PHP easy font color question

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Okay, I know this probably going to be flat out the dumbest question anyone has seen on here, and I apologize for this.

I am using a sendmail.php script and it works just fine but for some reason I cannot figure out how to color the inputs from the form in red.. or any color for that matter. I assume this is easily done, I was just trying to use $q1 

here is my script I am trying to get all the form responses in red.

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<?

 $q1 = $_REQUEST['q1'] ;

 $q2 = $_REQUEST{'q2'} ;

 $q3 = $_REQUEST{'q3'} ;

 $q4 = $_REQUEST['q4'] ;

 $q5 = $_REQUEST['q5'] ;

 $q6 = $_REQUEST['q6'] ;

 $q7 = $_REQUEST['q7'] ;

 $q8 = $_REQUEST['q8'] ;

 $q9 = $_REQUEST['q9'] ;

 $q10 = $_REQUEST['q10'] ;

 $comments = $_REQUEST['comments'] ;

 if (!isset($_REQUEST['q1'])) {

 header( "Location: http://itsurvey.tblrock.com" );

 }

 elseif (empty($q1) || empty($q2) || empty($q3) || empty($q4) || empty($q5) || empty($q6) || empty($q7) || empty($q8) || empty($q9) || empty($q10)) {

 ?>

 <html>

 <head><title>Error</title></head>

 <body>

 <h1>Error</h1>

 

 All of the questions must be answered before submitting your survey. Please press your browsers back button and make sure all of them are filled in.

 

 </body>

 </html>

 <?php

 }

 else {

 mail( "feedback@email.com", "Survey Response",

"The overall quality of phone support: \n$q1\n\nThe overall quality of Email support: \n$q2\n\nThe overall quality of on-site support: \n$q3\n\nThe IT department responds in a timely manner: \n$q4\n\nI feel the IT Department is knowledgeable and professional: \n$q5\n\nI feel the IT Department cares about my issues: \n$q6\n\nThe IT staff understands my needs: \n$q7\n\nThe IT staff has been courteous and helpful: \n$q8\n\nThe IT staff provides complete, accurate information to me: \n$q9\n\nOverall my experiences with the IT department have been positive: \n$q10\n\nComments: \n$comments",

 "From: feedback@email.com" );

 header( "Location: thankyou.html" );

 }

?>

Thank you for any responses!

This is what I do for my message parameter when using the mail function. Then you can use the HTML tags to do anything with the way it is displayed in the email.
[PHP]$message ="<table><tr><td>Heading</td></tr>";
$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<table>";[/PHP]

another benefit is then my call to the mail function is nice and clean.
[PHP]$mail = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);[/PHP]

Give that a try and let me know if you have any questions.

Jan 16 '08 #2

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This is what I do for my message parameter when using the mail function. Then you can use the HTML tags to do anything with the way it is displayed in the email.
[PHP]$message ="<table><tr><td>Heading</td></tr>";
$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<table>";[/PHP]

another benefit is then my call to the mail function is nice and clean.
[PHP]$mail = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);[/PHP]

Give that a try and let me know if you have any questions.

Hey that IS a great idea, I will be giving this a shot when I get to my work computer in the AM. Thanks a ton... will update tomorrow!

Jan 17 '08 #3

Markus

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for emails to be formatted in HTML you have to send the right headers
[php]
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
[/php]
Something like that... i think.

Jan 17 '08 #4

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for emails to be formatted in HTML you have to send the right headers
[php]
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
[/php]
Something like that... i think.

Markusn00b, thanks for adding that, you are right! You don't have to have the first line, but definitely the second. This is how I have my headers setup.

[PHP]$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";[/PHP]

Jan 17 '08 #5

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for emails to be formatted in HTML you have to send the right headers
[php]
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1";
[/php]
Something like that... i think.

Okay I am trying this out now, and when I try the first idea. I get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in H:\share\IT\Websites\IT_Survey\counter\sendmail.ph p on line 2

I am trying to read up on the header business right now. any help is more than welcome!

thank you guys!

Jan 17 '08 #6

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Okay I am trying this out now, and when I try the first idea. I get

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in H:\share\IT\Websites\IT_Survey\counter\sendmail.ph p on line 2

I am trying to read up on the header business right now. any help is more than welcome!

thank you guys!

That usually means you are missing a " ; " or something along those lines. And it might be line 1 that is actually causing the error.

Jan 17 '08 #7

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Markusn00b, thanks for adding that, you are right! You don't have to have the first line, but definitely the second. This is how I have my headers setup.

