email subject
Hi all
I was wondering if someone could help me with this. I have a php form script that handles the contact form on a website i have. The problem i have is that in my script the email subject is like this
$emailSubject = 'Contact Form';
Which means ( as i found out the annoying way ) that no matter who sends an email or how many is sent to me they all have the same thing in the subject field "Contact Form" , Everything else is fine Name etc.
On the form, i have a drop down list that people can choose what the reason for their email is ( info, help, about, other etc. ) , so what i was wondering, instead of having "Contact Form" appear in the subject field that arrives in my emails ( gmail ) can i get the whatever topic they choose from the list to appear in the subject field of my emails ( it would make life so much easier ) , and if i can could anyone tell me the code i'd need to change. I presume it's not as simple as changing
$emailSubject = 'Contact Form';
to
$emailSubject = 'list';
I would be really thankful for any help with this.
Paul
you can grab the value of the select menu in your form and attache it to the subject line:
so that will show now as "Contact Form [Help, Info, or About]PHP Code:$emailSubject = 'Contact Form'.(!empty($_POST['select_name']) ? " ". $_POST['select_name'] : "");
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:. Car Parts & Accessories Car Parts
:. Cars Ireland Cars Ireland
:. I Have 2 Find It Directory SEF Directory
Just to add to louie's solution, you should also take care to prevent possible email header injection which can lead to your form being used as a mailer for spam bots etc...
if you are using php less than php5, you'll have to use something like preg_replace as str_ireplace is a php5 only function, but lets hope you have php5 and I don't have to explain preg_repalce to you!PHP Code:
function sanitize( $subject ) {
return( str_ireplace(array( "Content-Type:","to:","cc:", "bcc:", "\n", "\r", "%0d", "%0a"), "", $subject) );
}
$subject = sanitize($_POST['select_name']);
$emailSubject = 'Contact Form'.(!empty($subject) ? " ". $subject : "");
Last edited by php.allstar; 12-04-2010 at 11:46 AM. Reason: Chubby fingers - syntax error - comma where it shouldn't be!
Louie and php.allstar
You guys are legends, thanks a million for your help, it works like a charm now.
All the best
Paul
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