I have a php form that I want to use a checkbox array on. the results should be emailed to me. Everything works except the result for the array comes out as “array” instead of the chosen answers.
It seems like the form I’m using is more complex than the other forms I’ve seen though… So I can’t seem to find the solution.
HTML:
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Summer Kick Off All-Nighter" />
Summer Kick Off All-Nighter<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Beach Day" />
Beach Day<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Middle School Only Guy Night" />
Middle School Only Guy Night<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Beach Day" />
Beach Day<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Middle School Only Pool Party/BBQ" />
Middle School Only Pool Party/BBQ<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Bike Ride to Seal Beach" />
Bike Ride to Seal Beach<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Summer Camp" />
Summer Camp<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Hollywood Tour" />
Hollywood Tour<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Raging Waters" />
Raging Waters<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="70's Skate" />
70's Skate<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Psycho Beach Day" />
Psycho Beach Day<br />
<input type="checkbox" name="event[]" value="Pipeline Small Group" />
Pipeline Small Group
PHP:
<?php
$flag = 0;
$time_limit = 1; // time limit between 2 simultaneous mail from same IP in minutes
$subjectfile = 'subject_spam.txt';
$timefile = 'time.txt';
$userfile = 'user_spam.txt';
$from = $_POST[email];
$to = "adam@asdf.com";
$subject = "EVENT REGISTRATION";
$msg = "EVENT REGISTRATION
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S REGISTERED EVENTS:
$_POST[event]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S NAME:
$_POST[name]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S GRADE:
$_POST[grade]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S SCHOOL:
$_POST[school]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S BIRTHDAY:
$_POST[birthday]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S PARENT OR GUARDIAN:
$_POST[parent]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S EMERGENCY PHONE:
$_POST[emergency]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S EMAIL:
$_POST[email]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S ADDRESS 1:
$_POST[address]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S ADDRESS 2:
$_POST[address2]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S CITY:
$_POST[city]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S ZIP:
$_POST[zip]
";
$msg .= "SENDER'S HOME PHONE NUMBER:
$_POST[phone]
";
$msg .= "STUDENT'S CELL PHONE:
$_POST[cell]
";
$msg .= "MYSPACE VIRB FACEBOOK URL:
$_POST[myspace]
";
if(!checkRefferer()){
$flag=1;
}
if(!is_valid_email($from)){
$flag=1;
}
if(!checkIp()){
$flag = 1;
}
if(!checkSubject($subject)){
$flag =1;
}
if(!userSpam($from)){
$flag = 1;
}
if($flag==0){
$send_from = "From: $from
";
mail($to, $subject, $msg, $send_from);
$lip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$admin_address = "From: admin@asdf.com
";
$next_msg = "IP address of the earlier email was ".$lip;
mail($to, "IP address of the earlier email",$next_msg,$admin_address);
saveIp();
}else{
//do whatever if spam is found
print "Please check your submission for errors or wait at least one minute between submissions.";
exit;
//
}
function is_valid_email($from)
{
if(preg_match("/@/",$from)){
if(preg_match("/\
|\;|\,|bcc|cc|\@.*\@/i",$from)){
return 0;
}else{
return 1;
}
}else{
return 0;
}
}
function getString($file)
{
$fp = fopen($file,r);
$content = fread($fp,filesize($file));
fclose($fp);
return $content;
}
function writeString($file,$str)
{
$fp = fopen($file,w);
fwrite($fp,$str,strlen($str));
fclose($fp);
}
function appendString($file,$str)
{
$fp = fopen($file,a);
fwrite($fp,$str,strlen($str));
fclose($fp);
}
function saveIp()
{
global $timefile;
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$str = $ip.'-'.time().',';
if(!file_exists ($timefile)){
writeString($timefile,$str);
}else{
appendString($timefile,$str);
}
}
function checkIp()
{
global $time_limit,$timefile;
$now = time();
if(!file_exists ($timefile)){
writeString($timefile," ");
}
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$content = getString($timefile);
preg_match_all("/($ip)-([0-9]*)/",$content,$match);
$last_logged = $match[2][count($match[2])-1];
if(($now - $last_logged)<=(60*$time_limit))
return 0;
else
return 1;
}
function checkSubject($subject)
{
global $subjectfile;
$str = getString($subjectfile);
preg_match_all("/.*/",$str,$match);
$j=0;
for($i=0;$i<count($match[0]);$i++)
{
if($match[0][$i]!=''){
$arr[$j] = rtrim($match[0][$i]);
$j++;
}
}
$arr = array_unique($arr);
for($i=0;$i<count($arr);$i++){
$temp = trim($arr[$i]);
if(preg_match("/$temp/i",$subject)){
return 0;
}
}
return 1;
}
function userSpam($from)
{
global $userfile;
$str = getString($userfile);
if (preg_match ("/$from/i",$str))
return 0;
else
return 1;
}
function checkRefferer()
{
$reff = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$host = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
if(preg_match("/$host/",$reff)){
return 1;
}else{
return 0;
}
}
?>
Email Returns w/:
…
SENDER’S EVENTS:
Array
SENDER’S NAME:
name
SENDER’S GRADE:
grade
…
I’m betting it’s something really simple… But I’ve been playing with it all day and can’t seem to get it to work.
Thanks in advance!
