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Mail via php

I'm trying to pass parameters between two php pages and then send email. I get a parse error on the $subject line on the 2nd page and I'm not sure the parameters from the 1st page are being picked up. What's my problem????

Here's my code:

From Page1.php:
<a href="Page2.php?ID=$ServiceRequest[ID]&Neighbor=$ServiceRequest[Neighbor]&Date=$ServiceRequest[SvcDate]">I'll Do This!</a>

To Page2.php

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Thank You for Volunteering!</title>
</head>
<body>

<?php
$ID=$HTTP_GET_VARS['ID'];
$Neighbor=$HTTP_GET_VARS['Neighbor'];
$Date=$HTTP_GET_VARS['Date'];

$to = "reqdesk@vvcaregivers.org";
$subject = "I'll do " . $ID . " for " . $Neighbor;
$message = "volunteer for service";
mail(&to,$subject,$message);
echo "Mail Sent";
</body>
</html>

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Dave Baldwin

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zappafan2k2

This line

<a href="Page2.php?ID=$ServiceRequest[ID]&Neighbor=$ServiceRequest[Neighbor]&Date=$ServiceRequest[SvcDate]">I'll Do This!</a>

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looks funky. Are the three variables buried in the query string? If so, it should be

<a href="Page2.php?ID=<?php echo $ServiceRequest['ID']; ?>&Neighbor=<?php echo $ServiceRequest['Neighbor']; ?>&Date=<?php echo $ServiceRequest['SvcDate']; ?>">I'll Do This!</a>

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Whenever you want to use PHP code, it has to be between <?php ?>

In the code for page 2, this line

mail(&to,$subject,$message);

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should be

mail($to,$subject,$message);

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JudithARyan

ASKER

Thanks for your help, I'll try both suggestions and let you know how I did.

Judith

JudithARyan

ASKER

DaveBaldwin, since the first section of your demo isn't in a <html .... </html> page, am I supposed to insert the first section in one of my own pages? Sorry for my ignorance, I'm really new to php.

Thanks for your help. Judith

Dave Baldwin

No, that is a complete page on it's own. The PHP runs on the server and the HTML including any generated by PHP gets sent to the browser. My demo has a form on it that posts the info back to itself on the server where it gets processed and the results sent to your browser.

JudithARyan

ASKER

Thanks so much for your help. Sorry for the delay