[RESOLVED] PHP Form Issue

[Olly79]

Hi all,

Just wondering if someone could possibly help me with the following:

I have a simple web form:

<form id="form1" action="" name="form1" class="form" method="post">
							<p class="textarea"><input type="text" name="email" value="email address"/> 
						<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
				</form>

And at the very top of the page I have the following PHP code:

<?php
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Contact Us";
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
?>

The problem that I have is that the form is sending me emails even when the page has simply been loaded (less the users email). Can somebody please assist me in resolving this.

Many thanks

[kows]

it's sending you emails because every single time you load that page, it's calling the mail() function. if you only want to send an email when the form is posted to, you can do this:

<?php
  if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST"){
    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "Contact Us";
    $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
    $headers = "From: $email";
    $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
  }
?>

and also, please use [php] and [/php] tags around your code ;)

[Olly79]

Hi,

Thanks for that...much appreciated