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Re: PHP Mailto(); [message #182056 is a reply to message #182054]

Mon, 01 July 2013 15:28

Tim Streater
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In article <kqs3dn$2s7$1(at)speranza(dot)aioe(dot)org>,
Twayne <nobody(at)spamcop(dot)net> wrote:

> On 2013-07-01 1:03 AM, J.O. Aho wrote:
>> On 01/07/13 01:29, Twayne wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Win 7, PHP 5.3.5, XAMPP local server, standard Unix remote server:
>>>
>>> having a problem with mailto. It's working fine, but ... I can't figure
>>> how to get it to contain all the information I want sent to me. I have
>
>>> =========================
>
> ...
>>
>> If you want to add something to the header, then use
>> "X-something: data\r\n"
>>
>> Don't use two "From:", use "X-Sender:" for the $name, don't forget to
>> sanitize the user input or else you will end up with mail header
>> injections.
>>
>> $header .= "X-Sender: $name\r\n"; // needs sanitation
>> $header .= "X-UserAgent: $browser\r\n"; // needs sanitation
>> $header .= "X-IP: $ipAddress\r\n";
>>
>> To lessen risk for header injections, include those in the body/message.
>>
>> $comments .= "Abuse Sender: $name\n"; // needs sanitation
>> $comments .= "User Agent: $browser\n"; // needs sanitation
>> $comments .= "IP: $ipAddress\n";
>>
>
> That's a keeper! Thanks much for sharing.
>
> X-sender I hadn't thought of and I'll try it. As for \r\n vs \n, I'd
> forgotten all about because I normally use (not successfully in this
> case) <br />.
>
> I've also been reading about PHP EOL; any opinions on that? Other than
> knowing when to use it, it sounds like it might be handy if it's not
> deprecated; haven't looked it up yet.

Since the standards specify CRLF I do this:

$lf = chr (10);
$cr = chr (13);
$nl = $cr . $lf;

and use $nl throughout.

You might also want to snoop on your traffic to see what gets sent. I
use PacketPeeper for this.

--
Tim

"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689

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		PHP Mailto(); By: bill on Sun, 30 June 2013 23:29
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: J.O. Aho on Mon, 01 July 2013 05:03
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 01 July 2013 09:08
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 14:33
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 14:23
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: Tim Streater on Mon, 01 July 2013 15:28
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 11:50
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 01 July 2013 11:59
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: J.O. Aho on Mon, 01 July 2013 12:47
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 01 July 2013 13:09
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: bill on Mon, 01 July 2013 14:10
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: Tim Streater on Mon, 01 July 2013 15:34
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 01 July 2013 15:58
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: Tim Streater on Mon, 01 July 2013 17:24
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 01 July 2013 17:47
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: Tim Streater on Mon, 01 July 2013 19:43
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: J.O. Aho on Mon, 01 July 2013 17:05
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: Christoph Michael Bec on Mon, 01 July 2013 17:21
		Re: PHP Mailto(); By: J.O. Aho on Mon, 01 July 2013 17:30

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