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Adding HTML in to a PHP contact Form

And passing it along to be parsed as HTML in an email...

         

JAB Creations

5:53 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

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Hello all you wonderful people of WW...

I've got my contact form all setup but I'm new to HTML interacting with Email...

My goal is to set the print out at the bottom of the script to print <h2> before and after the name..

$msg .= "Name:".$HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]."\n";

However I haven't figured out how to get it to parse even in the browser! EEK! Anyway I also defintly can't figure out how to get it to parse in my email client when a person uses the form... feel free to use the form if you want btw... 


<?
function check_len(&$check, $field, $max, &$err_field, $err="", $min, $min_err="")
{
 if (strlen($field) > $max)
 {
 if ($err == "")
 {
 $err = $msg->err_maxlen($max);
 }
 $err_field = $err;
 if ($check==true) $check = false;
 }
 if (strlen($field) < $min)
 {
 if ($min_err == "")
 {
 $min_err = $msg->err_minlen($min);
 }
 $err_field = $min_err;
 if ($check==true) $check = false;
 }
}
function check_mail(&$check, $fld, &$error_field, $invalidchars="", $blanks="")
{
 global $msg;
 $expr = "^[_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z][a-z]+\$";
 //echo "expr=" . $expr . "<br>";
 if ((!$fld) ¦¦ ($fld=="") ¦¦ (!eregi($expr,$fld)))
 {
 if ($invalidchars > "")
 {
 $error_field = $invalidchars . "<br>\n";
 } else {
 $error_field = "invalid characters<br>\n";
 }
 if ($check==true) $check =false;
 }
 if (strrpos($fld,' ') > 0)
 {
 if ($blanks > "")
 {
 $error_field = $blanks . "<br>\n";
 } else {
 $error_field = "blanks in e-mail<br>\n";
 }
 if ($check==true) $check =false;
 }
}
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["name"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]="";
if (empty($err_name)) $err_name="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["phone"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["phone"]="";
if (empty($err_phone)) $err_phone="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["email"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"]="";
if (empty($err_email)) $err_email="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["comments"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["comments"]="";
if (empty($err_comments)) $err_comments="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"]="Phone,E-Mail";
if (empty($err_preference)) $err_preference="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["street"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["street"]="";
if (empty($err_street)) $err_street="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["city"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["city"]="";
if (empty($err_city)) $err_city="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["state"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["state"]="Yes,No";
if (empty($err_state)) $err_state="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["zip"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["zip"]="";
if (empty($err_zip)) $err_zip="&nbsp;";
if (empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["referral"])) $HTTP_POST_VARS["referral"]="";
if (empty($err_referral)) $err_referral="&nbsp;";
$checked = true;
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["submit"]))
{
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"],32,$err_name,"Field too long! Maximum:32",1,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["phone"],15,$err_phone,"Field too long! Maximum:15",1,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"],80,$err_email,"Field too long! Maximum:80",0,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_mail($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"], $err_email,"The e-mail contains invalid characters or is incomplete.", "The e-mail contains blanks.");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["comments"],16384,$err_comments,"Field too long! Maximum:16384",1,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"],8,$err_preference,"Field too long! Maximum:8",1,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["street"],32,$err_street,"Field too long! Maximum:32",0,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["city"],32,$err_city,"Field too long! Maximum:32",0,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["state"],32,$err_state,"Field too long! Maximum:32",1,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["zip"],10,$err_zip,"Field too long! Maximum:10",0,"Field required! Minimum:1");
 check_len($checked, $HTTP_POST_VARS["referral"],32,$err_referral,"Field too long! Maximum:32",0,"Field required! Minimum:1");
}
if ( empty($HTTP_POST_VARS["submit"]) or (!$checked) )
{
?>
<form action="<? echo $GLOBALS["PHP_SELF"]?>" method="post"><table cellpadding="4" border="0">
<tr><td valign="top">Name:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="name" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_name?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Phone:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="phone" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["phone"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_phone?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">E-Mail:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="email" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["email"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_email?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Comments:</td><td>
<textarea name="comments"><? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["comments"]?></textarea>
</td><td>
<? echo $err_comments?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Reply By:</td><td>
<select size="1" name="preference"><option value="Phone"<? if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"]== 'Phone') echo ' SELECTED="SELECTED"'?>>Phone</option>
<option value="E-Mail"<? if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"]== 'E-Mail') echo ' SELECTED="SELECTED"'?>>E-Mail</option>
</select>
</td><td>
<? echo $err_preference?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Street Address:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="street" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["street"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_street?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">City:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="city" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["city"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_city?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Florida Resident?</td><td>
<select size="1" name="state"><option value="Yes"<? if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["state"]== 'Yes') echo ' SELECTED="SELECTED"'?>>Yes</option>
<option value="No"<? if ($HTTP_POST_VARS["state"]== 'No') echo ' SELECTED="SELECTED"'?>>No</option>
</select>
</td><td>
<? echo $err_state?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Zip Code:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="zip" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["zip"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_zip?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td valign="top">Referred By:</td><td>
<input type="text" name="referral" value="<? echo $HTTP_POST_VARS["referral"]?>">
</td><td>
<? echo $err_referral?>
</td></tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send"></td></tr>
</table></form>
<?
 }
if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS["submit"]) and ($checked) ) {
 $msg = "You have mail ;-)\n";
 $msg .= "Name:".$HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Phone=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["phone"]."\n";
 $msg .= "E-Mail=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["email"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Comments=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["comments"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Reply By=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["preference"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Street=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["street"]."\n";
 $msg .= "City=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["city"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Florida=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["state"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Zip Code=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["zip"]."\n";
 $msg .= "Referred By=".$HTTP_POST_VARS["referral"]."\n";
 mail("someone@someplace.com","Business Inquiry",
$msg);
 echo "e-mail has been sent to: someone@someplace.com<br>\n";
 echo nl2br($msg) . "<br>\n";
}
?>

[edited by: jatar_k at 6:00 pm (utc) on Oct. 13, 2004]
[edit reason] removed urls and generalized emails [/edit]

Zipper

6:29 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



what do u exactly mean by "parse". If it's parsing the string "<h2>" then you only have to use,

$msg .= "Name:<h2>".$HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]."</h2>\n";

are we talking about something else?

JAB Creations

8:33 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



$msg .= "<h2>Name</h2><h5>:</h5> ".$HTTP_POST_VARS["name"]."\n";

I figured it out actually...

parse to me has been used like render... means make the code do something instead of being passed along as plain text.

jatar_k

9:06 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



what version of php are your using?

I ask because $HTTP_POST_VARS has been deprecated since 4.1.0. If your version is greater than, or equal to, 4.1.0 then you should use $_POST

JAB Creations

9:24 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Well I did as you suggested...it still works the same...

Thanks for the tip... but it's still not rendering the HTML and the settings are the same as when my Yahoo mail was rendered...

One thing I noticed was that Yahoo used an iframe, however a political newsletter I subscribe to used an xbody tag...

So I'm really confused... I figure there is some kind of text/html context type but I figure this would be in the header of the email?

jatar_k

9:41 pm on Oct 13, 2004 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Administrator 10+ Year Member



take a look at this
[php.net...]

it shows what headers to use for Content-type in the example

 

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