PHP E-mail Form Sender Name Instead Of E-mail? - php

Question

Right now, I've set up a PHP e-mail form and everything works fine. However, while testing it, I'm only getting the sender e-mail address as the name. What I want is the name of the sender, like:
John Doe
Subject Subject Subject
Instead of:
j.doe#website.com
Subject Subject Subject
Below is the code...
Can someone help me please? Thanks.
PHP:
<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
// EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
$email_to = "ricky#rickytsang.ca";
$email_subject = $_REQUEST['subject'];
function died($error) {
// your error code can go here
echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
echo $error."<br /><br />";
echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
die();
}
// validation expected data exists
if(!isset($_POST['full_name']) ||
!isset($_POST['email']) ||
!isset($_POST['subject']) ||
!isset($_POST['message'])) {
died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');
}
$full_name = $_POST['full_name']; // required
$email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message= $_POST['message']; // required
$error_message = "";
$email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+#[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
$error_message .= 'The e-mail you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
}
$string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
if(!preg_match($string_exp,$full_name)) {
$error_message .= 'The name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
}
if(strlen($message) < 2) {
$error_message .= 'The message you entered doee not appear to be valid.<br />';
}
if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
died($error_message);
}
$email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";
function clean_string($string) {
$bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}
$email_message .= "Full Name: ".clean_string($full_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "E-mail: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
$email_message .= "Subject: ".clean_string($subject)."\n";
$email_message .= "Message: ".clean_string($message)."\n";
// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
#mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
?>
<!-- include your own success html here -->
Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
<?php
}
?>

Answer 1

Right after your 4 lines that say $email_message .= ... add a line:
$email_from = $full_name.'<'.$email_from.'>';

Answer 2

THen you need it in this form:
"John Doe <j.doe#website.com>"

Answer 3

Usualy you simply need to reformat the from address like this:
"Ricky, Dear" <dearricky#yahoo.com>
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Answer 4

In the headers you must set the From header like this:
<?php
...
$headers = 'From: ' . clean_string($full_name) . ' <' . clean_string($email_from) . ">\r\n";
..
?>

Answer 5

Thank you stimms!
So, your whole code portion would look like this:
// prepare email body text
$message = "";
$message .= "Thanks for registering .....";
$message .= "\n";
$message .= "More stuff here";
$headers = "From: John Smith <info#yourcoolsite.com>";
mail($recipientemail, "Hey thanks for joining!", $message, $headers);
Then the email recipient will see an email in their inbox that looks like this:
FROM: John Smith
SUBJECT: Hey thanks for joining!
MESSAGE: Thanks for registering ..... More stuff here

Answer 6

You set the e-mail address like this
$email_to = "Ricky <ricky#rickytsang.ca>";
http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

Answer 7

change these 4 lines
$full_name = $_POST['full_name'];
$email_from = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message= $_POST['message'];
to:
$full_name = $_POST['full_name'];
$email_from = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message= '"' . $full_name . '" <' . $_POST['message'] . '>';
please make sure u copy paste this as it is.

Answer 8

Drupal e-mail Form Sender Name Instead Of E-mail with Domain Basis?
Example:
function hook_mail_alter(&$message) {
if($message['id'] == "put_id" && $domain_id == 368){
$default_from = variable_get('site_mail', ini_get('sendmail_from'));
if($message['from'] == $default_from){
$message['from'] = '"'. variable_get('site_name', 'Drupal') .'" <'.
$default_from .'>';
$message['headers']['From'] = $message['from'];
}
}
}