c++ form processing

Matfinn

Hi

Im wondering can anyone help me here with this little question. Basically I have been writing form processing programs in c++ and have gotten them to run seccesfully. What I do is I use the post method and have my data sent that way. I can parse that data and get all the variables i need assigned their values, such as 'name=Andrew' and 'emailaddy=sean1033@gmx.fi', but i want to be able to have that data emailed to myself also when the user clicks on the submit button. Anyone in here know how I could pipe the data to an email program such as sendmail? My choice environment is a unix environment. I ask here as a last resort because most info on this topic on the net is based on perl scripts. I prefer c++.

Thanks in advance

Matt

fractal

Hmmm.....

First of all I'd say you'd be better off to get to like perl or php or something better suited to the web.. C++ truly is a monster when it comes to programming a simple form.. Hmmm.. But heres what you could probably do..

Use a system call.. ie:

#include<stdlib.h>
:
:
system("/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -O QueueDirectory=/tmp -O
DeliveryMode=i < msg.txt");

Where msg.txt is the mail file that looks like this:
To: papaya@fruit.com
From: eager@fruitflies.com
Subject: Time is on my side
First and last line of the message.

Alternativley change the < msg.txt bit to the actual message you want to send from within the program and all should be well.. Really the only tricky bit would be to construct the string, that is your e-mail msg with headers, correctly.

Twould really really be much easier if you just used php and mail()
http://ie2.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php

DISCLAMER: Never used c++ for this sorta thing before.. I expect there may be a much easier way.

scojones

system(); is eeeevil. Eeeevil i tell you!@#

Typedef

Bah.

Just do the SMTP via a socket

Matfinn

Fractal

Many thanks for your reply. It will help alot. Good man. These things are impossible to find on the net.

Matt