Ok so I’m using this tutorial http://www.kirupa.com/developer/actionscript/flash_php_email.htm to create a flash based PHP contact form. It works perfectly BUT the emails that I get when someone fills out the form on my site have all the headers correct such as name, reply to, subject, but the message section of the email looks like this…
<TEXTFORMAT LEADING="-1"><P ALIGN=“LEFT”><FONT FACE="_sans" SIZE=“12” COLOR="#000000" LETTERSPACING=“0” KERNING=“0”>This is a test</FONT></P></TEXTFORMAT>
All the message should say is “This is a test” but for some reason is has all the formatting there.
This is what the PHP file “email.php” looks like…
<?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
\***************************************************/
// 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 = "chris@verticalterrain.com";
$subject = "Mirada Dressing Mirror Order";
// 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);
?>
