PHP form Help.

[Schmoopy]

I put this on my server to check for any parse errors before posting it, so I know that's not the problem.

I'm almost 90% sure the problem will be with the mail() function. You can try turning error reporting on, and then putting a die statement before the redirect:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

/* Step 1 - Check to see whether the user has submitted the form */

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

    /* Step 2 - Check that the user has input something for their email */
    
    // Using $email so it's easier to write
    // The trim() function takes off any whitespace from the string
    $email = trim($_POST['email']);
    
    if (!empty($email)) {
        
        /* Step 3 - Email isn't empty, send email */
        
        // The email address to send to
        $to = 'mailinglist@onlyjoe.co.uk';
        
        // Message subject
        $subj = 'ADD TO ONLYJOE MAILING LIST';
        
        // Message content
        $msg = $email . ' would like to be added to your mailing list.';
        
        $headers = "From: Mailing List <mailinglistonlyjoe@gmail.com>";
        
        /* Step 4 - Send the email */
        if (mail($to, $subj, $msg, $headers)) {
            
            /* Redirect to success page if mail sent */
            header('Location: http://web.me.com/grimshawa/onlyjoe.co.uk_Coming_Soon/Thanks.html');
            
        } else {
            die;
            /* Redirect to a different page or do something else if it fails */
            header('Location: http://web.me.com/grimshawa/onlyjoe.co.uk_Coming_Soon/Error.html');
            
        }
        
    }
    
}

?>

You might not want to do this on the live site, as other users will be able to see the error.

Let me know what you get from this.

[andyg113]

Hi, now i get this:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 5.5.4 Invalid Address in \\nas34ent\Domains\s\showstoppersincabaretcornwall.co.uk\user\htdocs\onlyjoecontact\onlyjoe\FormHandler.php on line 31


using this code:

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL);

/* Step 1 - Check to see whether the user has submitted the form */

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

    /* Step 2 - Check that the user has input something for their email */
    
    // Using $email so it's easier to write
    // The trim() function takes off any whitespace from the string
    $email = trim($_POST['email']);
    
    if (!empty($email)) {
        
        /* Step 3 - Email isn't empty, send email */
        
        // The email address to send to
        $to = 'mailinglistonlyjoe@gmail.com';
        
        // Message subject
        $subj = 'ADD TO ONLYJOE MAILING LIST';
        
        // Message content
        $msg = $email . ' would like to be added to your mailing list.';
        
        $headers = "From: Mailing List <mailinglistonlyjoe@gmail.com>";
        
        /* Step 4 - Send the email */
        if (mail($to, $subj, $msg, $headers)) {
            
            /* Redirect to success page if mail sent */
            header('Location: http://web.me.com/grimshawa/onlyjoe.co.uk_Coming_Soon/Thanks.html');
            
        } else {
            die;
            /* Redirect to a different page or do something else if it fails */
            header('Location: http://web.me.com/grimshawa/onlyjoe.co.uk_Coming_Soon/Error.html');
            
        }
        
    }
    
}

?>

Thanks

[djr33]

It sounds like your mail() function is configured incorrectly. Can you contact your host for assistance?
On a server with a properly configured mail() function, this code should work.

[andyg113]

It sounds like your mail() function is configured incorrectly. Can you contact your host for assistance?
On a server with a properly configured mail() function, this code should work.

Hi, I contacted my host and they gave me the below code which did work for about five minutes then stopped again. How could that have happened?

<?php
    

    // You only need to modify the following three lines of code to customise your form to mail script.
    $email_to = "mailinglist@onlyjoe.co.uk";             // Specify the email address you want to send the mail to.
    $email_subject = "ADD TO ONLYJOE MAILING LIST";     // Set the subject of your email.
    // Specify a page on your website to display a thankyou message when the mail is sent
    $thankyou_url = "http://web.me.com/grimshawa/onlyjoe.co.uk_Coming_Soon/Thanks.html";
                                                
    // Get the details the user entered into the form

    $email_from = $_POST["email"];
    
    
    // Validate the email address entered by the user
    if(!filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        // Invalid email address
        die("The email address entered is invalid.");
    }
    
    // The code below creates the email headers, so the email appears to be from the email address filled out in the previous form.
    // NOTE: The \r\n is the code to use a new line.
    $headers  = "From: $email_from . \r\n";
    $headers .= "Reply-To: $email_from . \r\n";    // (You can change the reply email address here if you want to.)
    
    // Now we can construct the email body which will contain the name and message entered by the user
    
    
    // This is the important ini_set command which sets the sendmail_from address, without this the email won't send.
    ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);
    
    // Now we can send the mail we've constructed using the mail() function.
    // NOTE: You must use the "-f" parameter on Fasthosts' system, without this the email won't send.
    $sent = mail($email_to, $email_subject, $headers, "-f" . $email_from);
    
    // If the mail() function above successfully sent the mail, $sent will be true.
    if($sent) {
        header("Location: " . $thankyou_url);     // Redirect customer to thankyou page
    } else {
        // The mail didn't send, display an error.
        echo "There has been an error sending your message. Please try later.";
    }
        
?>

[djr33]

1. The mail() function in that is very strange: you aren't sending a body (should be the third parameter) and the fourth is a second set of headers.

2. If it did work and doesn't work now and you did not change the code, then something on the server probably changed.