form field realname ?

[milez]

i have 3 fields in my form, but none named "realname".
When the mail is sent, this field shows up in the mailbody, empty.

Why?

The mail, formmail sends:

 email: mail
 realname: 
 name: jan
 message: test
 
 ==================================

REMOTE_ADDR=192.168.0.192
HTTP_USER_AGENT=Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de-DE; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041122 Firefox/1.0

[asket]

hi

because 'realname' is a required field as 'email' is
for example if you have named your field for the name as 'name' and not as 'realname' you can use derive_fields in your form like the following:

<input type="hidden" name="derive_fields" value="realname=name" />

or if you want to split your 'realname' into two input fields ie. in firstname and lastname:

<input type="hidden" name="derive_fields" value="realname=firstname+lastname" />

this line has to be added after your form tag, but i think this is clear anyway ...

erik.

[milez]

ok, but the field still shows up in my email.
is there a way to get it out of the mail? its an english word and german costumers would ask questions about. ...

thanx
jan

[asket]

yip, i think you can use an email template (plain.txt) - a simple .txt file
therefore you add this line to your form:
<input type="hidden" name="mail_options" value="PlainTemplate=plain.txt" />

then you create an plain.txt file in which you put ie. $realname where you want to have the realname... :

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Zusammenfassung Ihrer .... :
---------------------------------------------------------------------------



ABSENDER:
************************************

$realname


ERREICHBAR UNTER:
************************************

E-Mail: $email


SONSTIGE MITTEILUNGEN:
************************************

$message



---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENDE der Mitteilung.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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this file you have to put in the folder defined in formmail.php as $TEMPLATEDIR (about line 3143)
there you have to define where the folder is on your server

i think that's it

same you can do with an html-template if you want to have sent emails as html

erik

[asket]

here's the link to the howto (PlainTemplate):
http://www.tectite.com/fmhowto/plaintmplt.php