How to call Mailto

[Nepherael]

I'm trying to build a contact form to put in a block on my right column. I have all the HTML to build the form but I don't know how to call the mailto function. 

 

Prestashop already has a mailto.php file right? can anyone tell me how I would call that script in the coding of my form? I would prefer to use what prestashop already has instead of making a generic mailto script since I don't know how to protect it very well and may make mistakes in coding.

[Nepherael]

I believe I have all the right stuff to call the mailto function but I'm not sure what it is. There is a file under

 

tools/smarty/plugins/function.mailto.php 

 

but I'm not sure if it's what I'm looking for. Is there a different mailto function?

 

EDIT: I'm also looking at tools/mail.php but I am having a hard time with naming the variables. any help greatly appreciated

 

EDIT2: using both of the mail functions I've mentioned sends me to an unknown url each time. I just get a prestashop page saying that the page doesn't exist. I don't have a confirmation page set to load in my code so I don't know why it is doing that

Edited September 23, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[Nepherael]

Okay I've made it a little further along. I'm not good at coding and have never learned HTML in the traditional sense so some things that are simple end up being very hard for me

 

Everything seems to function but when the form calls the mail.php function it takes me to mydomain.com/mail.php 

 

I don't know how to make it mail me the form contents instead of directing to that URL. Maybe I'm just using the wrong code to call the mail.php function?

 

Here is my code:

 

<form action="mail.php" method="post">

<table style="width: 400px;" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">

<tbody>

<tr>

<td class="bodytext" width="29%">Your name:</td>

<td width="71%"><input id="from_name" type="text" name="name" size="32" /></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="bodytext">Email address:</td>

<td><input id="from" type="text" name="email" size="32" /></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="bodytext">Comment:</td>

<td><textarea id="message" class="bodytext" name="comment" rows="6" cols="45"></textarea></td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td class="bodytext"> </td>

<td align="left" valign="top"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send" /></td>

</tr>

</tbody>

</table>

</form>

 

It's very basic but it is for testing purposes

[vekia]

this is a bit wrong idea in my opinion, if you want to use form like this one you should - in my opinion - create mailing method for example in Frontcontroller, then you will not have to call mail.php file

[Nepherael]

this is a bit wrong idea in my opinion, if you want to use form like this one you should - in my opinion - create mailing method for example in Frontcontroller, then you will not have to call mail.php file

Thank you Vekia. I will see what I can do. Can you elaborate a bit on how to make a front controller mail function if you know?

[vekia]

open file: classes/controller/FrontController.php

 

there is a function:

	public function init()
	{

inside this function create code:

if (isset($_POST['mysendmailbutton'])){
// mail code here
}

and in front office create form with submit button named mysendmailbutton

[Nepherael]

Thank you very much. I will test and see how it works

 

Edit: What is the form action then? Do I just not have an action?

 

Example:

 

<form action:mail.php method:post>

Edited September 23, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

of course instead of "// mail code here"

use php script to send email

[Nepherael]

oh yes i understood you. I'm working on it now.

 

I mean the actual contact form to fill out. in the form code there's always an action and a method and I'm asking if I use a different action or if I can leave the action out.

 

Sorry I'm just going along with form examples that I've adapted

[vekia]

Thank you very much. I will test and see how it works

 

Edit: What is the form action then? Do I just not have an action?

 

Example:

 

<form action:mail.php method:post>

 

you can create post with no action param

[Nepherael]

still having some trouble but I think I'm close. Pretty sure I just have a small error in the code somewhere. Can anyone take a look and see where my mistake is?

public function init()
	{
        if (isset($_POST['sitefeedbackbutton'])){
        $to = '[email protected]';
        $subject = 'Message from PPS feedback form';
        
        $message = 'From: '.$name."\n";
        $message .= 'E-mail: '.$email."\n";
        $message .= 'Message: '.$comment;
        
        mail($to, $subject, $message);
        }

That is the code located in classes/controller/frontcontroller.php

 

and here is the form code

<form method="post">
<table style="width: 400px;" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td class="bodytext" width="29%">Your name:</td>
<td width="71%"><input id="name" type="text" name="name" size="32" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bodytext">Email address:</td>
<td><input id="email" type="text" name="email" size="32" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bodytext">Comment:</td>
<td><textarea id="comment" class="bodytext" name="comment" rows="6" cols="45"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="bodytext"> </td>
<td align="left" valign="top"><input type="submit" name="sitefeedbackbutton" value="Send" /></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</form>

Edited September 24, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

code looks well but i don't tested it.

may i know why you think that it doesn't work? you've got some error messages?

