EMAIL: FLASH to PHP → Please HELP

Report · Mar 10, 2011

HERE IS MY FLASH ACTION SCRIPT TO SEND EMAIL FOR FORM. PLEASE HELP ME TO FIND WHAT I AM DOING WRONG

[CODE]

send_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, fl_MouseClickHandler);

function fl_MouseClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void

{

if (theName.text == "" || theEmail.text == "")

{

theFeedback.text = "*Required.";

}

else

{

// Create a variable container

var allVars:URLVariables = new URLVariables();

allVars.box1 = box_1.text;

allVars.box2 = box_2.text;

allVars.box3 = box_3.text;

allVars.box4 = box_4.text;

allVars.box5 = box_5.text;

allVars.name = theName.text;

allVars.email = theEmail.text;

//Send info to url

var mailAddress:URLRequest = new URLRequest("...");

mailAddress.data = allVars;

mailAddress.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;

sendToURL(mailAddress);

theFeedback.text = "Thank you :)";

box_1.text = "";

box_2.text = "";

box_3.text = "";

box_4.text = "";

box_5.text = "";

theName.text = "";

theEmail.text = "";

}

[CODE]

THIS SEEMS TO BE WORKING BECAUSE I RECEIVE EMAIL BUT IT IS EMPTY (without info)

HERES THE PHP CODE

[PHP]

<?php

//Shows where to send the email.

//Shows what the subject will be in the email.

$sendTo = "...";

$subject = "Flash Reply";

//Headers to show the information sent.

$headers = " 1: " . $POST[box_1] .

$headers = " 2: " . $POST[box_2] .

$headers = " 3: " . $POST[box_3] .

$headers = " 4: " . $POST[box_4] .

$headers = " 5: " . $POST[box_5] .

$headers = " Name: " . $POST[theName] .

$headers = " Email: " . $POST[theEmail] .

// once the variables have been defined, they can be included

// in the mail function call which will send you an email

mail($sendTo, $subject, $headers);

?>

[/PHP]

WHAT AM I DOING WRONG??

Message was edited by: Günter Schenk

Report · Mar 10, 2011

How about this instead:

$headers = " 1: " . $POST[box_1];

$headers .= " 2: " . $POST[box_2];

$headers .= " 3: " . $POST[box_3];

$headers .= " 4: " . $POST[box_4];

$headers .= " 5: " . $POST[box_5];

$headers .= " Name: " . $POST[theName];

$headers .= " Email: " . $POST[theEmail];

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Ill give this a try.

Should the first one be like this

$headers = " 1: " . $POST[box_1];

or this

$headers .= " 1: " . $POST[box_1];

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Should the first one be like this
$headers = " 1: " . $POST[box_1];
or this
$headers .= " 1: " . $POST[box_1];

The very first instance of the $headers variable only needs a regular = assignment, but all following $headers require the so-called concentration operator (.=)

Report · Mar 10, 2011

I received this in the email

1: 2: 3: 4: 5: Name: Email:

Not the info from the ac3 script?

THANKS. Any other ideas?

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Ooops, I missed something: your PHP POST variables need an underscore after the dollar sign, example:

$_POST['whatever']

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Excellant I will change that. I missed something as well.

THIS

allVars.box1 = box_1.text;

allVars.box2 = box_2.text;

allVars.box3 = box_3.text;

allVars.box4 = box_4.text;

allVars.box5 = box_5.text;

allVars.name = theName.text;

allVars.email = theEmail.text;

in my as3 so my php should be this

$headers = " 1: " . $_POST[box1];

$headers .= " 2: " . $_POST[box2];

$headers .= " 3: " . $_POST[box3];

$headers .= " 4: " . $_POST[box4];

$headers .= " 5: " . $_POST[box5];

$headers .= " Name: " . $_POST[name];

$headers .= " Email: " . $_POST[email];

NOT THIS

$headers = " 1: " . $POST[box_1];

$headers .= " 2: " . $POST[box_2];

$headers .= " 3: " . $POST[box_3];

$headers .= " 4: " . $POST[box_4];

$headers .= " 5: " . $POST[box_5];

$headers .= " Name: " . $POST[theName];

$headers .= " Email: " . $POST[theEmail];

CORRECT.

Gee like thanks again so much for helping.

Report · Mar 10, 2011

paintedthetown wrote:
Excellant I will change that. I missed something as well.

So we have something in common then 😉

BTW, considering the extremely basic configuration your PHP "send email" script provides, I strongly recommend to read what the PHP manual has to say about the mail function -- and it does not contain any safety precaution at all, what makes it pretty vulnerable.

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Gunter ... it works now.

Goes to show how bouncing ideas off each other develops solutions!!

Thanks so much for all your ideas and help! I hope you have the best evening ever!!! woohhooo

Report · Mar 10, 2011

Goes to show how bouncing ideas off each other develops solutions!!

Yep, that´s the kind of interaction I like.

On a side note: I will edit your initial post, because it´s not a good idea to reveal email addresses and URLs to PHP scripts such as yours in public forums.