Trouble with PHP formmail

**ZeldorBlat** · Nov 6 '06, 04:15 PM

Re: Trouble with PHP formmail

laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi, I'm using PHP 4.4.4 and have downloaded the free script
formmail.php (version 4.1b). Wondered if anyone had experienced the
same problem I'm having. I'm submitting a form to formmail.php, but
none of the variables seem to be getting recognized. Here is part of
the form I'm submitting ...
>
<body onload="documen t.forms[0].submit();">
Sending Order ...
>
<form action="formmai l.php" method=post
enctype="applic ation/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Order for Coffee">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="redirect" VALUE="thanks.h tml">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient "
VALUE="laredoto rnado@gmail.com ">
...
</form>
</body>
>
>
but then I get warnings like below ...
>
Notice: Undefined variable: recipient in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/andersonscoffee/formmail.php on line 365
>
Notice: Undefined variable: required in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/andersonscoffee/formmail.php on line 383
>
Notice: Undefined variable: require in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/andersonscoffee/formmail.php on line 388
>
Notice: Undefined variable: email in
/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/andersonscoffee/formmail.php on line 429
>
but as you can see above, "recipient" and "email" are clearly defined.
What am I doing wrong?
>
Thanks, - Dave

The script you've downloaded likely requires register_global s to be
enabled (bad) and your server has it disabled (good). Either turn it
on in php.ini (bad) or get a newer version of the script that doesn't
require it (good). If there isn't a version of formmail.php that
doesn't require register globals then I'd look for another script.

**Andy Hassall** · Nov 6 '06, 04:25 PM

Re: Trouble with PHP formmail

On 6 Nov 2006 08:06:32 -0800, "laredotornado@ zipmail.com"
<laredotornado@ zipmail.comwrot e:

>Hi, I'm using PHP 4.4.4 and have downloaded the free script
>formmail.php (version 4.1b). Wondered if anyone had experienced the
>same problem I'm having. I'm submitting a form to formmail.php, but
>none of the variables seem to be getting recognized. Here is part of
>the form I'm submitting ...
>
><body onload="documen t.forms[0].submit();">
>Sending Order ...
>
><form action="formmai l.php" method=post
>enctype="appli cation/x-www-form-urlencoded">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Order for Coffee">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="redirect" VALUE="thanks.h tml">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient "
>VALUE="laredot ornado@gmail.co m">
>...
></form>
></body>
>
>
>but then I get warnings like below ...
>
>Notice: Undefined variable: recipient in
>/usr/local/apache2/htdocs/andersonscoffee/formmail.php on line 365
>
>but as you can see above, "recipient" and "email" are clearly defined.

They're not clearly defined at all. They're in your form, but that doesn't
mean there will be a $recipient variable.

The script should be looking in $_POST['recipient'], etc., and if it's not,
then it's assuming the deprecated and potentially dangerous "register_globa ls"
option is on (search the manual or Google for more info), and so the script is
very old and hasn't been updated for the past several years of changes in PHP.

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**Kimmo Laine** · Nov 7 '06, 06:15 AM

Re: Trouble with PHP formmail

"ZeldorBlat " <zeldorblat@gma il.comwrote in message
news:1162830499 .134636.112980@ h48g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .

>
laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

>Hi, I'm using PHP 4.4.4 and have downloaded the free script
>formmail.php (version 4.1b). Wondered if anyone had experienced the
>same problem I'm having. I'm submitting a form to formmail.php, but
>none of the variables seem to be getting recognized. Here is part of
>the form I'm submitting ...
>>
><body onload="documen t.forms[0].submit();">
>Sending Order ...
>>
><form action="formmai l.php" method=post
>enctype="appli cation/x-www-form-urlencoded">
> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Order for Coffee">
> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="redirect" VALUE="thanks.h tml">
> <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient "
>VALUE="laredot ornado@gmail.co m">
>...
></form>
></body>

>
The script you've downloaded likely requires register_global s to be
enabled (bad) and your server has it disabled (good). Either turn it
on in php.ini (bad) or get a newer version of the script that doesn't
require it (good). If there isn't a version of formmail.php that
doesn't require register globals then I'd look for another script.

I'd look for another script in any case. That one is the kind of that
spammers exploit to deliver their junkmail to people. Recipient in a hidden
field, come on!! It will become a spam relay faster than you can say
supercalifragil isticexpialidoc ious... >:(

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**william.clarke** · Nov 7 '06, 09:55 PM

Re: Trouble with PHP formmail

Those are just Notices about undefined variables, if you don't want to
go over the script and you don't want to see them just change your
error reporting level to E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE in your PHP.ini file (or
just for the script in question).
Personally I'd try to fix the variables in question but that is up to
the individual developer as they are not critical errors or faults.

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