[Nepherael]

I'm not receiving any errors and the email is not sending. When I click the send button the page reloads with no email sent. I also tried commenting out the code in frontcontroller.php and when I submit the form that way still same result (the page reloads). So I am thinking maybe the form is not communicating with the front controller file?

 

Also, just to add some information I am using the content box module for prestashop. It allows me to place a block anywhere with custom code in it so i don't have to modify prestashop files. I don't know that it makes a difference

[vekia]

to the if (isset($_POST['sitefeedbackbutton'])) condition add something to verify this condition: print_r("FORM SUBMITED");

if (isset($_POST['sitefeedbackbutton'])){
print_r("FORM SUBMITED");
...
...
}

then try to send form once again, if you will see the "FORUM SUBMITED" message - it mean, that code works but you've got some issues with mail function

[Nepherael]

Ok I just tested it. There was no "form submitted" message. The page reloaded and my form was still there. It changed shape though, it got slightly larger after submitting it with the print_r line which was weird.

 

Thank you for taking your time to help me track this down. At this point I am totally lost. I'm sure it will just be a small code change that fixes it though

 

Edit: The code seems to be fine. Maybe this module ContentBox can't communicate with frontcontroller.php?

Edited September 26, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

i checked your code on my demo page based on latest ps and it works well. I added to if condition simple code : print_r($_POST);  and this is what i've got:

 

it mean that it works well. Inspect form code from your page source, maybe it looks different than example that you pasted above (sometimes contentbox changing the code)

[Nepherael]

Thank you for testing the code Vekia. Now that it is proved functional it will be easier since I know the code I have works.

 

I will update this thread as soon as I have the solution.

[Nepherael]

I added the print_r($_POST); and it is returning the data array so it is working with frontcontroller.php

 

The problem seems to be with my mail code. 

 

 

 

EDIT: 

 

Ok I added and if/else clause to let me know if the mail() function was completed and it is showing as successful but the mail is not leaving the server.

 

Really not sure where to go from here. Here's my current mail code. Must be some other issue

public function init()
	{
        //Custom code for feedback form
        
        if (isset($_POST['sitefeedbackbutton'])){
            
        print_r($_POST);
        $to = '[email protected]';
        $subject = 'Message from PPS feedback form';
        
        $message = 'From: '.$name."\n";
        $message .= 'E-mail: '.$email."\n";
        $message .= 'Message: '.$comment;
        
        $headers = "From: $name\r\n";
        $headers .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n";

        $sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
                
        if ($sent)
        {
        echo 'Success';
        }
        else
        {
        echo ('failed');
        }
        }

Might be being blocked as spam or something like that. I'm guessing that's out of the scope of the prestashop forums. I will do my best to search

Edited September 26, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

and what about server configuration? is there mail() funciton active?

[Nepherael]

and what about server configuration? is there mail() funciton active?

 

I believe so. All contact works on the website and in the settings it is set to use php mail.

[Nepherael]

deleted. not helpful

Edited September 27, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

hello, enctype is only for forms with file fields, you don't have to use it if you don't use file field.

[Nepherael]

yeah, I tested another form in contentbox and created a mail.php file in my themes/default folder.

 

<form action = ".../themes/default/mail.php method = "POST">

 

EDIT: This form did work!

 

I just tested it and it did send the email. I compared the code to what we added to frontcontroller.php and I can't find any differences. 

 

As of right now this issue is solved but I will do some testing and see if I can get the frontcontroller.php mail form working

Edited September 27, 2013 by Nepherael (see edit history)

[vekia]

what you've got before this line?

[Nepherael]

what you've got before this line?

 

before that line was just <? php 

 

but the problem was "[email protected]" should have been '[email protected]'. it worked once I changed that.

 

I double checked all the code in frontcontroller and it matches the mail.php file that is confirmed to work but still no mail received when using frontcontroller.

 

weird

[vekia]

<? php - wrong 

<?php - correct