Posted by deko on 06/13/06 00:14

making progress...

> The <?php echo bits cause the form to redisplay what was entered since the
> only times the user will see the form are a) if this is the first time or b)
> if there was some error in processing the values supplied to the form.

I was just trying to put the form processing code into a separate file (not echo
it). That's more of a managability thing - for troubleshooting, I'll put the
code in-line.

I'm still having trouble getting the form action working:

<form action="<?php
//write to file for testing - production code will send email
$message_file = "/home/username/public_html/cgi-bin/messages.txt";
$message = $_POST['message'];
$fp_msg = fopen($message_file,"a");
fwrite($fp_msg, $message."\n");
fclose($fp_msg);
?>" method="post" name="feedback" >
<textarea name="message" rows="12" cols="22" maxlength="4096"></textarea></p>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>

The problem is nothing gets written to messages.txt!

The redirect is working, now that I have this code at the very top of the page:

<?php
$message = $_POST['message'];
$email = $_POST['email_address'];
if (!empty($message) && !empty($email))
{
header("Location:http://www.mysite.com/send-confirm.php");
exit;
}
?>

But does this prevent the form's in-line code in the from running?

Should I put the form action code in just above the redirect?

A couple of other questions:

Is "4096" an acceptable value for maxlength? That's about a full page of text
(counting spaces).

Should I use the $_REQUEST['message'] variable? I've seen this in a couple of
examples - what is it for?

Thanks!

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