Submit button?

[Cyruscosmo]

Howdy Y'all

Am not really new to flash but still have a long way to go yet and a lot to learn it seams. I got me a template and I am building a new website www.whisperedmyth.com/expo to replace my old one and have just about finished except for the contact form.

I have managed to figure out how all the other stuff is done except for the submit button on the contact page. If you go to the site and to the contact page you will see a few fields you fill out and then hit submit. I don't want this to be a mailto setup like the old site.

Can someone explain or point me in a direction to learn what this button needs to have for action script?

Thank Ya!!!

[Medyman]

I suggest using some simple PHP.

The easiest way to takcle this is using loadVars. loadVars is specifficaly made for this kind of application - sending to server side scripts.

From your website, it looks like you have everything already bulit.

Here is what you would do to send back/forth to the PHP:

1) For the actionscript below to work, change your instance names to:

theName // name input field
theEmail // email input field
theMessage // message txt area
sender // submit button

2) Add the following actionscript to the controlling frame.

stop();

var senderLoad:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); // loadVars variable to send data
var recieveLoad:LoadVars = new LoadVars();  // loadVars variable to recieve data

sender.onRelease = function() {  // when you hit the send button
	senderLoad.theName = theName.text;  // creates variable for the name field
	senderLoad.theEmail = theEmail.text;  // this is for the email field
	senderLoad.theMessage = theMessage.text; //  and the message
	senderLoad.sendAndLoad("http://www.domain.com/send.php",recieveLoad);  // change the URL to your php script
}

receiveLoad.onLoad = function() {  //  data that comes back from the PHP
	if(this.sentOk) {  // if the message was successful
		theMessage.text = "Success"
	}
	else { // if the message did not send
		theMessage.text = "Failure"
	}
}

And here is the simple PHP script.

<?PHP

$to = "youremail@domain.com";  // add your email address
$subject = "Website Contact Form";
$message = "Name: " . $theName;
$message .= "\nEmail: " . $theEmail;
$message .= "\n\nMessage: " . $theMessage;
$headers = "From: $theEmail";
$headers .= "\nReply-To: $theEmail";

$sentOk = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

echo "sentOk=" . $sentOk;  // sends back a boolean value based on the success of the script

?>

[Cyruscosmo]

Thank You Medyman!!

I have been working a little here and there on my new site in my spare time. I am also remodling my house and restoring a 1959 ford truck so spare time is pretty minimal now days.

I will copy this down and see about making the buttons do something beside sit and look pretty. ;-)