Writing submited form data to a file on your server?

@Heavy_MetalAug 05.2005

is there anyway to take whatever form data like i have on my form and currently i have it set up on another php page that copys out what they entered and confirms it and i was just wondering if there would be anyway that i could set it up to where whenever it goes to that page the results are written in a file that way i can go in later and see what they have written im just wondering thanks in advance for all your help-

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@pointfiftyaeAug 05.2005 — #You might want something like that, to write in the code that "confirms" things the people submit with your form :

[code=php]
 //creates a new file called log.txt or opens it if already exists
 $file = fopen('log.txt','w+');
 
 //writes into it things the people post
 $text = $_POST['name']." wrote: ".$_POST['message']."n"; 
 //this was just an example of course
 fwrite($file,$text);
 
 fclose($file);
 [/code]

Just make sure the directory in which you will create and edit the file has permission level of 0777 (I do not really know much about this stuff).

I don't know, though, if it is a really practical way to get informations people send you... you might want to use the mail() function instead.

More infos on [URL=http://fr.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php]fopen[/URL], [URL=http://fr.php.net/manual/en/function.fwrite.php]fwrite[/URL] and [URL=http://fr.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php]mail[/URL]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 05.2005 — #im extremly new could u please explain the mail function to me?

@LiLcRaZyFuZzYAug 06.2005 — #you might wanna read that in the php manual about the mail function

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Of course.

this is the basic syntax of the function :

[code=php]mail (string to, string subject, string message, [optional: string additionnal headers]).[/code]

if you want to send a mail to the address "[email protected]" with the subject "hello" and the message "world", this will help you :

[code=php]mail("[email protected]","hello","world");[/code]

of course you can replace those strings with variables:

[code=php]mail($to,$subject,$message)[/code]

In your case it would be something like that:

[code=php]$to = "[email protected]"; //you will want the mail to be sent to you, won't you ?
 $subject = "New mail from my site !";
 $message = $_POST['name']." wrote: ".$_POST['message']; //example of a message
 if (!mail($to,$subject,$message)) {
 die("Error");
 }
 // if for one reason the mail isn't sent, this will stop the code.
 [/code]

allright these were the basics I think... tell me if I omitted some things you'd need !

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #ok everyone i really apreciate all of your help but im really still gettign the hang of php so that was kinda hard to understand some of it but i think i got it so thanks for all of your help guys you really helped

EDIT: ok im stumped the first file thing didn't work and the mail thing wont work either whats up with that?

@bathurst_guyAug 06.2005 — #Did you get errors...

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #Did you get errors...[/QUOTE]
ok it turned out the email thing actually worked because i got the emails but now im confused cause it worked but i got errors on my page maby i didn't tweak it right or something but anyways im going to take another look at it

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Good you got errors. What errors were these ?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #Good you got errors. What errors were these ?[/QUOTE]
hmmmm this is odd i had take it off of my proccessing part because of the errors but i just put it back on and no more errors so im guessing i must have had it set up wrong befor or something but anyway its working now and im going to wait to see if i get the email

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Mmh yes maybe you were a bit aggressive when cutting off this part of the script ? ? I don't know, I just wish you much luck for your email. If you have further questions please post your code (between php tags), it will be much more easier for us to help you find out where the bugs are!

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #well i got the emails that i sent and they're fine really so thanks for all your help guys

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #You're welcome! ?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #You're welcome! ?[/QUOTE]
curses all of a sudden im getting errors again the errors are

Notice: Undefined index: what_is_it in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 26
 
 Notice: Undefined index: what_is_it in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 26

but i dont know what the heck is wrong with it

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Could I see your code ? Or is it too personal ?

Edit: the cases in which I encountered the "Undefined Index" error were when using an array key that doesn't exist. I believe. Check for this.

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #Could I see your code ? Or is it too personal ?

Edit: the cases in which I encountered the "Undefined Index" error were when using an array key that doesn't exist. I believe. Check for this.[/QUOTE]
sorry i would let you see my code in fact i wish i had let u see it earlyier but i acidently deleted it and now i have no copys of it so now i get to recreate the code

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Ow. Too bad. I wish it will help you to see clearer (that's always the good side of "resetting" everything...).

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #ok i am getting this error

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 16

and thats all thats showing up on my page so what does this mean?

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #I can't know this without seeing your CODE ! although it may be possible that you have forgotten a ";" at the end of a line, the 15 or 16 obviously.

