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August 7th, 2005, 02:07 PM

mwild8

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reply to mail() help

to keep this short and straight to the point when i send email via this code:

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 $to = "email@gmail.com";

$email = $_POST['required-email'];

$name = $_POST['required-name'];

$company = $_POST['company'];

$street = $_POST['street'];

$state = $_POST['state'];

$city = $_POST['city'];

$zip = $_POST['zip'];

$phone = $_POST['phone'];

$message = $_POST['comments'];



$subject = "Machine Tooling Inquiry"; 

$headers = "From: $name\r\n Reply-To: $email\r\n";

$message = wordwrap($message, 70);

$citystatezip = $city . " " . $state . " " . $zip;



$info = "\n$name \n$company \n$street \n$citystatezip \n$phone \n";

$body = $info.$message;

// Send

mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);



//echoed to make sure everything got posted and sent

echo $email;

echo $name;

echo $company;

echo $street;

echo $state;

echo $city;

echo $zip;

echo $phone;

echo $message;

the reply address is the varaiable $name along with @ and then my hosting sites address... so $name@myhost.com

ive tried to specify the reply address by writing this header:

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 $headers = "From: $name\r\n Reply-To: $email\r\n";

but its not coming up with that $email that i want.. how can i overwrite the reply email its sending?

August 7th, 2005, 02:25 PM

mwild8

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well it is working as far as the header goes.. its just when i hit reply the address to reply to is my hosting server.. cause the php file is on an FTP server and the address to root@thehost.com

how can i make it so when the user hits reply it goes to the $email?

thanks

August 7th, 2005, 02:28 PM

Keiichi

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Try it like the example on the php manual:

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 $headers = 'From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@example.com>' . "\r\n";

August 7th, 2005, 02:46 PM

mwild8

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keiichi

Try it like the example on the php manual:

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 $headers = 'From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@example.com>' . "\r\n";

is that not the same thing i have?

August 7th, 2005, 03:42 PM

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this is exactly what it shows in the reply to box when i hit reply using the above code:

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 $name <$email@lackey.smarterlinux.com>

August 7th, 2005, 03:57 PM

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figured it out:

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 $headers = 'From: ' . $name . " <$email> " . "\r\n";