php email confirmation...

[lirhahs]

hello...

i have a problem with this..
can anyone tell me step by step how to email confirmation..like this forum..after i register, the confirmation email has been sent to my email address..and after that, they ask me to click the link so that my account will activated..please help me........

[jc_gmk]

You can use the mail() function to send confirmation emails.

All you need to do is set up a form and post the values to this php script

e.g.

//These are the variables for the email

$sendto = $_POST['email']; // this is the email address collected form the form
$ccto = "you@yourdomain.com"; //you can cc it to yourself
$subject = "email confirmation"; // Subject
$message = "the body of the email - this email is to confirm etc..."
$header = "From: auto-confirm@yourdomain.com\r\n";
$header .= "Reply-to: you@yourdomain.com\r\n";
// This is the function to send the email
mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header); 

This is only the basics, there's alot more to include in the script, like checking whether or not they've entered a valid email address etc. but this should give you a starting point.

[boogyman]

part 2 of your question is more difficult.

1) create an activated field in database (default to inactive)
2) upon registration, the email is sent
3) populate a link in the email, to include...
a) user unique identifier
b) activation to active
so it would look something like this potentially
[code]
Welcome __username___. Thanks for registering, please click on the link below to activate your account
domain.com/register.php?uid=100&activate=1

4) is your registration script attempt to grab the user by the id
5) update the activated field to true

and there u have a new and active user.

[djr33]

you'll want to generate a unique activation code for each user. You can use microtime() to get a random number, then run that through some hash algorithm, like md5().

That will be an easy way to be sure they can't just figure out their confirmation.

I'm sure you implied that, but good to be extra clear on that.

I set up a similar system a bit ago. It wasn't that difficult, compared to other operations with php.


I added a nice interface, though, by having a link that would automatically activate the account, and a backup.
If they simply tried to log in, it would lock them out with a screen asking for the activation. They could then manually enter the code.
It was easy, then, however they proceed from the registration phase.
Additionally, I included a "cancel account" option on that validation page, if they decided they didn't want an account after all, so it was less work for the admin.

Also, having a "resend validation email" is a good idea. The 'cancel account' option could be used for that, and it could also help if they didn't get the email because they supplied the wrong email address.

[mscreativedesigns]

Hey i saw this post online and its basically what im looking for but i was wondering if someone could help me with my php code.

what i want it to do is take my form data and send the data to my email address send the person a confirmation email and redirect them to my homepage.

here is the code i have now..

right now i have it to where it will send the data to my email say thank you for submitting the form and redirects them to my home page using java script at the bottom.. can some one help me out.. thanks..

<?php

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

    $to = "mscreativedesigns@gmail.com"; 
    $subject = "Design Service Inquiry";
    $name_field = $_POST['name'];
    $company_field = $_POST['company'];
    $phone_field = $_POST['phone'];
    $date_field = $_POST['date'];
    $email_field = $_POST['email'];
    $message_field = $_POST['message'];
    
    $body = "From: $name_field
    Company: $company_field
    E-Mail: $email_field
    Phone Number: $phone_field
    Date: $date_field
    Message: $message_field";

    echo "We've recived your contact information $to! We will be in Contact with you shortly!" ;
    
    mail($to, $subject, $body); 
    
//These are the variables for the email

$sendto = $_POST['email']; // this is the email address collected form the form
$ccto = "matt@mscreativedesigns.com"; //you can cc it to yourself
$subject = "email confirmation"; // Subject
$message = "the body of the email - this email is to confirm etc..."
$header = "From: [email]auto-confirm@mscreativedesigns.com[/email]\r\n";

// This is the function to send the email
mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header);  


} else {
    echo "An error has occured, please email [email]mscreativedesigns@gmail.com[/email] with your ";
}

?>
<script language=javascript>
setTimeout("location.href='index.html'", [3000]);
</script>

[djr33]

What exactly is NOT happening then? Email is sent to you, confirmation is displayed on the page, and the redirect works? Are they not getting the confirmation email?
If $_POST['email'] is correctly set, I think that email would work.
Note that $ccto is not actually being used anywhere, so that will not work. If you want it to, you can do this (after the line defining $ccto):
$sendto = $sendto.', '.$ccto; //add the emails together

There are some possibly better ways to approach a few of these things (for example, a non-javascript redirect), but in general it should be working.

[kairick]

Hi

I used SiteGrinder 2 Pro to set up this small website with a PHP registration form. SiteGrinder essentially set up the fields and all, but I had to hand code to do something more complex. On submit, the client wants the form to send the information to their (client's) email, and send an email ("thank you for registering, you entered the following information...") to the sender as well, AND be re-directed to another page on the site. I'm getting a parsing error, which makes sense because I know next to squat about php.

<?php

   
 if(($_POST['college']=="")||($_POST['streetaddress']=="")||($_POST['city']=="")||($_POST['zip']=="")||($_POST['state']=="")||($_POST['contactperson']=="")||($_POST['contactemail']=="")||($_POST['phone']=="")||($_POST['fax']==""))
 {
  echo "<html><body><p>The following fields are <strong>required</strong>.</p><ul>";
  if($_POST['college'] == ""){ echo "<li>*College</li>"; }
  if($_POST['streetaddress'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Street Address</li>"; }
  if($_POST['city'] == ""){ echo "<li>*City</li>"; }
  if($_POST['zip'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Zip</li>"; }
  if($_POST['state'] == ""){ echo "<li>*State</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactperson'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Person</li>"; }
  if($_POST['contactemail'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Contact Email</li>"; }
  if($_POST['phone'] == ""){ echo "<li>*Phone</li>"; }
  echo "</ul><p>Please use your browsers <a href=\"javascript:history.back();\">Back</a> button and fill out these fields.</p></body></html>";
 }
 
 if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

    $to = "my@email.com"; 
    $subject = "Contact Has Registered";
    $college = $_POST['college'];
    $streetaddress = $_POST['streetaddress'];
    $city = $_POST['city'];
    $state = $_POST['date'];
    $contactperson = $_POST['contactperson'];
    $contactemail = $_POST['contactemail'];
	$phone = $_POST['phone'];
    
    $body = "From: $college
    Street Address: $streetaddress
    E-Mail: $contactemail
    Phone Number: $phone
    Contact Email: $contactemail
    Message: $message_field";
  
    mail($to, $subject, $body); 
    
//These are the variables for the email

$sendto = $_POST['contactemail']; // this is the email address collected form the form
$ccto = "my@email.com"; //you can cc it to yourself
$subject = "Registration"; // Subject
$message = "Thank you for registering with..."
$header = "From: my@email.com\r\n";

location.href='attendee.html';

// This is the function to send the email
mail($sendto, $subject, $message, $header);  


} 

?>
<script language=javascript>
setTimeout("location.href='index.html'", [3000]);
</script>

The error states:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home_contact.php on line 50

Line 50 refers to the "$header = "From: my@email.com\r\n";" line.

Thanks for any assistance and try not to laugh too hard at my screw ups.

[bluewalrus]

Line 45 needs a semicolon

$message = "Thank you for registering with..." 

should be

$message = "Thank you for registering with..."; 

[kairick]

Now I'm getting a parsing error on line 52:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home_contact.php on line 52

Line 52 is the

location.href='attendee.html';

line

Thanks!

[bluewalrus]

Can you post the code you have the line you've stated isn't in the php you've posted above so that wouldn't be the error.