# E-mail form isn't sending correctly

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-mail-form-isnt-sending-correctly/254438>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 12, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-mail-form-isnt-sending-correctly/254438 "2008-03-12T06:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![rohicks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6a8cbe/32.png) [@rohicks](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/rohicks)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/e-mail-form-isnt-sending-correctly/254438/1 "2008-03-12T06:06:40Z")

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Yes another email form thread.  
I’ve done some searching around on here and pieced together some knowledge and code from other people and came up with the following.  
(I’m in a As 3.0 class right now, but teacher doesn’t teach how to code he just reads stuff so my AS skills is not that good ☹ )

It keeps giving me the error message of error sending in my dynamic text box that displays … well if it has been sent correctly or not.

I’ve got 4 fields …

1. name\_txt (user’s name)
2. email (user’s email)
3. findSite (how they found my site)
4. message\_txt (their message)  
Then submit\_btn as my sending button.

Sample is uploaded here …  
_removed because ppl can’t stop sending me blank e-mails_  
Anyways here is my AS 3.0 code …

```auto

//Import Classes
import flash.net.URLLoader
import flash.net.URLRequest
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.text.TextFormat;

//Formatting text fields
name_txt.borderColor=0x000000;
name_txt.border=true;
name_txt.backgroundColor=0xFFFFFF;
name_txt.background=true;
//
email_txt.borderColor=0x000000;
email_txt.border=true;
email_txt.backgroundColor=0xFFFFFF;
email_txt.background=true;
//
findSite_txt.borderColor=0x000000;
findSite_txt.border=true;
findSite_txt.backgroundColor=0xFFFFFF;
findSite_txt.background=true;
//
message_txt.borderColor=0x000000;
message_txt.border=true;
message_txt.backgroundColor=0xFFFFFF;
message_txt.background=true;
////////////////////////////

submit_btn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, submitClick );

// Send the form
function submitClick( e:MouseEvent ):void {
    sendData();
}

//Passing Variables
function sendData():void {
    var variables:URLVariables = new URLVariables();
    variables.nameBox = name_txt.text;
    variables.emailBox = email_txt.text;
    variables.findSiteBox = findSite_txt.text;
    variables.messageBox = message_txt.text;
    variables.sendresponse = "SENDING"
    
    status_txt.text = variables.sendresponse;
    
    var _request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("contact.php");
    _request.data = variables;
    _request.method = URLRequestMethod.POST;
    
    var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
    loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.VARIABLES;
    loader.addEventListener( Event.COMPLETE, sendComplete );
    loader.addEventListener( IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, sendIOError );
    loader.load( _request );
}

//Form sent successfully
function sendComplete( e:Event ):void {
    status_txt.text = "E-mail Sent";
    clearForm();
    
    var tmr:Timer = new Timer( 5000, 1 );
    tmr.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER, clearMessage );
    tmr.start();
}

//Error in sending form
function sendIOError( e:IOErrorEvent ):void {
    status_txt.text = "Error sending e-mail";
    
    var tmr:Timer = new Timer( 5000, 1 );
    tmr.addEventListener( TimerEvent.TIMER, clearMessage );
    tmr.start();
}

//Clear form
function clearForm( ):void {
    name_txt.text = "";
    email_txt.text = "";
    findSite_txt.text = "";
    message_txt.text = "";
}

//Clear status message
function clearMessage( e:Event ):void {
    status_txt.text = "";
}

```

Here is my contact.php code.

```php

<?php
/* Pull POST data from Flash */
$nameBox=$_POST['nameBox'];
$emailBox=$_POST['emailBox'];
$findSiteBox=$_POST['findSiteBox'];
$messageBox=$_POST['messageBox'];

/* Title of the E-mail */
$subject = 'Ryan O. Hicks - Portfolio Site';

/* E-mail to send to*/
$toaddress='email removed for security reasons';

/*Defining the body for formatting purposes*/
$body = "From: $nameBox

 E-Mail: $emailBox

 How did you find the site: $findSiteBox

 Message: $messageBox";

(mail($toaddress,$subject,$body))

/////////////////////////////////////////
/*Can't get to work so forget this code*/
/////////////////////////////////////////
/* Error check all data being sent from Flash. Simple formatting*/
//$nameBox=trim($nameBox);
//$emailBox=trim($emailBox);
//$subject=stripslashes($subject);
//$findSiteBox=stripslashes($findSiteBox);
//$messageBox=stripslashes($messageBox);
/* Send our e-mail
   If mail() succeeds, respond with success message
   If mail() fails, send with failure message
*/
//if
//{
//echo 'response=passed';
//} else {
//echo 'response=failed';
//}
/////////////////////////////////////////

?> 

```