Submitting a form – always a hassle for me

[tannercampbell]

I rarely use forms, when I do I use a service like jotform.com or something similar. In this instance, since it is for my own site, I would like to NOT have to do that.

here’s what my form looks like:

and here’s php/sendmail.php

$email = $_REQUEST ;



mail( "[email protected]", "Flock Subscription", "From: $email" );

header( "Location: http://www.theaddresshere.com" );

?>

definitely NOT a php guy whatsoever – could I get some help? And yes, “theaddresshere” is intentional, the real site isn’t ready for viewing.

[TT_Mark]

Do you have a specific problem with the script or are you just looking for ways to make it more secure/advanced?

I mean…I can see things you can improve, like making sure you stripslashes() on the $_REQUEST (otherwise characters like ‘ can break the script.

But you have the To, Subject and Message written correctly. Is something not working as it should?

[rkacenski]

Yes, it would most likely be a server issue. Most hosting companies stager and limit the php mail() function to prevent server overload and crashes. There might not be a way to fix the delay but your syntax could use some improvement. Try something like this instead:

//First part of the email header, is the from address

$headers = "From: $email" . "rn";

//Second part to include HTML and make more legit to email services

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "rn";



$emailbody = "Body Content Here, and you can use ";



mail("[email protected]", "Flock Subscription", $emailbody, $headers);

Notice you were putting the “From: $email ” in the body part and left the headers null. The rest of the code should be pretty self-explanatory let me know if this helped.

[tannercampbell]

So then:

$email = $_REQUEST;

$headers = "From: $email" . "rn";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "rn";

$emailbody = "$email has signed up for alerts from the Flock";



mail("[email protected]", "Flock Subscription", $emailbody, $headers);

?>

? I will see if this works and repost if I have another issue. Thanks, I appreciate you taking the time to help me out.

[rkacenski]

No problem code looks good let me know how you make out.

[tannercampbell]

It’s the strangest thing, I’m submitting to the form but not receiving it … I submitted at 12:26 it’s 1:45 … still nothing.

[rkacenski]

Then its most likely your web host. What web host do you have and what email service does email use (i.e. Google Apps).

[tannercampbell]

GoDaddy (dedicated) standard smtp

[rkacenski]

Hmm ya I’ve have had problems in the past with their mail servers. Not much more I can help you with, I would suggest contacting support good luck.

[tannercampbell]

I’ve actually plugged my MailChimp’s form action into my html form action — seems to be doing the trick. Thanks @rkacenski!

[rkacenski]

Ooo great I was gunna suggest MailChimp next, glad I could help.

[chrisburton]

@Tannercampbell:

I have had a delay issue ever since I started using my domain email with Gmail. Yesterday, I was trying to find a solution again on google and randomly came across a screencast from Chris.

Question: Are you using Gmail to receive email on your custom domain?

[chrisburton]

I started importing mine on my regular gmail account and for whatever reason it would delay by sometimes over an hour. I stopped importing, signed up to google apps, went through the process including updating my MX records and it solved the issue completely.

Incase anyone else has this issue

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