blank stare from my mail form

Jason jason at kernbuilt.com
Fri Aug 6 10:12:01 EDT 2004


Hello All, (Ben, I tried to give all the information. I'm sure you'll let me
know what I've missed ;>)

I have a mail form (in PHP)that will not pass any values. Not sure if this
is a config issues or not. When submitted it's very slow and finally
processes but sends blanks. An identical form on a different server (that I
don't have access to poke around) works like a charm. I looked in the
archives and several php boards and didn't see anything posted with the same
problem.

Here's the info: RH 9, PHP 4.2.2, Apache 2.0.40.


Form Code -

			<form name="frustrating_problem_form" method="post"
action="please_work.php">
                  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">what's your email address?</font><br>
                  <input type="text" name="email_address" value="required
field">

			//errorchecking to be added when the darn thing works

                  <br>
                  <br>
                  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"
color="#666666">how can we help?</font><br>
                  <textarea name="question" cols="20" rows="8"></textarea>
                  <br>
                  <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="ask!">
                	</form>

PHP (please_work.php)-

			<?php
			$toaddress = "receiver at domain.com";
			$subject = "Feedback From Frustrating Problem Form";
			$mailcontent = "Email Address: ".$email_address."\n"
			."Question: ".$question."\n";
			$fromaddress = "webserver at domain.com";
			mail($toaddress, $subject, $mailcontent);
			?>

Now the PHP actually processes the request but passes no data. No matter
what's entered in the form, in my receiver at domain.com inbox I get:

	Subject: Feedback From Frustrating Form

	Email Address:
	Question:


The closest info I see in the archives is regarding the register_globals and
I don't know how or if I want to turn that on (it's off now). Also, I see
some reference to the .htaccess file. I know how to manage that one but what
directives need to be there?? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Jason Kern

www.KernBuilt.com
603.823.5150





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