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Is there anyone good in PHP out there?
I wrote this program for a contact page i built but it doesn't work.
It doesn't get to the feedback,
can anyone there help me out?


<?php

$nam = $_REQUEST["1"];
$mail = $_REQUEST["2"];
$cel = $_REQUEST["3"];
$tel = $_REQUEST["4"];
$messag = $_REQUEST["5"];



$to = "info@mapit.com.ng";
$subject = "Enquiry";
$body = "Name : ".$nam." \n Email Address : ".$mail." \n Cellular : ".$cel." \n Telephone : ".$tel." \n Question : ".$messag." ";
$headers = "From: info@mapit.com.ng\n";

mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
echo " Message has been sent succesfully.";


?>


please i need help ASAP,
Thanks!!!

by "doesn't get back to the feedback", do u mean it doesnt take u to that page upon successful mail send?

if so, the following may help:
1) Check the page (unless u r using php_self) in the action attribute of ur form tag
2) don't just call the mail function, put some conditionals around it (if(mail) "mail sent" else "problem sending". this will help with debugging

Also in general, try to avoid (unless u r just doing this here to cut on typing) naming variables 1, 2, 3, 4, Use meaningful names. Chances r that if you come back to ur code 6 months from now, it will look like gibberish, even to u as the author.

I hope this helps

trips:
Is there anyone good in PHP out there?
I wrote this program for a contact page i built but it doesn't work.
It doesn't get to the feedback,
can anyone there help me out?


<?php

$nam = $_REQUEST["1"];
$mail = $_REQUEST["2"];
$cel = $_REQUEST["3"];
$tel = $_REQUEST["4"];
$messag = $_REQUEST["5"];

I suggest you make use of the actual request method as in $_Get[''] or $_POST[''] as the general $_REQUEST[''] may not be parsed properly depending on the parser.

Also use names and not just numbers in naming your variable holders as pointed out by My2cents.

trips:
$to = "info@mapit.com.ng";
$subject = "Enquiry";
$body = "Name : ".$nam." \n Email Address : ".$mail." \n Cellular : ".$cel." \n Telephone : ".$tel." \n Question : ".$messag." ";
$headers = "From: info@mapit.com.ng\n";

mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
echo " Message has been sent succesfully.";


?>


please i need help ASAP,
Thanks!!!

Why do you have the dots in the variables in bold? What do you want to achieve? Take time to understand how statements are structured with proper understanding of what any feature you may want to use does before using it.

got your messages,
thanks a lot guys
will try them out and get back to you

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@mark dan
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abi ?