php response form .. simple error?, email response posts to wrong field Options

[loftus49]

I'm using a simple php script to receive info from users on a website which is then emailed to me. The problem is that the "Company" info is posted to the Last Name field in the response. Here is a sample response emailed to me:

Form details below.

First Name: Duane
Last Name: XYZ Incorporated
Company:
Email: ***@***
Telephone: 5555555555
Comments: #3 test for inclusion of company field


As you can see, the "Company" info is put in the "Last Name" field and no actual last name info is recorded. I don't see where the error could be in the html so I'm guessing it is in the php. I must be too close to this since I can't seem to find the error.


Here is the little php script:

<!DOCTYPE php>
<?php

if(isset($_POST['email'])) {



// EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED

$email_to = "***@***.com";

$email_subject = "Form Response";





function died($error) {

// your error code can go here

echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";

echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";

echo $error."<br /><br />";

echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

die();

}



// validation expected data exists

if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||

!isset($_POST['last_name']) ||

!isset($_POST['company']) ||

!isset($_POST['email']) ||

!isset($_POST['telephone']) ||

!isset($_POST['comments'])) {

died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');

}



$first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required

$last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required

$last_name = $_POST['company']; // required

$email_from = $_POST['email']; // required

$telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required

$comments = $_POST['comments']; // required



$error_message = "";

$email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';

if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {

$error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

}

$string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";

if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {

$error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

}

if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {

$error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

}

if(strlen($comments) < 2) {

$error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';

}

if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {

died($error_message);

}

$email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";



function clean_string($string) {

$bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");

return str_replace($bad,"",$string);

}



$email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";

$email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

$email_message .= "Company: ".clean_string($company)."\n";

$email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

$email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";

$email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\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);

?>

<!-- include your own success html here -->



Thank you for contacting us. We will be back in touch with you very soon.



<?php

}

?>


And here is the html form section that deals with this:

<form name="contactform" method="post" action=
"send_form_email.php" id="contactform">
<table width="450px">
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="first_name">First Name
*</label></td>
<td valign="top"><input type="text" name="first_name" maxlength=
"50" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="last_name">Last Name *</label></td>
<td valign="top"><input type="text" name="last_name" maxlength=
"50" size="30"></td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="company">Company</label></td>
<td valign="top"><input type="text" name="company" maxlength=
"50" size="30"></td>

</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="email">Email Address *</label></td>
<td valign="top"><input type="text" name="email" maxlength="80"
size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="telephone">Telephone
Number</label></td>
<td valign="top"><input type="text" name="telephone" maxlength=
"30" size="30"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><label for="comments">Comments *</label></td>
<td valign="top">
<textarea name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="40" rows="6">
</textarea>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:center"><input type="submit"
value="Submit"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

Does anyone see the error?

Thanks.

This post has been edited by Christian J: Nov 15 2015, 04:49 PM

[CharlesEF]

This line of code is your problem"

CODE

$last_name = $_POST['company']; // required

What you need is this:

CODE

$company = $_POST['company']; // required

[Christian J]

I masked the email address in the OP so spambots won't find it.

[loftus49]

I masked the email address in the OP so spambots won't find it.

Thanks for the "masking" of the email address. I put in a bogus one just in case too ... (GMTA).

[loftus49]

This line of code is your problem"

CODE

$last_name = $_POST['company']; // required

What you need is this:

CODE

$company = $_POST['company']; // required

I knew it was a simple dumb thing and that I was too close to it to see it.

Many thanks for taking the time to find it. I truly appreciate it.