Question

I’m using a PHP email script for a contact form. There are six fields for the form:

• Name
• Email
• Phone number
• Booking Date
• Booking Time
• Comments

There’s also a hidden honeypot field for robotest. The PHP script is as follows:

 <?php 

$robotest = $_POST['robotest']; //just testin' for robots

$recipient = "[e-mail]"; //recipient 
$email = ($_POST['email']); //senders e-mail adress 

if((filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) && ($robotest == "")) { 

$Name = ($_POST['name']); //senders name 

$mail_body = !!!----> WHAT DO I PUT HERE <----!!!! 

$subject = "Porter Inquiry"; //subject 
$header = "From: ". $Name . " <" . $email . ">\r\n"; //optional headerfields 

mail($recipient, $subject, $mail_body, $header); //mail command :) 

} else {
  print "You've entered an invalid email address!";
}
?>

You’ll notice above, where I put !!!----> WHAT DO I PUT HERE <----!!!, I’m unsure how to get multiple fields into the mail body. I’d like to include something like:

"Hello,

You have received a new booking with the following details:

Booking Time: ($_POST['time']) Booking Date:  ($_POST['date'])



Additional customer comments: ($_POST['comments']);

Please respond to the customer within 30 minutes on the following
phone number: ($_POST['phone'])

Warm regards,

Robot."

I can’t find any info on how to successfully achieve this, would greatly appreciate some guidance.

Answer 1

I have modified Zoltan’s code a little bit. Should work now.

<?php 

$robotest = $_POST['robotest']; //just testin' for robots

$recipient = "[e-mail]"; //recipient 
$email = ($_POST['email']); //senders e-mail adress 

if((filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) && ($robotest == "")) { 

$Name = ($_POST['name']); //senders name 

$mail_body  = "Hello, \r\n";
$mail_body .= "You have received a new booking with the following details: \r\n";
$mail_body .= "Booking Time: ({$_POST['time']}) Booking Date: ({$_POST['date']}) \r\n";
$mail_body .= "Additional customer comments: ({$_POST['comments']}); \r\n";
$mail_body .= "Please respond to the customer within 30 minutes on the following phone number: ({$_POST['phone']}) \r\n";
$mail_body .= "Warm regards, \r\n";
$mail_body .= "Robot. \r\n";



$subject = "Porter Inquiry"; //subject 
$header = "From: ". $Name . " <" . $email . ">\r\n"; //optional headerfields 

mail($recipient, $subject, $mail_body, $header); //mail command :) 

} else {
  print "You've entered an invalid email address!";
 }
?>

Hope this helps… and yes this will send mail even when the fields are empty(except the recipient field)

Dins