value="<?php echo $answer_pass; ?>" />
        <input type="hidden" name="enc" value="<?php echo $enc; ?>" />
<!-- above 2 hidden fields MUST remain -->

</form>
</body>
</html>
===END HTML=======

====process_form.php ====
<?php
// THIS CODE IS KEPT LINEAR FOR EASE OF USER UNDERSTANDING


/* YOU DO NOT NEED TO CHANGE ANYTHING IN HERE */
include 'config.php';


// set-up redirect page
if($send_back_to_form == "yes") {
    $redirect_to = $form_page_name."?done=1";   
} else {
    $redirect_to = $success_page;
}


if(isset($_POST['enc'])) {

    
/* THIS IS THE NEW FORM VALIDATION SECTION */
include 'validation.class.php';



// check for any human hacking attempts
class clean {
    function comments($message) {
        $this->naughty = false;
        $this->message = $message;
        $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
        $for = array( "\r", "\n", "%0a", "%0d");
        foreach($bad as $b) {
            if(eregi($b, $this->message)) {
                $this->naughty = true;
            }   
        }   
        $this->message = str_replace($bad,"#removed#", $this->message);
        $this->message = stripslashes(str_replace($for, ' ', $this->message));
        
        // check for HTML/Scripts
        $length_was = strlen($this->message);
        $this->message = strip_tags($this->message);
        if(strlen($this->message) < $length_was) {
            $this->naughty = true;
        }
   }
} // class


// function to handle errors
function error_found($mes,$failure_accept_message,$failure_page) {   
   if($failure_accept_message == "yes") {
        $qstring = "?prob=".urlencode(base64_encode($mes));
   } else {
        $qstring = "";
   }
   $error_page_url = $failure_page."".$qstring;
   header("Location: $error_page_url"); 
   die();     
}







/* SET REQUIRED */
$reqobj = new required;
// ADD ALL REQUIRED FIELDS TO VALIDATE!
$reqobj->add("name","NOT_EMPTY");
$reqobj->add("phone","NUMERIC");
$reqobj->add("email","EMAIL");
$reqobj->add("address","NOT_EMPTY");
$reqobj->add("postcode","ALPHANUMSPACE");
$reqobj->add("interested_in","NOT_EMPTY");
$reqobj->add("contact_me_by","NOT_EMPTY");
$reqobj->add("comment","NOT_EMPTY");
$reqobj->add("answer_out","NUMERIC");
$out = $reqobj->out();
$val = new validate($out, $_POST);
if($val->error) {
  $er = $val->error_string;
  error_found($er,$failure_accept_message,$failure_page);
  die(); 
}


/* validate the encrypted strings */
$dec = false;
$valid = false;

$dec = valEncStr(trim($_POST['enc']), $mkMine);
if($dec == true) {
    $valid = true;   
} else {
  $er = "Field data was incorrect.<br />$dec";
  error_found($er,$failure_accept_message,$failure_page);
  die(); 
}


// check the spam question has the correct answer
$ans_one = $_POST['answer_out'];
$fa = new encdec;
$ans_two = $fa->decrypt($_POST['answer_p']);

if($ans_one === $ans_two) {
    $valid = true;
} else {
    $er ='Your spam prevention answer was wrong.';
    error_found($er,$failure_accept_message,$failure_page);
    die(); 
}



if($valid) {
	$email_from = $_POST['email'];
	$email_message = "The information below comes from the contact form on your website and was submitted on ".date("Y-m-d")." at ".date("H:i")."\n\n";
  
  // loop through all form fields submitted
  // ignore all fields used for security measures
  foreach($_POST as $field_name => $field_value) {
    if($field_name == "answer_out" || $field_name == "answer_p" || $field_name == "enc") {
      // do not email these security details
    } else {
        // run all submitted content through string checker
        // removing any dangerous code
      $ms = new clean;
      $ms->comments($field_value);
      $is_naughty = $ms->naughty;
      $this_val = $ms->message;
      $email_message .= $field_name.": ".$this_val."\n\n";
 ****$email_message = html_entity_decode($email_message, ENT_QUOTES, $internal_enc);
	  $email_message = mb_convert_encoding($email_message, $internal_enc, 'AUTO');
		$field_value = mb_convert_encoding($field_value, $internal_enc, 'AUTO');
		$field_value = mb_convert_kana($field_value, 'KV');
		$field_value = htmlspecialchars($field_value, ENT_QUOTES);	  *****
    }
  }

  if($is_naughty) { 
      if($accept_suspected_hack == "yes") {
        // continue
      } else {
        // pretend the email was sent
        header("Location: $redirect_to");
        die();  
      }
      $email_subject = $email_suspected_spam; 
  }
  
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .

