# How do I send the results of a radio button to an email?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-send-the-results-of-a-radio-button-to-an-email/179516>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [February 20, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-send-the-results-of-a-radio-button-to-an-email/179516 "2006-02-20T23:10:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 20, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-i-send-the-results-of-a-radio-button-to-an-email/179516/1 "2006-02-20T23:10:54Z")

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I have a form email I’m doing. It basically has a text box for the users email…and a text box for the message they are sending.  
In addition to this…I’m trying to give them a choice of five radio buttons.  
I’d like the result of which radio button they select to be sent along with the message they are sending.  
How do I do this?  
I’m sending the variables from the text boxes using this…  
on (press) {  
// send variables in form movieclip (the textfields)  
// to email PHP page which will send the mail  
form.loadVariables(“email.php”, “POST”);

}

But how would I do the same with the radio button? What is the variable for the radio button? The data field in the parameters? The instance names? I’m confused?  
How would I change the following php code to incorporate the radio button info?  
\<?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 = “[devon@devontracey.com](mailto:devon@devontracey.com)”;  
$subject = “My Flash site reply”;  
// 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: " . $\_POST[“firstName”] .” “. $\_POST[“lastname”] . “\<” . $\_POST[“email”] .”\>  
";  
// next include a replyto  
$headers .= "Reply-To: " . $\_POST[“email”] . "  
";  
// 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: " . $\_POST[“email”];  
// now we can add the content of the message to a body variable  
$message = $\_POST[“message”];

// 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);  
?\>