Question

Flash Form and PHP Processing

Asked by: cbeaudry1

I've got a flash movie with a form that works fine with ASP for email processing but need to port it to PHP. I've tried doing this but the form simply won't send the data.

Here's the actionscript in the Flash movie:

on (release) {
      
      if (!rname.length) {
            info = "Please enter your name.";
      }
      
      else if (!raddress.length) {
            info = "Please enter your address.";
      }
      
      else if (!rcity.length) {
            info = "Please enter your city of residence.";
      }
      
      else if (!rstate.length) {
            info = "Please enter your state.";
      }
      
      else if (!rzip.length) {
            info = "Please enter your zip code";
      }
      
      else if (!rphone.length) {
            info = "Please enter your phone number";
      }
      
      else if (!remail.length || remail.indexOf("@") == -1 || remail.indexOf(".") == -1) {
            info = "Please enter a valid e-mail address.";
      }  
      
      else if (!cardnumber.length) {
            info = "Please enter your credit card number.";
      }
      
      else if (!expdate.length) {
            info = "Please enter your card's expiration date.";
      }
      
      else {
            team1.setData("82nd Airborne");
            team2.setData("Special Forces");
            team3.setData("Navy Seals");
            team4.setData("N.V. Army");
            team5.setData("V.C. Guerillas");
            team6.setData("Hunter Teams");
            teamsel = team.getValue();
            trace(camp.getValue());
            if (camp.getValue() == true){
            campsel = "Yes";
            }
            else {
            campsel = "No";
            }
            trace(specops.getValue());
            if (specops.getValue() == true){
            sosel = "Yes";
            }
            else {
            sosel = "No";
            }
            ccv.setData("Visa");
            ccm.setData("Master Card");
            card = CreditCard.getValue();
            loadVariablesNum ("regmail.php", "0", "POST");
        gotoAndPlay(651);
      }
}

And here's the PHP Mailer script:

<?PHP

$doMail = $_REQUEST['emailReply'];

$useremail = $_POST['remail'];
$subject = "Online Registration";

$Recipient = "emailaddress@sbcglobal.net";
$Sender = $remail;

$REMOTE_ADDR = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

$from_address  =
nl2br(htmlspecialchars($_POST['rname'],ENT_QUOTES));
$from_address .= " <";
$from_address .=
nl2br(htmlspecialchars($useremail,ENT_QUOTES));
$from_address .= ">";

$email_message = "";
$email_message .= "The following registration was sent through the XXXXXXXXX.com website. \n\n";
$email_message .= "The following information was provided.\n";
$email_message .= "" . $_POST['rname'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "" . $_POST['raddress'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "" . $_POST['rcity'] . ", " . $_POST['rstate'] . " " . $_POST['rzip'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Phone: " . $_POST['rphone'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Email: " . $_POST['remail'] . "\n\n";
$email_message .= "REGISTRATION ORDER\n\n";
$email_message .= "Team Selected: " . $_POST['teamsel'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Camping: " . $_POST['campsel'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Special Ops: " . $_POST['sosel'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Paint Cases: " . $_POST['casetot'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Short Sleeve Shirts: " . $_POST['sslab'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "Long Sleeve Shirts: " . $_POST['lslab'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "ORDER TOTAL: " . $_POST['total'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "CC Name: " . $_POST['card'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "CC Number: " . $_POST['cardnumber'] . "\n";
$email_message .= "CC Exp Date: " . $_POST['expdate'] . "\n\n";

$tab_content = date("j F Y, g:i a");
$tab_content .= "\t";
$tab_content .= $REMOTE_ADDR;
$tab_content .= "\t";

$headers  = "";
$headers .= "From: $Sender\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

mail($Recipient, $subject, $email_message, $headers);

?>


Anyone have any idea where I'm going wrong?

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2005-05-11 at 20:28:02ID21421384
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Answers

 

by: sam85281Posted on 2005-05-11 at 22:33:16ID: 13983869

Your data in your email_message var is formatted wrong.

Example: $email_message .= "" . $_POST['rname'] . "\n"; should be: $email_message .= "$_POST['rname']\n";

Your variable goes INSIDE of the quotes.

Another example: $email_message .= "Email: " . $_POST['remail'] . "\n\n"; should be: $email_message .= "Email: $_POST['remail']\n\n";

-Sam

 

by: sam85281Posted on 2005-05-11 at 22:43:06ID: 13983888

Going back through it, found some misc. stuff here and there.  Here's the complete script with all the formatting fixed:

I went through it quick, but pretty sure I caught it all, if it still doesn't work let me know.

<?PHP

$doMail = $_REQUEST['emailReply'];

$useremail = $_POST['remail'];
$subject = "Online Registration";

$Recipient = "emailaddress@sbcglobal.net";
$Sender = $remail;

$REMOTE_ADDR = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];

$from_address  =
nl2br(htmlspecialchars($_POST['rname'],ENT_QUOTES));
$from_address .= " <";
$from_address .=
nl2br(htmlspecialchars($useremail,ENT_QUOTES));
$from_address .= ">";

