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php form action : second action ??

I am trying to build an online multiple choice test and got some fantastic help here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/programming-9/replace-numbers-with-a-sequence-in-php-ising-vim-or-geany-4175539014/">

When I click the "submit" button on the test page, the script displays the total correct:

Code:

echo "<div id='results'> $totalCorrect / 100 correct</div>";

I also want to email the test result to myself. Can I run a second form process on the same php file? If yes, I imagine that this would be using the mail function. Would it need to look something like this?

Code:

<?php

if($_POST['send']) { //send is the name of my submit button

    mail("me@myemailaddress.co.uk"');

}

?>

Am I going in the right direction? I feel that I am but have tried many variations and have had no success (yet!) I don't understand how I can get

Code:

echo "<div id='results'> $totalCorrect / 100 correct</div>";

in to the email.

I hope this makes sense. I'm really at the edge of my (current) abilities :)

Thanks

Here's an example email form that I recently did in my web design class at school.

Code:

<?php



if ( isset($_POST[submit]) ) {

  $to = "(insert your email address)";

  $subject = "Test email"; //

  $message = "$_POST[emailMessage]";  //This variable should contain the entire message.

    //I've only used plain text, so I can't tell you how to use HTML formatting.

  $headers = "From:$_POST[emailAddress]\n"; // You probably won't need this one

  mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers ); // This actually sends the email.

}



?>



<html>

<head>

<title>PHP Email</title>



</head>

<body>



<form method="post" action="<?php print "$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]"; ?>" >



Enter the source email address:

<input type="text" name="emailAddress" maxlength="50" size="30" />

<br /><br />

Enter the message to send:

<textarea name="emailMessage" rows="5" columns="8"></textarea>

<br /><br />

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send" />

</form>



</body>

</html>

Yes, you can do two different things in a PHP program.

Code:

<?php

    if (test-is-finished) {

/* #1 send email */

        ...



/* #2 print output */

      ...

    }

?>

I am trying to add the mail function to my php file. Unfortunately, things aren't going as smoothly as I would like.

I started from the ground and worked upwards.

The following worked:

Code:

mail('me@myaddress.com', 'test test test', 'my message');

This also worked:

Code:

$to = 'me@myaddress.com';

    $subject = 'Test Result';

    $message = 'my message';

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

The problem comes when I add:

Code:

if ( isset($_POST [submit]) )

Submit is the name of my submit button.

So. The following fails to send an email:

Code:

if ( isset($_POST [submit]) )

{

    $to = 'me@myaddress.com';

    $subject = 'Test Result';

    $message = '$totalCorrect / 100';

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

}

This doesn't work at all. No message comes through.

I can see that the issue is with the "if" part - when I remove it, a message (without the $totalCorrect / 100) comes through.

What am I doing wrong? :)

Did you double-check that "submit" is properly defined as the name for your Submit button?

Code:

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send" />

Quote:

Originally Posted by maples (Post 5359200)

Did you double-check that "submit" is properly defined as the name for your Submit button?

Code:

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send" />

Yes. That part all seems fine.

Code:



var_dump($_POST);

The output of the above shows that submit is working.

Code:

$message = $totalCorrect;

This gives me what I want :)

Actually, I mean that it gives me what I want until I hit my next road block.

Onwards and upwards.

Thanks.

It's very useful ... critical, really ... to use the debugging ("developer") facilities of your browser to s-e-e what is actually being sent to the server, and what the server actually sends back.

Very often, the hardest thing about troubleshooting a program is: to s-e-e what it is now doing.