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skyser
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I want a help with my code

Post by skyser »

dear all,

i used the following code in my contact page in my site but the problem is when i receive the mail from the contact form i get it like this

Name; Ahmad E-Mail: my_mail@gmail.com Tel.: 12345 Message:hello

and i want every field in a line separately like this

Name : ahmad

E-mail : my_mail@gmail.com

....etc

now please help me editing the code below to get the result i want
thanks alot...

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<?php
 //start building the mail string
  $msg = "Name; $_POST[name] ";
 $msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email] ";
 $msg .= "Tel.: $_POST[tel] "; 
 $msg .= "Message: $_POST[message] ";
 $recipient = "mail@gmail.com";
 $subject = "You recived E-mail from a visitor";
 $mailheaders = "From:Visitor to Fratelli ";
 $mailheaders .= "Reply-to: $_POST[email]";
 //send the mail
 mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
 ?>
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Last edited by Benjamin on Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:49 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added [syntax=php] tags.
jraede
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by jraede »

Add a line break between each new line you want. "\n".
skyser
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by skyser »

can you just edit the above code for me please

i tried many times to do what you said but i can't make it

thanks alot
steven.cottom
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by steven.cottom »

Try this:

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<?php
 //start building the mail string
  $msg = "Name; $_POST[name] \n";
 $msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email] \n";
 $msg .= "Tel.: $_POST[tel] \n";
 $msg .= "Message: $_POST[message] \n";
 $recipient = "mail@gmail.com";
 $subject = "You recived E-mail from a visitor";
 $mailheaders = "From:Visitor to Fratelli ";
 $mailheaders .= "Reply-to: $_POST[email]";
 //send the mail
 mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
 ?>
rahulzatakia
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by rahulzatakia »

Hi, just use "\n" for line break. Just use the below code and if you have any query let me know..

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<?php
 //start building the mail string
  $msg = "Name; $_POST[name]\n \n";
 $msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email] \n\n";
 $msg .= "Tel.: $_POST[tel] \n\n";
 $msg .= "Message: $_POST[message]\n\n ";
 $recipient = "mail@gmail.com";
 $subject = "You recived E-mail from a visitor";
 $mailheaders = "From:Visitor to Fratelli ";
 $mailheaders .= "Reply-to: $_POST[email]";
 //send the mail
 mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
 ?>
skyser
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by skyser »

thanks alot all,

but the problem still there ,when i recieve the email i got it like this

Name; Ahmad E-Mail: ahmad@gmail.com Tel.: 123456 Message:hello

:banghead:

i didn't know what to do
rahulzatakia
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by rahulzatakia »

Hi, just try out the below code. I am using the same code and its working absolute fine...

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<?php
 //start building the mail string
  $msg = "Name; $_POST[name]\n \n";
 $msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email] \n\n";
 $msg .= "Tel.: $_POST[tel] \n\n";
 $msg .= "Message: $_POST[message]\n\n ";
 $recipient = "mail@gmail.com";
 $subject = "You recived E-mail from a visitor";
 $mailheaders = "From:Visitor to Fratelli ";
 $mailheaders .= "Reply-to: $_POST[email]";
 $mailheaders .= "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\n";
 $mailheaders .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\n";
 //send the mail
 mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
 ?>
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hypedupdawg
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by hypedupdawg »

I agree with all the above posts - the \n should work. However, if your e-mail system allows HTML formatting you could also try out using <br/> (line break) formatting like this:

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$msg = "Name; $_POST[name] <br/><br/>";
 $msg .= "E-Mail: $_POST[email] <br/><br/>";
 $msg .= "Tel.: $_POST[tel]<br/><br/>";
 $msg .= "Message: $_POST[message]<br/><br/>";
However, you should try and get the \n style working, as it is more universally accepted.
skyser
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by skyser »

Dear rahulzatakia,

i tried your code and the e-mail not arrived to the inbox but the form gives the confirmation page

so i think the "n\" code didn't work.

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Dear hypedupdawg

i tried your idea and i get

Name; ahmad <br/><br/>E-Mail: mail@gmail.com <br/><br/>Tel.: 1234561111<br/><br/>Message: hello<br/><br/>

i think it's not woking
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hypedupdawg
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by hypedupdawg »

Yes - unfortunately it is not that widely supported. Just out of interest, have you tried simply writing it as one long string? I know that I find easiest way to format when writing to a .txt document is simply to include the tabs/returns in the comment like this:

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$msg = "Name; $_POST[name]

E-Mail: $_POST[email]

Tel.: $_POST[tel]

Message: $_POST[message]";
However, I appreciate that it might not conserve the whitespace when sending the e-mail - give it a shot, and don't be disappointed if it dosn't work.
rahulzatakia
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by rahulzatakia »

hi..
can you just give your code to view as its working fine on my side.. so i can come to know whats the exact error
jraede
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Re: I want a help with my code

Post by jraede »

hypedupdawg wrote:I appreciate that it might not conserve the whitespace when sending the e-mail
I've also found that at least on my email handler, the whitespace is saved. So I can do something like

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$message = "
User: $user

Email: $email
";
And it will appear like that in the email.
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