Sending An email from a form Using PHP

[kevonGarcia]

Hi, I am now leaerning php and kinda getting the hang of the language but I am stuck… :S I am trying to send an email from a form using php and I keep getting the error undefined variable

here is my form code…
<form method="post" action="" onsubmit="return validation(this)">

First Name:<br/>
<input type="text" name="CustomerFname" size="30" />
<br/>
Surname:<br/>
<input type="text" name="CustomerLname" size="30" />
<br/>
Email:<br/>
<input type="text" name="CustomerMail" size="30" />
<br/>
Contact:<br/>
<input type="text" name="CustomerNumber" size="30" />
<br/>
Comments:<br/>
<textarea id="CustomerComments"></textarea>
<br/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send!"/>

</form>

my php script is….

<?php

if(array_key_exists(‘send’,$_POST)) {

$to = ‘[email protected]‘;
$subject = ‘Customer Request’;

$FirstName = $_POST;
$LastName = $_POST;
$Email = $_POST;
$Contact = $_POST;
$Comments = $_POST;

$message = "Customer First Name: $FirstNamenn";
$message .= "Customer Last Name: $LastNamenn";
$message .= "Customer E-mail Address: $Emailnn";
$message .= "Customer Contact: $Contactnn";
$message .= "Customer Comments: $Commentsnn";

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

}

?>

and my php output code when it is successful and when it fails is

<?php

if ($_POST && !$mail) {
?>
<h1 class="error">Sorry</h1>
<p>There was a problem sending the message. Please try again later.</p>

<?php
} elseif ($_POST && $mail) {
?>
<h1 class="good">Success!</h1>
<p>Your message has been sent. I will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>

<?php } ?>

Kindly can anyone tell me where I went wrong :( Please please

[TheDoc]

Code:

$message = “Customer First Name: $FirstNamenn”;
$message .= “Customer Last Name: $LastNamenn”;
$message .= “Customer E-mail Address: $Emailnn”;
$message .= “Customer Contact: $Contactnn”;
$message .= “Customer Comments: $Commentsnn”;

I’m no PHP whiz, but this looks wrong off the bat. I don’t think you can declare a $variable more than once?

Try changing that to:

Code:

$message = ”
First Name: $FirstNamen
Last Name: $LasttNamen
E-Mail: $Emailn
Customer Contact: $Contactaten
Message: $Comments” ;

EDIT:

Also, try adding ID’s to your form, as I’m not 100% where PHP grabs the name from, it might be the ID field:

Code:

Surname:

[kevonGarcia]

Thanks, but i get the same error message it says undefined variable : mail and that line in my code is this

if ($_POST && !$mail) {

I am baffled at this point…

Really i do appreciate your help the tips were very informative

[TheDoc]

Have a look through this tutorial:

http://scriptplayground.com/tutorials/p … -with-PHP/

It was my saviour in the past when I was first starting out with PHP.

[ikthius]

Doc,

he was appending more to that variable, so it was only one variable….

dude I will have a look at this after work and iron out any problems later

[ikthius]

I amended your PHP code it should now work, however it is not a safe script, no captchas not redirect if nothing is filled in…… but I just made what you already had work…..

but I am getting your script to redirect if not successful where you can just add in the basic h2 if you want.

Code:

“;
exit;
}

/*
******************* prepare email body text *******************
*/
$message = “Customer First Name: $FirstNamenn”;
$message .= “Customer Last Name: $LastNamenn”;
$message .= “Customer E-mail Address: $Emailnn”;
$message .= “Customer Contact: $Contactnn”;
$message .= “Customer Comments: $Commentsnn”;

/*
******************* Send mail if all successful *******************
*/
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, “From: <$email>“, “-froot@youremail”);

/*
******************* Send mail to recipient to thank them if all successful & redirect *******************
*/
// redirect to success page
if ($success)
{
//sending mail to the person who filled in the form if they filled in the email
mail($email, $Subject, “$namennThank you for contacting me.nYour message will be passed on to the relevant person who will contact you as soon as possible regarding your query.”, “From: <$EmailTo>“, “-froot@youremail”);
//show the thanks page for a successful email
print ““;
}
else
{
//show the error page for an un-successful email
print ““;
}
//end script
?>

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