****mb_language('ja');
mb_internal_encoding($internal_enc);****

'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
  // send the email
  @mail($email_it_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);  
  // redirect
  header("Location: $redirect_to");
  die(); 
}

} else {
    echo "register globals may be on, please switch this setting off (look at php.net for details, specificall ini_set() function )";
}
?>
====END process_form.php ============

===config.php ========
<?php
// error_reporting(E_ALL); // uncomment this to show errors
// ini_set('display_errors', '1'); // uncomment this to show errors

/*
 THIS IS YOUR CONFIGURATION FILE
 PLEASE ONLY EDIT THE PARTS WHICH 
 ARE INDICATED
*/
  
// script name of your contact form
$form_page_name = "form.php";

/* where to send emails to */
$email_it_to = "claudia@cjwebteam.co.uk";

// email subject line
$email_subject = "TEST Form";

****//set encoding
$internal_enc = 'UTF-8';****

// email subject line - used on suspected form hack attempts
// for example, if someone enters HTML or scripts into the form - it will be removed
// if you choose to receive these cleaned up emails, you can set the subject line
// this lets you filter them out in your email client or mail server
$email_suspected_spam = "*SUSPECT Contact Us Form";

// do you wish to receive emails which had HTML or SCRIPTS (code will be stripped)?
$accept_suspected_hack = "no"; // change to "no" to silently reject

// success page - the page the user gets when the form is successful
$success_page = "thankyou.php";
// OR
// if you prefer to have the user sent back to the contact form (with a confirmation message shown)
$send_back_to_form = "no"; // change to "no" to redirect to above $success_page

// failure page - can be html or php (use php if you want to show actual error message, see next declaration)
$failure_page = "form_error.php";

// do you want to receive an error messaage passed into your failure page
$failure_accept_message = "yes";


// if $send_back_to_form is set to "yes", set your confirmation message bellow
$confirmation_message = "Thank you, we have received your message and will be in touch if required.";

/* your secret unique code used as part of our encryption */
// please edit the values within the double quotes.
// only use a-zA-Z0-9, other characters have been found to cause problems
// keep the string length to 3,6,9 or 12 characters long
$mkMine = "t3st3r";









/* ONLY EDIT BELOW HERE IF YOU HAVE SOME PHP/PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE */







  
  
if(phpversion() < "5.1") {
 // date setting should be fine
} else {
 // feel free to edit the value as desired
 date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
}


/* your unique question and answer section */

// if you want to keep the default random maths questions
// just leave the next few lines as they are.
$rnumA = rand(0,49);
$rnumB = rand(0,49);

// if you want to create your own custom question and answer
// edit the two lines below.
$question = "$rnumA plus $rnumB?";
$answer = $rnumA+$rnumB;


    class encdec {
        // __construct
        function encdec() {
            $this->cseta = $this->charset_a();
            $this->csetb = $this->charset_b();
        }
        // public
        function encrypt($s) {
            $s = str_replace(" ", "", $s);
            $s = base64_encode(trim($s));
            $a = $this->charset_a();
            $b = $this->charset_b();
            $len = strlen($s);
            $new = "";
            for($i=0; $i < $len; $i++){
            $new .= $b[array_search($s[$i],$a)];
            }
            return $new;
        }
        // public
        function decrypt($s) {
            $a = $this->charset_a();
            $b = $this->charset_b();
            $len = strlen($s);
            $new = "";
            for($i=0; $i < $len; $i++){
            $new .= $a[array_search($s[$i],$b)];
            }
            return trim(base64_decode($new));
        }
        // protected
        function charset_a() {
            return array("a","b","c","j","7","8","9","A","B",
            "G","H","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","h","i","Q",
            "R","S","C","k","l","m","n","6","T","D","E","F",
            "U","V","W","X","Y","Z","v","w","x","y","z","0",
            "1","2","3","4","5","I","J","K","L","M","N","O",
            "P","d","e","f","g","=","*");
        }
        // protected
        function charset_b() {
            return array("G","H","o","p","z","q","r","s","t",
            "1","2","3","4","5","I","J","K","L","M","N","O",
            "u","h","i","Q","R","S","C","k","l","m","n","6",
            "0","P","d","e","f","g","T","D","E","F","a","b",
            "c","j","7","8","9","A","B","U","V","W","X","Y",
            "Z","v","w","x","y","*","=");
        }
    }

$e = new encdec;

// pass the answer into the function below
$answer_pass = $e->encrypt($answer);

$mkNow = date("YmdHi");
$enc = $e->encrypt($mkNow)."::".$e->encrypt($mkMine);

function valEncStr($s,$m) {
 $sides = explode("::", $s);
 $f = new encdec;
 $sides[0] = $f->decrypt($sides[0]);
 $sides[1] = $f->decrypt($sides[1]);
 if(!count($sides) == 2) {
  $error = "String invalid!";
 }
 
 // compare date/time
 $plTime = date("YmdHi",mktime(date("H"),date("i")+60));
 $msTime = date("YmdHi",mktime(date("H"),date("i")-60));
 
 if($sides[0] > $plTime || $sides[0] < $msTime) {
  $error = "Date not valid!";
 }
 
 // compare custom word
 if(!$m == $sides[1]) {
  $error = "words do not match!";
 }
 
 if(isset($error)) {
  return $error;
 } else {
  return true;
 }
 
}


?>
====END config.php ===========

Sorry about the lengthy thread but couldn't think of a better way to go through the steps!

I have a feeling I'm close but not quite getting the code syntax and placement!

Thanks in advance.

Hi
It seems I wasn't too far off at all! Turns out that the email I receive looks fine in Outlook, after I set its encoding to UTF-8. The only thing is, the same email viewed through webmail does not display the characters correctly. The webmail server is set-up correctly to receive email in Japanese, as these come through fine using an email client directly. Seems I need to force the encoding on the email generated by the form I think. Would anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
C.

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