Dynamic Email insertion in HTML

[Gibster]

Hi Guys!

I have opened an account with a merchant network and I have not been able to launch my campaign because I am supposed to dynamically insert an email address behind this so called OID=

Below I am posting the correspondence between the support person from this network and myself, and hopefully I can get someone here to help me and finally show me what I need to do:

Email #1:

"Hi Gibster,

I’m not sure if you do the coding for your site yourself or have someone do it for you. You get an email address when a user subscribes to your program. What you would need to do is dynamically place that field behind the “oid=” in the LinkConnector code. It might look similar to this:

<img src="http://www.linkconnector.com/traffic_merchant.php?lc=000000001583&amt=&oid=<customer_email_adress>" border="0" width="1" height="1">

Hope this helps. Thanks!


My reply to email #1:

"Hi David,

I posted the same thread in wickedfire.com and I got a reply that I should put this code in the confirmation page:

<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if (strlen($_POST['email']) > 0) {
$email = strip_tags($_POST['email']);
print '<img src="http://www.linkconnector.com/traffic_merchant.php?lc=000000001583&amt=&oid='.$e mail.'" border="0" width="1" height="1">';
}
}
?>
<form action="" method="post">
<input type="text" name="email" value="" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>

I have just done that, I think this may be it… could you please check now, if it works then we can finally launch the campaign and I’ll know what to do for future ones!!

Cheers

Gibran"


Then he replied to me that I almost had it and suggested this...

His last reply below:

"Hi Gibran,

I know you have got to be frustrated and I wish I knew the answer for you.

IT looks like you have ‘.$email.’ for the OID but that does not seem to be working . I would guess it might not need the periods before and after the “$email” as I don’t see that anywhere else in your code. Or it might be that you need to put in [‘email’] behind the “oid=”. If that does not work perhaps a combination of the two might work.

I know AWebber has a support staff. What are they telling you?

Thanks!
"

I tried both of his suggestions, and this still did not work! So if anyone here knows what to do and can help me find the solution to my woes, I would be so very grateful!!



Looking forward to your reply(ies)

Cheers
Gibster

[John]

The code you posted above is correct, however, the variable [$email] must be incorrect. You need to do some fishing through your code to find the correct variable that corresponds to the email addresses.

[Gibster]

Now, where would this variable be?? At their end... LinkConnector's end... ??? because I have no other code anywhere else with any variables... that is the only code I have...

Let me know... just a bit confused.

Thanks!!

[John]

Where do you get the email address from?

[Gibster]

The user enters their email address here:

Free Sweepstakes

and then their email address and name are captured by aweber

And linkconnector.com tracks the user when they click their activation email and are directed to the confirmation page, where the code I have posted has to go.

[John]

Try $_POST['from']