<?php
$ForwardTo="comments@MyDomain.com";
$name=$_REQUEST['txtName'];
$email=$_REQUEST['txtEmail'];
$location=$_REQUEST['txtLocation'];
$comment=$_REQUEST['txtAreaComments'];
$details=.$txtAreaComments."\n";
mail($ForwardTo, "Customer Comment",$details,"From:$email");
?>

I get the following error when I click the Submit button:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '.' in /mnt/w0707/d41/s35/b030fc46/www/catering2u.ca/comments.php on line 7

I am following the example in the tutorial but apparently something is different. Thanks for your help.

KP>

I think you are missing some things. Try:

<?php
$ForwardTo="comments@MyDomain.com";
$name=$_REQUEST['txtName'];
$email=$_REQUEST['txtEmail'];
$location=$_REQUEST['txtLocation'];
$comment=$_REQUEST['txtAreaComments'];
$details=$name."\n".$location."\n".$comment."\n";
mail($ForwardTo, "Customer Comment",$details,"From:$email");
?>  

Also, some email clients do not recognize "\n" as a new-line, so if you get a jumbled e-mail, change it to "\n\r".

Thanks, Larry.

KP>

How would I add a sender so that when the email appears in my InBox it shows a name? Right now it only shows an email address in the Sender column and the subject. Thanks again.

Change the last line to

 mail($ForwardTo, "Customer Comment",$details,"From:$email",”Name:$name”);

I think . . . Larry will have to confirm if that doesn’t work.

Hi postr, thanks for replying. However I got the following message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in /mnt/w0707/d41/s35/b030fc46/www/catering2u.ca/comments.php on line 10

On the good news I think I found a solution. After trying several different search terms in Google and Yahoo! I finally found a solution that seems to be working:

$sender=$name."<".$email.">";
mail($recipient, "Customer Comment",$details,"From:$sender");

Maybe this will be of help to someone with the same problem.

KP>

I’m glad you have found a solution of sorts, but I wonder about the Parse error you were receiving.

There are only seven lines in your script, so getting an error on line 10 suggests you are (were) missing a closing of either the script itself or one of your lines, and the script is still looking where to go.

Of course, the error may have been in the line I suggested.

Just a guess, but I believe the addition of the "Name: $name" parameter is causing the parse error. According to the PHP manual, the string following the headers parameter ("From: $email") is used for additional flags to be used as command line options by the mail program. If "Name:" is not a valid parameter, the ":" would trigger the PHP processor to issue a parse error.

Also, according to the PHP manual, the method to enclose a common name as part of the From parameter is as KP has shown:

quote:

"From: $name <$email>"