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #well the code thats making that is

<i>
 </i>&lt;html&gt;
 &lt;body&gt;
 &lt;?php
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];
 ?&gt;
 &lt;?php
 echo $Name_on_graphic.'&lt;b&gt;:Name On Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_is_it.'&lt;b&gt;:Avatare , Signeture etc.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Color_scheme.'&lt;b&gt;:Color Scheme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Pictures.'&lt;b&gt;:Pictures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_you_dont_want.'&lt;b&gt;:What You Don't Want On Your Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Other_info.'&lt;b:&gt;Other_info&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 ?&gt;
 &lt;/body&gt;
 &lt;/html&gt;

and i checked and i cant see that its missing a ; in it so please look over it and tell me what could be causing that error

EDIT:and the error again is

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 16

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #The problem comes from line 16 (surprised ?), where the apostrophe from "What You Don't Want" is interpreted as the ending single quote from the line. Put a backslash in front of it to escape it.

I suggest you also firstly check all your $_POST variables with the isset() function. This was the cause of your "undefined index" error. probably. ?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #as i think i'v stated be4 im a php newb so i have not a clue as to what your talking about with the "isset()" function

EDIT:and i took out the ' in dont and that error's still there

EDIT(again):soz i forgot to save the file it got ride of the error thanks

@pointfiftyaeAug 06.2005 — #Right. I didn't quite understand... ? Ah yes watch out you've wrote this on your last line (or so) : <b:> which was meant to be <b>: .

If you're really really new I can only recommend the useful reading of the php tutorial on [URL]http://www.w3schools.com[/URL]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #Right. I didn't quite understand... ? Ah yes watch out you've wrote this on your last line (or so) : <b:> which was meant to be <b>: .

If you're really really new I can only recommend the useful reading of the php tutorial on [URL]http://w3schools.com[/URL][/QUOTE]
yes i know i caught that <b:> whenever i noticed that part of my text wasn't bold and it was supposed to be and almost every php tortail has only confused me more and just trying to write my own scripts and learning from my errors has helped me more than anything and i pretty much got my basic script done so now im attempting to set it to email it to me

EDIT: ok i have it set that way and the email is working fine but im getting thisNotice: Undefined index: message in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 21 error and this is my code

&lt;html&gt;
 &lt;body&gt;
 &lt;?php
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];
 ?&gt;
 &lt;?php
 echo $Name_on_graphic.'&lt;b&gt;:Name On Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_is_it.'&lt;b&gt;:Avatare , Signeture etc.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Color_scheme.'&lt;b&gt;:Color Scheme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Pictures.'&lt;b&gt;:Pictures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_you_dont_want.'&lt;b&gt;:What You Dont Want On Your Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Other_info.'&lt;b&gt;:Other_info&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 ?&gt;
 &lt;?php $to = "[email protected]";
 $subject = "Gamerplanet Graphic request form !";
 $message = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'].":Name On Graphic".$_POST['message'];
 if (!mail($to,$subject,$message)) {
 die("Error");
 } ?&gt;
 &lt;/body&gt;
 &lt;/html&gt;

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 06.2005 — #lil help please

EDIT:soz for the double post

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #I've never got that error before, but it would make sense that "undefined index" would refer to a bad array key, and the only array you've used in that line is $_POST. As pointfiftyae said, check it with isset():

[code=php]
 $is_it_set=isset($_POST['message']);
 [/code]

etc.

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #A more appropriate usage would probably be

[code=php]
 if(isset($_POST['message'])&&isset($_POST['Name_on_graphic']))
 $message = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'].":Name On Graphic".$_POST['message'];
 else
 echo "a variable is not set";
 [/code]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #I've never got that error before, but it would make sense that "undefined index" would refer to a bad array key, and the only array you've used in that line is $_POST. As pointfiftyae said, check it with isset():

[code=php]
 $is_it_set=isset($_POST['message']);
 [/code]

etc.[/QUOTE]
ok this code

&lt;html&gt;
 &lt;body&gt;
 &lt;?php
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];
 ?&gt;
 &lt;?php
 echo $Name_on_graphic.'&lt;b&gt;:Name On Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_is_it.'&lt;b&gt;:Avatare , Signeture etc.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Color_scheme.'&lt;b&gt;:Color Scheme&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Pictures.'&lt;b&gt;:Pictures&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $What_you_dont_want.'&lt;b&gt;:What You Dont Want On Your Graphic&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 echo $Other_info.'&lt;b&gt;:Other_info&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;';
 ?&gt;
 &lt;?php $to = "[email protected]";
 $subject = "Gamerplanet Graphic request form !";
 $message = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'].":Name On Graphic".$_POST['message'];
 if (!mail($to,$subject,$message)) {
 die("Error");
 } ?&gt;
 &lt;?php  $is_it_set=isset($_POST['message']); ?&gt;
 &lt;/body&gt;
 &lt;/html&gt;

is giveing me this output

text:Name On Graphic
 text:Avatare , Signeture etc.
 text:Color Scheme
 text:Pictures
 text:What You Dont Want On Your Graphic
 text:Other_info
 
 Notice: Undefined index: message in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 21

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Um, your code and output are identical...?

