I have created a file to send email but each time I sent a test email I am getting the domain name of email as boscustweb3203.eigbox.net.
The code I have used is:
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.error{
color:red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<?php
// define variables and set to empty values
$nameerr = $emailerr = $gendererr = $commenterr = $websiteerr = "";
$name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
if (empty($_POST["name"])){
$namerrr = "Name is required";
} else {
$name = test_input($_POST["name"]);
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
$nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
}}
if (empty($_POST["email"])){
$emailerr = "Email is required";
} else {
$email = test_input($_POST["email"]);
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailErr = "Invalid email format";
}}
if (empty($_POST["website"])){
$websiteerr = "Website name is required";
} else {
$website = test_input($_POST["website"]);
// check if URL address syntax is valid (this regular expression also allows dashes in the URL)
if (!preg_match("/\b(?:(?:https?|ftp):\/\/|www\.)[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|!:,.;]*[-a-z0-9+&@#\/%=~_|]/i",$website))
$websiteErr = "Invalid URL";
}
if (empty($_POST["comment"])){
$commenterr = "Comment is required";
} else {
$comment = test_input($_POST["comment"]);
}
if (empty($_POST["gender"])){
$gendererr = "Gender is required";
} else {
$gender = test_input($_POST["gender"]);
}
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
?>
<h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
Name: <input type="text" name="name">
<span class="error"><?php echo $nameerr;?></span>
<br><br>
E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
<span class="error"><?php echo $emailerr;?></span>
<br><br>
Website: <input type="text" name="website">
<span class = "error"><?php echo $websiteerr;?></span>
<br><br>
Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
<span class = "error"><?php echo $commenterr;?></span>
<br><br>
Gender:
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
<input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male
<span class="error"><?php echo $gendererr;?></span>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
echo $name;
echo "<br>";
echo $email;
echo "<br>";
echo $website;
echo "<br>";
echo $comment;
echo "<br>";
echo $gender;
?>
<?php
$to = "testemail@gmail.com";
$headers = "From: $name
";
mail($to,$website, $comment, $headers);
?>
</body>
</html>
The host of my server is ipage.com. Please let me know if this kind of bug or a server issue.
I get email from username@boscustweb3203.eigbox.net. I have given different email address. The first part before @ is correct though.
It's because you're only setting a name for the From header:
$headers = "From: $name
";
PHP is automatically appending an e-mail URL. You should always specify a fully qualified e-mail address in the From: header.
Consult the manuals: