The Recommend Us Script does not work with Google Chrome, Internet Explorer or Firefox. Could someone take a look at it and see if the error can be fixed. I am assuming there is a minor typo some where in the code.
Look here: sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?459783-Recommend-Us-Script
Thank you.
All three web browers show this:
' . $message . '
'; } $themessage = '
Hello,
Your friend ' . $yourname . ' has sent you an invitation to visit our site.
Please visit our site at: http://www.YourURL.com
Your friend also attached a message, which was:
' . $come . '
Very truly yours,
YourURL.com
-------------------------------------
Note:
' . $yourname . ' IP address is ' . $address . '.
'; $subj= "A Message From: " . $yourname . " "; $header = "Return-Path: " . $email . "\\r\
"; $header .= "From: $yourname <" . $youremail . ">\\r\
"; $header .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1;\
\
\\r\
"; @mail ($email,"$subj",$themessage,$header); $message2 = 'Thank You For Recommending YourURL To Your Friends!
You can use the form again to recommend us to your other friends.
'; } ?>
Recommend YourURL.com To Your Friends & Partners:
Your Name:
Your Email Address:
Your Friend's Email Address:
Your Message:
www.YourURL.com
Hi Mike63740, welcome to the forums
The code
<?
//This script is creadted by Vahid Chaychi at http://www.weboma.com
//You need to customize it for your website. The only thing you need
//to do is replacing the YourURL.com with your website URL.
if($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'] == NULL){
$sitename = 'http://www.YourURL.com';
} else {
$sitename = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERRER'];
}
if($_POST['email']){
$address = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$yourname = $_POST['yourname'];
$youremail = $_POST['youremail'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
if($message != 'NA'){
$come = '<p align="justify"><b> ' . $message . '
</font> </b></p>';
}
$themessage = '
<p>Hello,</p>
<p align="justify">Your friend <b><u>' . $yourname . '</u></b>
has sent you an invitation to visit our site.</p>
<p align="justify">Please visit our site at:
<a href="' . $sitename . ' " target="_blank">
http://www.YourURL.com</a></p>
<p align="justify">Your friend also attached a
message, which was:</p>
<hr color="#FF0000" width="80%" align="left" size="1"><p>
<b>' . $come . '</b></p>
<hr color="#FF0000" width="80%" align="left" size="1">
<p>Very truly yours,<br>YourURL.com<br>
-------------------------------------</p>
<p><b>Note:</b><br>
' . $yourname . ' IP address is <u>' . $address . '</u>.</p>
';
$subj= "A Message From: " . $yourname . " ";
$header = "Return-Path: " . $email . "\\r\
";
$header .= "From: $yourname <" . $youremail . ">\\r\
";
$header .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1;\
\
\\r\
";
@mail ($email,"$subj",$themessage,$header);
$message2 = '<font size="2" face="Arial"><b>Thank You For Recommending
YourURL To Your Friends!</b></font><br>
<font size="2" face="Arial">You can use the
form again to recommend
us to your other friends.</font><br>
';
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Recommend YourURL.com To Your Friends</title>
</head>
<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0">
<br><br><br>
<form action="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];?>" method="post"
name="tellfrnd" id="tellfrnd" onSubmit="return validatetell(this)">
<p style="margin-left: 110">
<?
if($message2 != NULL){
echo $message2; } ?>
</p>
<hr color="#FF0000" size="1" width="90%">
<div align="center">
<center>
<table width="723" border="0" cellpadding="2" height="1">
<tr>
<td width="715" height="22" colspan="3">
<p style="margin-left: 5">
<font size="4" color="#0683FF"><b>Recommend YourURL.com To
Your Friends & Partners:</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="202" height="22">
<p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">
Your Name:</font></b></td>
<td width="513" height="22" colspan="2">
<input name="yourname" type="text" id="yourname" size="28"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="202" height="1" valign="middle">
<p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">Your Email
Address:</font></b></td>
<td width="513" height="1" colspan="2">
<input name="youremail" type="text" id="email" size="28"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="202" height="1" valign="middle">
<p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">
Your Friend's Email
Address:</font></b></td>
<td width="513" height="1" colspan="2">
<input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="28"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="202" height="1" valign="top">
<p align="right"><b><font face="Arial" size="2">
Your Message:</font></b></td>
<td width="513" height="1" valign="top" colspan="2">
<textarea name="message" id="message" rows="5" cols="42">
</textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td height="24" width="202">
<p align="center"> </td>
<td width="351" height="24">
<p align="center">
<input name="Submit" type="submit" id="Submit"
style="background-color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;
color:#0065CE;font-size:8pt; font-family:Arial"
value="Submit The Form">
</strong></font></td>
<td width="157" height="24"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>
</div>
</form>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p align="center"><b><font size="1" face="Arial">
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.YourURL.com/">
www.YourURL.com</a></font></b></p>
</body>
</html>
<script>
function validatetell(object){
var valid = true;
if(object.yourname.value == 0){
alert("Please Enter Your Name!");
object.yourname.focus();
return false;
}
if (object.email.value.indexOf("@")==-1 ||
object.email.value.indexOf(".")==-1 ||
object.email.value.indexOf(" ")!=-1 || object.email.value.length<6){
alert("Please Enter At Least One Valid Email!");
object.email.focus();
return false;
}
if(object.message.value == 0){
object.message.value = 'NA';
}
return valid;
}
</script>
is using “short open tag” http://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.short-open-tag
You can either change the setting in the php.ini file
-or-
change <? to <?php
Tough decision huh? 
Sorry, I miss understood the forum. I thought the Recommend Us Script could simply be used by just inserting it into a Html Page. All I know about codes is coping and pasting.
Is there any other scripts or codes that can be used by someone with little or no knowledge?
Thank you.
The forums are a place for discussion, not a code repository.
That said, though a lot of code is bits and pieces or uses “generic” naming, you should be able to find a lot of useful examples. If you get stuck you can always ask, newbies are welcome here and many will be happy to help you learn.
Did you try changing the “<?” to “<?php” in the above code? Surely adding 3 additional characters isn’t beyond your ability
Yes, I tried, but I get the same Results.
The file name has the “.php” extension?
Are you viewing it as a file in your browser instead of from a server running PHP?
I using a web page with the .html extension. Possibly this is the problem.
Yes, unless you have the server set up to send requests for HTML files through the PHP engine (a bit more involved than simply giving them the “.php” extension) the PHP code won’t get processed.
The server is set up to send requests for HTML files through the PHP engine. Using a web page with the .html extension was the problem.
I created a new web page with the .php extension and inserted the Recommend Us Script as given here: sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?459783-Recommend-Us-Script
The script works wonderful just the way it is. The main problem was lack of knowledge on my part.
Mittineague, thank you very much for leading me in the right direction. 