Email Script Not Working

[JustForWebmasters]

Hello,

I have a script that will send an email to somebody. The form is located here. However, when I open up the email (in Outlook Express) the message is repeated twice. Why is this? You can look at the source for the form code, and here is the PHP script:

<?php

// define following variables. if one does not apply, leave BLANK 
$recipient = $recipient;
$recipientemail = $recipientemail;
$subject = $subject;
$message = $message;
$fromname = $fromname;
$fromemail = $fromemail;

// recipients 
$recipient .= "$recipient <$recipientemail>";

// subject 
$subject = "$subject";

// message 
$message .= "$message";

// you can add a stock signature // 
// to add signature, remove comments on next 2 lines 
// $message .= "--\r\n"; //Signature delimiter 
// $message .= "Birthday reminder copylefted by public domain"; 

// additional header pieces for errors, From cc's, bcc's, etc 
$headers .= "From: $fromname <$fromemail>\n";
$headers .= "X-Sender: <$fromemail>\n"; 
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n"; // Urgent message!
$headers .= "Return-Path: <$fromemail>\n";  // Return path for errors

// If you want to send html mail, uncomment the following line 
// $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // Mime type

// to use CC, uncomment following line 
// $headers .= "cc: [email]birthdayarchive@php.net[/email]\n";

// and now mail it! 
mail($recipient, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>

Why is it repeating in the email? If you want to, you can send an email to yourself, and see what I mean. Also, how can I make it output some text once the email is sent?

Any help would be appreciated.

[freddydoesphp]

See my comments in your code

//Because you first assign $message to $message
$message = $message;
$fromname = $fromname;
$fromemail = $fromemail;

// recipients 
$recipient .= "$recipient <$recipientemail>";

// subject 
$subject = "$subject";

// then you tack on another copy of message here.
$message .= "$message"; 

And actually you can just use $message in the mail() command like you did, no need to reassign it at all so just remove the $message = $message and the $message .= $message; And you should be fine.

[JustForWebmasters]

Thank you, Louis.

It works now!