PHP Contact form help...

[Brasil360]

I don know why a domain name appears after the name on the header of the email which I receive from my form?
I use this bit in my php code:

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// From
$header="from: $name";

and this domain appears on my email header after the "name":

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From:name@whl0010.whservidor.com

What is wrong?

Please help because this is causing many problems...

[johnj]

You need to check how $name is getting populated.

[Brasil360]

This is the PHP code:

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<?php
// place the posted data into variables
$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));
$name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['fullname']));
$subject = "$name";
// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "From: $name";
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: $EmailFrom";
$Body .= "\n";
// Enter your email address
$to ='someone@somewhere.com';
// From
$header="from: $EmailFrom";
// send email
$success = mail($to, $subject, $Body, $header);
// redirect to success page
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=ok.htm\">";
}else{
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
}
?>

and the HTML form:

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<form name="contact" action="test.php" method="post">
<table width="500" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td align="right"><div align="right">
<p class="CopyrightLine">nome completo:<span class="style1">*</span></p>
</div></td>
<td width="330" align="left"><input name="fullname" type="text" class="SelectingMenu" size="25" maxlength="30" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><div align="right">
<p class="CopyrightLine">email:<span class="style1">*</span></p>
</div></td>
<td><input name="email" type="text" class="SelectingMenu" size="25" maxlength="50"/></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="center">
<td><div align="right">
<p class="CopyrightLine">envie:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
</div></td>
<td><div align="left">
<input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit"/>
</div></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>


In fact I receive email from this form if I don't fill the email field with an email address!

[johnj]

In fact I receive email from this form if I don't fill the email field with an email address!...

In that case it is picking the value from php.ini.....can you please check if this is what is happening?

[Brasil360]

In that case it is picking the value from php.ini.....can you please check if this is what is happening?

Well,.... obviously I am with a very basic knowledge of PHP just to mess with some codes and make it more personalized. The question is how can I find the answer to your question, and even where should I be looking for the php.ini?

[johnj]

You have coded $header="from: $EmailFrom"; So, obvioulsy $EmailFrom will have the domain name.

[johnj]

I do not know where you have placed your php.ini file - by default it should be in your 'php' directory but it can also be placed somewhere else.

[Brasil360]

Well thanks everyone here trying to help. I called my host company and they explained that all these are happening because I must be using SMTP authentication code and bunch of other things which now they provided me with. It looks everything works just fine and now I have to personalize my form around it.

A small part of it is this code blow:

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$usuario = 'usuario@seu-dominio';
/*senha da conta de email acima*/
$senha = 'senha-do-usuario';