Help with strings. PHP+flash contact form.

[Spielmeister]

Hello.

I'm working in a flash contact form which communicates with PHP in order to send the information in the input fields to an e-mail address. The ActionScript code has already been nailed down; it works perfectly in flash.

However, here lies my problem. I was working with a simple flash form tutorial found HERE and it uses a very simple PHP code to obtain the variables sent from the flash from. I had my AS code changed and it looks like this:

stop();

tel_box.restrict = "\\ 0-9\\-\\()\\+";

name_box.tabIndex = 1;
email_box.tabIndex = 2;
tel_box.tabIndex = 3;
subject_box.tabIndex = 4;
message_box.tabIndex = 5;

System.useCodepage = true;
my_vars = new LoadVars();

send_btn.onRelease = function() {
    // added this boolean var
    var doSend = true;
   
    my_vars.sender = email_box.text;
    my_vars.subject = subject_box.text;
    my_vars.message = message_box.text;
    my_vars.phone = tel_box.text;
    my_vars.name = name_box.text;
   
    //  changed != to == and the ands to ors
    if (my_vars.sender == "" or my_vars.subject == "" or my_vars.message == "" or my_vars.name == "" or my_vars.phone == "") {
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - makes sure sender is longer than 3 characters
    if (my_vars.sender.length < 3){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - checks sender for @ symbol
    if (my_vars.sender.indexOf("@") == (-1)){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - checks sender for @ symbol
    if (my_vars.sender.indexOf(".") == (-1)){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - makes sure message is longer than 10 characters
    if (my_vars.message.length < 10){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - makes sure Subject is longer than 3 characters
    if (my_vars.subject.length < 3){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - makes sure Name is longer than 3 characters
    if (my_vars.name.length < 3){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  added this - makes sure Phone is longer than 6 characters       
    if (my_vars.phone.length < 6){
        doSend = false;
    }
   
    //  either send or show error
    if (doSend) {
        my_vars.sendAndLoad("contact.php", my_vars, "POST");
        gotoAndStop(2);
    } else {
        error_clip.gotoAndPlay(2);
    }
};



my_vars.onLoad = function() {
    gotoAndStop(3);
};

email_box.onSetFocus = subject_box.onSetFocus=message_box.onSetFocus=name_box.onSetFocus=tel_box.onSetFocus=function () {
    if (error_clip._currentframe != 1) {
        error_clip.gotoAndPlay(6);
    }
};

So I changed the PHP file thinking it would behave exactly the same as before. It looks like this:

<?php
// read the variables form the string, (this is not needed with some servers).
$name = $_REQUEST["name"];
$sender = $_REQUEST["sender"];
$phone = $_REQUEST["phone"];
$subject = $_REQUEST["subject"];
$message = $_REQUEST["message"];

// include sender IP in the message.
$full_message = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . "\n\n" . $message;
$message= $full_message;

// remove the backslashes that normally appears when entering " or '
$message = stripslashes($message);
$subject = stripslashes($subject);
$sender = stripslashes($sender);
$phone = stripslashes($phone);
$name = stripslashes($name);

// add a prefix in the subject line so that you know the email was sent by online form
$subject = "Contact form: ". $subject;

// send the email, make sure you replace email@yourserver.com with your email address
if(isset($message) and isset($subject) and isset($sender) and isset($name) and isset ($phone){
    mail("bluelinesmx@gmail.com", $name, $phone, $subject, $message, "From: $sender");
}
?>

In a few words: PHP isn't reading the variables from the strings in flash. I assume the problem lies within the PHP coding. Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks in advance.
J.

[joshstrike]

Try using the PHP global array $_POST["name"...etc] instead of $_REQUEST. Depending on the configuration of the php.ini file on your server, $_REQUEST might not be holding the inbound variables.

Also, just to confirm that your server is receiving the data from Flash, you should do a tracer like

$test = fopen("test.txt","w");
fwrite($test,"hello"); 

at the top of your php code (make sure there's a 777 mod on the directory so PHP can write a file there) ...then at least you can be sure that this isn't related to Flash requesting a missing file or anything like that.

[Musicman]

Hi,

near the end of your code

if(isset(...) and isset(...)) {

be sure to have two ))

Musicman

[Spielmeister]

Try using the PHP global array $_POST["name"...etc] instead of $_REQUEST. Depending on the configuration of the php.ini file on your server, $_REQUEST might not be holding the inbound variables.

Also, just to confirm that your server is receiving the data from Flash, you should do a tracer like

$test = fopen("test.txt","w");
fwrite($test,"hello"); 

at the top of your php code (make sure there's a 777 mod on the directory so PHP can write a file there) ...then at least you can be sure that this isn't related to Flash requesting a missing file or anything like that.

Changed $_REQUEST to $_POST and still nothing.
Tracer works fine.

My guess is: maybe the strings are the problem. Any ideas?

[Spielmeister]

Finally, I've got the code working.

I really have no clue where the problem lies. I found this thread here in flashkit (http://board.flashkit.com/board/showthread.php?t=812624) and this one DOES work.

I tried removing the stripslashes but nothing. The isset didn't make a change either.

Anyway, thanks for your help guys