noob help on forms..

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 11:16

Help needed..

I'm really stuck on this. You'll have to excuse me as I'm a web building noob.

I'm trying to submit an email based on the information entered on the following form. However, I can't get it to submit the details...

http://www.admiralcomputers.co.uk/Help.shtml

I'm calling a php process from the form tag called processor.php.

<form action="" name="myform" action=processor.php>

if a put a method=post, then i get an error.

Method Not Allowed

The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /Help.shtml.

Apache/1.3.39 Server at www.admiralcomputers.co.uk Port 80

here's the processor php >

<?php
$where_form_is="http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].strrev(strstr(strrev($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']),"/"));
mail("[email protected]","phpFormGenerator - Form submission","Form data:
First name: " . $_POST['FirstName'] . "
Surname: " . $_POST['LastName'] . "
E-Mail address: " . $_POST['Email'] . "
Phone: " . $_POST['Phone'] . "
Operating System: " . $_POST['OperatingSystem'] . "
Problem description: " . $_POST['Problem'] . "

powered by phpFormGenerator.
");
include("index.shtml");
?>

so what am I doing wrong.

Thanks

ps - the site is NOT a competitor of OCuk as no H/W or S/W is sold.

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 11:22

I'm calling some css code which doesn't work without the .shtml. - I tried it anyway
http://www.admiralcomputers.co.uk/Help2.html

Doesn't make anydifference and the navigator has gone as expected.

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:08

Thanks

Ok I've just changed and uploaded that but no joy.

I'm I doing this right? If so, I'll contact the webhosters as i'm sure that the site is php enabled.

As for firefox, I have been told although I've not seen it myself yet. I've had a few tell me this but no one has given me any clues as to what's going on or how it can be fixed.

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 12:18

OK cheers, I'll address that as soon as I've sorted this form problem out. I hadn't thought of installing firefox as a secondary browser

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:22

I found this..

http://vijaymodi.wordpress.com/2007...ested-method-post-is-not-allowed-for-the-url/

Means nothing to me really..

This can't be that hard.. I'm only trying to submit the answers to an email address..

Anyone?

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 14:48

I tried that and it works fine.. I use php on it's sister site .http://www.admiralcomputers.co.uk/gg.php

However, I've just spotted this:

<form action="" name="myform" action="processor.php" method="post">

dooh!!

Ok, so the form doesn't error now.. but it still doesn't sent me the email.

??

Thanks for your help btw

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:21

Right, there must have been a delay on the webserver mail becuase they have just come down.

So sorted. Many thanks for help.. I'll get that nav bar fixed now

Admiral Huddy · 4 Dec 2007 at 15:42

Butters said:
Dammit!

no - I'm going to give that a try too. I'm an inquisitive bugger and i don't give up. I am a programmer but not web programming. Just seems like a different world to what I'm used to.

I appreciate your help so thank you very much