php flash email

[UnblessedOmega]

i was confused by the php thing...i dont know much about php and i tried following the tutorial but i was onfused about it..
the instructions were a bit hard....can anyone explain the tutorial a bit better?

[Jubba]

the tutorial is as easy as it gets (or else we wouldn't post the tutorial) what part don't you understand and we'll help explain it further..

[UnblessedOmega]

does all the script go together? and where do i put it?
is the tutorial that u can download complete?

<?php
$sendTo = "senocular@hotmail.com";
$subject = "My Flash site reply";
$headers = "From: " . $_POST["name"];
$headers .= "<" . $_POST["email"] . ">\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
all together?
and where? i cant get it to work

[kill.robot.kill]

ok, this is the first question I always ask when someone is having problems with php.

Are you sure you are testing it on a server that supports php?

[UnblessedOmega]

the server is ftp.tripod.com
i am not sure
its a free web site:-s

[kill.robot.kill]

have you tried uploading a php info page? or any other page with php?

[UNFLUX]

does tripod even allow php?

[Jubba]

Try this to see if you have PHP access at tripod:

http://www.kirupa.com/web/testphp.htm

then to answer your question:

Yes all that code goes together. Place all of that code into a file called "mail.php" (without the quotes). Change where it says:


$sendTo = "senocular@hotmail.com";
change it to say your e-mail address...

$sentTo = "bobby@google.com";
or whatever your address is...

then follow the tutorial for using the FLash side of things...

oh and to learn more about the PHP basics check out this site:
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/introduction.php