$email_message = "";
$email_message .= "The following registration was sent through the XXXXXXXXX.com website. \n\n";
$email_message .= "The following information was provided.\n";
$email_message .= "$_POST['rname']\n";
$email_message .= "$_POST['raddress']\n";
$email_message .= "$_POST['rcity'], $_POST['rstate'] $_POST['rzip']\n";
$email_message .= "Phone: $_POST['rphone']\n";
$email_message .= "Email: $_POST['remail']\n\n";
$email_message .= "REGISTRATION ORDER\n\n";
$email_message .= "Team Selected: $_POST['teamsel']\n";
$email_message .= "Camping: $_POST['campsel']\n";
$email_message .= "Special Ops: "$_POST['sosel']\n";
$email_message .= "Paint Cases: $_POST['casetot']\n";
$email_message .= "Short Sleeve Shirts: $_POST['sslab']\n";
$email_message .= "Long Sleeve Shirts: $_POST['lslab']\n";
$email_message .= "ORDER TOTAL: $_POST['total']\n";
$email_message .= "CC Name: $_POST['card']\n";
$email_message .= "CC Number: $_POST['cardnumber']\n";
$email_message .= "CC Exp Date: $_POST['expdate']\n\n";

$tab_content = date("j F Y, g:i a");
$tab_content .= "\t";
$tab_content .= $REMOTE_ADDR;
$tab_content .= "\t";

$headers  = "";
$headers .= "From: $Sender\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

mail("$Recipient", "$subject", $email_message, $headers);

?>

-Sam

 

by: cbeaudry1Posted on 2005-05-12 at 20:28:08ID: 13993111

Hmmmm...It was processing the form before but took a while get to my email. The values weren't passed through though. I'll try a few more things to see if it makes a difference since now, it just doesn't process at all.

 

by: sam85281Posted on 2005-05-12 at 21:09:10ID: 13993243

Try taking the quotes back off of mail("$Recipient", "$subject", $email_message, $headers);

Make it: mail($Recipient, $subject, $email_message, $headers);

The other changes I made above will fix the variables not going through problem, but I might have created the not sending problem by adding the quotes to the mail() function.

-Sam

 

by: cbeaudry1Posted on 2005-05-13 at 17:51:43ID: 14000780

tried that and it still didn't work for some reason...

 

by: sam85281Posted on 2005-05-13 at 18:00:45ID: 14000800

Hmmm,  I must be missing something small and dumb. :)

I'll go through it line by line tonight and fugure it out.  Is not sending at all, or just not sending all the variables?

-Sam

 

by: cbeaudry1Posted on 2005-05-13 at 18:07:28ID: 14000823

At first, my original script wasn't sending the variables. The revised script isn't sending at all. I posted this from ASP and it was working fine "over there." It's the PHP that doesn't work for some reason. Permissions are set right. The script just isn't doing its' job even though it does look right...

 

by: BillystyxPosted on 2005-05-16 at 05:34:42ID: 14009568

Try this...

$email_message = "";
$email_message .= "The following registration was sent through the XXXXXXXXX.com website. \n\n";
$email_message .= "The following information was provided.\n";
$email_message .= $_POST['rname']."\n";
$email_message .= $_POST['raddress']."\n";
$email_message .= $_POST['rcity'].",". $_POST['rstate']. $_POST['rzip']."\n";
$email_message .= "Phone:". $_POST['rphone']."\n";
$email_message .= "Email:". $_POST['remail']."\n\n";
$email_message .= "REGISTRATION ORDER\n\n";
$email_message .= "Team Selected:". $_POST['teamsel']."\n";
$email_message .= "Camping:". $_POST['campsel']."\n";


you had your posted variables inside quotes, if you continue like this, making sure all $_POST['variable'];
are outside ""

billystyx

 

by: BillystyxPosted on 2005-05-16 at 05:37:28ID: 14009583

just read above posts, and realised that was what you had to start with!

But I have to say (with all due respect Sam:) I didn't think it could work your way - I have never formatted strings and variables like that.
I will have a look into it too:)

billystyx

 

by: BillystyxPosted on 2005-05-16 at 05:53:31ID: 14009702

here, I found this example on the web at
http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=29846&seqNum=4&rl=1



echo ("The month in question has ".$numberofdays." days in it.");

which leaves the variable name outside of the  string.

Perhaps the only difference here is that it is not the posted var inside the echo statement. Maybe you could try putting all your posted variables into their own variables at the top of the php script:

like:

 $rcity=$_POST['rcity'];
$rstate=$_POST['rstate'];
$rzip=$_POST['rzip'];
 

and then

$email_message .= $_POST['rcity'].",". $_POST['rstate']. $_POST['rzip']."\n";

as an example.

billystyx

 

by: BillystyxPosted on 2005-05-19 at 05:59:42ID: 14035764

and in your flash, use
loadVariablesNum ("regmail.php", "", "POST");

and make sure all the variable names you are posting are the same variable names you try to pick up in php. (And on closer inspection, stick with your original script (or the one I changed it back to from Sam's - if you echo the variables in his version instead of mailing them, you will probably see that it doesn't provide info from flash.
As well, for troubleshooting, if you echo your $_POST variables called at the start of the php doc instead of mailing (and call the php doc directly (by typing into browser window and opening)
you will find at least one of them which doesn't have anything in the value for the variable name.

If that is the case, the vars are not leaving flash, or not being picked up by the correct name once they reach the php doc.

Let me know which:)

billystyx

 

by: cbeaudry1Posted on 2005-05-19 at 19:30:46ID: 14042606

Sorry I haven't posted in the last few days. I've been swamped with a couple of other projects. I will, however, implement these changes this weekend to see if it will solve the problem. I'm still following this thread. Just haven't had time to implement the solutions yet.

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