E-mail Flash Form with PHP3

[kennbona]

hi, I'm currently working on a flash Contact Us Form for my website. I tried Following a tutorial but so far no luck.

There are basically two files, The flash.swf "form" and the mail.php3 file.

this is the code i have used:
PHP3

<?php
 mail("smartwebsolutions@mail.com", $_GET["first_name"], $_GET["last_name"], $_GET["address"], $_GET["town"], $_GET["telephone"], $_GET["mail"], $_GET["business_name"], $_GET["business_type"], $_GET["app_date"], $_GET["comments"], "From: PHPMailer
Reply-To: $_GET["from"]
X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
 ?>

This is the ActionScript i used:

Send_Form.onRelease = function()
{    
        var first_name:String = First_Name.text;
        var last_name:String = Last_Name.text;
        var address:String = Address.text;
        var telephone:String = Telephone.text;
        var mail:String = E_Mail.text;
        var business_name:String = Business_Name.text;
        var business_typs:String = Business_Typs.text;
        var app_date:String = App_Date.text;
        var comments:String = Comments.text;
        errmsg.text = "Please wait... Connecting";
        lineAdapt();
        loadVariablesNum("mail.php3", 0, "POST");
        gotoAndStop(3);
}

Basically frame 3 has a simple E-mail sent message.
and i also have this:

function lineAdapt () 
{
    message_send = message;
     while (msg_count<length(message)) 
    {
        msg_count = msg_count+1;
          if ((substring(message_send, msg_count, 2)) eq "") 
          {
              message_send = (substring(message_send, 1, msg_count-2))+ "" +(substring(message_send, msg_count+2,(length(message_send))-msg_count+2));
          }
     }
     message = message_send;
     delete msg_count;
     delete message_send;
}

this is where i got the tutorial and most f the code from : http://www.actionscript.org/resource...PHP/Page2.html
Obviously i tried complicating mine beyond my level..
I hope someone can help me understand what i'm doing wrong.

Thanks in advance
Kenneth Bonanno

[tittat]

Tutorials section is only for teaching and learning how to do things on the internet.
This sort of questions should be on Programing help.
*****Thread Moved to Programming Help*****

[kennbona]

ye sorry for that, only realized after i posted it..

so, any ideas anyone? It's really frustrating when you have something in your mind but you lack the experience or knowledge to make it work.

[xav0989]

Well first of all, php3 is not supported anymore, so you could try to find one using php5

[kennbona]

found one with php4.... would that work? cant find any php5

[FengFeng]

what verison of action scripts do u use?
Edit:
I think the problem is in your AS code.It isn't so easy to post request in flash.You can use this php5 code to check the request.

<?php
print_r($_POST[]);
?>

If you get nothing,it's the AS issue.Otherwise,it's the php issue.It's easy to mail in x10hosting,becasue it support the mail function.You can search many info abt mail() in php5.

[kennbona]

ok, i just scrapped my old form.. And followed a video tutorial and i did everything step by step.. identical to the tutorial... I managed to receive the e-mail.. but The variables couldn't be read... so i'm getting this:

Name:
Email:

Message:

this is the php code that i used:

<?PHP

$to = "***********@mail.com";
$subject = "Flash contact Form";
$message = "Name: " . $theName;
$message .= "\nEmail: " . $theEmail;
$message .= "\n\nMessage: " . $theMessage;
$headers = "From: $theEmail";
$headers .= "\nReply-To: $theEmail";

$sentOk = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

echo "sentOk" . $sentOk;

?>

and this is the AS code.. btw using AS2

stop();

var senderLoad:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var receiveLoad:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

sender.onRelease = function() {
	senderLoad.theName = theName.text;
	senderLoad.theEmail = theEmail.text;
	senderLoad.theMessage = theMessage.text;
	senderLoad.sendAndLoad("http://www.**************.com/send.php",receiveLoad);
}

receiveLoad.onLoad = function() {
	if(this.sentOk) {
		_root.gotoAndStop("success");
	}
	else {
		_root.gotoAndStop("failed");
	}
}

[misson]

As of PHP 4.2.0, register_globals is off by default, which means you need to reference $_GET, $_POST or $_REQUEST to get the form variables. I prefer $_REQUEST so that I may change the submission method/use different methods. Others prefer using $_POST under the (mistaken) belief that it's more secure.

Read "Variables from External Sources" for more information on form variables.

Since the form handler isn't printing HTML, you'd better put a header('Content-type: text/plain') line in the script, somewhere before you print any other output.

Before you get too far into this, what's the reason you're using Flash? If you're doing this as a learning experience, or you're writing a Flex application, that's one thing, but for a web form, Flash is a poor choice when it comes to accessibility. Screen readers and many cell phones don't support flash.

[kennbona]

thanks for your reply mission,
I know flash is not the best option to use for online forms, but a friend of mine needs to have
this think made of flash,... tried to give him other alternatives but he's just interested.

going to give this a try.. however i not familiar with php at all.. so please gueid me in the right direction..

origional Script:

<?PHP

$to = "smartwebsolutions@mail.com";
$subject = "Flash contact Form";
$message = "Name: " . $theName;
$message .= "\nEmail: " . $theEmail;
$message .= "\n\nMessage: " . $theMessage;
$headers = "From: $theEmail";
$headers .= "\nReply-To: $theEmail";

$sentOk = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

echo "sentOk" . $sentOk;

?>

should i change the only one where it says echo? what about the others like $message and $headers?

so something like this?:

<?PHP

header('Content-type: text/plain');
$to = "smartwebsolutions@mail.com";
$subject = "Flash contact Form";
$message = "Name: " . $_REQUEST['$theName'];
$message .= "\nEmail: " .$_REQUEST[' $theEmail'];
$message .= "\n\nMessage: " . $_REQUEST['$theMessage'];
$headers = "From: " . $_REQUEST['$theEmail'];
$headers .= "\nReply-To:" . $_REQUEST['$theEmail'];

$sentOk = mail($_REQUEST['$to,$subject,$message,$headers']);

echo "sentOk" . $_REQUEST['$sentOk'];

?>

[ziyadg]

Try these

<?PHP

$theName = $_POST['theName'];
$theEmail = $_POST['theEmail'];
$theMessage = $_POST['theMessage'];


$to = "smartwebsolutions@mail.com";
$subject = "Flash contact Form";
$message = "Name: " . $theName;
$message .= "\nEmail: " . $theEmail;
$message .= "\n\nMessage: " . $theMessage;
$headers = "From: $theEmail";
$headers .= "\nReply-To: $theEmail";

$sentOk = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

if($sentOk) {
    echo "status=Message Sent!";
} else {
    echo "status=Sending Failed.";
}

?>

// AS2

var loadVars:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var responseHandler:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
loadVars.theName = "Name";
loadVars.theEmail = "Email";
loadVars.theMessage = "The Message";

loadVars.sendAndLoad("myphpfile.php", responseHandler, "POST");

responseHandler.onLoad = function() {
    status.text = responseHandler.status;
}