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Sending email from same page

I know how to use a form to send email, but I was wondering - How do I use one page for everything? I know it might have something to do with the isset function, but I'm really not sure where to start.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PHP:

<?php

if(isset($_POST['to']))
{
  $to = $_POST['to'];
  $subject = $_POST['subject'];
  $message = $_POST['message'];
  $headers = $_POST['headers'];

  mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
}

?>

Just change the isset() variable to a form name that you are posting and that shoudl work.

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Last edited by jamiem, October 27th, 2005 09:34 PM (Edited 1 times)

So if this is my HTML:

Code:

<form action="send.php" method="post">
<label for="textinput">Name:</label>
<br />
<input type="text" id="textinput" name="name" class="textinput" maxlength="25" />
<br />
<label for="passwordinput">Email</label>
<br />
<input type="text" id="passwordinput" name="email" class="textinput" maxlength="25" />
<br />
<br />
<label for="textareainput">Message:</label>
<br />
<textarea id="textareainput" name="message" class="textarea"></textarea>
<br />
<br />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" class="buttonSubmit" />
</form>

then I would change the isset() variable to 'submit', correct?

Last edited by bleedwithme, October 27th, 2005 10:23 PM (Edited 1 times)

What I like to do is:

PHP:

<?php

if (count($_POST)>0){
     // do error checking and stuff, etc. If no errors, success page; else tell user the errors.    
}

?>

I like to do really work through possible errors and hacks. From a user point of view, have a look at http://www.kgx.net.nz/contact.php and my work website http://www.kerrick.co.nz/contact.php (still improving this site).

I do basically the same thing as kgx, but I think it is a bit more intuitive to do this:

PHP:

<?php

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {
}

?>

There's always:

PHP:

<?php

if( !empty( $_POST ) ) {
    //do process stuff here
}
?>

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Last edited by Rad, October 29th, 2005 02:19 AM (Edited 1 times)