php confirming sent mail to flash?

hi guys...i have a simple simple mail script that works fine. I am sending variables from Flash to php, but i would like a sort of call back from php to flash that says "ok Flash, tell the user it's all good"...then when Flash gets that, it does the desired effect. Ok, so i know the lv.sendAndLoad(url, lvGet,"GET") function, and i have another lv that is all ready to receive (lvGet.onLoad=function)...but what do i add to the php to talk back with flash??


<?php
$name=$_GET['name'];
$email=$_GET['email'];
$phone=$_GET['phone'];
$note=$_GET['note'];

$to="[email protected]";
$subject="Visitor from Me.com";
mail($to,$subject,$note);
?>

with a mail function you can usually do

PHP Code:

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if (mail($to, $subject, $note)) {
    print "mail sent";
} else {
    print "sending error";
} 


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so if you can substitute those print lines to tell your flash the same info then that should work.

so, substitutue with something that the loadVars can read? Like echo("&reply=good&")??

Hi,

you have to use sendandload to retrieve the result, a separate load does not work

On most servers mail returns nothing useful - success means that there was enough disk space to put the message in the outgoing queue, and failure would happen if the admin has blocked the mail function.

Musicman

the way i do it is to send vars to my php mailer form and set up timeout period:

loadVariables(_root:DirURL+"/scripts/enquiry_processor.php", this, "POST");
TimeOutMax = 80;
TimeOutLoop = 0;

and then go to a loop on the timeline (frame label = "ServerCheck") with:

if (result == "Okay") {
gotoAndPlay("Success");
} else if (result == "Fail") {
gotoAndPlay("Error");
}

(then a couple of frames later)

TimeOutLoop++;
if (TimeOutLoop>TimeOutMax) {
trace("Sending Form Data Has Timed Out");
status = "Sorry "+_root:firstname+", The server seems to be taking longer than normal to confirm receipt of your details. Please check your internet connection and try submitting the form again. <br><br>If this problem continues and your internet connection appears to be fine, our servers may be experiencing a temporary difficulty.";
gotoAndPlay("Error");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("ServerCheck");
}

and then last line on the php script (enquiry_processor.php):

// Confirm Success Back To Flash
$output = "&result=Okay";
echo $output ;

Job done...

Hope that helps...

Cheers

Andy