I have been trying to find a general PhP email form that would let me modify it when I needed to.
I gave up the look and decided the only way to get what I want is to do it myself. Problem is that I know html well, but PhP is new to me.

I tried to create a simple PhP form. But I am getting errors when I try and use it at the website.

These are the latest errors:


Warning: mail() expects at most 5 parameters, 12 given in /mnt/web_m/d04/s40/b025e49f/www/sendmail.php on line 14

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /mnt/web_m/d04/s40/b025e49f/www/sendmail.php:14) in /mnt/web_m/d04/s40/b025e49f/www/sendmail.php on line 16


I know this is going to be really easy to solve and I will kick myself later.

First I will post the contact.html and then the sendmail.php


contact.html (I left the html tags out and the first < and last >)



form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
Name: <input name="name" type="text" /><br />
Phone: <input name="number" type="text" /><br />
Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br />
Best time to contact you:<br />
<textarea name="contact" rows="10" cols="40">
</textarea><br />
This is in regards to:<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40">
</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form


Now here is the sendmail.php (I left out <? and ?>)


$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$name = $_REQUEST['name'] ;
$number = $_REQUEST['nuumber'] ;
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$contact = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

mail( "myemailgoes@here.com", "Attention *Test Form*",
$name, "From: $email",
$number, "From $email",
$email, "From $email",
$contact, "From $email",
$message, "From: $email" );

header( "Location: ty.html" );


Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong. I think I really messed this up.Thank You.

Webwolf

Also, PHP code should start at the begining of the page with 'ob_start();'

Thank you both


Webwolf

Ok. I got it figured out. I am able to send it to a few different emails. Now here is a problem. I am researching it now but if anyone can give me a heads up and save me some time I would appreciate it.

When the mail is sent to a frontier email the recipient does not recieve it. My guess is that the message sent has "from: anonymous(at)cgi3.cgi3" and frontier see this as spam and filters it out so it doesn't reach the intended person. My question is this. Is there a way I can just add something to my (sendmail.php or contact.html) so my own email address shows up instead of anonymous(at)cgi3.cgi3?


Thanks
Webwolf

Finally. I got the exact type of php email form I wanted. And I can customize it as needed. Perfect. And man did I really mess up the one I did first(posted in first message,) lol.
Here is what it looks like now. I am posting this in case someone else may need a guide/template or ideas on how to do this simply.



<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$to = "sendingtoemail";
$subject = "Test Form";
$name = $_POST['name'];
$number = $_POST['number'];
$mail - $_POST['mail'];
$contact - $_POST['contact'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = "fromemail";
$headers = "From: " . $from;
$params = "-f" . $from;

$body = "From: $name\n Number: $number\n E-Mail: $mail\n Contact: $contact\n Message:\n $message";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers, $params);
} else {

echo "No Data has been sent!";

}
?>


It took me awhile but using linux has taught me not to just settle but to get things done and set up the way I want them.

Webwolf