Enter an email address and it sends a link of that current page .

[kevdog]

Sorta like 'send to a friend' where the friend is my email address and the that email is a constant. Just a one box form that calls a php page and sends both email address a link to that webpage is what I'm trying to make.

[edited by: kevdog at 4:06 am (utc) on Oct. 7, 2008]

[eeek]

I'm lost as to why you're lost. Just get the value from the form and send to it with the mail() function.

[kevdog]

hey eeek, not sure how to do much in php.

How to I insert the url of that page into the message?

The site is all html and I have 1 form that when submitted, opens a php page that emails me every form element and its value to only my email.

[edited by: kevdog at 4:18 am (utc) on Oct. 7, 2008]

[eeek]

You can make the URL a hidden value in the form. But if you do that, make sure you verify the value so you don't let the server by exploited by spammers. If you use sessions, you could keep the value there. Just don't try to rely on the referrer info; it can easily be spoofed.

[kevdog]

this is all i have and know a little about:

page with form

<form action="form-confirm.php" method="post" name="Form Inquiry" id="Form Inquiry">

Email: <input name="Email" size="30" />
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="Submit" />

</form>

php page:

<?
$receiver="[e-mail]";

$subject="Form Inquiry";
$header="MIME-Version: 1.0\r\nContent-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

//'add every form element and its value to the email
$body="";
foreach (array_keys($_POST) as $el)
{
if (strcmp("subject",strtolower($el))==0) $subject=$subject." -- ".$_POST[$el];

$value=$_POST[$el];
$display="";
if (is_array($value))
{
foreach ($value as $everydisplay)
{
$display.=$everydisplay." ";
}
}
else
{
$display=$value;
}
$body=$body. $el . ": " . $display . "\r\n";
}

//mail($receiver,$subject,$body);
if ($body!="") mail($receiver,$subject,$body,$header);

?>

[kevdog]

So here's what I got. Not sure how to pass the URL to $message.

emailthispage.php:

<?php

$to = "[e-mail], $email";
$subject = "The Link You Requested";
$message = "not sure how to get the url here;
$from = "$email";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

------

<form method='post' action='emailthispage.php'>
Email me this page:
<input name='email' type='text' />
<input value="Send Me Link" type='submit' />
</form>

[sastro]

Curent Page on PHP

$currenpage='http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/'.$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];

Hope this help...

[kevdog]

Like so?

<?php
$currentpage='http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/'.$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];
$to = "$email";
$subject = "Test mail";
$message = "URL: $currentpage";
$from = "$email";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

[kevdog]

"No recipient addresses found in header" is all I got so far.

This is an HTML page with a form action to the php page.

[edited by: kevdog at 6:16 am (utc) on Oct. 7, 2008]

[eeek]

"No recipient addresses found in header" is all I got so far.

I'm not surprised. This doesn't do much of anything:

$to = "$email";

[kevdog]

not sure how to use the input from the form i guess.

[kevdog]

AHH

$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

Ok, I get this:

URL: http://www.example.com//emailthispage.php

$currentpage='http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/'.$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];

This is displaying the php page and not the html that the form was submitted on.

[edited by: dreamcatcher at 6:50 am (utc) on Oct. 7, 2008]
[edit reason] use example.com. Thanks. [/edit]

[kevdog]

Trying this:

<script>
function start() {
var ref = document.getElementById('referrer');
ref.value = document.referrer;
}
onload = start;
</script>

Form:

<input type="hidden" id="referrer" value="">

[edited by: kevdog at 6:49 am (utc) on Oct. 7, 2008]

[kevdog]

No luck there.

URL: <?php print $_SERVER[

[dreamcatcher]

Always access your post vars using $_POST.

Example:
$_POST['email']

If you are passing the form to another page for processing, you need to access the referer, as the page that held the form will be the previous page. I`m assuming the form is actually on the page you want to send the link for and not in a pop up window?

Try:
$currentpage = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

Or store the current page in a hidden field as you have done, but use PHP instead of javascript.

$thispage='http://'.$_SERVER[HTTP_HOST].'/'.$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"];

<input type="hidden" name="page" value="<?php echo $thispage; ?>" />

$message = "URL: ".$_POST['page'];

dc

[kevdog]

$currentpage = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];

That worked!

[kevdog]

now on to dressing up the echos...