RE: [PHP] Newbie getting close, form submission
| From: | Dean Ouellette | Date: | Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:55:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Newbie getting close, form submission | ||
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I do not control server they will not upgrade. It is a tiny local host,
they suck, but the owner of site insists on using them.
Getting this
Parse error: parse error, expecting
STRING' or NUM_STRING' or
`'$'' in
/www/docs/site/email.php on line 78
This is the section
$Message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['Message']; // should single quote
associative array indexes
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['Header'])) {
<<<<This is 78>>>> $Message =
"{$HTTP_POST_VARS['Header']}\n\n$Message";
// need to wrap arrays in double quotes in {} to parse
}
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Schroebel [mailto:MSchroebel@hsus.org]
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:36 AM
To: 'Dean Ouellette'; php-general@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP] Newbie getting close, form submission
> From: Dean Ouellette [mailto:dean@ouellette.ws]
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 9:43 AM
> Subject: [PHP] Newbie getting close, form submission
> I am a complete newbie, search the web for examples right now and use
> them.
>
> The host has php 3.0.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That's really old, you really ought to be using 4.2.x
>
> Having problems with for submission
> Right now, no error messages, but does not actually send the email.
> Ideas?
>
> <?
> $MailToAddress = "email@myaddress.com";
> $MailSubject = "Get Involved List";
> if (!$MailFromAddress)
> {
> $MailFromAddress = "$email";
> }
> $Header = "";
> $Footer = "";
> ?>
>
> <?
> if (!is_array($HTTP_POST_VARS))
> return;
> reset($HTTP_POST_VARS);
> while(list($key, $val) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS))
> {
> $GLOBALS[$key] = $val;
> $val=stripslashes($val);
> $Message .= "$key = $val\n";
> }
> if ($Header)
> {
> $Message = $Header."\n\n".$Message;
> }
> if ($Footer)
> {
> $Message .= "\n\n".$Footer; // could put $Footer inside double
quotes, vars expand then
> }
>
> mail( "$MailToAddress", "$MailSubject", "$Message", "From:
> // no need
to quote these
> $MailFromAddress");
>
> ?>
There's no need to be doing all of the array manipulation. Just use the
variables in the array. Also turn off magic_quotes_gpc in a .htaccess
file so that you don't have to strip slashes.
<?php
If ('GET' == $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_METHOD']) {
$MailToAddress = 'email@myaddress.com';
$MailSubject = 'Get Involved List';
?>
<form here>
<?php
exit;
}
?>
<?
If ('POST' == $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['REQUEST_METHOD']) {
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['email'])) {
$MailFromAddress = $HTTP_POST_VARS['email']; // I'm assuming the
vars were posted from a form
} else {
$MailFromAddress = 'me@mydomain.com'; // vars don't expand in
single quotes, but we don't have any here.
}
$Message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['Message']; // should single quote
associative array indexes
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['Header'])) {
$Message = "{$HTTP_POST_VARS['Header']}\n\n$Message"; // need to
wrap arrays in double quotes in {} to parse
}
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['Footer'])) {
$Message .= "\n\n{$HTTP_POST_VARS['Footer']}";
}
mail($MailToAddress,$MailSubject,$Message,$MailFromAddress); // don't
have to quote vars on parms
}
?>
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