[PHP]$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";[/PHP]

So I have to say I am such a novice with PHP it is hardly funny. I tried reading up on the headers that you guys wrote about so I didnt seem like TOO much of a jerk, but I got to say I cant find squat that doesnt confuse me. I think its just a simple problem and I am reading far too complex of forums, etc.

Here is my code and what is my attempt at putting the headers .= "content....

as you can see the only thing that has a font tag on it is q1 at the very top. Once I figure just one out Ill be good.

If someone could help me out I would be forever in their debt!

Thank you!

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 <?

  $q1 = <font color="red">$_REQUEST['q1']</font> ;

  $q2 = $_REQUEST{'q2'} ;

  $q3 = $_REQUEST{'q3'} ;

  $q4 = $_REQUEST['q4'] ;

  $q5 = $_REQUEST['q5'] ;

  $q6 = $_REQUEST['q6'] ;

  $q7 = $_REQUEST['q7'] ;

  $q8 = $_REQUEST['q8'] ;

  $q9 = $_REQUEST['q9'] ;

  $q10 = $_REQUEST['q10'] ;

  $comments = $_REQUEST['comments'] ;

  $Formid = $_REQUEST['Formid'] ;

  $headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
 
  if (!isset($_REQUEST['q1'])) {

    header( "Location: http://website.com" );

  }

  elseif (empty($q1) || empty($q2) || empty($q3) || empty($q4) || empty($q5) || empty($q6) || empty($q7) || empty($q8) || empty($q9) || empty($q10)) {

    ?>
 
    <html>

    <head><title>Error</title></head>

    <body>

    <h1>Error</h1>

    <p>

    All of the questions must be answered before submitting your survey.  Please press your browsers back button and make sure all of them are filled in.

    </p>

    </body>

    </html>
 
    <?

  }

  else {
 
  mail( "feedback@tblrock.com", "IT Department Survey Response",

"$Formid\n\nThe overall quality of phone support: \n$q1\n\nThe overall quality of Email support: \n$q2\n\nThe overall quality of on-site support: \n$q3\n\nThe IT department responds in a timely manner: \n$q4\n\nI feel the IT Department is knowledgeable and professional: \n$q5\n\nI feel the IT Department cares about my issues: \n$q6\n\nThe IT staff understands my needs: \n$q7\n\nThe IT staff has been courteous and helpful: \n$q8\n\nThe IT staff provides complete, accurate information to me: \n$q9\n\nOverall my experiences with the IT department have been positive: \n$q10\n\nComments: \n$comments",

    "From: feedback@website.com");

  header( "Location: thankyou.html" );
 
  }

?>

Jan 17 '08 #8

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mbatestblrock, Take a look at this stripped down example
[PHP]<?php
$to = $_POST["toEmail"];
$from = $our_email;
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message ="<table><tr><td>Website Design Inquiry</td></tr>";
$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Email: " . $_POST['email'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Message: " . $_POST['message'] . "</td></tr></table>";
// Additional headers
$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$mail = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if($mail)
{
// Message sent sucessfully, do some code
}
else
{
//Message errored, do some code
}

?>[/PHP]

Now say I wanted the "Name" Field label to show up in red, I would do the following on that line.

[PHP]$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";[/PHP]

Hopefully seeing a full example will help you out. Let me know if you have any other questions. Also, I noticed that around your q2 and q3 fields you have curly brackets"{ }" instead of "[ ]", don't forget to correct those too! :-)

Jan 17 '08 #9

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mbatestblrock, Take a look at this stripped down example
[PHP]<?php
$to = $_POST["toEmail"];
$from = $our_email;
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$message ="<table><tr><td>Website Design Inquiry</td></tr>";
$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Phone: " . $_POST['phone'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Email: " . $_POST['email'] . "</td></tr> ";
$message .="<tr><td>Message: " . $_POST['message'] . "</td></tr></table>";
// Additional headers
$headers = "From: $from\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$mail = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if($mail)
{
// Message sent sucessfully, do some code
}
else
{
//Message errored, do some code
}

?>[/PHP]

Now say I wanted the "Name" Field label to show up in red, I would do the following on that line.

[PHP]$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";[/PHP]

Hopefully seeing a full example will help you out. Let me know if you have any other questions. Also, I noticed that around your q2 and q3 fields you have curly brackets"{ }" instead of "[ ]", don't forget to correct those too! :-)

haha thanks for the curly notice! So what if you wanted the Name variable to be red instead of the label? I assume its the same process then?

Jan 17 '08 #10

Markus

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haha thanks for the curly notice! So what if you wanted the Name variable to be red instead of the label? I assume its the same process then?

Yep!

