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1. dipaksaraf
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am using PHP mail functionality to send mail whenever a user submits the feedback on a post.

   The codes are something like this :
   <?php
   $headers = 'From: automated_message@somedomain.com'."\r\n" .
   'CC: abc@somedomain.com'."\r\n".
   'Reply-To:$_REQUEST['contactemail']'."\r\n";

   if ($_REQUEST['contactemail']){
   mail($to, 'Response to somedomain.com Ad', $body.$editlink,$headers);
   mail($_REQUEST['contactemail'], 'Response to somedomain.com Ad', $client_tag.$body, $headers);
   }else{
   echo'<h2>You seem to have entered an invalid e-mail address. Please try again.';
   }
   ?>

   When i am using email address in Reply-To: someeamilid@somedomain.com it works but when i use $_REQUEST['contactemail'] , it gives an error which is as follows: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in runtime.php(42):eval()’d code on line 24.

   LIne 24 is: $headers = 'From: automated_message@somedomain.com'."\r\n" .
   'CC: abc@somedomain.com'."\r\n".
   'Reply-To:$_REQUEST['contactemail']'."\r\n";

   Please suggest how o resolve this issue.

   Thanks
   Dipak

2. Curtiss Grymala
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The $_REQUEST information is a PHP variable, but since you have it inside of single-quotes, it's being treated as a string. Then, the single-quote that wraps contactemail is actually exiting the quoted string, leaving contactemail as plain text outside of a string definition.

   So, PHP thinks you want to send a message to someone with the e-mail address of $_REQUEST[, then it sees contactemail right next to that and doesn't know what to do with it. Try this code instead:

   'Reply-To:' . $_REQUEST['contactemail'] ."\r\n";

3. dipaksaraf
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello Curtis

   Thanks for the help, after changing the code as suggested, the mail is working smoothly.

   Thanks for the Help.......

   Dipak

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