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Okay, I assume all of the form values from the previous page were just set to "text".

<?php $is_it_set=isset($_POST['message']); ?>
[/QUOTE]

You've done that wrong.

It seems that 'message' is an invalid array reference. check the form that posted to that script, and check that there is a field named "message". Bear in mind that it may be case-sensitive, I'm not sure.

The way you should set up the isset is as I explained before:

[code=php]
 if(isset($_POST['message'])&&isset($_POST['Name_on_graphic'])) 
 $message = @$_POST['Name_on_graphic'].":Name On Graphic".@$_POST['message']; 
 else 
 echo "a variable is not set"; 
 [/code]

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #By the way, use PHP tags for your PHP code, not CODE tags.

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #Okay, I assume all of the form values from the previous page were just set to "text".

You've done that wrong.

It seems that 'message' is an invalid array reference. check the form that posted to that script, and check that there is a field named "message". Bear in mind that it may be case-sensitive, I'm not sure.

The way you should set up the isset is as I explained before:

[code=php]
 if(isset($_POST['message'])&&isset($_POST['Name_on_graphic'])) 
 $message = @$_POST['Name_on_graphic'].":Name On Graphic".@$_POST['message']; 
 else 
 echo "a variable is not set"; 
 [/code]

[/QUOTE]

ok i copyed that and all and it says that a variable is not set

EDIT:could u add bowkid9000 to your aim list so we can talk like that

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Which means that one of the variables isn't set. Can you post the source of the html form which posts to that script?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #

[code=html]<html>
 <head>
 <title>Gamerplanet Graphic request form</title>
 </head>
 <body bgcolor="black" text="white">
 <center><h1>Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form</h1></center>
 <form method="post" action="/gpproccess.php" onReset="return confirm('Do you really want to Reset this form?')" onSubmit="return confirm('Do you really want to submit this form?')">
 <input type="text" name="Name_on_graphic" Size="50"><b>Name On Graphic</b><br>
 <hr>
 <input type="text" name="What_is_it" size="50"><b>Avatare , Signeture etc.</b><br>
 <hr>
 <input type="text" name="Color_scheme" size="50"><b>Color Scheme</b><br>
 
 <hr>
 <TEXTAREA NAME="Pictures" ROWS="10" COLS="40"></textarea><b>Pictures(you must provide them)</b><br>
 <hr>
 <TEXTAREA NAME="What_you_dont_want" ROWS="10" COLS="40"></textarea><b>What You Don't Want On Your Graphic</b><br>
 <hr>
 <TEXTAREA NAME="Other_info" ROWS="10" COLS="40"></textarea><b>Other Info</b><br>
 <hr>
 <input type="submit" value="Submit"><input type="reset" Value="Reset">
 </form>
 </body>[/code]

and i can also give you the link to it if u need it

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #As I thought, your form contains no <input> named "message", so you cannot receive $_POST['message'], because no 'message' variable has been posted to the script.

What exactly do you expect $_POST['message'] to contain?

By the way, I just can't resist the urge to correct your spellings. It's [B]avatar[/B] not avatare and [B]signature[/B] not signeture

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #As I thought, your form contains no <input> named "message", so you cannot receive $_POST['message'], because no 'message' variable has been posted to the script.

What exactly do you expect $_POST['message'] to contain?

By the way, I just can't resist the urge to correct your spellings. It's [B]avatar[/B] not avatare and [B]signature[/B] not signeture[/QUOTE]
ok umm i know that there is no input called message i never said there was but im wanting to set up the mail thing to send all of those inputs that are one ethere that its being recieved in a email to <b>[email protected]</b> and i want the subject to be <b>Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form</b> so could you please set that up for me?

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Well, if there's no <input> named message, you cannot use the variable $_POST['message'] because nothing has been posted to it. So I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve with $_POST['message'].

