SMTP connect instead of using mail()

spinicrus · #1 (**permalink**) 06-24-03, 05:46 PM

hi there !

please read this first and after maybe you can "light me" :

<?php
$smtp_server = "smtpserver.com";
$port = 25;
$mydomain = "mydomain.com";
$username = "username"; $password = "password";
$sender = "sender email";
$recipient = "email that the content will be sent to";
$subject = "the subject";
$content = "the message";

// SMTP connection

$handle = fsockopen($smtp_server,$port);
fputs($handle, "EHLO $mydomain\r\n");

// SMTP authorization
fputs($handle, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n");
fputs($handle, base64_encode($username)."\r\n");
fputs($handle, base64_encode($password)."\r\n");

// Send out the e-mail
fputs($handle, "MAIL FROM:<$sender>\r\n");
fputs($handle, "RCPT TO:<$recipient>\r\n");
fputs($handle, "DATA\r\n");
fputs($handle, "To: $recipient\n");
fputs($handle, "Subject: $subject\n\n");
fputs($handle, "$content\r\n");
fputs($handle, ".\r\n");

// Close connection to SMTP server
fputs($handle, "QUIT\r\n");
?>

ok

now i want to ask you how do i pass information from a html form to the php script, i mean to the "sender" , "subject" , "content" ?

i know there is a "post", using $get method, but i don't know how to do it.

pls help me !

jv2222 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-24-03, 06:06 PM

Let me get this straight... you post a script that talks directly to an SMTP server....

and you're asking how to get variables from a form

Wow. That's wierd.

Chris Boulton · #3 (**permalink**) 06-25-03, 01:51 AM

jv2222, plese only make useful posts...

Here is a simple form page..

Code:

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="[script name]">
Recipient: <input type="text" name="recipient"><br>
Subject: <input type="text" name="subject"><br>
Content: <textarea name="content"></textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>

spinicrus · #4 (**permalink**) 06-25-03, 05:29 PM

hey, i resolved that problem above...
but i'm into a big shit:

the smtp mail works fine, but there is a problem, and i think it's about the lenght of the messege being send, the size of it...
i tried to send a message both with $_GET and $_POST methods, but using the $_GET the browser(IE) didn't take the command, when the message was to long, and with $_POST, the message looked like sent, but there was nothing coming in my inbox...
do you have any ideea ?
what do you thing i should do ?

spinicrus · #5 (**permalink**) 06-25-03, 05:36 PM

hey, jv2222, thanks for your help !
if you would be the single really good programmer on this earth, then you'd be the only one...

jv2222 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-26-03, 02:32 AM

After the for (in your php script) put this. It might help. It's a print out of all the variables as they were recieved by php.

print_r($_POST);

spinicrus · #7 (**permalink**) 06-26-03, 09:56 AM

click this first:

http://www.metalborn.ro/capture.gif

this is the original text:

it is not becouse of the lenght of the message... it's about the breakets... there are interpreted wrong by the php... i read something like this.... so watch this :

"After the for (in your php script) put this. It might help. It's a print out of all the variables as they were recieved by php."

ChristGuy · #8 (**permalink**) 06-27-03, 06:30 PM

I'd change this script to the following...

PHP Code:


			
<?php 

  $smtp_server = "smtpserver.com"; 

  $port = 25; 

  $mydomain = "mydomain.com"; 

  $username = "username";

  $password = "password"; 

  $sender = "sender email"; 



  if (ISSet($_REQUEST["recipient"]))

  {

    $recipient = $_REQUEST["recipient"]; 

  }

  else

  {

    Die("Recipient is a required field...");

  }

  

  if (ISSet($_REQUEST["subject"]))

  {

    $subject = $_REQUEST["subject"]; 

  }

  else

  {

    $subject = ""; 

  }

  

  if (ISSet($_REQUEST["content"]))

  {

    $content = $_REQUEST["content"]; 

  }

  else

  {

    Die("Content is a required field...");

  }

  

  // SMTP connection 



  $handle = fsockopen($smtp_server, $port); 

  fputs($handle, "EHLO " . $mydomain . "\r\n"); 



  // SMTP authorization 

  fputs($handle, "AUTH LOGIN\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, base64_encode($username)."\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, base64_encode($password)."\r\n"); 



  // Send out the e-mail 

  fputs($handle, "MAIL FROM:<" . $sender . ">\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, "RCPT TO:<" . $recipient . ">\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, "DATA\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, "To: " . $recipient . "\n"); 

  fputs($handle, "Subject: " . $subject . "\n\n"); 

  fputs($handle, $content . "\r\n"); 

  fputs($handle, ".\r\n"); 



  // Close connection to SMTP server 

  fputs($handle, "QUIT\r\n"); 

?>

The form as per Chris

PHP Code:


			
<HTML>

  <HEAD>

  </HEAD>

  <BODY>

    <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="[script name]">

      Recipient: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="recipient"><BR>

      Subject: <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="subject"><BR>

      Content: <TEXTAREA NAME="content"></TEXTAREA>

      <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT">

    </FORM>

  </BODY>

</HTML>

I don't know if this will help at all...

spinicrus · #9 (**permalink**) 06-27-03, 08:33 PM

hey, that's a good ideea, i understand what you want with that... it might work...
tnx a lot !