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d0s

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Apr 15, 2004
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ok, i just got tired of trying to do things the way i was doing it and just started over. now i have the form and the php mail function and everything all in the same php file. Im having some problems tho when trying to submit the form. I did some searching online and i saw someone talking about using $php_self for calling on the same application or whatever so i use it in my form tag like so:
Code: 
<form action="<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">
When i try it like this, this gets displayed: Sorry, such file doesn't exist...

ok so i try setting the path to it and using the php_self like so
Code: 
<form action="modules/testapp/<?= $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">
i get a page cannot be displayed. When i look at the address bar it looks like this: modules/testapp//modules.php

so its looking for a modules.php when its suppose to be looking for an index.php. so then i decided to try using index.php like this
Code: 
<form action="modules/testapp/index.php" method="post">
i get page cannot be displayed also, but that should work cause the path is even correct. in the address bar i see: modules/testapp/index.php
that should be right. anyone have any ideas. i could sure use some right now. Thanks
 
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sorry forgot to add.. This server is being ran with FreeBSD Operating system, Apache version 1.3.29, PHP version 4.3.3 just incase you guys need that info..thanks
 
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Try this instead:
<form name="email" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
 
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hmmm nope..same thing file doesn't exist, but i did just notice something when using the $php_self by itself its looking for the file modules.php like this

URL/modules.php

but when i click on the link to go to the application its
URL/modules.php?name=TestApp

here my complete code incase you see something i don't
Code: 
<html>
<head><title>Test Application</title>
</head>
<body>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<Center>
Test Application
</Center>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>

<?
if ($_POST) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$text .= "$name has requested to join";
$text .= "****************************************************";
$text .= "Name: $name";
$text .= "Email: $email";
$text .= "****************************************************";
$text = $_POST['text'];
$subject = "Test App";
mail('myemail@location.com,$subject,$text,"From: $name <$email>");

}
else {

?>


<center>
<form name="bah" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">

Name: <input type="text" name="name" size="30" maxlength="30"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email" size="30" maxlength="30"> <br>
Text: <TEXTAREA name="text" cols="50" rows="10"></text>
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
</font>
</form>
</center>
<?
}
?>
</body>
</html>
and i left the form action the same way you suggested last
 
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hmm for my money i would just use the following:
Code: 
<form name="bah" action="pagename.php" method="post">

where pagename is the name of the page this is in......

not very dynamic i know but it is only one little but.
 
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i did that but it takes me to the main page...for some reason its trying to look for it in the main directory and not the modules/Testapp directory
 
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When you display the program with your browser, do a "show source" to see that HTML is generated. Make sure that the target of the <form> is correct there.

You can also put a
Code: 
phpinfo();
statement at the start of your code to see all the variables known when your program starts.

Ken
 
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just one other thing.
Code: 
if (isset($_POST['name']) and isset($_POST['email']))

and not
Code: 
if ($_POST)

just a thought.
 
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good call kenrbnsn..when i do that it shows
Code: 
<form name="bah" action="/modules.php" method="post">
why is it doing that?
 
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omg..sorry guys...i just figured out what the problem was...when setting the modules/testapp path i forgot this is on a FreeBSD system and that its case sensitive..it was really TestApp...lol man i feel stupid..thanks again guys. i got some good code out of this
 
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