mail() error

I am using this coe and it keeps giving me the error that I have got 6 parameters when only 5 are allowed.
<?php

$name = $_REQUEST['name'];
$email = $_REQUEST['email'];
$message = $_REQUEST['message'];

mail( "contac@web.com", "web.com Contact Us",
$name, $email, $message, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: ../thanks.htm" );

?>

I know I could get rid o the $email parameter, but I need that there becase the From:$email does not work it just says the email comes from webmaster@....

Can anyone tell me how to get round the error?
Thanks :)

You can only have 5 (maximum, not required) parameters in your MAIL() function. PHP manual:
bool mail ( string to, string subject, string message [, string additional_headers [, string additional_parameters]] )


I guess the first 2 are to be taken out.

Ronald :cool:

Hope this help.

I rewrote like :


$name = (isset($_REQUEST['name']))?$_REQUEST['name']):exit;
$email = (isset($_REQUEST['email']))?$_REQUEST['email']:exit;
$message = ((isset($_REQUEST['message'])?$_REQUEST['message']:exit;

$body = "$name wrote :<br /><br />".$message;

$headers = "From:$email\n\r"; // this is who submit contact form to you
$headers .= "Content-Type:text/html\n\r"; // output html

// use @ sign to prevent php from outputing errors to users
// mail() return 1 if successful and 0 if not
// if mail() will ensure users knowing if mailing is actually successful or not

if (@mail("yourmail@domain.com","Users Contact",$body,$headers)) {
header( "Location: ../thanks.htm" );
}else {
echo "Our mail server is currently being maintained.<br />Please try again later.<br />Thank you.";
}




This is basic.

For intermediate,you must use session cookie sending time or cacha image to prevent spamming. And also use regular expression to prevent submitting of bad mail.

That's great, thanks very much. Luckily I only need basic as I only have a small site, not many people to spam me.

That's great, thanks very much. Luckily I only need basic as I only have a small site, not many people to spam me.

Ah OK. Yeah I forgot that small sites needn't worry about spam. Spammers only target big sites. :rolleyes: