Form Redirect problem

[selenium]

Hi all

Like 'olicourse' i'm trying to get my form to redirect to a webpage (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337218).

I want to redirect to here:
http://www.communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk/formcomplete

but no matter what I try it's not working. I really don't know what i'm doing wrong.

The form works fine otherwise (thanks v. much for the great tutorial :) )

code:
--

<?php

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){


$to = "info@communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk";
$subject = "Website Query";
$name_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']);
$email_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']);
$message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);

foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {

$check_msg .= "Checked: $value\n";

}

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n $check_msg";

$header="From: $email_field\r\n";

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

header("Location:formcomplete.phtml");

} else {

echo "blarg!";

}
?>



any help would be much appreciated.
Andy

[LooInSpain]

like the reply for the other thread, you need to set the mail function to have the from field:



mail($to, $subject, $body, $header);

[utsav]

Hi all

Like 'olicourse' i'm trying to get my form to redirect to a webpage (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=337218).

I want to redirect to here:
http://www.communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk/formcomplete

but no matter what I try it's not working. I really don't know what i'm doing wrong.

The form works fine otherwise (thanks v. much for the great tutorial :) )

code:
--

<?php

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){


$to = "info@communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk";
$subject = "Website Query";
$name_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']);
$email_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']);
$message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);

foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {

$check_msg .= "Checked: $value\n";

}

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n $check_msg";

$header="From: $email_field\r\n";

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

header("Location:formcomplete.phtml");

} else {

echo "blarg!";

}
?>



any help would be much appreciated.
Andy




if(mail($to, $subject, $body))
{

echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\"> alert (\"You are already logged in. If it is not you, Please log out of this account.\");
window.location=\"formcomplete.phtml\";
</script>";
}
else
{
echo "Form couldnot be submitted,";
}
hope this helps.

[simplistik]

if(mail($to, $subject, $body))
{

echo "<script language=\"JavaScript\"> alert (\"You are already logged in. If it is not you, Please log out of this account.\");
window.location=\"formcomplete.phtml\";
</script>";
}
else
{
echo "Form couldnot be submitted,";
}
hope this helps.
oh wow ... no ... that's a terrible solution.

selenium, what does the form do? is it submitting, or is it returning the "Can not modify header information" which is the most common error for people and redirects.

[utsav]

well Simplistick i know using JS is not good but i thought it might help him for the time being. And yes with this i need to ask why is it considered bad practice? I really dont know the reason though i know it is bad.

[simplistik]

well Simplistick i know using JS is not good but i thought it might help him for the time being. And yes with this i need to ask why is it considered bad practice? I really dont know the reason though i know it is bad.
Well it's a cheap hackish work around really. PHP already provides a way to natively redirect a page. Also, it's dependent on javascript being enabled on your visitors' browser. Which of course like 90% of all people have js enabled, but you still want to make it as functional across the board as you can, and the PHP method works 100% of the time. Oh and not to mention :lol:


<script language="JavaScript">

is outdated markup :P


<script type="text/javascript">

is the proper way

[selenium]

Thanks for your replies looinspain, simplistik and ustav.

the form is sending information, but the browser just directs to the blank page www....co.uk/mailer.php (http://www....co.uk/mailer.php).

Even with the modification to the line looinspain suggested:

-----

<?php

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){


$to = "info@communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk";
$subject = "Website Query";
$name_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']);
$email_field = htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']);
$message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);

foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {

$check_msg .= "Checked: $value\n";

}

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n $check_msg";

$header="From: $email_field\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $body, $header);

header("Location:formcomplete.phtml");

} else {

echo "blarg!";

---

:(

[LooInSpain]

try this:


$redirecturl = "http://www.communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk/formcomplete.phtml";

header("Location: $redirecturl");

[simplistik]

try this:


$redirecturl = "http://www.communityspiritacupuncture.co.uk/formcomplete.phtml";

header("Location: $redirecturl");

not any different from the way he had his header, also he already fixed the problem

[selenium]

thanks all for your help, i ended up modifying oilcorse's code to suit my form. not sure why his worked and mine didn't, but anyway, sorted now..

thanks again :)

andy