Just wrap the
[php]
".$_POST['name']."
[/php]
With

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$name

Jan 17 '08 #11

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haha thanks for the curly notice! So what if you wanted the Name variable to be red instead of the label? I assume its the same process then?

No problem! I know how much time can be wasted on little typos like that and how annoying it can be.

Yep, if I wanted the variable itself to be red then I would just put the "P" tag around the variable instead of the label like this:

[PHP]$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";[/PHP]

Jan 17 '08 #12

Markus

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No problem! I know how much time can be wasted on little typos like that and how annoying it can be.

Yep, if I wanted the variable itself to be red then I would just put the "P" tag around the variable instead of the label like this:

[PHP]$message .="<tr><td>Name: " . $_POST['name'] . "</td></tr> ";[/PHP]

Sorry for stealing your thunder

:(

I get bored around here, so feel the need to but in on others...

I'm a terrible person, i know.

Jan 17 '08 #13

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Sorry for stealing your thunder

:(

I get bored around here, so feel the need to but in on others...

I'm a terrible person, i know.

:-) No problem Markusn00b! I'm all for someone getting answers to their questions as quickly as possible no matter where the answer comes from! Besides, it looks like we were posting at the exact same time, I happen to be having a pretty slow day as well.

Jan 17 '08 #14

Markus

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Haha! Bang on the same time!

What are the chances?

If only there were more not-so php inclined people around, i wouldn't be so bored and i also wouldn't have to watch seasons 1-6 of scrubs :(

Jan 17 '08 #15

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Haha! Bang on the same time!

What are the chances?

If only there were more not-so php inclined people around, i wouldn't be so bored and i also wouldn't have to watch seasons 1-6 of scrubs :(

I’ll admit that I’m just a tad bit envious that you are getting to watch scrubs right now. :-)

Jan 17 '08 #16

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I’ll admit that I’m just a tad bit envious that you are getting to watch scrubs right now. :-)

alluc.org is your friend ;)

Jan 17 '08 #17

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alluc.org is your friend ;)

Many thanks! This is definitely the cure for boredom...besides message boards of course! :-)

Jan 17 '08 #18

Markus

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Many thanks! This is definitely the cure for boredom...besides message boards of course! :-)

Message boards come second.. don't tell anyone i said that though

=X

Jan 17 '08 #19

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Message boards come second.. don't tell anyone i said that though

=X

Our little secret...wait....

Meanwhile whenever mbatestblrock comes back they'll be wondering what happened with this thread! :-)

Jan 17 '08 #20

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Our little secret...wait....

Meanwhile whenever mbatestblrock comes back they'll be wondering what happened with this thread! :-)

We're just getting our post counts up, so we can get higher on that board over there 8]

Alas, the meaningless banter must (?s:c)eist to exist!

I have hair to make pretty and eyes to rest.

Goodnight friend. :)

Jan 17 '08 #21

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I have hair to make pretty and eyes to rest.

That almost sounded like a bad line that someone might use to turn down a date! Goodnight! ;-)

Jan 17 '08 #22

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Well I have to say thanks to everyone I finally got the thing going! I really need to dive deep into PHP sometime but time is seriously not on my time! I do check out the w3schools and lynda.com if you guys have anything you think might be a good tool for me throw it out!

thank so much!

Jan 17 '08 #23

Markus

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That almost sounded like a bad line that someone might use to turn down a date! Goodnight! ;-)

Johnny! Get the ale; we have been discovered!

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Well I have to say thanks to everyone I finally got the thing going! I really need to dive deep into PHP sometime but time is seriously not on my time! I do check out the w3schools and lynda.com if you guys have anything you think might be a good tool for me throw it out!

thank so much!

Glad you got it working! PHP.net is another good resource. Other than that I find I can't find something on here, I then go to google and search. Between those you should be able to get an answer.

Jan 17 '08 #25

Markus

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Well I have to say thanks to everyone I finally got the thing going! I really need to dive deep into PHP sometime but time is seriously not on my time! I do check out the w3schools and lynda.com if you guys have anything you think might be a good tool for me throw it out!

thank so much!

tizag is a nice little place.

I often find it's the smaller, blog focused websites (like pbmods site) that are the best learning grounds.

Jan 17 '08 #26

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Johnny! Get the ale; we have been discovered!

ha! I thought you were going to bed? :-)

Jan 17 '08 #27

Markus

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ha! I thought you were going to bed? :-)

It seems i can't drag myself away from this place; it seems i have an inane desire to help people with their PHP dilemmas!

Not an ego issue, i hope.

:S

Note: we need smileys!

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