PHP script not returning data, please can you help

[DMcN]

Hi, I've set up a form in flash which will send data to a PHP file on my web space, which in return will return the data from the textfields to my e-mail address. I know PHP is enabled in enabled on my web server because I tested it and it's OK.

Please can anyone check my PHP script below to see if I am missing something that would cause my e-mails not to be returned (I'm new to PHP).

I posted last week and I had to many parameters but I have now got them down to three so I hope that is OK so I am purely looking for the users input to be returned.

The PHP script is below (I've put the Actionscript code as well in-case someone notices something there)

I have tested this in an HTML page on my web server but no response from my form is received.

Thanks in advance.

PHP...
[CODE=php]
<?php
$to = 'me@myemailaddr ess.co.uk';
$subject = 'Request';

$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: $fullName";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Address: $fullAddress";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Postcode: $postcode";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Tel: $telNumber";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "E-mail: $emailAddress";

$sent = mail ($to, $subject, $message);
?>
[/CODE]

Actionscript...
[CODE=actionscri pt]
stop();
var fullName:TextFi eld;
var fullAddress:Tex tField;
var postcode:TextFi eld;
var telNumber:TextF ield;
var emailAddress:Te xtField;

fullName.restri ct = "A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç ";
fullName.maxCha rs = 40;

fullAddress.res trict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+ \- ";
fullAddress.max Chars = 90;

postcode.restri ct = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+ \- ";
postcode.maxCha rs = 10;

telNumber.restr ict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+ \- ";
telNumber.maxCh ars = 20;

emailAddress.re strict = "0-9A-Za-zÁáÉéêíÍãõç!?.+ \- ";
emailAddress.ma xChars = 50;

function sendEmail(fullN ame, fullAddress, postcode, telNumber, emailAddress)
{
var myData:LoadVars = new LoadVars();

myData.fullName = fullName.text;
myData.fullAddr ess = fullAddress.tex t;
myData.postcode = postcode.text;
myData.telNumbe r = telNumber.text;
myData.emailAdd ress = emailAddress.te xt;
}

this.submitButt on.onRelease = function()
{
if (fullName.text == "" || fullAddress.tex t == "" || postcode.text == "" || telNumber.text == "")
{
gotoAndStop("er ror");
}

else

{
sendEmail();
gotoAndStop("co rrect");
}

myData.sendAndL oad("iopost.php ", myData, "POST");
};
[/CODE]

[Atli]

Hi.

To use variables sent via the POST protocol in your PHP scripts, use the $_POST super-global.

Try something like:
[CODE=php]
$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: {$_POST['fullName']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Address: {$_POST['fullAddress']}";
# Etc...
[/CODE]

[DMcN]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

It looks as if my PHP script seems to be working now, thanks for the tip (although I could be wrong being new to PHP), but now when I point to the script in a browser window I get an e-mail sent to me but only the headings are there.

Name:
Address:
etc...

The information from the textfields in the SWF file are not being captured.

I think I may have to post in the flash section but thanks for your help, and the speedy reply.

I you feel this may still be a PHP problem please post any thoughts if you can and I'll keep a lookout for any info (I've put my latest script below just in-case).

[CODE=PHP]
<?php
$to = 'me@myaddress.c o.uk';
$subject = 'Request';

$message = '';
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "Name: {$_POST['fullName']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Address: {$_POST['fullAddress']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Postcode: {$_POST['postcode']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "Tel: {$_POST['telNumber']}";
$message .= "\n\n";
$message .= "E-mail: {$_POST['emailAddress']}";
$sent = mail ($to, $subject, $message);
?>
[/CODE]

Thanks.

[Atli]

Hi again.

It's been a while since I've used Flash so I may be wrong here but...

You have an object, 'myData' defined inside a function 'sendEmail'. But you are using the object outside the scope of the 'sendEmail' function. I would have to guess that is the problem.

Try calling the 'sendAndLoad' method on the object inside the 'sendEmail' function.