https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Sending HTML Email back to submitter en Wed, 06 May 2026 02:13:00 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-1212 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:39:37 +0000 xtfer 1212@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I have this working nicely now, thanks for the tips. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-976 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:59:37 +0000 forestis 976@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>ok I found this post that will probably help me!<br /> <a href="http://www.appnitro.com/forums/topic/reply-to-address?replies=8#post-381" rel="nofollow">http://www.appnitro.com/forums/topic/reply-to-address?replies=8#post-381</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-972 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:44:36 +0000 forestis 972@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I have two questions:</p> <p>I've followed the steps above to have an html email sent back and it is working fien.<br /> Q1: I need to add a different html email to be sent for another form, I added the same code under in custom_hook.php but it doesn't seem to work at the moment.</p> <p>Q2: I also need to have a distinct mail from for the first form and the second form, how could I accomplish this? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-886 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:25:00 +0000 sonicalpha 886@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thank you very much :) </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-877 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:25:44 +0000 yuniar 877@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Sure, simply edit your <strong>config.php</strong> file.<br /> Search for NOTIFICATION_MAIL_FROM_NAME setting.</p> <p>For example:</p> <pre><code>define(&#39;NOTIFICATION_MAIL_FROM_NAME&#39;,&#39;SonicAlpha&#39;);</code></pre> <p><code></code><br /> That will set your sender name to "SonicAlpha" :-) </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-876 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:46:24 +0000 sonicalpha 876@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Is there anyway to change the sender name, on the email that you send out to the person who completed the form?</p> <p>At the moment, my emails are coming from "Machform."</p> <p>Thank you :) </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-864 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:55:42 +0000 forestis 864@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thank you so much! </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-853 Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:55:01 +0000 yuniar 853@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Oops..sorry, small error with the code. It was using the same $result variable, hence the conflict occured.</p> <p>I've just logged in to your FTP and updated that file. Please check it. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter/page/2#post-851 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:44:06 +0000 forestis 851@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Ooops sorry, I just learned what a backtick is.. :)</p> <p>But now I get this error:</p> <p>Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in /home/formppp/public_html/machform/hooks/custom_hooks.php on line 61</p> <p>Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in /home/formppp/public_html/machform/hooks/custom_hooks.php on line 62</p> <p>Warning: Cannot use a scalar value as an array in /home/formppp/public_html/machform/hooks/custom_hooks.php on line 63</p> <p>Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/formppp/public_html/machform/hooks/custom_hooks.php:61) in /home/formppp/public_html/machform/embed.php on line 33</p> <p>-----</p> <p>my line 61,62,63 is:<br /> $result['body'] = $email_content;<br /> $result['target_email'] = $user_input['element_11'];<br /> $result['subject'] = $email_subject;</p> <p>----- </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-837 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:44:19 +0000 yuniar 837@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I think you forgot to read my PS above ;-)</p> <p>You need to replace those '~' character into backticks, since backticks can't display well in this forum. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-836 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:41:55 +0000 forestis 836@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thank you for answering so quick. I tried the code but I get the following error:</p> <p>select ~option~ from ap_element_options where form_id='29' and element_id='17' and option_id='3' and live=1 Query failed: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'option~ from ap_element_options where form_id='29' and element_id='17' a' at line 2 </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-832 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:41:44 +0000 yuniar 832@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>For dropdowns, we need to get the value from other tables first.</p> <p>Your code should be something like this:</p> <pre><code>$element_id = 17; $query = &quot;select ~option~ from ap_element_options where form_id=&#39;&quot;.(int) $_REQUEST[&#39;id&#39;].&quot;&#39; and element_id=&#39;{$element_id}&#39; and option_id=&#39;&quot;.(int) $user_input[&#39;element_&#39;.$element_id].&quot;&#39; and live=1&quot;; $q_result = do_query($query); $row = do_fetch_result($q_result); $element_17_value = $row[&#39;option&#39;]; $email_content =&lt;&lt;&lt;EOT Bonjour {$element_17_value} EOT;</code></pre> <p><code></code><br /> A bit more complex, so if you have any question, let me know.</p> <p>PS. Replace ~ above with backticks, it doesn't seem to be displayed properly here.</p> <p>(Edit: the code above has been fixed) </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-828 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:56:36 +0000 forestis 828@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I followed the instruction and it all worked.<br /> But I don;t know how to call the value of a roll down menu option.<br /> I am getting the option number 1, 2 or 3 instead of the option text value : Option 1, Option 2..</p> <p>$email_content =&lt;&lt;&lt;EOT<br /> Bonjour {$user_input['element_17']}<br /> EOT;</p> <p>Can you help me? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-667 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:37:10 +0000 xlawdog 667@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Perfect! Thank you. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-660 Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:37:17 +0000 yuniar 660@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Try this:</p> <pre><code>$user_input[&#39;element_3&#39;] = rtrim($user_input[&#39;element_3&#39;],&#39;.&#39;); $email_content =&lt;&lt;&lt;EOT recommending a grant of \${$user_input[&#39;element_3&#39;]} for our project EOT;</code></pre> <p><code></code><br /> That should remove the decimal point. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-657 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:03:29 +0000 xlawdog 657@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>That did work to display the user input amount with the dollar symbol - thanks!</p> <p>It is still displaying the decimal point, which I'd like to eliminate. My code in the custom_hooks.php file is exactly like yours above (except it's element_4) - but I had changed the form display to remove the "cents" field, per the instructions in another post. The decimal point does not display in the visible form, but it's included in the email response using the above code. So I get "recommending a grant of $2000. for our next project" rather than "recommending a grant of $2000 for our next project," which would be my preference.</p> <p>I tried using element_4_1 instead of element_4, but that didn't work when I tested it.</p> <p>I know it's a small thing, and it may not matter, but is there a way to eliminate the decimal point? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-655 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:02:16 +0000 yuniar 655@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>To escape the $ symbol, you will need to add backslash, like this:</p> <pre><code>$email_content =&lt;&lt;&lt;EOT recommending a grant of \${$user_input[&#39;element_3&#39;]} for our project EOT;</code></pre> <p><code></code><br /> If it doesn't work for you, can you paste me your code? </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-652 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:54:15 +0000 xlawdog 652@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>The curly brace method works for all variables in my message, except for one that is pulling in the content of a currency field. And it is also complicated by the fact that it is a currency field from which I've eliminated the "cents" element (per another forum topic).</p> <p>My message has to include the text "... recommending a grant of $[user input amount] for our project ..." -- for example, "... recommending a grant of $2000 for our project ...".</p> <p>If I use the curly brace method, the user input amount doesn't print in the email message -- only the dollar symbol. If I use my previous method of defining the variable first, for example, as $amount, and then including $$amount in the message body, it prints, but it includes the decimal after the dollar amount, which looks odd.</p> <p>How can I configure this so that the message will include the amount, with the dollar symbol, but without the decimal?</p> <p>Thanks in advance. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-651 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:10:18 +0000 xlawdog 651@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Thanks. I like that better. I'll give it a try. </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/sending-html-email-back-to-submitter#post-650 Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:52:24 +0000 yuniar 650@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Great, that worked.</p> <p>You could do this too:</p> <pre><code>$email_content =&lt;&lt;&lt;EOT Dear {$user_input[&#39;element_5&#39;]}&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt; ... EOT;</code></pre> <p><code></code></p> <p>Just put a curly braces between the variable. </p>