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Posted by Trypt on 07/24/05 05:12
Justin wrote:
> Previously, Trypt bashed *something* on the keyboard to form:
>
>
>>Hi, I made a bunch of forms in dreamweaver, and created a basic php
>>script to process the form and email me the results. So far so good,
>>here is the script:
>>
>><?
>>$Name=$_POST['Name'];
>>$Email=$_POST['Email'];
>>$Comments=$_POST['Message'];
>>$to="contact@webhost.com";
>>$message="$Name just filled in your contact form. Message
>>was:\n$Message\n\nTheir E-Mail address was: $Email";
>>if(mail($to,"Comments From Your Site",$message,"From: $Email\n")) {
>>echo "Your message was delivered successfully. Please use the back
>>button of your browser to return to Webhost.";
>>} else {
>>echo "There was a problem sending the mail. Please check that you filled
>>in the form correctly.";
>>}
>>?>
>>
>>It works fine, it send a message to my email (i changed the email in the
>>script, the one thats showing is just a generic email).
>>
>>However, I don't like the fact that when the submit button is pushed,
>>and the form is executed successfully, the only thing it does is take
>>the user to a blank white page with the echo message above:
>>
>>"Your message was delivered successfully. Please use the back button of
>>your browser to return to Webhost."
>>
>>I really don't want the user to have to push the back button, and on top
>>of that to be taken back to the same form page which is all filled in.
>>
>>Here is what I would like to add to this script if it is possible:
>>
>>A. Instead of the echo message above, just something simple like:
>>"Click <here> to return to "webhost"", where <here> is a link of my
>>choosing.
>>
>>but even better would be
>>
>>B. A redirection to a html page. For example, when the user completes
>>the form, I'd like them to be taken to a success.html page if
>>successful, or error.html if not.
>>
>>Is there anyway to do this simply in the same above script to replace
>>the echo messages? Option B is what I really want, although I'll settle
>>for A if the above requires advanced programming.
>>
>>Thank you very much.
>
>
> Call your send message script from inside how your site is layed out ...
>
>
> <?php include "inc/header0_l0.php"; ?>
> <?php include "inc/header1_l0.php"; ?>
> <?PHP include "*send mail form script*"; ?>
> <?php include "inc/footer0_l0.php"; ?>
>
> and set the form action to this new page ...
>
> if you dont use includes to call the headers and such put
> <normal bollox>
> <body>
> <?PHP include "*send mail form script*"; ?>
> </body>
> </html>
Justin, I must say you confused me with your post. Geoff's solution was
very simple, all I had to do is replace the echo line with the
redirection. What are you telling me here, I want to know, because I am
interested in learning.
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Regards from Trypt!
trypt2000@(remove)yahoo.com
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