I’ve created an online form where input data is sent via email using PHPMailer. The emails that I am currently receiving, however, show the variables rather than what users have actually typed into the form. Here is an example of an email I just received:
Account Name: $AccountName
Delivery To: $DeliveryTo
Order No: $OrderNo
Del Date: $DelDate
Builder Name: $BuilderName
Delivery Instructions: $DeliveryInstructions
Contact Phone: $ContactPhone
Note how even though I typed in something as the Account Name, Phone Number etc, the variable names ($AccountName, $ContactPhone) are being display, not the actual input. I have set these variables as you will see below, so I’m not sure why this is happening. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
In my mail.php:
<?php
require("/home/ange/public_html/angelasmith.com.au/staging/PHPMailer_5.2.2/class.phpmailer.php");
$AccountName = $_POST['AccountName'];
$DeliveryTo = $_POST['DeliveryTo'];
$OrderNo = $_POST['OrderNo'];
$DelDate = $_POST['DelDate'];
$BuilderName = $_POST['BuilderName'];
$DeliveryInstructions = $_POST['DeliveryInstructions'];
$ContactPhone = $_POST['ContactPhone'];
$totalsheets = $_POST['totalsheets'];
$totalsqm = $_POST['totalsqm'];
$c15 = $_POST['c15'];
$d15 = $_POST['d15'];
$e15 = $_POST['e15'];
$f15 = $_POST['f15'];
$h15 = $_POST['h15'];
$i15 = $_POST['i15'];
$j15 = $_POST['j15'];
$k15 = $_POST['k15'];
$l15 = $_POST['l15'];
$m15 = $_POST['m15'];
$c16 = $_POST['c16'];
$d16 = $_POST['d16'];
$e16 = $_POST['e16'];
$f16 = $_POST['f16'];
$h16 = $_POST['h16'];
$i16 = $_POST['i16'];
$j16 = $_POST['j16'];
$k16 = $_POST['k16'];
$l16 = $_POST['l16'];
$m16 = $_POST['m16'];
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "mail.mydomain.com.au"; // specify main and backup server
$mail->Port = 25;
$mail->Username = "test@mydomain.com.au"; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = "********"; // SMTP password
$mail->From = "hello@mydomain.com.au";
$mail->FromName = "*********";
$mail->AddAddress("hello@mydomain.com.au");
$mail->WordWrap = 50; // set word wrap to 50 characters
$mail->IsHTML(true); // set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = "New Online Form Enquiry";
$htmlBody = '<html>
<head><title>Online Order Form</title></head><body>
<p><b>Account Name:</b> $AccountName<br>
<b>Delivery To:</b> $DeliveryTo<br>
<b>Order No:</b> $OrderNo<br>
<b>Del Date:</b> $DelDate<br>
<b>Builder Name:</b> $BuilderName<br>
<b>Delivery Instructions:</b> $DeliveryInstructions<br>
<b>Contact Phone:</b> $ContactPhone<br>
<table style="border:1px solid #ccc" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td> </td>
<td><strong>1700</strong></td>
<td><strong>2100</strong></td>
<td><strong>3000</strong></td>
<td><strong>3600</strong></td>
<td><strong>4200</strong></td>
<td><strong>4800</strong></td>
<td><strong>5400</strong></td>
<td><strong>6000</strong></td>
<td>m2</td>
<td>Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>10 RE</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c15</td>
<td>$d15</td>
<td>$e15</td>
<td>$f15</td>
<td>$h15</td>
<td>$i15</td>
<td>$j15</td>
<td>$k15</td>
<td>$l15</td>
<td>$m15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>10 RE</strong></td>
<td>1350</td>
<td>$c16</td>
<td>$d16</td>
<td>$e16</td>
<td>$f16</td>
<td>$h16</td>
<td>$i16</td>
<td>$j16</td>
<td>$k16</td>
<td>$l16</td>
<td>$m16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Span</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c17</td>
<td>$d17</td>
<td>$e17</td>
<td>$f17</td>
<td>$h17</td>
<td>$i17</td>
<td>$j17</td>
<td>$k17</td>
<td>$l17</td>
<td>$m17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Span</strong></td>
<td>1350</td>
<td>$c18</td>
<td>$d18</td>
<td>$e18</td>
<td>$f18</td>
<td>$h18</td>
<td>$i18</td>
<td>$j18</td>
<td>$k18</td>
<td>$l18</td>
<td>$m18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>13 RE</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c19</td>
<td>$d19</td>
<td>$e19</td>
<td>$f19</td>
<td>$h19</td>
<td>$i19</td>
<td>$j19</td>
<td>$k19</td>
<td>$l19</td>
<td>$m19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>13 RE</strong></td>
<td>1350</td>
<td>$c20</td>
<td>$d20</td>
<td>$e20</td>
<td>$f20</td>
<td>$h20</td>
<td>$i20</td>
<td>$j20</td>
<td>$k20</td>
<td>$l20</td>
<td>$m20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>10 WR</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c21</td>
<td>$d21</td>
<td>$e21</td>
<td>$f21</td>
<td>$h21</td>
<td>$i21</td>
<td>$j21</td>
<td>$k21</td>
<td>$l21</td>
<td>$m21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>10 WR</strong></td>
<td>1350</td>
<td>$c22</td>
<td>$d22</td>
<td>$e22</td>
<td>$f22</td>
<td>$h22</td>
<td>$i22</td>
<td>$j22</td>
<td>$k22</td>
<td>$l22</td>
<td>$m22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>13 WR</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c23</td>
<td>$d23</td>
<td>$e23</td>
<td>$f23</td>
<td>$h23</td>
<td>$i23</td>
<td>$j23</td>
<td>$k23</td>
<td>$l23</td>
<td>$m23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Villaboard 6mm</strong></td>
<td>1200</td>
<td>$c24</td>
<td>$d24</td>
<td>$e24</td>
<td>$f24</td>
<td>$h24</td>
<td>$i24</td>
<td>$j24</td>
<td>$k24</td>
<td>$l24</td>
<td>$m24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>Villaboard 6mm</strong></td>
<td>1350</td>
<td>$c35</td>
<td>$d35</td>
<td>$e35</td>
<td>$f35</td>
<td>$h35</td>
<td>$i35</td>
<td>$j35</td>
<td>$k35</td>
<td>$l35</td>
<td>$m35</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p><h3>Total Sheet Count:</h3> $totalsheets<br>
<h3>Total Square Metres:</h3> $totalsqm</p>
';
$mail->Body = $htmlBody;
$mail->AltBody = $textBody;
if(!$mail->Send())
{
echo "Message could not be sent. <p>";
echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
echo "Message has been sent";
?>
If you want to declare a string variable using single quotes, you just have to concatenate variables this way:
Otherwise you must declare your string variable using a double quotes if you want variables replaced by their values: