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Thread began 5/02/2012 3:48 am by shanebrough438709 | Last modified 3/05/2015 11:49 am by Jason Byrnes | 10926 views | 15 replies |

shanebrough438709

contact form not sending checkbox

Hi im having a problem with a website im building and testing.
in the contact form when i fill out the form and check some of the checkboxes, i recieve a email with the form info but the check boxes are empty.
can anyone help??

Also just discovered my selectable dropdown menu is only sending 1 of the selected items

Thanks in advance

html code:

<th>Membership * </th>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="membership[]" value="ecssa">ECSSA<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="membership[]" value="psa">PSA<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="membership[]" value="nsai">NSAI<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="membership[]" value="eqa">EQA<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="membership[]" value="Other">
Others (Fill Below) <br />
</td></tr>

contact php:

<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_phone = $_POST['cf_phone'];
$field_mobile = $_POST['cf_mobile'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_company = $_POST['cf_company'];
$field_services = $_POST['services[]'];
$field_other = $_POST['cf_other'];
$field_areas = $_POST['cf_areas'];
$field_membership = $_POST['membership[]'];
$field_othermember = $_POST['cf_othermember'];
$field_job = $_POST['cf_job'];
$field_leads = $_POST['leads[]'];
$field_agree = $_POST['agree[]'];


$mail_to = 'Removed';
$subject = 'Message from a site visitor '.$field_name;

$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Phone Number: '.$field_phone;
$body_message .= 'Mobile: '.$field_mobile;
$body_message .= 'Company Name: '.$field_company;
$body_message .= 'Services offered: '.$field_services;
$body_message .= 'Other Services: '.$field_other;
$body_message .= 'Areas will Work: '.$field_areas;
$body_message .= 'Membera of: '.$field_membership;
$body_message .= 'Other Membership: '.$field_othermember;
$body_message .= 'Job Min Value: '.$field_job;
$body_message .= 'Recieve leads: '.$field_leads;
$body_message .= 'Agree to terms: '.$field_agree;

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n $check_msg";

$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";

$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);

if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'index.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to removed');
window.location = 'index.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

multile checkboxes and multiple select lists pass the values as an array. you need to convert the array to a string, add this code at line 1 to convert the array to a comma seperated list:

php:
<?php

if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")     {
    foreach(
$_POST as $key => $val) {
        if(
is_array($_POST[$key])) $_POST[$key] = implode(", "$_POST[$key]);
    }
}
?>




you will also need to change these lines:
$field_services = $_POST['services[]'];

$field_membership = $_POST['membership[]'];

$field_leads = $_POST['leads[]'];

$field_agree = $_POST['agree[]'];


to remove the [] from the element names:
$field_services = $_POST['services'];

$field_membership = $_POST['membership'];

$field_leads = $_POST['leads'];

$field_agree = $_POST['agree'];


the [] needs to be included with the name of the element in the form, but not when referring to it in the POST array.

if you need further assistance, compress a copy of the file into a zip archive and include that with your replay so i can see the entire page code in context.

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shanebrough438709

Hi Jason, Thanks for reply

Tried what you suggested but ended up getting other line errors example:

Parse error: parse error in \\nas01\nas\k\e\keepusafesecurity.net\web\site1\contact3.php on line 52

As you can prob tell am new to this!!
Any help appreciated zip file attached

Attached Files
contact_php.zip
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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

i'll need a copy of the contact3.php page.

please dont save it as a text file, just compress the original zip file into a zip archive. leave it as is, in the original form unchanged,

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shanebrough438709

Find attached cheers!!

Attached Files
contact3.zip
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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

at line 7, the php code block is closed, but you have more php code after it:

change line 7 and 8:

php:
?>

$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];



to:

php:
?>

<?php
$field_name 
$_POST['cf_name'];



so that a new code block is created.

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shanebrough438709

Thanks Jason worked perfectly.

any ideas on the selective drop down menu??

only sends back the last highlighted option rather than all that is selected

cheers
shane

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

send me all of your pages, the form page and the email script i n a zip archive.

what is the name of the select list?

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shanebrough438709

Hi Jason please find attached the zip file:
contains: contractors htm and contact3 php

The form in in the contractors page and the name of the list is 'cf_areas'

cheers
also if you could pm me would be great have something to ask you.

Attached Files
contact3.zip
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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

for a multiple select list to pass multiple values, the name needs to have [] added to the end.

change:
<select multiple="multiple" name="cf_areas">

to:
<select multiple="multiple" name="cf_areas[]">

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