Day 12 - Sending Mail From PHP - Become PHP Expert in 30 days

**Vahaa11** · 06-02-2014, 11:29 AM

Following error showing day_12_ex_3.php
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$body' (T_VARIABLE) in day_12_ex_3.php on line 5

Missing ( ; ) in
$fromEmail = $POST['fromEmail']

**admin** · 06-02-2014, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by sibichan1

Following error showing day_12_ex_3.php
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '$body' (T_VARIABLE) in day_12_ex_3.php on line 5

Missing ( ; ) in
$fromEmail = $POST['fromEmail']

Updated the post, hope that will fix the error. Hope everyone can find and fix small errors like this by now.

**Vahaa11** · 06-03-2014, 05:48 AM

Sender email address not getting in inbox.
its showing as 'unknown sender'

php-email-1.jpg

in day_12_ex_3.php, i changed the below line

$fromEmail = $POST['fromEmail'];

to

$fromEmail = $_POST['fromEmail'];

and now its working.

php-email-2.jpg

http://php.flashwebhost.com/sibichan...ay_12_ex_3.php

PHP Code:



<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {  

  $fromEmail = $_POST['fromEmail'];   

 $body = $_POST['body'];  

 mail('[email protected]','Message from web site', $body, 'From: ' . $fromEmail);  

  echo 'Thank you for contacting us.';} 

else {   

echo 

'<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">  
<title>Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="day_12_ex_3.php" method="POST">  
  Email<br>    <input type="text" name="fromEmail"><br>   
 Message<br>  <textarea name="body" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>  
  <br>    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">Send Mail</button></form>
</body></html>  
';}

**admin** · 06-03-2014, 06:11 AM

Add "\n\r" after $fromEmail.

Find

PHP Code:


mail('[email protected]','Message from web site', $body, 'From: ' . $fromEmail);

Replace with

PHP Code:


mail('[email protected]','Message from web site', $body, 'From: ' . $fromEmail . "\n\r");

**Vahaa11** · 06-03-2014, 11:48 AM

Why need "\n\r" after $fromEmail ?

**admin** · 06-03-2014, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by sibichan1

Why need "\n\r" after $fromEmail ?

This is because that field is called Header. 4th parameter in mail() function access many more stuff than just from like mail priority, x-send from and many more. Each line in header need to be separated with "\n\r", this is called, new line + carriage return.

**stefin** · 06-03-2014, 02:30 PM

http://php.flashwebhost.com/stefin/contact.php

Code:

<?php


if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
   $fromEmail = $_POST['fromEmail'];
    $body = $_POST['body'];
    mail('[email protected]','Message from web site', $body,
'From: ' . $fromEmail . "\n\r");
    echo 'Thank you for contacting us.';
} else {


echo
 
'<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">  
<title>Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="POST">  
Email<br>    <input type="text" name="fromEmail"><br>   
Message<br>  <textarea name="body" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>  
<br>    <button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">Send Mail</button></form>
</body></html>  
';}

**annie** · 06-04-2014, 01:57 AM

Code:

<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
     $formEmail = $_POST['formEmail'];
    $body = $_POST['body'];
    mail('[email protected]', 'Message from Skype', $body , 'From: ' . $fromEmail . "\n\r");  
     echo 'Thanks for Contacting us';
    } else {
    echo




'<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
 <meta charset = "UTF-8">
<title> Contact Us </title>
</head>


<body>
<form action= "form.php" method="POST">
 	Email <br>
	<input type="text" name="fromEmail"> <br>
	Message <br>
 	<textarea name="body" cols="30" rows="10"></textarea>
        <br>
        <button type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"> Send Mail </button>
 </form>
</body>
</html>';}

http://php.flashwebhost.com/annie/form.php

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