'From' Email Address

[Julian]

I have seen this topic discuss in great detail on the forum however I am still unable to get my form to show the email address of the sender in the 'from' heading.  It currently shows server details.

I need this so that I can use the 'reply' button to reply directly to people who submit the form to my site.

The code that I have is as follows:

<?php

$where_form_is="http://".$_SERVER.strrev(strstr(strrev($_SERVER),"/"));

session_start();
if( ($_SESSION==$_POST) && (!empty($_POST)) ) {

mail("??????????@????????.co.uk","Enrollment Form","ENROLLMENT DETAILS:

Full Name: " . $_POST . "

Address (Including Postcode): " . $_POST . "

Mobile Number: " . $_POST . "

Your Email Address: " . $_POST . "

How did you hear about the MADE Academy?: " . $_POST . "

Childs Full Name: " . $_POST . "

Childs Date of Birth: " . $_POST . "

Preferred Start Date: " . $_POST . "

Experience: " . $_POST . "

Would you like to be considered for the agency?: " . $_POST . "

Do you give permission for your childs photograph to be taken in class and used?: " . $_POST . "

","from: enrol@madeacademy.co.uk" );

include("confirm.html");

}
else {
echo "Invalid Captcha String.";
}

?>

If anyone can give me some very simple step by step instructions on how I can achieve this I would be most gratefull.

Regards

[TNTEverett]

I've never seen it done this way and I don't think you can modify the header successfully with only partial information.  The best source for learnig how this can be accomplished is here:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

[Julian]

Thank you for the reply.

I have another scirpt that I use and on this script I get what I want (the 'from' heading showing the senders email address).

I have tried to follow the instrcutions as per the link that you have provided and I still cant get it to work.

Here is the script where it does work:

<?php
function died($error)
{
    // your error code can go here
    echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the information you submitted. ";
    echo "These errors are as follows:<br /><br />";
    echo $error."<br /><br />";
    echo "Please click on the back button and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
    die();
}
function clean_string($string)
{
  $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
  return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}
if(isset($_POST['email']))
{
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to = "******@*******.co.uk";
    $email_subject = "Enquiry";
    // validation expected data exists
    if(!isset($_POST['name']) || !isset($_POST['email']) ||  !isset($_POST['Inquiry']))
    {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the information you submitted.');
    }
    $name = $_POST['name']; // required
    $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
    $Inquiry = $_POST['Inquiry']; // required
    $error_message = "";
    $email_exp = "^[A-Z0-9._%-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$";
    $string_exp = "^[a-z .'-]+$";
    if(!eregi($string_exp,$name)) {
        $error_message .= 'The Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(!eregi($email_exp,$email_from)) {
        $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(strlen($Inquiry) < 10) {
        $error_message .= 'The Enquiry you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
        died($error_message);
    }
    $email_message = "\n\n";
    $email_message .= "Name: ".clean_string($name)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
    $email_message .= "Enquiry: ".clean_string($Inquiry)."\n";
    // create email headers
    $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n".'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
    @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
?>

Regards

[TNTEverett]

Turns out I have used this method before.  Here is an old example in a form that is still working.

"mail("mypersonalemail@comcast.net","Form Submitted by $FirstName $LastName",$message,"From: $Email");"

Try capitolizing the "From:" and substitute the raw email address with a variable.

$Email=$_POST;

then

","From: $Email" );

[Julian]

Thanks for the reply.

I have sorted this now by replacing:

","from: enrol@madeacademy.co.uk" );
include("confirm.html");

with

","from:   $_POST[field_4]" );
include("confirm.html");

with