Blank behind dot disappears with mail()

[Nik Futter]

I have a strange effect:

From a formula I transfer firstname, lastname and email address to a PHP
script. Then mail() shall send this data.

$mailheaders = "From: ".$_POST['firstname']." ".$_POST['lastname'].
"<".$_POST['email'].">\n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: ".$_POST['email'];
mail($_SESSION['recipient'], $_SESSION['subject'], $body, $mailheaders);

Most times this works quite well: A blank is "usually" between first name
and last name. But: If the first name is abbreviated with a point, then the
blank is suppressed in the sent mail.

Correct:
Firstname: Nik
Lastname: Futter
EMail: eMail
changes to: Nik Futter <eMail>

But:
Firstname: N.
Lastname: Futter
EMail: eMail
changes to N.Futter <eMail>

Or (extreme example)
Firstname: F G
Lastname: Xtra Zeta
changes to: F G Xtra Zeta

Firstname: F. G.
Lastname: Xtra. Zeta
changes to: F.G.Xtra.Zeta

For checking I also have attached the variable $mailheaders to the body of
the sent email. At this stage the blank exist behind the dot.

Why this happens ? Is it an error in the script or in mail() ?

[CountScubula]

Re: Blank behind dot disappears with mail()

"Nik Futter" <spam@unawave.d e> wrote in message
news:btchad$h6k $1@online.de...[color=blue]
> I have a strange effect:
>
> From a formula I transfer firstname, lastname and email address to a PHP
> script. Then mail() shall send this data.
>
> $mailheaders = "From: ".$_POST['firstname']." ".$_POST['lastname'].
> "<".$_POST['email'].">\n";[/color]

change to:
$mailheaders = "From: \"{$_POST['firstname']} {$_POST['lastname']}\" " .
"<{$_POST['email']}>\n";

I did two things here, the first, was not a problem, just makes it easier to
read, and that is use {} around the variable inside a quoted string, insead
of string: . variable . string

ok, now the second part, might be your problem, I added \" around the name
the resulting from may need quotes in it, so it looks like this:

from: "john doe" <jdoe@mydom.com >

--
Mike Bradley
http://www.gzentools.com -- free online php tools

[Nik Futter]

Re: Blank behind dot disappears with mail()

> ok, now the second part, might be your problem, I added \" around the name[color=blue]
> the resulting from may need quotes in it, so it looks like this:
>
> from: "john doe" <jdoe@mydom.com >[/color]

Thank you very much - this works fine !

Nik