PHP Form Help

[MR2nice]

Hi,

I'm using the mailer.php posted in this thread:

http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_help_desk/showthread.php?t=583&highlight=mailer.php

Everything is working great and I like the simplicity of the script. However, I would like to change 1 option from the script so that when I receive an email it should display the sender's email address instead of what is typed at this line:

$from = "From: My Website Emailer";

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Ken

[rangana]

Try to replace the code that you've pointed with:

$from = "From: ".$_POST['Email'];

[MR2nice]

I gave it a try, but the Sender shows up as blank. Thunderbird flashed the incoming sender as "undefined."

[rangana]

It's best indication is that you don't have a field whose name is Email in your form.

Try to recheck your markup. Ensure that the name of the "email textbox" matches that of the POST's key.

Hope that makes sense.

[MR2nice]

rangana,

Thank you so much for your help. I changed the name from "email" to "Email" like you've pointed it out and it works now. Thanks again!

[jthayne]

rangana,

Thank you so much for your help. I changed the name from "email" to "Email" like you've pointed it out and it works now. Thanks again!

This is a recommendation for all PHP programming. As PHP is case sensitive (i.e. "Email" and "email" are two completely different words and not related at all), it is good practice to at least start everything in lowercase. The exception to that is constants. This will provide consistency throughout the code making it easier to read, understand, and maintain.