PHP + form issues

khanza · May 21, 2005

After this script sends me an email with these people's info, I want it to automatically take them to a paypal pay site.

Here's what I have --

Code:

<html>
<?php
if ($_POST['submit']){
  $to = "myemail@email.com";
  $subject = $_POST['name'];
  $body = $_POST['name'].",".$_POST['address'].",".$_POST['city'].",".$_POST['zip'].",".$_POST['phone'].",".$_POST['email'].",".$_POST['preference'].",".$_POST['pass'];
  if (mail($to, $subject, $body)){
    echo("<p>Message sent!</p>");
    echo"<body onload=\"document.form1.submit()\">";
    echo"<form action=\"https:\/\/[URL unfurl="true"]www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr\"[/URL] method=\"post\">;
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_xclick\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"business\" value=\"myemail@email.com\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_name\" value=\"Pass\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"item_number\" value=\"123\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"no_note\" value=\"1\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"currency_code\" value=\"USD\">";
    echo"<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"lc\" value=\"US\">";
    echo"</form>";
  }
  else{
    echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
  }
}
?>
</html>

The error is -

Code:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/w/waterski4life/.html/php-form-dance/tekconfirm.php on line 11

trollacious · May 21, 2005

You're missing a final quote in this line, which I believe is line 10:

echo "<form action=\"https:\/\/

http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr\"

method=\"post\">[red]"[/red];

Lee

kenrbnsn · May 22, 2005

That is why I never use double quotes (") to delimit a string that contains double quotes. Use single quotes.

Which of these is more readable:

Code:

echo "<form action=\"https:\/\/[URL unfurl="true"]www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr\"[/URL] method=\"post\">";

Code:

echo '<form action="[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr"[/URL] method="post">';

Double quotes are good if you want to evaluate a varible or the string you're quoting contains a single quote (').

Ken

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