send icq email express with PHP

[diacono]

<hey!>
evilwalrus.com has got some usefull php stuff for ignorants like me who like to cut and paste. i got this from there:

<?

function check_stat($uin) {
	 $arr = @file("http://wwp.icq.com/scripts/online.dll?icq=$uin&img=1");
	 $len = strlen($arr[1]);
	 if ($len == "") return "1";
	 if ($len == 96) return "2";
	 if ($len == 83) return "3";
	 if ($len == 1) return "4";
}

switch ($task) {

case 'lookup':
	if (check_stat($uin)=="1" OR "2"){
	?>
		<form action="<? print $PHP_SELF ?>" method="post">

		<b>The ICQ Online-Message Panel</b><br><br>

		<b>Sender Name</b> (optional):<br>
		<input type="text" name="from" value="" size=15 maxlength=40><br>
		<b>Sender EMail</b> (optional):<br>
		<input type="text" name="fromemail" value="" size=15 maxlength=40><br>
		
		<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="PHP ICQ Jobbler!">
		
		Message:<br>
		<textarea name="body" rows="3" cols="30" wrap="Virtual"></textarea>

		<input type="hidden" name="to" value="<? print $uin; ?>">
		<input type="hidden" name="task" value="send">
		<input type="submit" name="Send" value="Send Message">  
		<input type="reset" value="Clear">
		</form>
	<?} else {
	?>
		Moose!	
	<?}
break;

case 'send':
	mail($to . "@pager.icq.com", "$subject", "$body", "Return-path:$fromemail\nFrom: $from");
	print "emailto:" . $to . "@pager.icq.com<br><br>\n\n";
	print "subject:" . $subject . "<br><br>\n\n";
	print "body:" . $body . "<br><br>\n\n";
break;

default:
?>

<h1>ICQ Jobbler!</h1>
<form method="post" action="<? print $PHP_SELF; ?>">
<input type="text" name="uin">

<input type="hidden" name="task" value="lookup">
<input type="submit" value="Check that number!">
</form>

<?
break;
}

but is'nt there something missing on the end?
is it meant to end with a }?? or is the whole thing incomplete?

let me know, i'm getting confused.

<ahh!> last thing... do i just put my icq uin# stright into the code?

nice one.

[Robo]

The code is complete.

It's using a switch, which is similar to a if statement, just slightly different format:

switch ($task)
{ // start of task

case 'lookup':
blah blah;
break;

} // end of task

The two brackets tells it where the switch starts and finish, and for the cases, instead of brackets, it uses the :, and the break; instead.

If it was a if statement, it'll look like:

if ($lookup)
{
blah blah;
}

Alternatively, the if statement could also be written as the following, and it'll still work:

if ($lookup):
blah blah;
endif;

And for the uin, you'll just add $uin="[your ICQ number here]"

[diacono]

nice one Robo...