Needs help with emailer (php) - Overclock.net

Sullivan · 08-28-09

Okay, so for a weekend project for my web design course we have to design a emailer. I pretty much have it done, I just need to get it to where I can use html in the message.

Heres my work:

PHP Code:


			
//Made by T.Sullivan
<?php
if (!isset($_POST["send"])) {
// no post data -> display form
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"PHP-alt-".$random_hash."\"";
//define the body of the message.
ob_start();
?>
<form method="POST" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
To: <input type="text" name="to"><br>

From: <input type="text" name="sender"><br>

Subject: <input type="text" name="subject"><br>

Message:<br>

<textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="60" lines="20"></textarea>

<input type="submit" name="send" value="Send">

</form>
<?
} else {
// found post data .. deal with it
$from=$_POST['sender'];
// send mail
if (mail($_POST['to'], $_POST['subject'],$_POST['message'],"From: $from\n")){
// success
echo "Your mail was sent.";
} else {
// error
echo "Your email was not sent.";
}
}
?>

Faster_is_better · 09-04-09

I'm not sure if this would be cheating, but.... Contact form Generator here

You can at least use the end code for ideas..

I think you are going to have to put the form entries into variables, and then you can build your message.

example code:

PHP Code:


			
<?php



$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));

$EmailTo = "email@e.com";

$Subject = "Comments";

$name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 

$email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 

$comments = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['comments'])); 



$Body = "";

$Body .= "Name: ";

$Body .= $name;

$Body .= "\n";

$Body .= "Email: ";

$Body .= $email;

$Body .= "\n";

$Body .= "Comments:";

$Body .= "\n";

$Body .= $comments;

$Body .= "\n";





$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");



if ($success){

  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=thank_you_contact.htm\">";

} else {

  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";

}



?>

hope this helps

Lyoko · 09-05-09

Just wrote this up. Look at it closely: no variables are saved, no output buffers are used (all in all overhead is reduced) and the code is clean all around. These are attributes you may want to have in your future code

PHP Code:


			
<?php
if(isset($_POST['send'])) {
  exit((mail($_POST['to'], $_POST['subject'], $_POST['message'], "From: {$_POST['sender']}") ? 'Your email was sent!' : 'Your email was not sent!')); //Exit and spit out a message depending on whether or not the mail function was successful.
} else {
?>
<form method="post" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
    <label for="to">To:</label> <input name="to" id="to" type="text" /><br />
    <label for="from">From:</label> <input name="from" id="from" type="text" /><br />
    <label for="subject">Subject:</label> <input name="subject" id="subject" type="text" /><br />
    <fieldset>
      <legend>Message</legend>
      <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="10" cols="60" lines="20"></textarea><br />
    </fieldset>
    <input type="submit" name="send" />
</form>
<?
}
?>

Though, if you are using this on a production site, make sure to include data validation methods.

Sullivan · 09-05-09

That looks much nicer, thanks for helping guys.

But yet, no HTML support works...

A friend mentioned maybe trying to add these to the headers:

Quote:

"MIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
"Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"

But I did, and I failed, I am completely new to PHP, so maybe you can guide me.

Lyoko · 09-06-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sullivan

That looks much nicer, thanks for helping guys.

But yet, no HTML support works...

A friend mentioned maybe trying to add these to the headers:

But I did, and I failed, I am completely new to PHP, so maybe you can guide me.

I'm confused... Are you trying to display this page from your rig?

If so, you need a web server (Nginx, Lighty, Apache [either of the three will work, you only need one]) and PHP installed with the said page in the proper folder so it can be executed by the php interpreter when you access it.

PHP is executed on the server side (not client side/by the browser [like javascript]) so it will not work if you just save the page and try to view it.

Your friend probably thought that you already had your web server and php ready to go, but I am not sure how changing the content encoding and mime version would help the issue at all.

Once you have installed the web server and php, save the code I previously posted to a file (index.php preferrably) and cut/paste it to your server's web root.

Then, go to http://localhost/index.php

and you should be up and running

Sullivan · 09-06-09

No, dude, its being run off a webserver. Online.

Go host your script, and test it out.

What you type is what you see.

If you type:

Quote:

That is what you will see.

newbie1911 · 09-07-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sullivan

No, dude, its being run off a webserver. Online.

Go host your script, and test it out.

What you type is what you see.

If you type:

That is what you will see.

Code:

<html>
<head>
    <title>Goodbye World!</title>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1257" />
</head>

<body> 
//Made by T.Sullivan
<?php
if (!isset($_POST["send"])) {
// no post data -> display form
$headers .= "\r\nContent-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=\"PHP-alt-".$random_hash."\"";
//define the body of the message.
ob_start();
?>
<form method="POST" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>">
To: <input type="text" name="to"><br>

From: <input type="text" name="sender"><br>

Subject: <input type="text" name="subject"><br>

Message:<br>

<textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="60" lines="20"></textarea>

<input type="submit" name="send" value="Send">

</form>
<?
} else {
// found post data .. deal with it
$from=$_POST['sender'];
// send mail
if (mail($_POST['to'], $_POST['subject'],$_POST['message'],"From: $from\n")){
// success
echo "Your mail was sent.";
} else {
// error
echo "Your email was not sent.";
}
}
?>
</body>
</html>

is this what ur asking? also you may need to change the charset

Lyoko · 09-07-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sullivan

No, dude, its being run off a webserver. Online.

Go host your script, and test it out.

What you type is what you see.

If you type:

...

That is what you will see.

You said you were new to PHP so I assumed you were making a newbie mistake. Obviously, I was mistaken!

I have uploaded the script to my web server and have pm'd you the link; it's working fine.

09-05-09	#3 (permalink)
Lyoko Networking Nut Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,199 Rep: 84 Unique Rep: 78 FAQs Submitted: 1 Trader Rating: 3	Just wrote this up. Look at it closely: no variables are saved, no output buffers are used (all in all overhead is reduced) and the code is clean all around. These are attributes you may want to have in your future code PHP Code: <?php if(isset($_POST['send'])) { exit((mail($_POST['to'], $_POST['subject'], $_POST['message'], "From: {$_POST['sender']}") ? 'Your email was sent!' : 'Your email was not sent!')); //Exit and spit out a message depending on whether or not the mail function was successful. } else { ?> <form method="post" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>"> <label for="to">To:</label> <input name="to" id="to" type="text" /><br /> <label for="from">From:</label> <input name="from" id="from" type="text" /><br /> <label for="subject">Subject:</label> <input name="subject" id="subject" type="text" /><br /> <fieldset> <legend>Message</legend> <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="10" cols="60" lines="20"></textarea><br /> </fieldset> <input type="submit" name="send" /> </form> <? } ?> Though, if you are using this on a production site, make sure to include data validation methods. Last edited by Lyoko : 09-06-09 at 06:04 PM Reason: Label typos

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