Posted by Bruce Gilbert on 10/06/95 11:28

I have a form that submits and returns on the same page and works fine.

I know want to change the submission action from {$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}

to an external thanks page so the form method would change to:
<form action="thanks.php" method="POST">


now I need to know what else I have to change in the form below to
change to get the thanks page to submit the info. other than the
obvius which is to get rid of the echo thank-you msg. at the end of
the form.

Here is the current code:

<?php
$form_block=<<<END_FORM
<form method="post" action="{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}" class="info_request" >
<fieldset class="left">
<legend title="About You">About You</legend>

<p><label for="firstname"><span class="red">*</span> First Name: </label><br />

<input id="firstname" name="firstname" type="text"
value="{$_POST['firstname']}" /></p>

<p><label for="lastname"><span class="red">*</span> Last Name:</label><br />

<input id="lastname" name="lastname" type="text"
value="{$_POST['lastname']}" /></p>

<p><label for="company"><span class="red">*</span> Company: </label><br />

<input id="company" name="company" type="text"
value="{$_POST['company']}" /></p>

<p><label for="phone"><span class="red">*</span> Phone: </label><br />

<input id="phone" name="phone" type="text" value="{$_POST['phone']}" /></p>

<p><label for="email"><span class="red">*</span> e-mail: </label><br />

<input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="{$_POST['email']}" /></p>

<p><label for="email2"><span class="red">*</span> re-enter e-mail:
</label><br />

<input id="email2" name="email2" type="text" value="{$_POST['email2']}" /></p>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<legend title="More Info.">More Info.</legend>
<p><label for="URL"><span class="red">*</span> URL:</label><br />

<input id="URL" type="text" name="URL" value="{$_POST['URL']}"/> </p>

<p><label for="Contact_Preference"><span class="red">*</span> Best
way to reach:</label><br />

<select name="Contact_Preference" id="Contact_Preference">
<option value="email">email</option>
<option value="phone">phone</option>
<option value="snail_mail">snail mail</option>

</select>
</p>

<p><label for="Contact_Time"><span class="red">*</span> Best time to
contact:</label><br />

<select name="Contact_Time" id="Contact_Time">

<option value="morning">morning</option>
<option value="evening">evening</option>
<option value="anytime">anytime</option>

</select></p>

<input type="hidden" name="op" value="ds" />

<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="" cols="" >Send us a
detailed message specifying what you wish to accomplish with your web
site. </textarea>
<input class="submit" src="/images/submit.gif" alt="Submit"
type="image" name="submit" />

</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
<p><span class="red">*</span> indicates a required field (all fields
are required).</p>
END_FORM;
if ($_POST['op']!='ds') {
echo "$form_block";
} else if ($_POST["op"] == "ds") {

//Function saves time and space by eliminating unneccesary code
function check($fieldname)
{
global $err_msg;
if($_POST[$fieldname] == "")
{
if ( !isset($err_msg)) { $err_msg = "<span class='red'>You haven't
entered your ".$fieldname."!</span><br />"; }
elseif ( isset($err_msg)) { $err_msg="<span class='red'>You haven't
entered your ".$fieldname."!</span><br />"; }
}
return $err_msg;
}

//////////////////////////
///Function execution/////
//////////////////////////

check('firstname');
check('lastname');
check('company');
check('phone');
check('email');
check('email2');
check('URL');
check('Contact_Preference');
check('Contact_Time');
check('message');

//Validating Email Address
if ($_POST['email'] != $_POST['email2']) { $email_err = "\n<span
class='red'>e-mail address fields do not match!</span>"; }

if (isset($err_msg) || isset($email_err)) { echo
$err_msg.$email_err."\n\n".$form_block; }
else {
//it's ok to send, so build the mail
$msg = "E-mail sent from www.inspired-evolution.com\n";
$msg .="Sender's first name: {$_POST['firstname']}\n";
$msg .="Sender's last name: {$_POST['lastname']}\n";
$msg .="Company name: {$_POST['company']}\n";
$msg .="Senders Phone number: {$_POST['phone']}\n";
$msg .="Senders email address: {$_POST['email']}\n";
$msg .="Senders email address (re-typed): {$_POST['email2']}\n";
$msg .="The website is : {$_POST['URL']}\n";
$msg .="I prefer to be contacted via: {$_POST['Contact_Preference']}\n";
$msg .="The Best time to contact is: {$_POST['Contact_Time']}\n";
$msg .="Message: {$_POST['message']}\n\n";
$to ="webguync@gmail.com";
$subject ="There has been a disturbance in the force";
$mailheaders ="From: Inspired-Evolution.com
<http://www.inspired-evolution.com>\n";
$mailheaders .="Reply-To: {$_POST['email']}\n";
//send the mail
mail ($to, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
//display information to user
echo "<p>Hola, <strong>$firstname</strong>!.<br /><br />
We have received your request for a web site review , and will respond
shortly.<br />
Thanks for visiting inspired-evolution.com and have a wonderful day!<br /><br />
Regards,<br /><br />
<strong>Inspired Evolution</strong></p>";
}

}
?>

any assistance is greatly appreciated

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