PHP email form for dummies???

[JShor]

Glad to help.

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[katiebugla]

So, it didn't seem to work - also, something I am noticing is that even if someone clicks on Landscape Design and Construction AND Lighting, only lighting shows up in the email...

Actually, if I didn't hit lighting this shows up (along with what I had before)


Services: $0 - $500
Budget: $0 - $500

I apologize for being a pain in the ass.

[katiebugla]

<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:        " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                           " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best Way to Contact:           " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";

$field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting');

foreach($field as $f) {
if($_POST[$f] != '' && isset($_POST[$f])) {
$message .= "Services: ".$_POST[$f]."\r\n";
}
}

$message .= "Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 

$message .= "Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n" . 
 
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;
?>

Will that read? I basically need it to read as such:

Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-555-555-5555
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Best Way to Contact: Phone

Budget: $0-500
Services: lighting, grounds maintenance

Anything Else: "I like your portfolio page." (text area)

[JShor]

You're right, it didn't parse the field names correctly. But I had a better, more elegant solution.

Let's rename all of the checkboxes to the same name, as an array. The [] will indicate that it is an array. Change your checkboxes to this:

<label>
       	  <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="landscape design and construction" value="landscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Landscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
           <br />
       <label>
       	  <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="hardscape design and construction" value="hardscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Hardscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
       	  <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="grounds maintenance" value="grounds maintenance" />
          <span class="form_text">Grounds Maintenance</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
       	  <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="irrigation and drainage systems" value="irrigation and drainage systems" />
          <span class="form_text">Irrigation &amp; Drainage Systems</span></label>
         <br />    
      <label>
       	  <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="lighting" value="lighting" />
          <span class="form_text">Lighting</span></label>

We then loop through the serviceItem if it is set, and then append each value to $message

Here's the PHP:

$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
    $subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
    $message = "Customer name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
    "Phone number:            " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
    "Email:                    " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
    "Contact:                 " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
    $field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting', 'budget');
    
    if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
        if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
             $message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
        }
    }
    
    $message .= "Budget:                " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
     
    $from = $_POST['email'];
    $headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
    $headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ; 

The result would be like this:

Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-555-555-5555
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Best Way to Contact: Phone

Budget: $0-500
Services: lighting, grounds maintenance

This code also gives you much more flexibility, because you can add/remove checkboxes easily without having to modify your PHP code. Any additional checkboxes should have the name set to serviceItem[].

I tested this out myself this time and it works.

[JShor]

Btw, I edited that last post. I didn't realize you wanted it like "Services: lighting, etc." The new code should do that.

[katiebugla]

I am going to test it again... just out of curiousity, does 'budget' need to be in the array?

[katiebugla]

Btw, I edited that last post. I didn't realize you wanted it like "Services: lighting, etc." The new code should do that.

Hey, I don't really know enough to ask the questions in the right way... Thank you for being patient!

[JShor]

No problem. Also, this is dead code, I forgot to remove it:

$field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting', 'budget'); 

You can go ahead and erase that line. It doesn't do anything anymore. And budget didn't need to be in the array to begin with, but somehow my absent-minded self put it in there. :P

[katiebugla]

I've done so many test runs at this point I can't tell which test went with which trail, but the latest outcome (email side):
Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

Anything Else: Another test.
katiebugla@yahoo.comBudget: $0 - $500
Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

[JShor]

Can you post your entire code that you're using (PHP + HTML)?

Something must be wrong.