Form information in $message part

#1
inserate2009

Posted 14 May 2011 - 02:07 PM

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I would like to confirm the information a user has left in a form via email. The user is inputting his name and email, which is saved in a list (which works). Upon submitting the information, the user gets an email, which also works. The thing that causes me headaches is how to quote the information from the form into the message. I have tried $name and $email, {$name] and {$email}, and .$name. and .$email, all to no avail... The code of the message part below. Any input most welcome!!!

How could this be done?



$message="

You have successfully submitted the following information:


Name: $name

Email: $email


";

#2
Alexander

Posted 14 May 2011 - 02:13 PM

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I do not understand what you mean by quoting the information, your example should work fine as inline variables are expanded in double quotes.

Are you referring to the style, if it is a good way to do that?

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#3
inserate2009

Posted 14 May 2011 - 02:35 PM

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The problem is that the confirmation email arrives at the user with a message body like this:

Name:
Email:

The name and email he submitted is not retrieved in the message send to him when I use $name, {$name}, or .$name.

#4
Alexander

Posted 14 May 2011 - 03:49 PM

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Can you verify if $name exists and is populated? It would not matter how you put it in the string if it is empty.

How are you populating $name and $email?

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#5
inserate2009

Posted 14 May 2011 - 11:24 PM

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Thank you for your reply, Alexander!

Strangely, name and email are written to the textfile, just not find their way into the message.

Below the script I am using.



<?

/*

Email list script

by phptutorial.info

*/


// to avoid showning errors (change to 1 to show them). For security

error_reporting(0);


// if info is posted, show the form and die

// the form is in the bottom of the page

if (!$_POST){print_form();die();}


// when info is posted you will be here

?>


<html>

<head>

  <title></title>

</head>


<?


// SITE NAME

$site="yoursite.com";


//TITLE OF THE MAILINGLIST

$list_title="Title of the mailing list";


//SITE ADMIN NAME

$site_admin="name of site admin";


//Site admin e-mail

$site_admin_email="admin@yoursite.com";


//Message that will be sent to the user


$message="

Hi and welcome to the {$list_title}!


You have successfully subscribed with the following information:


Name: {$name}

Email: {$email}


test test test

test test test

test test test


http://downloadlink.com




If for any reason you do not want to receive any more emails from us, you can unsubscribe by removing your email address with this link: http://www.{$site}/email-list-script/emaillistscript.php

";


//Message headers


$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

$headers .= "From: ".$site_admin." ".$site."<".$site_admin_email.">\r\n";



// GET EMAIL

        $email=$_POST["email"];

		$name=$_POST["name"];

        // To avoid problems, only lower case is used

        $email=strtolower($email);

        // Check whether email is correct by using a function

        //  function requires the email address and the error message

        check_email ($email, "Email is not valid.");



// GET VALUE FOR action : subc (subscribe) or unsubc (unsubscribe)

$action=$_POST["action"];


// this is the file with the info (emails)

//    When using the link in the top to download the complete script, a new name for this file

//    will be generated (p.e.: emaillist-2ax1fd34rfs.txt), so users will be unable to find it

$file = "emaillist-subscribers.txt";


// lets try to get the content of the file

if (file_exists($file)){

        // If the file is already in the server, its content is pasted to variable $file_content

        $file_content=file_get_contents($file);

}else{

        // If the file does not exists, lets try to create it

        //   In case file can not be created (probably due to problems with directory permissions),

        //   the users is informed (the first user will be the webmaster, who must solve the problem).

        $cf = fopen($file, "w") or die("Error: file does not exits, and it cannot be created.<BR>Please check permissions in the directory or create a file with coresponding name.");

        

        fclose($cf);

}


// IF REQUEST HAS BEEN TO SUBSCRIBE FROM MAILING LIST, ADD EMAIL TO THE FILE

if ($action=="subc"){

        // check whether the email is already registered

        if(strpos($file_content,"<$email>")>0){die("Your email is already included in this mailing list.");}

        // write the email to the list (append it to the file)

        $cf = fopen($file, "a");

        fputs($cf, "\n$name <$email>");       // new email is written to the file in a new line

        fclose($cf);

        // notify subscription

        print "Your information has been added. You will receive<br>an email with your subscription information shortly.";

		mail($email,"$list_title",$message, "From: $site_admin_email");

}

// IF REQUEST HAS BEEN TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM MAILING LIST, REMOVE EMAIL FROM THE FILE

if ($action=="unsubc"){

        // if email is not in the list, display error

        if(strpos($file_content,"<$email>")==0){die("Error: your email is not included in this mailing list.");}

