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    • 12390
    • 39 Posts
    Hi,

    I was wondering how hard it would it to be include a time stamp, IP address and user agent in an email sent using eform?


    Thanks
      • 33372
      • 1,611 Posts
      Here is the eForm event function that I use to do this:
      <?php
      function addUserInfo(&$fields){
      
      /* Runs on eFormOnBeforeMailSent event 
       * Called before the message is sent. This function is called regardless of whether &noemail is set */
      
      if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'])) $fromhost=$_SERVER['REMOTE_HOST'].' ('.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].')';
      else $fromhost=gethostbyaddr($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']).' ('.$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'].')';
      $userInfo='<p>
      From: '.$fromhost.'<br />
      Using: '.$_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'].'
      </p>';
      $fields['userInfo']=$userInfo;
      
      }
      
      return '';
      ?>


      I don’t include a timestamp because the email itself has one, but you could easily do that if you like.

      Save this code as a snippet and call it on your form page before the eForm snippet call. In your eForm snippet call add &eFormOnBeforeMailSent=`addUserInfo`. And make sure that you have the [+userInfo+] placeholder at the end of your email template.

      eForm event functions are the bomb!
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        • 12390
        • 39 Posts
        Excellent, thanks very much!