Creating a form...

[CrazeD]

Ok, I'm having a helluva time creating forms for my site. Basically, I just want to make a simple form for use as a joining application, for my clan website. The website software is IPB 2.1.7

I suck at PHP, and really don't know much off the top of my head.

I found a script that I'd like to use, but I can't get it to work. It is supposed to send me an email with the form results, but it doesn't send me an email.

I put this on my page:

<form method="post" action="contact.php">
Subject:

<input type="text" name="subject" size="20">

Email:
<input type="text" name="email" size="20">

Comments:
<textarea cols="20" rows="5" name="comment"></textarea>

<input type="submit" value=" Submit "> </form>

And made a file called 'contact.php' and uploaded it. Inside, is this:

<?
$subject = $_POST['subject']; // This is will be the subject of the email
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$submit = $_POST['submit'];

if($submit)
{
// Replace [email]name@host.com[/email] with your email address!
mail("crazed_rider@yahoo.com", "$subject", "$email", "$comments");

}
?>

Here is a preview of it on my site:
http://www.crazed.clanafterdeath.com/index.php?code=test (note: I just use this for testing )

I would REALLY appreciate any help, PLEASE!

Thanks in advance.

 

[Nasky]

Hi

In your HTML page, you call the textarea "comment". In your PHP page, you pick up a variable called "comments". Maybe because of that...
Yet, you have to check if the mail() function is allowed on your server.

 

[CrazeD]

Hi

Yet, you have to check if the mail() function is allowed on your server.

How might I do that?

EDIT: My site does have webmail, if that helps...

 

[Ross]

<?php

mail("crazed_rider@yahoo.com", "test subject", "test message");

?>

Put that in a file, upload to your site, and run it once. Quick way to check if it will email you anything

If it doesn't, then your server either doesn't support mail() or something else is going that you probably can't fix.

If it does email you, then the problem lies in your code. I noticed this:

mail("crazed_rider@yahoo.com", "$subject", "$email", "$comments");

The parameters for the mail() funciton are: mail( to, subject, message, headers).

It looks like you are placing your comments field as your header parameter.

This may work:

mail("crazed_rider@yahoo.com", "$subject", "$comments");

I didn't want to add your $email variable in there because you would have to sanitize it to protect from header injection but that's a whole topic in itself. If you need further help, contact me (via AIM ross2376 or email).

Hope that helps.

 

[CrazeD]

Thank you very much. This worked:

<?php



mail("crazed_rider@yahoo.com", "test subject", "test message");



?>

I am very relieved to know that that works, but what is wrong with the code?