Re: Beginner Questions regarding Mail and Forms

Matthias S. wrote: > hi jochem, > > thanks. i've tripplechecked on the names, but just in case I miss something don't just read the code - run it with suitable var_dump() statements and view the output to determine what is *really* happening. 2 possiblities/probabilities: 1. your misspelling the post var name. 2. the invalid html is causing the 'age' post var not to be sent at all. in either case a suitable var_dump() will shed light. > obvious, I'll post the entire snippets. > ... <snip the entire post> ... > mail("bla@blub.com", "Request", $message, _getMailHeaders($name, §email)); > } > catch(Exception $e) > { > ... > } try/catch here does *nothing* for you - php function do not issue exceptions, the only things that issue exceptions are some of the new[er] object interfaces in extensions like tidy, spl & simplexml (IIRC) and userland code that you (or a third party) are explicitly throwing at some point in the code. mail() will only ever emit errors. it can be a PITA but such is life; php has 2 'error paradigms': 1. std (old school) php errors (see http://php.net/manual/en/function.set-error-handler.php). 2. exceptions. they are mutually exclusive, pretty much, and you'll have to take account for both. PS - always check the english version of the manual as well as you local-language version- the english version is often more up to date.