PHP mail prob...need smart ideas

[chevelleman71]

Hello, here is my debacle. I am using a simple email form in flash, its one of the ones available in the Movies section of this site. Anyways, it runs perfectly on a professionally hosted webserver, sends me the email with everything in it. However, when i put it on my other webserver (running IIS5, I installed the latest version of PHP today), the script runs, and sends me the email, but there is no content in the email this time!! In both cases, i fill out the flashmx-based form, but i cant get it to send content!!! Does anyone have any ideas?

-Luke

[freddycodes]

It wiould be tough to tell what is wrong, I suspect something with the implementation in PHP, would you mind posting the PHP code?

[chevelleman71]

Thanks for responding, here is my php code:

<?

/* ************************************************** *****************************************
*** ***
*** SIMPLE EMAILFORM USING PHP - together with Flash 5 ***
*** ***
*** With this script you can make a simple email form, where the script sends ***
*** the submitted message to your email address. ***
*** ***
*** This is a flash form - it also works in HTML. ***
*** ***
*** Files: formular.fla,formular.swf,formular.html and simple_emailform.php ***
*** ***
*** ***
*** The script is placed in a subfolder called "php" ***
*** ***
*** It's very simple, the script doesn't need a database, but the webserver has to ***
*** support PHP. ***
*** Read the comments in the script. ***
*** ***
*** I cannot answer any questions on PHP, but there«s a lot of friendly people on ***
*** the net! ***
*** ***
*** Commented and manipulated for use in Flash by Lars Bregendahl Bro - www.westend.dk ***
*** ***
************************************************** *****************************************
*/

/* ************************************************** **************************
*** $msg relates to the variables that is placed in the body of the mail ***
************************************************** **************************
*/

$msg = "E-mail sent from my site\n\n";

/* ************************************************** ******************************************
*** The string From Name is written in to the body followd by the variable $sender_name ***
************************************************** ******************************************
*/

$msg .= "From Name: $sender_name\n";
$msg .= "From E-Mail: $sender_email\n";
$msg .= "Telephone: $telephone\n\n";
$msg .= "Message: $message\n\n";

/* ************************************************** ***********
*** \n gives a linebreak - \n\n gives a double linebreak ***
************************************************** ***********
*/

/* ************************************************** **
*** Remember to put in the correct email-adress ***
************************************************** **
*/

$to = "lpatterson@fcni.org";
$subject = "TEST of the simple EmailForm";

/* ************************************************** ******
*** Writes "Sent from my website" in the from-field ***
************************************************** ******
*/

$mailheaders = "Sent from my website \n";

/* ************************************************** ********
*** Writes the senders email in the "Reply-To field" ***
************************************************** ********
*/

$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $sender_email\n\n";

/* ********************************************
*** Mail Function - executes the script ***
********************************************
*/

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);


?>

[freddycodes]

The latest version of PHP comes with globals tunred off, meaning you have to specify where the variables are coming from, unlike early versions. It appears your host is using a version of PHP with globals on. I say leave them off, but since it is local testing you are doing and your host has them off. Open your php.ini file. Find the line that says

register_globals Off

Change it to


register_globals On


Restart your webserver.

[chevelleman71]

freddycodes,

Thank you so much more than i can say, i struggled with this problem for hours yesterday. Your a good person. That fixed the problem!

-Luke