mailer tut problem

[comicGeek]

Hello

I have just finished studying Jesse's tut about a flash form mailer that uses php3. I changed the email address on the php3 file and uploaded the files to a free server for testing (www.angelfire.com)

When I test it, it doesn't seem to work since I didn't receive any email.

Is php3 free to run on any server or does it need a specific server like ASP, JSP, the like?

I really don't have any knowledge of back-end scripts but I really need to have a simple comment form.

Help please!

comicGeek

[spazmaster]

php runs on MySQL databases. you would need a server that runs MySQL :)

[tg]

php will run on windows/iis or *nix/apache. however it is not on by default. so my guess is that angelfire does not support php. you will need to do a search for isps who support php, or contact angelfire, and see if they will turn it on for you and if so, how much that will cost.

[comicGeek]

I have this guestbook.It works fine in html. But it doesn't seem to function when I tried to convert it to a flash version according to Jesse's tut.

I included flash file and the html files here. Please check them out. I need help.

comicGeek

[tg]

havn't looked at your code...
it could be perfect, but if your isp doesn't support php, it won't run.

[comicGeek]

that html is the code for my free guestbook. i figured that i can convert it to flash just as Jesses tut said. the html when you try to fill it up works just fine. i can receive the guestbook entries.

comciGeek

[tg]

hmmm... i got an error from your (cgi script??) not sure, the error was 'bad session'.

the flash looks fine, altho i assume that once you get it sorted you will change your getURL() action (for sending the mail) to a this.loadVariables() action.

.... hmmm... you may want to upload it the way it is for now, and try it 'online' maybe you need to be in the domain to start a session for it to work... just guessing, i don't know anything about cgi scripts or how they work.

[comicGeek]

i don't think i have to upload the swf file since the html works just fine. if you try to open the html file and fill it up then send... it will work fine!

[tg]

hmmm... ya, i see. one thing i noticed is that even tho you have 'post' specified, it is sending all the variables thru the url (as tho it were using 'get'). don't know why. your code looks good to me.

[comicGeek]

Thanks. Can please somebody help?