Sending user an email via php after clicking on submit

1

I am using flash mx
I have a form, with a confirmation page that comes up when the user clicks on the submit button.

I want the user to also receive an email confirmation.

I have a php file someone gave me to use for this…

I am very new to flash and this is the first time I ever used php

my problem is, when the user clicks on the submit button, it calls the actual php file… so I know I have coded it wrong in flash…
can someone help me ?

here is my flash script;

globalStyleFormat.background = 0xCCFFFF;
globalStyleFormat.scrollTrack = “0xCCFFFF”;
globalStyleFormat.textSelected = 0xFF0000;
globalStyleFormat.applyChanges();

// push button callback
function onClick(btn) {
if (btn == submit_btn) {
getResults();
gotoAndStop(“pg2”);
} else if (btn == return_btn) {
gotoAndStop(“pg1”);
}
}

// get results from pg 1
function getResults() {
form_result = form_box.getValue();
list_result = list_box.getSelectedItem().label;
selectedItem = list_box.getSelectedIndex();
}

// initialize the values on pg 1 with the values the user has previously selected
function initValues() {
form_box.setValue(form_result);
if (!started) {
list_box.setSelectedIndex(0);
started = true;
} else {
list_box.setSelectedIndex(selectedItem);
}
}

initValues();
// push button callback
function onClick(btn) {
if (btn == submit_btn) {
getResults();
gotoAndStop(“pg2”);
{
getURL (“mail.php”, “_blank”, “POST”);
}

} else if (btn == return_btn) {
	gotoAndStop("pg1");
}

}
// initialize the values on pg 1 with the values the user has previously selected
function initValues() {
form_box.setValue(form_result);
if (!started) {
list_box.setSelectedIndex(0);
started = true;
} else {
list_box.setSelectedIndex(selectedItem);
}
}
// get results from pg 1
function getResults() {
form_result = form_box.getValue();
list_result = list_box.getSelectedItem().label;
selectedItem = list_box.getSelectedIndex();
}

// reset button call
function onReset() {
name.text ="";
email.text ="";
list_box.setSelectedIndex(0);
form_box.setValue(true);
comments.text = “”;
}

here is my php file;

<?
/* subject */
$subject = “Contact form”;

/* additional header pieces for errors, From cc’s, bcc’s, etc */
$headers = "From: $name <$email>
";
$headers .= "X-Sender: <$email>
";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP
"; // mailer
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1
"; // Urgent message!
$headers .= "Return-Path: $name_text <$email_text>
"; // Return path for errors

/* recipients */
$recipient = "iharper@sonic.net";

/* message */
$message = "A visitor to your website has sent this message to you from
your contact form:

"
."Name: “.$name_text.”
"
."E-Mail: “.$email_text.”
"
."Comments: “.$comments_text.”
“;
.“List:”.$list_result.”
";
/* and now mail it */
mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);

$message2 = "Hello $name,

Your message has been received.
Thank you for your interest.

YourCompany Signature
";
$headers2 = “From: you <iharper@sonic.net>”;
// … more headers if you want them
mail($email, “confirmation”, $message2, $headers2);

?>

someone please help me… I am going nuts with this…

2

That is a lot of code, probably too much to find the problem.

If this is the first time you use flash and the first time you use php my advice is this: stop the current project and get familliar with the basics first. When you have master the basics you could try again, although you’d probably be better of starting over from scratch.

Steve