about realname

[sutra]

In my form, I set the required hidden fields as such:
<input name="required" value="firstname:First Name,lastname:Last Name,email:Email" type="hidden" />

There is no 'realname' in there but the submission result always show:

example:
email: abc@ia.com
realname:
firstname: test
lastname: me
color: red

requirements: Test comment.

I noticed this since the version 6+ but never bother to fix it, until now, a client wanted it be removed. My suggestion is to have him change "firstname:First Name" to "realname:First Name".

I don't know what the result is as he hasn't told me and I can't test it on my server as my bloody web host has another hardware failure in 3 days

I had a look on V7.10, on line 4202
$SPECIAL_FIELDS = array(
"realname", // the real name of the person who filled in the form

can I customise it to
"firstname",
"lastname"

or turn it off?

Thanks!

sutra

[crabtree]

formmail uses a number of special fields for particular purposes...

email is one of them, realname is another. realname is shown as the sender of the email (which is mostly what you want).

why not derive it from your firstname + lastname. see the how to guide on the main www.tectite.com site.

you can also tell formmail to exlcude the realname field with the mail_options value called "Exclude":

<input type="hidden" name="mail_options" value="Exclude=realname" />

[sutra]

Thanks for the tips

sutra