# Glitch with php contact form, any ideas

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**Created:** [April 10, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glitch-with-php-contact-form-any-ideas/185017 "2006-04-10T09:42:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![plugged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@plugged](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/plugged)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 9:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glitch-with-php-contact-form-any-ideas/185017/1 "2006-04-10T09:42:42Z")

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when i go to the contact page the fields in the form already have this text in them. \_level0.contactbox\_mc.form.name  
\_level0.contactbox\_mc.form.email  
\_level0.contactbox\_mc.form.message

name email & message are the var names for the fields, i also gave them the same instance names.

[http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash\_php\_email.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash_php_email.htm)

it’s taken from this tut, which a few people may be aware of, all the code used is pasted from the tut, funny thing is it actually works, you just got to clear fields first. any help appreciated, neil.

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**Author:** ![lewi\_p](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ac91a4/32.png) [@lewi\_p](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lewi_p)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glitch-with-php-contact-form-any-ideas/185017/2 "2006-04-10T13:14:31Z")

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Have you tried testing it with either the instance names OR the variable names? but not both. I can tell which you need without looking at the code but this is usually the problem…It starts to mess things up when you have both.

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**Author:** ![plugged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a87d85/32.png) [@plugged](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/plugged)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/glitch-with-php-contact-form-any-ideas/185017/3 "2006-04-10T14:04:44Z")

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hi lewi, and thanks for the reply, i took the instance names out, i’m pretty sure it wont work without the vars. in explorer there ain’t no text in the fields and it still sends mail, there must still be a glitch as it doesnt go to the message sent page( but getting there) strange though as text still shows up in fields when opened in firefox! eh… anyone come across this before, any fixes going, thanks neil.