Re: [chris] Problem with form

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:48:06 -0700

Worked perfect. Thanks Chris!

Re: [paulmac] Problem with form

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 14:25:50 -0700

Hi paulmac,

Normally, the solution is to simply add a @ before the variable, but since this these variables are inside a string, that's not possible.

A simple solution is to force your variables to be defined before you use them:

// force checkbox fields to be defined
$_REQUEST['area_interest1'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest1'];
$_REQUEST['area_interest2'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest2'];
$_REQUEST['area_interest3'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest3'];
$_REQUEST['area_interest4'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest4'];
$_REQUEST['area_interest5'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest5'];
$_REQUEST['area_interest6'] = @$_REQUEST['area_interest6'];

Add that code anywhere above your $message = <<<__TEXT__ line.

I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Problem with form

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:38:45 -0700

Hi

I'm getting some error messages on a form I'm using.

The header information is:

// process form
if (@$_REQUEST['submitForm']) {

// error checking
$errorsAndAlerts = "";
if ([url "mailto:!@$_REQUEST['fullname'"]!@$_REQUEST['fullname'[/url]]) { $errorsAndAlerts .= "You must enter your full name!
\n"; }
if ([url "mailto:!@$_REQUEST['email'"]!@$_REQUEST['email'[/url]]) { $errorsAndAlerts .= "You must enter your email!
\n"; }
else if(!isValidEmail(@$_REQUEST['email'])) { $errorsAndAlerts .= "Please enter a valid email (example:

user@example.com)
\n"; }
if ([url "mailto:!@$_REQUEST['message'"]!@$_REQUEST['message'[/url]]) { $errorsAndAlerts .= "You must enter a message!
\n"; }

// send email user
if (!$errorsAndAlerts) {
$from = $_REQUEST['email'];
$to = "name@emailaddress.com";
$subject = "Email form submitted";
$message = <<<__TEXT__
You've received an email enquiry from the website

Full name: {$_REQUEST['fullname']}
Company name: {$_REQUEST['companyname']}
Company type: {$_REQUEST['companytype']}
Phone: {$_REQUEST['telephone']}
Email: {$_REQUEST['email']}
Area of Interest1: {$_REQUEST['area_interest1']}
Area of Interest2: {$_REQUEST['area_interest2']}
Area of Interest3: {$_REQUEST['area_interest3']}
Area of Interest4: {$_REQUEST['area_interest4']}
Area of Interest5: {$_REQUEST['area_interest5']}
Area of Interest6: {$_REQUEST['area_interest6']}
Message: {$_REQUEST['message']}

The user who sent this message had the IP address {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}.
__TEXT__;
// Note: The above line must be flush left or you'll get an error
// This is a PHP heredoc. See:

http://ca2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.syntax.heredoc

// send message
$mailResult = @mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $from");
if (!$mailResult) { die("Mail Error: $php_errormsg"); }

//
$errorsAndAlerts = "Thanks for your enquiry. ";
$_REQUEST = array(); // clear form values
}

}

?>

and the actual form is:

Enquiry Form

* indicate required field
Full Name*
Company Name
Company Type
Telephone
Email*
Please select your specific areas of interest:
Standard Generator Sets UPS Sy-stems Power Plants Gas & Co-Generation Systems Oil & Gas Rental
Your Enquiry *	<?php echo htmlspecialchars(@$_REQUEST <br /><br />['message']); ?>

I can fill in the form ok and it will get sent, the problem is with the checkbox area of interest. If they are not checked and left blank, I get an error at the top of the page:

Notice: Undefined index: area_interest1 in /home/public_html/contact.php on line 34

How can I get rid of this error.

Thanks