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Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Hi,
I'm putting together a very basic job application script.
I want a user to be able to email a file (through a form on the web site) to me.
Where would I start with this?
I'm just looking for something basic that will work and then I can add to it.
Many thanks for any help.
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]eoinmcg[/eluser]
broadly speaking, there are two steps to what you want to achieve.
1. user uploads file via form on your website.
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/file_uploading.html
2. you email the file from the server to whatever email addresses you want
http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/libraries/email.html
the userguide has very clear, easy to understand examples that should get you started.
good luck!
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Hi Eoin. Many thanks. I'll take a look over those URLs and may come back.
Thanks
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Quick followup.
I'm proceeding fairly well with this.
However, have run into some errors
I want to store the ID so I know which job is being applied for.
Code:
<?php
echo auto_typography($title);
echo auto_typography($body);
?>
<?php echo $this->validation->error_string; ?>
<?php echo form_open_multipart('vacancies/apply/'); ?>
<!--<p><label for="email">E-mail: </label><br /><?php echo form_input($email); ?></p>-->
<?php
echo "<p><label for='email'>Email</label><br />";
$data = array('name'=>'email','id'=>'email','size'=>25, 'value' =>$post['email']);
echo form_input($data) ."</p>"; ?>
<?php echo form_hidden('slug',$post['slug']); ?>
<?php echo form_submit('submit', 'Submit'); ?>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>With this, I'm getting errors like:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Notice
Message: Undefined variable: post
Filename: views/vacancies_apply.php
Line Number: 10
Any ideas what may be causing this?
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]Kamarg[/eluser]
$post isn't defined. You either want $_POST['email'] or $this->input->post('email').
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Aaah OK.
Do I have to define it in the View?
Here's my Model if it helps:
Code:
function apply($slug=0){
$data['page_data'] = $this->MVacancies->getVacancyItem($slug);
$data['page_data'] or redirect('vacancies/');
$data['title'] = $data['page_data']['title'];
$data['body'] = $data['page_data']['body'];
#Validations
$rules['email'] = "required|valid_email";
$this->validation->set_rules($rules);
#Input and textarea field attributes
$data['email'] = array('name' => 'email', 'id' => 'email');
if ($this->validation->run() == FALSE)
{
$data['main'] = 'vacancies_apply';
$this->load->vars($data);
$this->load->view('template');
}
else
{
$email = $this->input->post('email');
$message = "$email has applied for this job.";
$this->email->from($email, '[email protected]');
$this->email->to('[email protected]');
$this->email->subject('Application for Job #' . $id);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
$this->load->view('form_success');
}
}Am I on the right track from looking at the above code?
Ultimately the email input field will change to a file input field.
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-11-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Could someone possibly lend a hand with this?
I'm happy to provide the code I have so far, or if there is an easier solution available?
Thanks for your help
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-12-2010
[eluser]eoinmcg[/eluser]
seems ok, what you're doing.
what part are you specifically having trouble with?
in terms of the upload and attachment;
- add an upload field to the form
Code:
<label>File</label><input type="file" name="file" />- after validation is successful add in a check for an uploaded file and if present process the file
Code:
if($_FILES['file']['name'])
{
$file_name = $this->_do_upload(); // _do_upload() should return the path and name of the uploaded file
$this->email->attach($file_name);
}- obviously, you'll have to write the _do_upload() method but there's enough in the user guide to make this a trivial task.
Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-12-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Many thanks for the reply Eoin.
Here's my current VIEW for reference:
View
Code:
<?php
echo auto_typography($title);
echo auto_typography($body);
?>
<?php echo $this->validation->error_string; ?>
<?php echo form_open_multipart('vacancies/apply/'); ?>
<p><label>File</label><input type="file" name="file" /></p>
<?php echo form_hidden('slug',$post['slug']); ?>
<?php echo form_submit('submit', 'Submit'); ?>
<?php echo form_close(); ?>Send File by Email through Form on Web Site? - El Forum - 05-12-2010
[eluser]invision[/eluser]
Hi,
OK, I've managed to submit the form when attaching the file, but I now get these 2 errors when submitted:
Code:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Missing argument 1 for apply()
Filename: controllers/vacancies.php
Line Number: 38and
Code:
A PHP Error was encountered
Severity: Warning
Message: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at ....system/libraries/Exceptions.php:166)
Filename: helpers/url_helper.php
Line Number: 541The new Controller code is as follows:
Controller
Code:
function apply($slug){
$data['page_data'] = $this->MVacancies->getVacancyItem($slug);
$data['page_data'] or redirect('vacancies/');
$data['title'] = $data['page_data']['title'];
$data['body'] = $data['page_data']['body'];
if(isset($_FILES['file']['name'])) {
$email = 'Job Seeker';
$file_name = $this->_do_upload(); // _do_upload() should return the path and name of the uploaded file
$this->email->attach($file_name);
$message = "$email has applied for this job.";
$this->email->from($email, '[email protected]');
$this->email->to('[email protected]');
$this->email->subject('Application for Job #' . $id);
$this->email->message($message);
$this->email->send();
$this->load->view('form_success');
} else {
$data['main'] = 'vacancies_apply';
$this->load->vars($data);
$this->load->view('template');
}
}I think I see the finishing lines.
Can you tell me if I've missed anything obvious?
Thanks again