        

		// remove email from the content of the file

        $file_content=preg_replace ("/\n <$email>/","",$file_content);

        // print the new content to the file

		$cf = fopen($file, "w");

        fputs($cf, $file_content);

        fclose($cf);

		

	    //code to fix unsubscribe error

            function updateFile($fileName,$userName,$userEmail) {


        $fp          = '';

        $myContent   = '';

        $fileContent = '';


        $fp = fopen($fileName,'r');

        if ($fp) {

          while (!feof($fp)) {

             $myContent = fgets($fp);

             if ((preg_match("/$userEmail/",$myContent) == 1) && (preg_match("/$userName/",$myContent) == 1)) {

                $myContent   = '';

                $fileContent = $fileContent.$myContent;

             }

             else {

                $fileContent = $fileContent.$myContent;

             }

          }

          fclose($fp);

          $fp = fopen($fileName,'w');

          if ($fp) {

              fwrite($fp,$fileContent);

              fclose($fp);

          }

        }

        else {

            die("\n Unable to open file.");

        }

    }


        // notify unsubscription

        print "Your email has been removed from our mailing list.";

}


?>

</body>

</html>




<?

// THIS FUNCTION WILL CHECK WHETHER AN EMAIL IS CORRECT OR NOT

//      FIRST, BASIC ARCHITECTURE IS CHECKED

//      THEM, EXISTANCE OF THE EMAIL SERVER IS CHECKED

// If email is not correct, the error message is shown and page dies

function check_email ($email, $message){

        // check if email exists

           if ($email==""){die($message);}

        // check whether email is correct (basic checking)

           $test1=strpos($email, "@");                                     //value must be >1

           $test2=strpos(substr($email,strpos($email,"@")), ".");          //value must be >1

           $test3=strlen($email);                                          //value must be >6

           $test4=substr_count ($email,"@");                               //value must be 1

           if ($test1<2 or $test2<2 or $test3<7 or $test4!=1){die($message);}

        // check whether email is correct (advance checking)

           // extracts whatever is after "@" to variable $email_server

           $email_server=substr($email,strpos($email, "@")+1);

           // Check DNS records (0 => the server exists; 1=> the server does not exist)

           if (checkdnsrr($email_server)!=1){die ($message);}

}


// THIS FUNCTION WILL SHOW THE FORM

// MODIFY IT AS REQUIRED

function print_form(){

?>


        <html>

        <head>

                <title></title>

        </head>

        <form action="<? $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post">

          <table>

             <tr>

             <td>

                <input name="name" size="40" type="text" value="Name"> <br>

                <input name="email" size="40" type="text" value="Email"> <br>

                        <div style="text-align: left;">

                        <input name="action" value="subc" checked="checked" type="radio">Subscribe

                        <input name="action" value="unsubc" selected="" type="radio">Unsubscribe

                        <br>

                </div>

                <div style="text-align: left;">

                        <input value="Submit" type="submit">

                </div>

              </td>

              </tr>

          </table>

        </form>

        

        </body>

        </html>


<?

} // the function finishes here

?>

#6
inserate2009

Posted 15 May 2011 - 12:03 AM

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Thank you, Alexander. Name and email are being written to the text file, they just don't find their way to the message. I am using the script below.



<?



// to avoid showning errors (change to 1 to show them). For security

error_reporting(0);


// if info is posted, show the form and die

// the form is in the bottom of the page

if (!$_POST){print_form();die();}


// when info is posted you will be here

?>


<html>

<head>

  <title></title>

</head>


<?


// SITE NAME

$site="yoursite.com";


//TITLE OF THE MAILINGLIST

$list_title="Title of the mailing list";


//SITE ADMIN NAME

$site_admin="name of site admin";


//Site admin e-mail

$site_admin_email="admin@yoursite.com";


//Message that will be sent to the user


$message="

Hi and welcome to the {$list_title}!