If you wanted all of the form elements to be sent in the email body, you could set each one to a variable, then combine them into a variable called $message and do this:

[code=php]
 mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message);
 [/code]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #well i want to get all of these to go into the message part of the email

[code=php]$Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];[/code]

so im guessing that yes want im trying to do here is put all of those into one variable called message

EDIT : but i dont know how to do it

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Okay, in that case this is all you have to do:

[code=php]
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic']; 
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it']; 
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme']; 
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures']; 
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want']; 
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info']; 
 
 $message="Application form received:nn$Name_on_graphic.$What_is_it.$Color_scheme.$Pictures.$What_you_dont_want.$Other_info;
 
 mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message);
 [/code]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #ok this

[code=php]<html>
 <body>
 <?php
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];
 ?>
 <?php
 echo $Name_on_graphic.'<b>:Name On Graphic</b><br>';
 echo $What_is_it.'<b>:Avatare , Signeture etc.</b><br>';
 echo $Color_scheme.'<b>:Color Scheme</b><br>';
 echo $Pictures.'<b>:Pictures</b><br>';
 echo $What_you_dont_want.'<b>:What You Dont Want On Your Graphic</b><br>';
 echo $Other_info.'<b>:Other_info</b><br>';
 ?>
 <?php $message="Application form received:nn$Name_on_graphic.$What_is_it.$Color_scheme.$Pictures.$What_you_dont_want.$Other_info;
 
 mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message);
 if (!mail($to,$subject,$message)) {
 die("Error");
 } ?>
 </body>
 </html>[/code]

is outputing

[code=php]Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 21[/code]

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Sorry, unclosed string literal there:

change

<?php $message="Application form received:nn$Name_on_graphic.$What_is_it.$Color_scheme.$Pictures.$What_you_dont_want.$Other_info;

to

<?php $message="Application form received:nn".$Name_on_graphic.$What_is_it.$Color_scheme.$Pictures.$What_you_dont_want.$Other_info;

By the way, you've already told it to mail, so you don't need

if (!mail($to,$subject,$message)) {

die("Error");

Although you may want to replace

mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message);

with

if(!mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message))

die("Error");

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #How's it going?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #ok now this script

[code=php]<html>
 <body>
 <?php
 $Name_on_graphic = $_POST['Name_on_graphic'];
 $What_is_it = $_POST['What_is_it'];
 $Color_scheme = $_POST['Color_scheme'];
 $Pictures = $_POST['Pictures'];
 $What_you_dont_want = $_POST['What_you_dont_want'];
 $Other_info = $_POST['Other_info'];
 ?>
 <?php
 echo $Name_on_graphic.'<b>:Name On Graphic</b><br>';
 echo $What_is_it.'<b>:Avatare , Signeture etc.</b><br>';
 echo $Color_scheme.'<b>:Color Scheme</b><br>';
 echo $Pictures.'<b>:Pictures</b><br>';
 echo $What_you_dont_want.'<b>:What You Dont Want On Your Graphic</b><br>';
 echo $Other_info.'<b>:Other_info</b><br>';
 ?>
 <?php $message="Application form
 received:nn".$Name_on_graphic.$What_is_it.$Color_scheme.$Pictures.$What_you_dont_want.$Other_info; 
 
 if(!mail("[email protected]","Gamerplanet Graphic Request Form",$message))
 die("Error");
 } ?>
 </body>
 </html>[/code]

is ouputing this error

[code=php]Parse error: parse error, unexpected '}' in D:Apache GroupApache2htdocsbowhuntrgpproccess.php on line 24[/code]

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #That error is caused by exactly what it says - the '}' on line 24 shouldn't be there. Remove it.

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #ok its working perfectly now now more errors and i got the email and its exactly as it should be thanks so so much

EDIT : could you add me on aim my sn is bowkid9000

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #also how would i add text between those would i just type it in or what?

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #No problem. You need to learn how to fix your own errors though. Just look at the line specified by the error. It normally gives you a hint, for example unexpected (character) means that whatever character is there either shouldn't be there, or something should be before it. T_STRING refers to a string, T_VARIABLE to a variable, etc.

[B]Hint:[/B] It's also a good idea to check to make sure you haven't missed any ';'s, and to make sure that all strings are closed off.

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #Yes, you can just add it inbetween. Example:

$text1="Between ";

$text2=" strings";

echo $text1."the".$text2;

Output:

Between the strings
[/QUOTE]

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #No problem. You need to learn how to fix your own errors though. Just look at the line specified by the error. It normally gives you a hint, for example unexpected (character) means that whatever character is there either shouldn't be there, or something should be before it. T_STRING refers to a string, T_VARIABLE to a variable, etc.

[B]Hint:[/B] It's also a good idea to check to make sure you haven't missed any ';'s, and to make sure that all strings are closed off.[/QUOTE]
yes ok but that still leave the questions 1)how do i add text inbetween those variables in the email and 2) would u add my aim(bowkid9000) because i have some questions i would like to ask you about php

@agent_x91Aug 07.2005 — #I generally avoid using AIM, do you have MSN messenger?

@Heavy_MetalauthorAug 07.2005 — #yes i do just add [email][email protected][/email] to it to talk on there

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