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neonjuice · 06-21-2009, 06:52 PM

Ok. I am stuck and I feel damn stupid for this.

I am making an email send form, that will contain several sections. Users email addy, phone number, question and several other options.

I have developed this PHP form,but unsure exactly where to put my email address for it to send all the info to my inbox. I have been working 4am shifts this week and tired, I just can not see where I am going wrong. Still learning PHP. I do currently have the form in place using XHTML, but wish to program with PHP mainly from now on. Plus I got to learn all this inside out for college, when I start in September.

Here is my PHP code.

Code:

<?php

/*variable names for xhtml input*/
$name = $HTTP_POST_VARS ['name'];
$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS['email'];
$phone = $HTTP_POST-VARS['phone'];
$contact_choice = $HTTP_POST_VARS ['contact'];
$quick_form = $HTTP_POST_VARS ['quickform'];
$time = $HTTP_POST_VARS ['time'];
$message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];

if (!preg_match("/\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*/", $email='example@example.com')) **
  echo "<h4>Invalid email address</h4>";
  echo "<a href='javascript:history.back(1);'>Back</a>";
} elseif ($message == "") **
  echo "<h4>You have not entered a message </h4>";
  echo "<a href='javascript:history.back(1);'>Back</a>";
}


elseif (mail($name,$email,$phone,$contact_choice,$quick_form,$time,$message )) **
  echo "<h4>Thank you for contacting us, you shall receive a reply very soon.</h4>";
} else **
  echo "<h4>Can't send email to $email</h4>";
}
?>

Here is my XHTML side of the code, just included the Form part of the code.

Code:

<$php
<form action="mail.php" method="POST">
<strong>Name:</strong>     <input type="text" size="10" maxlength="40" name="name" /> <br />
<br />
 <strong>Email: </strong>  <input type="text" size="10" maxlength="45" name="email" /><br />
 <br />
 <strong>Phone:</strong> <input type="text" size="10" maxlength="45" name="phone" /><br />

 <br />
 <br />
 <center><cite><u><strong>How would you like us to contact you?</strong></u></cite></center>
 <br />
 <input type="checkbox" name="email" value="email" /> Email
 <input type="checkbox" name="phone" value="phone" /> Phone
 <br />
 <br />

 <center><cite><u><strong>Select an option to help process your email quicker</strong></u></cite></center>
 <br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="quickform" value="t-shirts" />T-shirts
          <input type="checkbox" name="quickform" value="shorts" />Shorts
          <input type="checkbox" name="quickform" value="tank tops" />Tank tops
          <input type="checkbox" name="quickform" value="General Query" />General Query
          <br />
          <br />
          Best time to contact you? :
<select name="time" />
<option>Select Time</option>

<option>9am - 12 noon</option>
<option>Noon - 6pm</option>
<option>6pm - 9pm</option>
</select>
<br />
<br />
<textarea rows="10" cols="80" wrap="physical" name="message" />
Enter text here:
</textarea>
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>

I think I may have gotten my self confused and would love some help from you guys.
It is near bed time,. back up at 3am for work. The 3 days off, to get this sorted and get lots of other work completed.