No, not quite there yet - I've done the following and it still doesnt' show up.
Here's what I have in my hidden input: <input type="hidden" name="event" value="<?php echo $event; ?>"> and modified the Mail form: $event = addslashes($event); // to escape any funky stuff mail("$recipientname <$final_recipient>","$form[subject]","$form[first_name] $form[last_name] ($form[email]) send the following message to $recipientname ($final_recipient) : \n\n $form[message]\n\n Name: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] \n Event: $form[event] \n Address: $form[address] \n City/Province: $form[city], $form[province] \n Phone: $form[areacode] $form[part1]-$form[part2] \n Email: $form[email] \n Subject: $form[subject] \n", "From: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nReply-To: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nContent-type: text/plain\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); "Martin Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > yep - definately need that hidden field, just a simple line will do > (normally) > > <input type="hidden" name="title" value="<?= $title; ?>"> > > you'll have to do "funky" stuff if there's quotes in the title or anything > that gets escaped, like "'", and "\", etc > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lmlweb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 3:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Can I use variable appended to the end of a link if > I'm not using it for SQL query? > > > Hi, > > I went ahead and tried it - it works beautifully, where the title does show > up perfectly when you arrive at the form. > > I filled out the form both to test the actual email body and the resulting > html page once you've filled out the form and submitted. > > The $title variable does not show up in either the email body nor in the > resulting page (the thank you for filling out this form page). > > While I can make the resulting page very generic by not adding the $title > anywhere there, but the email body must contain the $title variable. I'm > thinking maybe I should be adding the hidden form field for the $title? > > Here's the mail code: > > mail("$recipientname <$final_recipient>","$form[subject]","$form[first_name] > $form[last_name] ($form[email]) send the following message to $recipientname > ($final_recipient) : \n\n $form[message]\n\n Name: $form[first_name] > $form[last_name] \n Event: $event \n Address: $form[address] \n > City/Province: $form[city], $form[province] \n Phone: $form[areacode] > $form[part1]-$form[part2] \n Email: $form[email] \n Subject: $form[subject] > \n", "From: $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nReply-To: > $form[first_name] $form[last_name] <$form[email]>\nContent-type: > text/plain\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion()); > > > > "Martin Towell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > sure - do exactly as you described. > > > > just because a variable is appended to a url, doesn't mean it HAS to be > used > > in an SQL statement. It can be used for anything you like - even > ignored... > > :) > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lmlweb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 2:56 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [PHP] Can I use variable appended to the end of a link if I'm > > not using it for SQL query? > > > > > > For example, on a page, I have this link: > > > > <a href="http://www.website.com/register.html?select=$title">$title</a> > > > > where > > > > $title is whatever the database spits up on a previous query. Now I want > to > > be able to carry that $title onto the next page, which is a form mail for > > registering for the events, without having to use database. Basically I > want > > to be able to set the form up so it says: > > > > To register for $title, please fill out the form: > > who: ____ > > what: _____ > > where: _____ > > [submit] [reset] > > > > and when it's submitted the mail() function will have an subject heading > > that consits of "$title Registration" > > > > is that possible? > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php