# Flash PHP Email Form Help - emtpy values

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**Created:** [April 2, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php-email-form-help-emtpy-values/221205 "2007-04-02T15:14:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flash-php-email-form-help-emtpy-values/221205/1 "2007-04-02T15:14:30Z")

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I’ve got a swf that has a form inside a movie as follows

\_parent.contentMain (an instance of formclip movie)

inside the contentMain I’ve a form witha submit button with the following code.

# =================================== on (press) { // send variables in form movieclip (the textfields) // to email PHP page which will send the mail this.loadVariables(“email.php”, “POST”); }

In the same directory I’ve got an email.php file with the code as follows. All I get is empty result strings without the actual form variables. Am I a using the loadVariables command wrong?

my server does support php most definately. Cause the email comes through just fine. Just no results in it.

===========================  
\<?php  
/\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\

- PHP 4.1.0+ version of email script. For more
- information on the mail() function for PHP, see
- [http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php](http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php)  
\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*/

// First, set up some variables to serve you in  
// getting an email. This includes the email this is  
// sent to (yours) and what the subject of this email  
// should be. It’s a good idea to choose your own  
// subject instead of allowing the user to. This will  
// help prevent spam filters from snatching this email  
// out from under your nose when something unusual is put.

$sendTo = “andrew@intetech.co.za”;  
$subject = “CJD Emailer result”;

// variables are sent to this PHP page through  
// the POST method. $\_POST is a global associative array  
// of variables passed through this method. From that, we  
// can get the values sent to this page from Flash and  
// assign them to appropriate variables which can be used  
// in the PHP mail() function.

// header information not including sendTo and Subject  
// these all go in one variable. First, include From:  
$headers = "From: CJD Website  
";  
// next include a replyto  
$headers .= "Reply-To:andrew@intetech.co.za  
";  
// often email servers won’t allow emails to be sent to  
// domains other than their own. The return path here will  
// often lift that restriction so, for instance, you could send  
// email to a hotmail account. (hosting provider settings may vary)  
// technically bounced email is supposed to go to the return-path email  
$headers .= “Return-path:andrew@intetech.co.za”;

// now we can add the content of the message to a body variable  
$message = “Gender| " . $\_POST[“gender”] .” Race| ". $\_POST[“race”] . "Income| "  
. $\_POST[“income”] . "Buycar| ". $\_POST[“buycar”] ."Kind of kid| “. $\_POST[“kindofkid”] .”  
";

// once the variables have been defined, they can be included  
// in the mail function call which will send you an email  
mail($sendTo, $subject, $message, $headers);

# ?\>