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    copied!<p>I'm new to PHP, and have spent 10 hours trying to figure this problem out.</p> <p><strong>The goal</strong> is to take all data entered into this order form, and send it to my email via PHP.</p> <p><em>I have 2 questions:</em></p> <p><strong>1.</strong> I can get PHP to send data from a single menu item (example: Mexican Tortas), but how do I get PHP to send data from multiple items (example: Mexican Tortas, Fish Sandwich and Hamburger)?</p> <p><strong>2.</strong> How do I tell PHP to not send data from menu items that don't have the "How Many?" or "Customize It?" text fields filled out?</p> <p>If you could provide a super simple example (or a link to a learning resource) I would really appreciate it.</p> <p>Thank you, Abijah</p> <hr> <p><strong>PHP</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;?php if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { $to = "test@mywebsite.com"; $subject = "New Order"; $name_field = $_POST['name']; $phone_field = $_POST['phone']; $item = $_POST['item']; $quantity = $_POST['quantity']; $customize = $_POST['customize']; } $body = "Name: $name_field\nPhone: $phone_field\n\nItem: $item\nQuantity: $quantity\nCustomize: $customize"; echo "Data has been submitted to $to!"; mail($to, $subject, $body); ?&gt; </code></pre> <hr> <p><strong>HTML</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;form action="neworder.php" method="POST"&gt; &lt;div class ="item"&gt; &lt;img style="float:left; margin-right:15px; border:1px Solid #000; width:200px; height:155px;" src="images/mexicantortas.jpg"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;Mexican Torta - $8.50&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;input name="item" type="hidden" value="Mexican Torta"/&gt; &lt;h2&gt;How Many? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: 1, 2, 3...?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;input name="quantity" type="text"/&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Customize It? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: No Lettuce, Extra Cheese...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;textarea name="customize"/&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- ITEM_LEFT --&gt; &lt;div class ="item"&gt; &lt;img style="float:left; margin-right:15px; border:1px Solid #000; width:200px; height:155px;" src="images/fishsandwich.jpg"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;Fish Sandwich - $8.50&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;input name="item" type="hidden" value="Fish Sandwich"/&gt; &lt;h2&gt;How Many? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: 1, 2, 3...?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;input name="quantity" type="text"/&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Customize It? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: No Lettuce, Extra Cheese...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;textarea name="customize"/&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- ITEM_LEFT --&gt; &lt;div class ="item"&gt; &lt;img style="float:left; margin-right:15px; border:1px Solid #000; width:200px; height:155px;" src="images/hamburgers.jpg"&gt; &lt;h1&gt;Hamburger w/ Fries - $7.00&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;input name="item" type="hidden" value="Fish Sandwich"/&gt; &lt;h2&gt;How Many? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: 1, 2, 3...?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;input name="quantity" type="text"/&gt; &lt;h3&gt;Customize It? &lt;font color="#999999"&gt;Ex: No Lettuce, Extra Cheese...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;textarea name="customize"/&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- ITEM_LEFT --&gt; &lt;div class="horizontal_form"&gt; &lt;div class="form"&gt; &lt;h2&gt;Place Your Order Now: &lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;font color="#037B41"&gt;Fill in the form below, and we'll call you when your food is ready to be picked up...&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/h2&gt; &lt;p class="name"&gt; &lt;input type="text" name="name" id="name" style="text-align:center;" onClick="this.value='';" value="Enter your name"/&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="phone"&gt; &lt;input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" style="text-align:center;" onClick="this.value='';" value="Enter your phone #"/&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p class="submit"&gt; &lt;input type="submit" value="Place Order" name="submit"/&gt; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- FORM --&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;!-- HORIZONTAL_FORM --&gt; &lt;/form&gt; </code></pre>
 

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