Re: Re: Handling an email form

On 19 Jan 2014, at 21:16, Jim Giner <jim.giner@albanyhandball.com> wrote: > On 1/19/2014 11:40 AM, Jim Giner wrote: >> I can create a valid html email containing a form and an input and >> submit tag in it. With this I wish to call a script on my website and >> have it take the value of the input and update a record in a mysql >> table. The concept is pretty straight-forward, but I'm having no luck >> with the execution. >> >> For one thing - my email client insists on opening a new browser window >> as soon as I click on the input tag. That is probably some email >> setting that I'll have to dig into. And it does it again when I click >> on the submit button. But the real problem is that the script called >> from this email form doesn't seem to respond. I have tested the form >> right from my website and it manages to call the script correctly and I >> have echoed out my progress to verify my code works, but it just doesn't >> happen from the email. >> >> What's the trick - or can't this be done? > Well - for those with an interest here is what I have found. > > 1 - Can't seem to 'send' that email (html) form back to my target mailbox. Nor > can I forward that mailbox to a php script and receive the post data. > > 2 - Can however change the form's action to be a > 'mailto:' which DOES capture the post data from the form > and send it as a GET string in a brand new email with the 'mailto' address all setup in > the new email. With that, I can then just hit 'send' and the email goes to my designated > mailbox where I can then execute my script to process the parms in the body of the message and my > problem is solved. > > So - it's not complete automated, but it's two click to create it and send it, then > another on my website to process any outstanding emails in that inbox. What do you have against hosting the form on a website? It seems to me that you're attempting to get a hammer to screw in a screw. You'll be able to do it in some fashion or other, but it's going to be messy and potentially unstable. -Stuart -- Stuart Dallas 3ft9 Ltd http://3ft9.com/