PHP email form doesn't work even straight from a tutorial

[primablinki]

Hi,

I wanted to implement a php email form in my site but I am having trouble getting the php to work. I tried files from a lot of tutorials and I didn't change any code except send to my own email address. my web server can send email through php just fine because I test it out using a form build in HTML and PHP and it sends. But then when use in Flash it doesn't send. all that is in the status bar is waiting for www.mydomain.com..
the button works fine because the flash does go to the second frame after I pressed the button. so I can't figure out what the problem is. Please help!
thanks so much.

[CyanBlue]

Howdy and Welcome...

I think I remember somebody saying the same thing but I cannot find the thread...

Maybe you should post what you have so that people can see and help you...

[Flash Gordon]

try this thread:
http://actionscripts.org/forums/showthread.php3?t=66068
it should help.

[primablinki]

thanks guys for the fast response.

as to post files i don't really know what to post since i test out more than 10 different tutorials and the one on actionscript.org too. i simply change the email address to my address. i also read almost all the posts i can find on this forum and on other forums but other people have a more obvious problem such as they get a email with nothing in it or the flash just said error. for me it saids the mail has been sent but it actually hasn't. at the bottom it saids its transfering data but it's still transfering data after 10 minutes. and thanks jordan for the post i also tried the code they put there but it still got me the same result. so i have no idea what the problem is, if it is my Flash or my server. but it worked when i test it using a php mail form + HTML so my web server should be working fine. any ideas? please thanks

[CyanBlue]

Well... I do understand you have tried multiple version, but you've got to find one copy that you like most and post it whether it is from the AS.org or somewhere else so that we can actually see that... I am saying that because I think your problem lies in the Flash rather than the PHP code, but it won't hurt to show us all the codes...

[primablinki]

ok i guess ur right

here's the code, in the main timeline:
stop();
function lineAdapt() {
message_send = message;
while (msg_count<length(message)) {
msg_count = msg_count+1;
if ((substring(message_send, msg_count, 2)) eq "\r") {
message_send = (substring(message_send, 1, msg_count-2)) add "\n" add (substring(message_send, msg_count+2, (length(message_send))-msg_count+2));
}
}
message = message_send;
delete msg_count;
delete message_send;
}

and this is at the send btn:
on (release) {
if (subject eq "" or message eq "" or from eq "") {
stop();
} else {
lineAdapt();
loadVariablesNum("mail.php", 0, "POST");
gotoAndStop(2);
}
}

this is the php code:
<?php
mail("[email protected]", $subject, $registrationData, "From: PHPMailer\nReply-To: $from\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
?>

i also really like this other one, but i only found one code in the flash and is this:
on (release) {
// send variables in form movieclip (the textfields)
// to email PHP page which will send the mail
form.loadVariables("email.php", "POST");
}

this is the php code for it:
$sendTo = "[email protected]";
$subject = "My Flash site reply";

$headers = "From: " . $_POST["firstName"] ." ". $_POST["lastname"] . "<" . $_POST["email"] .">\r\n";

$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"] . "\r\n";

$headers .= "Return-path: " . $_POST["email"];

mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

thanks a lot!

[CyanBlue]

Try this thread... I think this thread should be able to help you fix the problem...
If not, search the forum with 'lineAdapt' and you will get more threads that talks about similar problems...

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...ight=lineAdapt

[primablinki]

thanks for the link to that post..dunno why i didn't came across that before

i tried out every single code in that post..this is my progress

for mail.php here is the code
<?php
$emailTo = "[email protected]" ;
$name = $POST ['name' ];
$email = $POST ['email' ];
$message = $POST ['message' ];

$headers = "From:PHPMailer \r\n Reply-To:".$POST ['email' ]." \r\n X-Mailer:PHP/ \r\n MIME-Version:1.0 \r\n Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" ;
$msg = "" ;
$msg .= $_POST['name'] . "<BR>" ;
$msg .= $_POST['email'] . "<BR>" ;
$msg .= $_POST['message'] . "<BR>" ;
if( mail ($emailTo , $_POST['name'] , $msg , $headers )){
print "&status=okay" ;
}
else{
print "&status=error" ;
}
?>

and for the submit button here is the code:
on (release) {
if (message eq "" or name eq "")
{
stop();
}
else
{
lineAdapt();
myVars = new LoadVars();
myVars.message = message;
myVars.name = name;
myVars.email = email;
myVars.send("mail.php", "_blank", "POST");
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
after i upload it the status bar at the bottom of the browser said Done but I still didn't receive any emails.

I also try putting the loadVars one in my button:
on (release) {
if (message eq "" or name eq "")
{
setProperty("_root.contentHolder.errorWindow", _visible, true);
stop();
}
else
{
lineAdapt();
myVars = new LoadVars();
retVars = new LoadVars();
myVars.message = message;
myVars.name = name;
myVars.email = email;
myVars.sendAndLoad("mail.php", retVars, "POST");
retVars.onLoad = function(s) {
if(s) {
if(this.status == "okay") {
gotoAndPlay(2);
}
else {
gotoAndPlay(3);
}
}
}
}
}
but it didn't send at all. maybe it's how the files are constructed that's different so it doesn't work? i am sorry im completed new when it comes to PHP. i'll upload the files too. please help me thanks so much!

[mmm..pi..3.14..]

Replace the code in your button in flash with this:

on (release) {
    if (message eq "" or name eq "") {
        stop();
    } else {
        myVars = new LoadVars();
        myVars.message = message;
        myVars.name = name;
        myVars.email = email;
        myVars.onLoad = function(ok) {
            if (ok) {
                trace("Done");
            } else {
                trace("Error connecting to server");
            }
        };
        myVars.sendAndLoad("mail.php", myVars, "POST");
    }
}

Replace the script in your PHP file with this:

PHP Code:

<?php
$ADMIN = "[email protected]";
$NAME = $_POST['name'];
$EMAIL = $_POST['email'];
$MESSAGE = $_POST['message'];

$HEADER = "From: $EMAIL\n";
$HEADER .= "Reply-To: $EMAIL\n";
$HEADER .= "Content-type: text/html\n\n";

$MSG = "";
$MSG .= $NAME . "<br>";
$MSG .= $EMAIL . "<br>";
$MSG .= $MESSAGE . "<br>";

$SEND = mail($ADMIN , $NAME , $MSG , $HEADER);
?>

I tested it out and it worked perfect, the only bug I found was that it would send the email but return false, so flash would always say there was an error sending the email even though there wasn't.

Eric

[CyanBlue]

You could add 'echo("rtn=done");' after the mail() line and that might get rid of the error in Flash...