email formating problems caused when adding Input Type

[elvislivz2]

I am not too good a php - even though my site is all php - need to find some reliable. Here's my problem:

I tried adding email response forms and they are giving me wierd responses:

This is blowing up in ways that I can't describe:

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

mail( "myemail@mydomain.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form",

$message, $name, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.edatetravel.com/refer/thankyou.html" );
?>

When getting info from a html file containing this:

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

mail( "myemail@mydomain.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form",

$message, $name, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.edatetravel.com/refer/thankyou.html" );
?>


The app totally blows up giving me the site administrator's email address.

Can anyone help I've spent hours of trial and error.

[Fumigator]

Any error message?

This is blowing up in ways that I can't describe:

Give it a try.

[Spookster]

In the future, please use a more descriptive subject when posting a question. See posting guidelines.

[arnyinc]

Are you on Windows or Linux?

Do you have a mail server running?

[TheShaner]

Originally Posted by elvislivz2

I am not too good a php - even though my site is all php - need to find some reliable. Here's my problem:

I tried adding email response forms and they are giving me wierd responses:

This is blowing up in ways that I can't describe:

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

mail( "myemail@mydomain.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form",

$message, $name, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.edatetravel.com/refer/thankyou.html" );
?>

When getting info from a html file containing this:

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

mail( "mail@mail.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form",

$message, $name, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.edatetravel.com/refer/thankyou.html" );
?>


The app totally blows up giving me the site administrator's email address.

Can anyone help I've spent hours of trial and error.

Ok, first, if the form is being posted, use $_POST instead of $_REQUEST.

Second, your parameters are a little messed up and third, your From header doesn't have a \n at the end. The mail() function typically works like so:

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

So, yours should look like:

mail("mail@mail.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form", $message, "From: $email\n");

If you're looking on putting their name in the body of the message, do something like:

mail("mail@mail.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form", $name.",\n\n".$message, "From: $email\n");

-Shane

[elvislivz2]

Originally Posted by Fumigator

Any error message?



Give it a try.

Thanks for your response - I aam running windows mail server and I get the following error code before receiving the email:

I know this is probabily a simple problem. I don;t know much about coding except trial and error.

I own this site - it's about 700+ inc files that I've had build - but get too frustarted by all the ripoffs by tech people - so I am trying to learn some of the basics - yikes!!! I could tell you stories about India programing 'teams' that would simply curl you hair!

This email response from was working fine before I tried to modify it.

I wanted to get more detail from my users - so in the html i added this line:

Provide Exact URL Location of our Link. <br />
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name" SIZE="50">


In the php file you can see where I added the $name field

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

mail( "myemail@mydomain.com", "eDateTravel.com Link request form",

$message, $name, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.edatetravel.com/refer/thankyou.html" );
?>

Here is the error I am getting:

Task 'mail.ujammin.com - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC90) : 'Your incoming (POP3) e-mail server has reported an internal error. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: -ERR Message unavailable'
. The problem I am having is the format and what i receive in the email.

Finially I get the email - but here are the problems:

1. The $email does not have the email address I entered - it's the admin address of the guy that rund the server ( I am on his webserver) but it is located in the email field,

2. The $name data is nowhere to be found

3. The $message data is OK - located in the body of the email

I know adding the $name lines messed this up since I have simple response forms working fine.