I need an autoreply email when a user submits my forms

@mastrebligJan 22.2007

Hi,

As the above states I need an autoreply email to send to my customers when they submit a form.

I have a normal html form – example ~~[url]~~http://www.needtaxiquote.co.uk/article.php?aid=29[/url] with a submit button that sends the form results to my email. I know how to set up an autoreply in Outlook/Express but the response would direct to the server as I have php details server side.

How do I get the autoreply to send to the user’s email? What alternatives are there?

Thanks

Sam

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@TaboJan 22.2007 — #You need php not html, its serverside, does your server have php?

You need the var of the email field, lets call it $email

[CODE]<form method="post" action="whatever.php">[/CODE]

whatever.php:

[CODE]::Your content here::

<script language="php">$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];

$mailto = "$email";

$mailsubj = "Reply to your form sub...";

$mailhead = "From: $emailn";

reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);

$mailbody = "Values submitted from web site form:n";

while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { $mailbody .= "$key : $valn"; }

if (!eregi("n",$HTTP_POST_VARS[email])) { mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead); }

</script>

[/CODE]

@mastrebligauthorJan 22.2007 — #Sorry, didn't explain myself too well - I do have PHP server side.

How do I weave what I just told you into the code below?

Cheers

<?PHP

#######################################################

# This script is Copyright 2003, Infinity Web Design #

# Distributed by http://www.webdevfaqs.com #

# Written by Ryan Brill - [email][email protected][/email] #

# All Rights Reserved - Do not remove this notice #

#######################################################

## The lines below need to be edited...

###################### Set up the following variables ######################

#

$to = "[email protected]"; #set address to send form to

$subject = "Taxi Insurance Enquiry"; #set the subject line

$headers = "From: Taxi Driver"; #set the from address, or any other headers

$forward = 0; # redirect? 1 : yes || 0 : no

$location = "thankyou.htm"; #set page to redirect to, if 1 is above

#

##################### No need to edit below this line ######################

## set up the time ##

$date = date ("l, F jS, Y");

$time = date ("h:i A");

## mail the message ##

$msg = "Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted on $date at $time.nn";

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {

foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {

$msg .= ucfirst ($key) ." : ". $value . "n";

}

}

else {

foreach ($_GET as $key => $value) {

$msg .= ucfirst ($key) ." : ". $value . "n";

}

}

mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);

if ($forward == 1) {

header ("Location:$location");

}

else {

echo "Thank you for submitting the form. Our specialist taxi department will get back to you as soon as possible.";

}

?>

@mastrebligauthorJan 22.2007 — #Test

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@TaboJan 22.2007 — #Ok, add this below the other script

&lt;script language="php"&gt;$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
 
 $mailto = "$email";
 
 $mailsubj = "Reply to your form sub...";
 
 $mailhead = "From: $emailn";
 
 reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
 
 $mailbody = "Values submitted from web site form:n";
 
 while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { $mailbody .= "$key : $valn"; }
 
 if (!eregi("n",$HTTP_POST_VARS[email])) { mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead); }
 
 &lt;/script&gt;

Lets say the id or what ever it is of your form field that the user enters their email is called email, so the var will be $email. This will email the form results to their email address plus the text "Values submitted from web site form:"

@TaschenJan 22.2007 — #A word of warning: you are laying your server wide open to spammers.

It wouldn't take long to write a script external to your server that takes advantage of the above unsecured mail() routine.

Rather than sending a confirmation on submit:

First check where the request is coming from, your server or not (but don't rely on IP address as this is very easy to spoof, set a time limited token) -> next check that you have a genuine email address -> then whether the address is actively used by the person supposedly submitting the form (send an email with a hardcoded message body (ie not held in a variable) requesting a response -> if a response is received then send your confirmation.

What ever you do do please don't simply fire off an email to an unverified address, it's spammer heaven.

@mastrebligauthorJan 23.2007 — #Lets say the id or what ever it is of your form field that the user enters their email is called email, so the var will be $email. This will email the form results to their email address plus the text "Values submitted from web site form:" [/QUOTE]

I don't want to send them the form results though... I want to send the form user an image (basically a form with a phone number and thankyou note etc.) in the form of a jpeg.

@TaboJan 23.2007 — #Well then change the PHP

Values submitted from web site form:
with your code and get rid of the rest

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