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radio86
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email to php script

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hi guys,

this is a bit confusing but i will try my best to explain.

basically i've made a online system for a client but now they client is asking for something that i have not done and i dont know if it possible to do so...nonetheless client fills application form on a website and provides his email and which then the website sends an email copy of the form he filled in. the client wants that form that is filled in and a copy sent to his email address gets fetched in the system(that i have created for him) that will save him time rather than entering details again.

I was thinking of creating a php script that will await for email and it will process the email add details in the system and then resend email to the client...basically where he enters email address in the form and he will replace with the php script address or something like that.

so my question is, will my method work? if not please suggest a possible solution to this problem

thanks in advance
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social_experiment
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Re: email to php script

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radio86 wrote:the client wants that form that is filled in and a copy sent to his email address gets fetched in the system(that i have created for him) that will save him time rather than entering details again.
What type of information is it that the client doesn't want to enter repeatedly? Constant stuff like personal details (name, title, phone number, etc)?

You could write the information that is repeated to a database and retrieve it when it's needed.
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radio86
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Re: email to php script

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actually he is filling information on another website and then that website emails him the copy of the details he entered in the form. he wants that email to be fetched and extract all the details in database....
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