You have successfully subscribed with the following information:


Name: {$name}

Email: {$email}


test test test

test test test

test test test


http://downloadlink.com




If for any reason you do not want to receive any more emails from us, you can unsubscribe by removing your email address with this link: http://www.{$site}/email-list-script/emaillistscript.php

";


//Message headers


$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

$headers .= "From: ".$site_admin." ".$site."<".$site_admin_email.">\r\n";



// GET EMAIL

        $email=$_POST["email"];

		$name=$_POST["name"];

        // To avoid problems, only lower case is used

        $email=strtolower($email);

        // Check whether email is correct by using a function

        //  function requires the email address and the error message

        check_email ($email, "Email is not valid.");



// GET VALUE FOR action : subc (subscribe) or unsubc (unsubscribe)

$action=$_POST["action"];


// this is the file with the info (emails)

//    When using the link in the top to download the complete script, a new name for this file

//    will be generated (p.e.: emaillist-2ax1fd34rfs.txt), so users will be unable to find it

$file = "emaillist-subscribers.txt";


// lets try to get the content of the file

if (file_exists($file)){

        // If the file is already in the server, its content is pasted to variable $file_content

        $file_content=file_get_contents($file);

}else{

        // If the file does not exists, lets try to create it

        //   In case file can not be created (probably due to problems with directory permissions),

        //   the users is informed (the first user will be the webmaster, who must solve the problem).

        $cf = fopen($file, "w") or die("Error: file does not exits, and it cannot be created.<BR>Please check permissions in the directory or create a file with coresponding name.");

        

        fclose($cf);

}


// IF REQUEST HAS BEEN TO SUBSCRIBE FROM MAILING LIST, ADD EMAIL TO THE FILE

if ($action=="subc"){

        // check whether the email is already registered

        if(strpos($file_content,"<$email>")>0){die("Your email is already included in this mailing list.");}

        // write the email to the list (append it to the file)

        $cf = fopen($file, "a");

        fputs($cf, "\n$name <$email>");       // new email is written to the file in a new line

        fclose($cf);

        // notify subscription

        print "Your information has been added. You will receive<br>an email with your subscription information shortly.";

		mail($email,"$list_title",$message, "From: $site_admin_email");

}

// IF REQUEST HAS BEEN TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM MAILING LIST, REMOVE EMAIL FROM THE FILE

if ($action=="unsubc"){

        

		

	    //code to fix unsubscribe error

            function updateFile($fileName,$userName,$userEmail) {


        $fp          = '';

        $myContent   = '';

        $fileContent = '';


        $fp = fopen($fileName,'r');

        if ($fp) {

          while (!feof($fp)) {

             $myContent = fgets($fp);

             if ((preg_match("/$userEmail/",$myContent) == 1) && (preg_match("/$userName/",$myContent) == 1)) {

                $myContent   = '';

                $fileContent = $fileContent.$myContent;

             }

             else {

                $fileContent = $fileContent.$myContent;

             }

          }

          fclose($fp);

          $fp = fopen($fileName,'w');

          if ($fp) {

              fwrite($fp,$fileContent);

              fclose($fp);

          }

        }

        else {

            die("\n Unable to open file.");

        }

    }


        // notify unsubscription

        print "Your email has been removed from our mailing list.";

}


?>

</body>

</html>




<?

// THIS FUNCTION WILL CHECK WHETHER AN EMAIL IS CORRECT OR NOT

//      FIRST, BASIC ARCHITECTURE IS CHECKED

//      THEM, EXISTANCE OF THE EMAIL SERVER IS CHECKED

// If email is not correct, the error message is shown and page dies

function check_email ($email, $message){

        // check if email exists

           if ($email==""){die($message);}

        // check whether email is correct (basic checking)

           $test1=strpos($email, "@");                                     //value must be >1

           $test2=strpos(substr($email,strpos($email,"@")), ".");          //value must be >1

           $test3=strlen($email);                                          //value must be >6

           $test4=substr_count ($email,"@");                               //value must be 1

           if ($test1<2 or $test2<2 or $test3<7 or $test4!=1){die($message);}

        // check whether email is correct (advance checking)

           // extracts whatever is after "@" to variable $email_server

           $email_server=substr($email,strpos($email, "@")+1);

           // Check DNS records (0 => the server exists; 1=> the server does not exist)

           if (checkdnsrr($email_server)!=1){die ($message);}

}


// THIS FUNCTION WILL SHOW THE FORM

// MODIFY IT AS REQUIRED

function print_form(){

?>


        <html>

        <head>

                <title></title>

        </head>

        <form action="<? $PHP_SELF; ?>" method="post">

          <table>

             <tr>

             <td>

                <input name="name" size="40" type="text" value="Name"> <br>

                <input name="email" size="40" type="text" value="Email"> <br>

                        <div style="text-align: left;">

                        <input name="action" value="subc" checked="checked" type="radio">Subscribe

                        <input name="action" value="unsubc" selected="" type="radio">Unsubscribe

                        <br>

                </div>

                <div style="text-align: left;">

                        <input value="Submit" type="submit">

                </div>

              </td>

              </tr>

          </table>

        </form>

        

        </body>

        </html>


<?

} // the function finishes here

?>