X-Cart forums - Radio buttons in email form

On our web site's Product Detail pages I have added an "Ask an Expert" button. See, for example http://www.bitsbytescomputer.com/store/customer/product.php?productid=95&cat=24&page=1

Clicking this button pops up a simple email form (see code below). One line in this form looks like this "Preferred Contact Method: o Email o Phone," where the two "o"s are radio buttons. The idea is that the value of the radio button would be passed to the email that is sent to our Customer Service so we would know whether the customer wants to receive our advice via email or via phone. The form is working (the emails come through, along with all the customer-inserted information), and we have made some sales through this mechanism. However, the value of the radio buttons is not being passed to the emails. I have inserted the tpl code and the related php code below.

Any help that anyone can provide to help me get the values of the radio buttons passed to the emails would be most appreciated.

(1) customer/main/email_to_expert.tpl --> code for the email form

Code:

{ config_load file="$skin_config" }

<html>

<head>

<title>{$lng.txt_site_title}</title>

{ include file="meta.tpl" }

<link rel="stylesheet" href="{$SkinDir}/customer/style_customer.css">

</head>



<body LEFTMARGIN=0 TOPMARGIN=0 RIGHTMARGIN=0 BOTTOMMARGIN=0 MARGINWIDTH=0 MARGINHEIGHT=0>

{if $mode eq "send"}


























<center><div class="errordata02">Your message has been sent.</div>






[img]{$ImagesDir}/bitsbytes_03_2004/closewindow.gif[/img]

</center>

{else}



<TABLE border=0 width=600px align=center><TR><TD style="padding-top:12px;padding-left:6px" width=100% class=errordata02 align=center>Ask An Expert About:</TD>

<TD><span class="normaljump">CloseWindow</span></TD>

</TR></TABLE>



{capture name=dialog_04}

<table border=0 width=600px>

<tr>

<td valign=top align=left width=100 style="padding-left:12px; padding-top:0px">

{include file="product_thumbnail.tpl" productid=$product.productid image_x=$product.image_x image_y=$product.image_y product=$product.product tmbn_url=$product.tmbn_url}

</td>

<TD class=errordata03 align="left" width="100%" style="padding-left:12px">Please let us know how we can help you.











If our experts cannot answer your question, we will do our best to put you in touch with someone who can.











Thank you for your interest in our products.











<TABLE border=0 width=500px>

<TR>

<TD align=left width="20%"><div valign="absmiddle"><nobr>[img]{$ImagesDir}/bitsbytes_03_2004/bits_bytes_logo.gif[/img]

</TD>

<TD class="space" width="80%" align=left style="padding-top:12px">Experienced Guides.Trustworthy Tools.&trade;</nobr>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

</td>

</TR>

</table>

{/capture}



{assign var=without_tags value=$product.product}

{assign var=with_tags value="<div class=errordata02u align=center>$without_tags</div>"}

{eval var=$with_tags assign=prod_title} {* jjh jjh *}



{include file="customer/dialog_03a.tpl" title=$prod_title content=$smarty.capture.dialog_04 extra="width=100%"}



{capture name=dialog_04}

<table border=0 width=500px align=center>

<form name=sendform method=post action="email_to_expert.php?mode=send">

<input type=hidden name=productid value="{$product.productid}">

<div align=center><font color=red>{$error}</font></div>



<TR>

<td align=right width="10%" class="space"><nobr>Name:</nobr>

<font class=Star>*</font></td>

<td align=left width="90%"><input type=text name="your_name" value="{$your_name}" style="width: 200px;">

</td>

</tr>



<TR>

<td align=right width="10%" class="space"><nobr>Email:</nobr>

<font class=Star>*</font></td>

<td align=left width="90%"><input type=text name="your_email" value="{$your_email}" style="width: 200px;">

</td>

</tr>



<tr>

<td align=right width="10%" class="space"><nobr>Contact Phone:</nobr>

</td>

<td align=left width="90%"><input type=text name="phone" value="{$phone}" style="width: 200px;"> (optional)

</td>

</tr>



<TR><TD align=right width="10%" class="space"><nobr>Preferred Contact Method:

</TD>

<TD align=left width="90%">

{*<input type="radio" name="contact" value="{$email_me}" checked> Email

<input type="radio" name="contact" value="{$phone_me}"> Phone

*}

<input type="radio" name="contact" value="E-mail" checked> Email

<input type="radio" name="contact" value="Phone-me"> Phone

</nobr>

</TD>

</TR>



<tr>

<td align=right {*width=50%*} class="space">Message:

</td>

<td align=left {*width=50%*} style="padding-right:6px"><textarea name="message" cols=50 rows=5>{$message}</textarea>

