[RESOLVED] Email and Form help?

@bajanboostAug 26.2006

I am trying to setup a Form-To-Mail where a user selects a department and the email is directed towards that department. I would like to use one form for over 10 departments. The department could be chosen from a drop down menu and the email is sent ONLY to that department.

View the form I made at this link: ~~[url]~~www.gc40.com/form.html[/url] to get an idea of what I mean.

Basically, I would like a user to come to ONE “Contact Us” page and they can choose the department they want from the drop down menu and the contact information changes for that department and the email address changes when it is submitted.

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@Wiz_CreationsAug 26.2006 — #Try asking in the PHP forum.

@bajanboostauthorAug 26.2006 — #I was able to get it to work...

Problem is, I understand from a friend that the method I am using makes my emails open to spam bots....Check the code I used...

I removed:

[code=html]					<input type=hidden name=recipient value='[email protected]'>
 [/code]

and replaced it with:

[code=html] 
 <select name="recipient" size="1">
 <option value="[email protected]" selected>The Fund Manager</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Sales Team</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Investment Advisor</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Customer Service</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">General Inquiries</option>
 </select> 
 [/code]

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@pcthugAug 26.2006 — #Well you may want to associate the e-mail address with PHP:

[code=html]
 <select name="recipient" size="1">
 <option value="[email protected]" selected>The Fund Manager</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Sales Team</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Investment Advisor</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">Customer Service</option>
 <option value="[email protected]">General Inquiries</option>
 </select>[/code]

Becomes...

[code=html]
 <select name="recipient" size="1">
 <option value="a" selected>The Fund Manager</option>
 <option value="b">Sales Team</option>
 <option value="c">Investment Advisor</option>
 <option value="d">Customer Service</option>
 <option value="e">General Inquiries</option>
 </select>[/code]

And then use the following PHP to [I]decode[/I] the passed post values:

[code=php]
 $recipient = (empty($_POST['recipient'])) ? 'default' : $_POST['recipient'];
 $email_addresses = array('a' => '[email protected]', 'b' => '[email protected]', 'c' => '[email protected]', 'd' => '[email protected]', 'e' => '[email protected]', 'default' => '[email protected]');
 
 if(!array_key_exists($recipient, $email_addresses) {
 $recipient = $email_addresses['default'];
 }
 else {
 $recipient = $email_addresses[$recipient];
 }[/code]

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