Why this form script doesnt work?

can anyone tell me why this doesnt work.

i have a form page a php script but it doesnt work.  i just get a  page 405
error when i click send form

Any ideas?


form.php

<form method="POST" action="thanks.php">
Name: <input type="TEXT" name="name">
Email: <input type="TEXT" name="email">
<input type="SUBMIT" name="Submit" value="ok">
</form>



thanks.php

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="php">
$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
$mailto = xxx@xxx.com;
$mailsubj = "Form submission";
$mailhead = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$mailbody = "Values submitted from web site form:\n";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
$mailbody .= "$key : $val\n"; }
mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
</SCRIPT>

Dave wrote:

> can anyone tell me why this doesnt work.
>
> i have a form page a php script but it doesnt work.  i just get a  page
> 405 error when i click send form
>
> Any ideas?

[quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]
10.4.6 405 Method Not Allowed
The method specified in the Request-Line is not allowed for the resource
identified by the Request-URI. The response MUST include an Allow header
containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
[/quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]

>
>
> form.php
>
> <form method="POST" action="thanks.php">
> Name: <input type="TEXT" name="name">
> Email: <input type="TEXT" name="email">
> <input type="SUBMIT" name="Submit" value="ok">
> </form>
>
>
>
> thanks.php
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="php">

??? use.. '<?php'

>     $email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
>     $mailto = xxx@xxx.com;
>     $mailsubj = "Form submission";
>     $mailhead = "From: $email\n";
>     reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
>     $mailbody = "Values submitted from web site form:\n";
>     while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
>         $mailbody .= "$key : $val\n"; }
>     mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
> </SCRIPT>

??? use.. '?>'

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This mean that php is not allowed to receive POSTed data... What is your
server ? IIS?

Dae


"Dave" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:1117799674.19522.0@nnrp-t71-03.news.uk.clara.net...
> can anyone tell me why this doesnt work.
>
> i have a form page a php script but it doesnt work.  i just get a  page
> 405 error when i click send form
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
> form.php
>
> <form method="POST" action="thanks.php">
> Name: <input type="TEXT" name="name">
> Email: <input type="TEXT" name="email">
> <input type="SUBMIT" name="Submit" value="ok">
> </form>
>
>
>
> thanks.php
>
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="php">
>    $email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
>    $mailto = xxx@xxx.com;
>    $mailsubj = "Form submission";
>    $mailhead = "From: $email\n";
>    reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
>    $mailbody = "Values submitted from web site form:\n";
>    while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {
>        $mailbody .= "$key : $val\n"; }
>    mail($mailto, $mailsubj, $mailbody, $mailhead);
> </SCRIPT>
>
>

 
>
> ??? use.. '<?php'
> 
>
> ??? use.. '?>'
>
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Didn't work.  Anyone else?

just use

$_POST['formname']

Dave wrote:

> 
[..]
>
> Didn't work.  Anyone else?

[self quoting]
[quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]
10.4.6 405 Method Not Allowed
 Â_TheÂ_methodÂ_specifiedÂ_inÂ_theÂ_Reque
st-LineÂ_isÂ_notÂ_allowedÂ_forÂ_theÂ
_resource
identified by the Request-URI. The response MUST include an Allow header
containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
[/quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]
[/self quoting]

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Dave wrote:

> 
[..]
>
> Didn't work.  Anyone else?

[self quoting]
[quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]
10.4.6 405 Method Not Allowed
 Â_TheÂ_methodÂ_specifiedÂ_inÂ_theÂ_Reque
st-LineÂ_isÂ_notÂ_allowedÂ_forÂ_theÂ
_resource
identified by the Request-URI. The response MUST include an Allow header
containing a list of valid methods for the requested resource.
[/quoting http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html]
[/self quoting]

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