</td>

</tr>



<input type=hidden name="friend_email" value="{$friend_email}">



<tr>

<td>[img]{$ImagesDir}/spacer.gif[/img]

</td>

<TD>

<TABLE width=100%>

<TR>

<TD align=left><span class="normaljump">Click to see Privacy Notice</span>

</TD>

<TD align=right>[img]{$ImagesDir}/bitsbytes_03_2004/send.gif[/img]

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

</TD>



</tr>

</form>

</table>

{/capture}



{include file="customer/dialog_04.tpl" title="" content=$smarty.capture.dialog_04 extra="width=100%"}

{/if}

</body>

</html>

(2) mail/send_to_expert.tpl --> code for the email itself

Code:

{* $Id: send_to_expert.tpl,v 1.1 2005/08/15 18:22:03 jjh $ *}

{config_load file="$skin_config"}

{include file="mail/html/mail_header.tpl"}



<div class="space">[img]http://www.bitsbytescomputer.com/store/assets/bitsbytes_03_2004/images/bitsbytes_03_2004/bits_bytes_logo.gif[/img]</div>



[img]http://www.bitsbytescomputer.com/store/assets/bitsbytes_03_2004/images/bitsbytes_03_2004/tagline_02.gif[/img]



<DIV class="email">

{$lng.lbl_hello}







{$lng.eml_your_name}: {$your_name}







{$lng.eml_email}: {$email}







{$lng.eml_phone}: {$phone}







{$lng.eml_prefer_contact}: {if "E-mail"} "AAA" {else} "BBB" {/if}







{$email} {$lng.eml_has_asked}







{$lng.eml_message}: {$message}







<font color=#AA0000>{$product.product}</font>










{$lng.eml_please_click_link}:






{$http_location}/customer/product.php?productid={$product.productid}

</p>



{include file="mail/html/signature_email.tpl"}

</DIV>

(3) email_to_expert.php --> php code that sends email

Code:

<?php

/*****************************************************************************\

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#

# $Id: product.php,v 1.55.2.1 2004/02/05 12:25:45 mclap Exp $

#



require "./auth.php";



#

# Put all product info into $product array

#



$email=array_pop(func_query_first("select email from $sql_tbl[customers] where login='$login'"));

$smarty->assign("your_email",$email);

$smarty->assign ("your_name", $your_name);



if($mode=="send")

{

if(empty($your_email) || empty($your_name)){

/* if(empty($friend_email) || empty($your_email)){ */

  $smarty->assign("error", "Sorry, the form was not filled in correctly.");

  $smarty->assign ("your_email", $your_email);

/*  $smarty->assign ("friend_email", $friend_email); */

  $smarty->assign ("friend_email", "expert@bitsbytescomputer.com");

  $smarty->assign ("message", $message);

  $smarty->assign ("phone", $phone);

  $smarty->assign ("your_name", $your_name);

  $smarty->assign ("email_me", $email_me);

  $smarty->assign ("phone_me", $phone_me);

}



else





{

$check=array_pop(func_query_first("select do_not_email from $sql_tbl[customers] where email='$friend_email'"));

if($check=="Y"){

  $smarty->assign("error", "This customer does not want to receive mail.");

  $smarty->assign ("your_email", $your_email);

/*  $smarty->assign ("friend_email", $friend_email); */

  $smarty->assign ("friend_email", "expert@bitsbytescomputer.com");

  $smarty->assign ("message", $message);

  $smarty->assign ("phone", $phone);

  $smarty->assign ("your_name", $your_name);

  $smarty->assign ("email_me", $email_me);

  $smarty->assign ("phone_me", $phone_me);

  

}





else





{

        $product = func_select_product($productid, $user_account['membership']);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("product", $product);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("email", $your_email);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("message", $message);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("phone", $phone);        

        $mail_smarty->assign ("your_name", $your_name);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("email_me", $email_me);

        $mail_smarty->assign ("phone_me", $phone_me);

        func_send_mail ("expert@bitsbytescomputer.com","mail/send_to_expert_subj.tpl","mail/send_to_expert.tpl",$your_email, false);

/*        func_send_mail ($friend_email, "mail/send_to_expert.tpl", "mail/wishlist_send2friend_subj.tpl", "mail/send_to_friend.tpl", $your_email, false); */

/*        func_send_mail ("expert@bitsbytescomputer.com", "mail/wishlist_send2friend_subj.tpl", "mail/send_to_friend.tpl", $your_email, false); */

       $smarty->assign("mode", "send");

}

}

}



$product_info = func_select_product($productid, @$user_account['membership']);

$smarty->assign("product",$product_info);



$smarty->display("customer/main/email_to_expert.tpl");

?>