PHP, change mailing list sender.

This is the following code i made for my mailing list,
i dont want the info to be stored in the url but in
variables or something else inside the file, hidden.
how do i do that and what do i change to what?

would really apperentice help. Greetings Adrian

Code:

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<?php
require('../../style/database.php');
require('../../style/smtp.php');

//form data
$message = mysql_real_escape_string(strip_tags($_POST['message']));
$mailcount = 0;
$namecount = 0;

$get = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE news='1'");

echo "<form action='' method='$_POST'>";

while ($getrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($get)){
echo"<input type='checkbox' name='mail_".$mailcount++."' value='".$getrow['email']."'
CHECKED>".$getrow['firstname']." ".$getrow['lastname']." (".$getrow['email'].")
<input type='hidden' name='name_".$namecount++."' value='".$getrow['firstname']." ".$getrow['lastname']."'><br>";}

echo "<p></p>Message to our users:<br>
<textarea name='message' rows='10' cols='30'></textarea><p></p>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Send Message'></form>";

if ($submit){

//loop through
for($x=0;$x<count($_GET);$x++){
if ($_GET["mail_$x"]){

//mail setup
$to = $_GET["mail_$x"];
$subject = "Newsletter";
$message = $_GET['message'];
$body = "Dear ".$_GET["name_$x"]."\n\n $message";
$header = "From: Adrian@localhost.com";

mail($to, $subject, $body, $header);}}

echo "All mail has been processed.";}?>

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what?

you mean you want to hide the mailing route? sounds like you want to do something illegal and immoral.

I believe he's talking about the content under //mail setup

He doesn't want his email info to be set in url variables.

Since you are submitting the message with a form, you could put the email info into hidden inputs in your form.

Code:

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<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Newsletter" />

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That would output on the script page as

Code:

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$POST['subject']

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:thumbup1:

@foxx: ill try to explain better mate.
@MetaL: god no, thats really not what i ment:o
@chrisdothtml: yeah something like that.

i open my document [http://localhost/admin/newsletter/]
the only user found is: Adrian Ronsten (netsnor@gmail.com)
and when i click send message i get this url:
[http://localhost/admin/newsletter/in...=Send+Message]
and what im asking is how do i replace the red part
[http://localhost/admin/newsletter/index.php?mail_0=netsnor%40gmail.com&name_0=Adrian+Ronsten&message=&submit=Send+Message]
and store the information inside the document instead of like i do now, in the urlbar.

Submit using POST not GET?

Yeah, just use POST not GET.

GET is for when you're not using forms or want a variable to be in the URL for whatever reason, like dynamically generating links.

On your form, the method of posting is GET, you need POST.

When creating your form, use this:

Code:

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<form action="page to submit to" method="POST">

</form>

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And i noticed this little code:

Code:

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echo "<form action='' method='$_POST'>";

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I think thats really not the way you want to write it.
It should be <form action="" method="post">. (And since you wrote wrong, all data gets sent by the GET method, which is default).

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Erlend

And i noticed this little code:

Code:

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echo "<form action='' method='$_POST'>";

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I think thats really not the way you want to write it.
It should be <form action="" method="post">. (And since you wrote wrong, all data gets sent by the GET method, which is default).

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I didn't even notice that.
That'll do it.