contact form processor help

[andrewjs18]

Hi there, I'm hoping someone can help me adjust my form processor so that when the server sends out emails, it doesn't send them out through "username@host107.hostmonster.com". From what I'm reading through the host monster support documents (https://my.hostmonster.com/cgi/help/206), it can be accomplished by modifying the "from" address. However, my php knowledge is limited and removing the parenthesis around the "address from" field breaks the script. Here's my form.php script:



<?php
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$problem = $_POST["problem"];
$comments = $_POST["comments"];

$address_to = "removed for security purposes";
$address_from = "removed for security purposes";
$email_subject_line = $name . "'s form";

$email_text = "Name? " . $name .
"\nEmail? " . $email .
"\nProblem? " . $problem .
"\nComments? " . $comments;

mail($address_to, $email_subject_line, $email_text, $address_from);
header ('Location: http://www.yoursite.com);
exit ();
?>


I hope someone is able to lend a hand!

[SteveS]

This should work.


$emailBody = "This is the body of the email.";
$to = "sample@domain.com" . ", " . $_POST['email1'] . ", " . $_POST['email2'];
$subject = "This is the subject.";
$headers = "From: yourname@yourdomain.com\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";

$userMes = "";
if (!mail($to, $subject, $emailBody, $headers))
{
$userMes .= "<p><b>WARNING - There was an error sending email.</b></p>";
}

yourname@yourdomain.com must be a valid email. It does not need to have an actual mailbox, a valid forwarder is acceptable. If the email is not valid, it will be sent from "username@host107.hostmonster.com".

[andrewjs18]

This should work.


$emailBody = "This is the body of the email.";
$to = "sample@domain.com" . ", " . $_POST['email1'] . ", " . $_POST['email2'];
$subject = "This is the subject.";
$headers = "From: yourname@yourdomain.com\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";

$userMes = "";
if (!mail($to, $subject, $emailBody, $headers))
{
$userMes .= "<p><b>WARNING - There was an error sending email.</b></p>";
}

yourname@yourdomain.com must be a valid email. It does not need to have an actual mailbox, a valid forwarder is acceptable. If the email is not valid, it will be sent from "username@host107.hostmonster.com".

does that replace my entire form or does it just replace a portion of it? if it just replaces a portion of it, which portion would that be?

[SteveS]

does that replace my entire form or does it just replace a portion of it? if it just replaces a portion of it, which portion would that be?

Just change variable $address_from

from:


$address_from = "removed for security purposes";

To:


$address_from = "From: removed for security purposes\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";

You need to have "From: " before your from address.

[andrewjs18]

Just change variable $address_from

from:


$address_from = "removed for security purposes";

To:


$address_from = "From: removed for security purposes\r\n" . "X-Mailer: php";

You need to have "From: " before your from address.

that worked perfectly. thanks a bunch!

now I need to modify my contact page to include some anti-spam measures. I suppose I should start a new discussions on that, correct?