[pher]

Hi all,

I'm new to PHP. I wrote a basis PHP script to send data from a web form into an email. The script is working fine and able to send the data into the specific email address. However, after you click on the submit button, the PHP Notice: Undefined index log display. Anyone has any idea how to get this issue resolved.

[pher]

Attached is my PHP Script.

Hi all,

I'm new to PHP. I wrote a basis PHP script to send data from a web form into an email. The script is working fine and able to send the data into the specific email address. However, after you click on the submit button, the PHP Notice: Undefined index log display. Anyone has any idea how to get this issue resolved.[/QUOTE]

[alphapatrol]

Could you paste your script here?

[<?Wille?>]

Cant see any attachments.

Anyway, "undefined index" means just that, your trying to access a array element named "log display" which doesnt exist. You can make the error disappear by defining a default value for the variable

[pher]

Hi all,

Sorry for the delay in responding. Anyways, thanks for all of your tried to help. I did find the solution to my problem. Below is my PHP script with the solution. Error_reporting(E_ALL^E_NOTICE); is the answer to the undefined index.

PHP Code:

<?php 

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);



$to = "pher@anokatech.edu"; 

$subject = "Librarian Form"; 



$FirstName = $_REQUEST['FirstName'] ;

$LastName = $_REQUEST['LastName'] ;

$Email = $_REQUEST['Email'] ; 

$WorkPhone = $_REQUEST['WorkPhone'] ;

$HomePhone = $_REQUEST['HomePhone'] ;

$Question = $_REQUEST['Question'] ;

$SourcesChecked = $_REQUEST['SourcesChecked'] ;

$Contact = $_REQUEST['Contact'] ;

 

$body = " First Name: $FirstName \n\n Last Name: $LastName \n\n Email: $Email \n\n Work Phone: $WorkPhone \n\n Home Phone: $HomePhone \n\n Question: $Question \n\n Sources Checked: $SourcesChecked \n\n Contact: $Contact \n\n";



$headers = "From: $Email"; 

$sent = mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers) ; 

if($sent) 

{print "Your Request was sent successfully."; }

else 

{print "We encountered an error sending your request."; }

?>

[mab]

Disabling notice messages does not actually fix anything. The error is still occurring, causing php to take 10 to 20 times longer to execute the line of code where the error is.

If you post the actual error message, someone can help you find the cause.

I am going to assume this is purely a learning exercise as the posted code is not validating the input from the form and would allow a hacker or a spam bot script to send anything to anyone.

[End User]

Originally Posted by pher

I did find the solution to my problem. Below is my PHP script with the solution. Error_reporting(E_ALL^E_NOTICE); is the answer to the undefined index.

Actually all E_ALL^E_NOTICE does suppress the printing of the error message. As mab mentioned it doesn't fix anything. It's like putting a band-aid on a cut- the cut is still there, you just can't see it. You're better off fixing the actual problem by simply assigning a default value to the variable.

[pher]

If I took the Error_reporting(E_ALL^E_NOTICE) out of the script, then following message display. However, I did get the data fill on the form email to me as I expected. The following message display only when at least one field was not filled in. Otherwise, the script is working.

PHP Notice: Undefined index: FirstName in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 7 PHP Notice: Undefined index: LastName in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 8 PHP Notice: Undefined index: Email in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 9 PHP Notice: Undefined index: WorkPhone in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 10 PHP Notice: Undefined index: HomePhone in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 11 PHP Notice: Undefined index: Question in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 12 PHP Notice: Undefined index: SourcesChecked in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 13 PHP Notice: Undefined index: Contact in D:\ATCWeb\scripts\librarianform.php on line 14

[loveloop]

put this 'error_reporting(0)" into your files

[UnrealEd]

NO: putting that on top of your code doesn't solve the problems, it hides the problems.

The problem is pretty straightforward: you're trying to access elements of the $_REQUEST array, but they don't exist yet. Here's an example:

PHP Code:

$myArray = array ();

$myArray['abc'] = 123;

$myArray['def'] = "hello world";



echo $myArray['abc']; // will output 123

echo $myArray['def']; // will output "hello world"



echo $myArray['ghi']; // will throw a "undefined index" notice