Thread: Form not working

I have created simple form using name,email,comments and i created seperate web pages as
name_error.html,email_error.html,comments_error,co nfirmationpage.html

The code inserted in processingpage.php as

<?PHP
// Receiving variables
@$name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
@$email = addslashes($_POST['email']);
@$comments = addslashes($_POST['comments']);
// error checking
if (strlen($name) == 0 )
{
header("Location: name_error.html");
exit;
}
if (strlen($email) == 0 )
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (! ereg('[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\@[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+', $email))
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (substr_count($comments, '@') > "2")
{
header("Location: comments_error.html");
exit;
}
//Sending Email to form owner
$mailto = "sunny152s@rediffmail.com";
$mailsubj = "FEEDBACK";
$mailhead = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$mailbody = "Values from my website form:\n";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
if ($key!="submit")
{
$mailbody .= "$key : $val\n";
}
}
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
// Autoresponder
$mailto = $email;
$mailsubj = "Copy of the info you Submitted";
$mailhead = "From: website form\n";
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
header("Location: confirmationpage.html");
?>

Now,the email error,name error and comments error messages are working well but when the visitor types his name,email,comments and press submit button,then the error message getting is

PHP Warning: reset() [function.reset]: Passed variable is not an array or object in H:\Websites\LocalUser\wesleychurch\processingpage. php on line 31 PHP Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in H:\Websites\LocalUser\wesleychurch\processingpage. php on line 33 PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 551 This mail server requires authentication before sending mail from a locally hosted domain. Please reconfigure your mail client to authenticate before sending mail. in H:\Websites\LocalUser\wesleychurch\processingpage. php on line 40 PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 551 This mail server requires authentication before sending mail from a locally hosted domain. Please reconfigure your mail client to authenticate before sending mail. in H:\Websites\LocalUser\wesleychurch\processingpage. php on line 45

Please help.

Thanks,
Sunny

Hm...

You have two problems.

1. Seems like your php version doesn't recognoze the $HTTP_POST_VARS as an array. Try replacing it with $_REQUEST . Which version of php do you run ?

2. The second is a bigger problem (maybe). Your server (local computer?) is set to require SMTP authentication. The only way to overcome this is to use a specific script that supports SMTP authentication, like php mailer or Zend Mailer. If you don't have coding experience, this might prove a bit problematic.

I tried replacing the code,but still not working.Any solution to this problem?
Sunny

Is this a published webpage ? or are you running it locally in your computer ?

If published, please provide a link.

Here is the link,

http://wesleychurch.witnesstoday.org

The modified PHP code is

<?PHP
// Receiving variables
@$name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
@$email = addslashes($_POST['email']);
@$comments = addslashes($_POST['comments']);
// error checking
if (strlen($name) == 0 )
{
header("Location: name_error.html");
exit;
}
if (strlen($email) == 0 )
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (! ereg('[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\@[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+', $email))
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (substr_count($comments, '@') > "2")
{
header("Location: comments_error.html");
exit;
}
//Sending Email to form owner
$mailto = "sunny152s@rediffmail.com";
$mailsubj = "FEEDBACK";
$mailhead = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$mailbody = "Values from my website form:\n";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($_REQUEST ))
{
if ($key!="submit")
{
$mailbody .= "$key : $val\n";
}
}
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
// Autoresponder
$mailto = $email;
$mailsubj = "Copy of the info you Submitted";
$mailhead = "From: website form\n";
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
header("Location: confirmationpage.html");
?>

Naval was saying to replace $HTTP_POST_VARS in this line

reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);

Not in this line

while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS))

Anyway, are the variables being posted, the only reason I can think of that it would toss up that error is if nothing was posted and it was just empty, but even then it still should have had the array defined.

From what i see on your site, replacing $HTTP_POST_VARS in one line has solved part of the problem (You no longer have the second error message:

PHP Warning: Variable passed to each() is not an array or object in H:\Websites\LocalUser\wesleychurch\processingpage. php on line 33

So I suggest that you also do the same for the other line:

reset ($_REQUEST); instead of reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);


However, even if this solves this part, the main problem, that of the SMTP authentication still remains and i believe that it will be your main problem.

My only guess about the array problem is that you are running a particular php version that doesn't have (recognize) the $HTTP_POST_VARS global.

My server upgraded PHP from version 4.4.7 to 5.2.5.So can anybody please modify this PHP code to 5.2.5 version,Here is the PHP code-


<?PHP
// Receiving variables
@$name = addslashes($_POST['name']);
@$email = addslashes($_POST['email']);
@$comments = addslashes($_POST['comments']);
// error checking
if (strlen($name) == 0 )
{
header("Location: name_error.html");
exit;
}
if (strlen($email) == 0 )
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (! ereg('[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\@[A-Za-z0-9_-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9_-]+', $email))
{
header("Location: email_error.html");
exit;
}
if (substr_count($comments, '@') > "2")
{
header("Location: comments_error.html");
exit;
}
//Sending Email to form owner
$mailto = "sunny152s@rediffmail.com";
$mailsubj = "Feedback from my website form";
$mailhead = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$mailbody = "Values from my website form:\n";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
if ($key!="submit")
{
$mailbody .= "$key : $val\n";
}
}
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
// Autoresponder
$mailto = $email;
$mailsubj = "Copy of the info you Submitted";
$mailhead = "From: website form\n";
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
header("Location: confirmationpage.html");

This code SHOULD work with php v 5. If it doesn't then there is some further problem. Anyway, as i said, this script will NOT work in any case, because your hosting company requires SMTP authentication. Please read above, you will need a specialized script with a mailer class that provides SMTP authentication. If you can't make it this way, ask support from your hosting company, to provide you with instructions on how to use sendmail or any other script they have in cgi bin that provides this functionality.

I have the same problem with the same hosting. I'm trying to use a e-mail form and a newsletter script and neither of them work, I always get the error:

"PHP Warning: mail() [<a href='function.mail'>function.mail</a>]: SMTP server response: 551 This mail server requires authentication before sending mail from a locally hosted domain. Please reconfigure your mail client to authenticate before sending mail. in H:\Domains\DOMAIN\wwwroot\test\admin\SMLmailer.cla ss.php on line 165"

Anyone knows how to fix it?

You need to use a SMTP supporting class. Try phpmailer . Google it.

I dont understand some stuff in the installation (Im not a pro in this)

this are the instructions:

"Copy class.phpmailer.php into your php.ini include_path. If you are
using the SMTP mailer then place class.smtp.php in your path as well.
In the language directory you will find several files like
phpmailer.lang-en.php. If you look right before the .php extension
that there are two letters. These represent the language type of the
translation file. For instance "en" is the English file and "br" is
the Portuguese file. Chose the file that best fits with your language
and place it in the PHP include path. If your language is English
then you have nothing more to do. If it is a different language then
you must point PHPMailer to the correct translation."

where is (or what is) the php.ini include_path? cause its not in my wwwroot or anywhere inside of it.