PHP : Recommendation Script Question

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February 26th, 2003, 07:00 AM

steve55

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PHP : Recommendation Script Question

I am using a php recommend a friend script that also places the information the user supplies into a text file.

However I am having a few minor problems and was wondering if someone could check the script for me.

The text file is populated every time, but only certain emails seem to get through and the email is also supposed to contain a url, which it doesn't...

The script is as follows:-

<?

// Change the variable below to "no" if you do not wish to write
// the data to a text log
$logging="yes";

// Enter the website administrators email address here
$adminaddress = "test@test.com";

// Enter the company name or site name here
$sitename = "Test";

// Enter the address of your website here
$siteaddress ="http://www.test.com";

?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Tell A Friend</title>

<?php
IF ($action=="") {
?>

<?
$referer = getenv("HTTP_REFERER");
print "<p><B>$referer</B><BR><BR></p>";

?>
<p>To send the URL of this page and a brief message to friends who might like it, just fill out the
form below.
<BR>

<BR><FORM METHOD=POST ACTION="<? echo "$PHP_SELF"; ?>">

<TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="3" CELLPADDING="3">
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Your Name*:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="yname"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Your Email*:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="yemail"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #1 Name*:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fname[1]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #1 Email*:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="femail[1]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #2 Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fname[2]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #2 Email:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="femail[2]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #3 Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fname[3]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #3 Email:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="femail[3]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #4 Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="fname[4]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif" SIZE="-
1">Friend #4 Email:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="TOP"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans Serif"
SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="femail[4]"></FONT></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans
Serif" SIZE="-1">Additional Comments:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans
Serif" SIZE="3"><textarea NAME="comments" rows="3"></TEXTAREA></FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="2"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Sans
Serif" SIZE="3"><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="url" VALUE="<? echo "$referer"; ?>"><INPUT
TYPE="submit" NAME="action" VALUE="Send"></FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

</FORM>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>

<?

} ELSEIF ($action="Send") {

if (($yname=="") || ($fname=="") || ($femail=="")|| ($yemail=="")) {
print "Please use your back button and complete all of the required form fields, then resubmit.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>";
} else {
print "Your recommendation to the following people has been sent:<br><br> ";
// cycle through the emal addresses and names
$items="5";
$tally="";
for ($numitems=0; $numitems < $items; $numitems++) {
if (($fname[$numitems]!="") && ($femail[$numitems]!="")) {
mail("$femail[$numitems]","$yname went to $sitename and recommended you check this out","$fname[$numitems] \n\n $yname stopped by $sitename and thought you would find the following URL of interest:\n \nURL: $url \n\n Additional Comments: \n------------------------------------ \n$comments \n------------------------------------\n\nThank you! \n$sitename \n$adminaddress \n$siteaddress","FROM:$yemail");

// NEW IN VERSION 1.2 - LOGGING TO A TEXT FILE - 7/31/00
// this writes the url, comments, and email address
// to a text database so you can easily track which
// pages are being recommended most often

// Be sure to upload the blank text file that the
// data will write to. In this case, we named it url-log.txt
// If you name your blank file url-log.txt, no changes are needed here.
// If you decide to use a different filename, you must change the
// variable below.

IF ($logging=="yes") {
$filename="url-log.txt";

// Nothing needs ot be changed here

$fl=fopen($filename,"a+");
// sets the pipe delimiters
fwrite($fl,"'$url'|'$femail[$numitems]'|'$yemail'|'$comments'\n");
fclose($fl);
}
$tally.="$fname[$numitems], ";
}
}

?>
<P>Your recommendation has been sent to <?php echo "$tally"; ?> </p>

<p><B><A HREF="<? echo "$url"; ?>">GO BACK</A></B> </p>
<BR>
<BR>
<?
}

}

?>

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