How do you email form values in html?

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  • copleyuk
    New Member
    • May 2010
    • 39
    #1

    How do you email form values in html?

    I have created a form and am emailing it via php.

    If I use plain text I can get all the entered information to email correctly. However, I wanted to have the information from the form laid out in html so that I can make it look like a completed document staff would normally see instead of just a series of lines with text.

    I have tried a number of different combinations to get this to work but am getting nowhere fast!

    Here is what I have so far:

    Code:
    $deptname = $_POST['deptname'] ;
$add1 = $_POST['add1'] ;
etc

$message = '

<html>
<body>

Department Name: <?php $deptname ?>
Address: <?php $add1 ?>
etc

mail($to, $message, $headers )

</body>
</html>
';

    I am receiving the email in HTML with the "Department Name:" part displayed but the user entered value is blank...


    I'm fairly new to both html and php and cannot seem to find how to get this working so that I can apply the layout and formatting!!

    Any help would be greatly appreciated!

    Thanks

    Carl
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    • Markus
      Recognized Expert Expert
      • Jun 2007
      • 6092
      #2
      I'm too tired to write an explanation, so just look at this example.

      Code:
      <?php

// Ignore that I'm doing no sanity-checking here
$name = $_POST['name'];
$age  = $_POST['age'];

$message = <<<MAIL
  Name: $name
  Age:  $age
MAIL;

// $to and $headers would have to be defined
if ( mail($to, $message, $headers) )
  echo "Message sent successfully.";
else
  echo "Message not sent successfully.";
      References:
      PHP: Variables - Manual
      http://php.net/variables
      Variables

      PHP: Strings - Manual
      http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php
      Strings

      PHP: Strings - Manual
      http://php.net/heredoc
      Strings

      PHP: mail - Manual
      http://php.net/mail
      Send mail

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        • copleyuk
          New Member
          • May 2010
          • 39
          #3
          Thank you soooooo much Marcus!

          Thats working perfectly!
          I've been trying to figure that out for too long.

          Thanks again

          Carl

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            • Markus
              Recognized Expert Expert
              • Jun 2007
              • 6092
              #4
              You're welcome.

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