PHP Language - Formail with multiple address checkboxes

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Formail with multiple address checkboxes - can't find my error

Lee C. Haas

2005-11-18, 3:55 am

Hi from a newbie trying to teach himself to use PHP,

I have a formail php handler from http://www.thesitewizard.com working
on my site.
But, I would like to provide my visitors with checkbox options for
deciding where to send the message. Multiple checks to be allowed.

I have created the code to generate the string to place in the first
argument of the mail() function. I will paste it below.

Unfortunately, no matter what I try, the message only goes to the
first address in the comma delimited string.

I have placed an echo statement in the php code to look at the $mailto
variable and observed all the addresses and I can see the multiple
addresses in the "To:" field of the received messages.

I would hate to resort to multiple mail() calls for each address, but
I am at my wits end with testing. Most likely it is something stupid.

Any help would be appreciated.

Lee

code follows: ------------------------------
On the shtml page is the following:
....
<form action="fbx.php" method="post"><BR>
....
<INPUT type="checkbox" checked name="recipients[]"
value="mailto_0"> Business office (default if none checked)<BR>
<INPUT type="checkbox" name="recipients[]"
value="mailto_1"> Web editor<br>
<INPUT type="checkbox" name="recipients[]"
value="mailto_2"> Club Manager
....
<input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" />
....
--------------end of shtml page quoting ------------

------- in the fbx.php file: ----------------------
....
$mailto_0= 'addr0@domain.nul' ; //use this if no checks at all
$mailto_1= 'addr1@domain.nul' ;
$mailto_2= 'addr2@domain.nul' ;
....
// more option vars are also set here
// code for email, from name, and comments are also here

.... following is my code for dealing with multiple addresses

$number_of_recipients = count($recipients) ;

if ($number_of_recipients==0) {
$mailto=$mailto_0 ; // set recipient to default value ( $mailto_0
)
}

elseif($number_of_recipients >= 1) {
foreach($recipients as $index => $address) {
if ($index ==0) {$mailto = $$address ; }
else {$mailto = $mailto.", ".$$address ; }
}
}
else {unset($mailto) ; //avoid untested cases, later code aborts
}

if (isset($mailto)){$mailto .= "\r\n" ; } //(also tried without this)

.... after more code the mail function is called (all on one line)

mail($mailto, $subject, $messageproper, "From: \"$name\"
<$email>\r\nReply-To: \"$name\" <$email>\r\nX-Mailer: chfeedback.php
2.04" );
header( "Location: $thankyouurl" );
exit ;
---------------------- end of fbx.php file ---------------------

This is pasted from one of the test messages: (I x'ed the domains)

To: a0@incxxx.net, lee@thexxx.org, c2@conxxx.org

but the message only arrived at incxxx.net

Again, any help appreciated.
Lee Haas, Raleigh, NC
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Connector5

2005-11-18, 3:55 am

if (count($_POST['recipients']) > 0)
{
$mailto = implode(',', $_POST['recipients']);
}
else
{
$mailto = '';
}

This will save you some coding there :-)

"Lee C. Haas" <Null@Address.org> wrote in message
news:kviqn1pap0dhl4uedg9h7l7rgici7bjq3o@
4ax.com...
> Hi from a newbie trying to teach himself to use PHP,
>
> I have a formail php handler from http://www.thesitewizard.com working
> on my site.
> But, I would like to provide my visitors with checkbox options for
> deciding where to send the message. Multiple checks to be allowed.
>
> I have created the code to generate the string to place in the first
> argument of the mail() function. I will paste it below.
>
> Unfortunately, no matter what I try, the message only goes to the
> first address in the comma delimited string.
>
> I have placed an echo statement in the php code to look at the $mailto
> variable and observed all the addresses and I can see the multiple
> addresses in the "To:" field of the received messages.
>
> I would hate to resort to multiple mail() calls for each address, but
> I am at my wits end with testing. Most likely it is something stupid.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Lee
>
> code follows: ------------------------------
> On the shtml page is the following:
> ...
> <form action="fbx.php" method="post"><BR>
> ...
> <INPUT type="checkbox" checked name="recipients[]"
> value="mailto_0"> Business office (default if none checked)<BR>
> <INPUT type="checkbox" name="recipients[]"
> value="mailto_1"> Web editor<br>
> <INPUT type="checkbox" name="recipients[]"
> value="mailto_2"> Club Manager
> ...
> <input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" />
> ...
> --------------end of shtml page quoting ------------
>
> ------- in the fbx.php file: ----------------------
> ...
> $mailto_0= 'addr0@domain.nul' ; //use this if no checks at all
> $mailto_1= 'addr1@domain.nul' ;
> $mailto_2= 'addr2@domain.nul' ;
> ...
> // more option vars are also set here
> // code for email, from name, and comments are also here
>
> ... following is my code for dealing with multiple addresses
>
> $number_of_recipients = count($recipients) ;
>
> if ($number_of_recipients==0) {
> $mailto=$mailto_0 ; // set recipient to default value ( $mailto_0
> )
> }
>
> elseif($number_of_recipients >= 1) {
> foreach($recipients as $index => $address) {
> if ($index ==0) {$mailto = $$address ; }
> else {$mailto = $mailto.", ".$$address ; }
> }
> }
> else {unset($mailto) ; //avoid untested cases, later code aborts
> }
>
> if (isset($mailto)){$mailto .= "\r\n" ; } //(also tried without this)
>
> ... after more code the mail function is called (all on one line)
>
> mail($mailto, $subject, $messageproper, "From: \"$name\"
> <$email>\r\nReply-To: \"$name\" <$email>\r\nX-Mailer: chfeedback.php
> 2.04" );
> header( "Location: $thankyouurl" );
> exit ;
> ---------------------- end of fbx.php file ---------------------
>
> This is pasted from one of the test messages: (I x'ed the domains)
>
> To: a0@incxxx.net, lee@thexxx.org, c2@conxxx.org
>
> but the message only arrived at incxxx.net
>
> Again, any help appreciated.
> Lee Haas, Raleigh, NC
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Email may be sent to me by using:
> http://tinyurl.com/fylz

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