Help with contact form

eddiehead · 18-09-2009 8:01am #1

Ok this is my first time trying to set up a contact form, however I keep getting this...

Parse error: parse error in \hshome\#######\########.com\contactformprocess.php on line 30

..error message when I hit send.

[PHP]<?php

/* Subject and email variables */

$emailSubject = 'PHP Scripting ';
$webMaster = '######@#####.ie';

/* Gathering data variables*/

$nameField = $_POST;
$emailField = $_POST;
$phoneField = $_POST;
$queriesField = $_POST;

$body = <<<EOD
 <hr> 
Name: $name 
Email: $email 
Phone: $phone 
Queries: $queries 
EOD;

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers)

/* Results rendered as HTML */

$theResults = <<<EOD
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>

<body>
sent successfully
</body>
</html>EOD;

echo "$theResults";

?>[/PHP]
Line 30 is

$theResults = <<<EOD

I've copied this pretty much word for word from a youtube tutorial & I can't see any difference. Can anybody help? It's surely something simple.

chakotha · 18-09-2009 9:43am

I've never heard of <<<EOD in PHP.

try

$body = " <hr> 
Name: $name 
Email: $email 
Phone: $phone 
Queries: $queries ";

You are missing a semi-colon from the end of the mail function call.

And I'd wrap the $theResults HTML block in quotes too and do away with the EOD.

eddiehead · 18-09-2009 9:52am

chakotha wrote: »

I've never heard of <<<EOD in PHP.

try

You are missing a semi-colon from the end of the mail function call.

And I'd wrap the $theResults HTML block in quotes too and do away with the EOD.

Tbh I have absolutely zero knowledge of PHP, so I can't even explain why >>>EOD is in there, like I said I just followed the instructions on the tutorial. I'll try that when I get home for lunch, thanks.

Liam Byrne · 18-09-2009 10:20am

The "<<<" (heredoc syntax) is designed to allow you to set a variable until the pattern (in this case "EOD") is encountered; it lets you avoid all of the issues related to escaping quotes.

A rough tutorial is available here : http://www.phpf1.com/tutorial/php-heredoc-syntax.html

The issue in this case, however, is the lack of a semi-colon on the PRECEDING line :

$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers)[b];[/b]

daymobrew · 18-09-2009 10:30am

I sometimes use an online PHP Syntax checker when I get compile time errors. (I'm too lazy to open my command line and use php.exe syntax checker).

eddiehead · 18-09-2009 10:38am

Liam Byrne wrote: »
The issue in this case, however, is the lack of a semi-colon on the PRECEDING line :
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers)[b];[/b]

Are you saying the <<<EOD thing is fine then and I just need to add a semi-colon to the line you quoted?

daymobrew · 18-09-2009 12:51pm

eddiehead wrote: »

Are you saying the <<<EOD thing is fine then and I just need to add a semi-colon to the line you quoted?

In the online syntax checker I had to add the semicolon and move the "EOD;" text onto a new line.
[PHP]$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);[/PHP]
[PHP]</html>
EOD;[/PHP]

eddiehead · 18-09-2009 2:43pm

Thanks for the help lads.

It's all good now as far as the PHP is concerned, its processing the form and getting to the "sent" screen. However, the form is not making it to my inbox. What do I need to do to make the form go to my email address? Is this something I need to arrange on the server side?

Liam Byrne · 18-09-2009 3:59pm

Assuming that the $webMaster variable is set to the correct address, try adding or removing either the \r or the \n within the headers; I've found this (occasionally) to be a platform-specific issue (depending on whether you're hosted on Windows or Unix, or the version of PHP).

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