MULTIFORMDIR Setting

TEMPLATEURL Index MULTIFORMURL

This page documents the MULTIFORMDIR configuration setting in FormMail.

Type Of Setting

MULTIFORMDIR is an OPTIONAL setting, which means...

OPTIONAL : you can change this setting if you need to, but the default value is fine for most circumstances.

Précis

Sets the directory/folder for multi-page form templates.

Description

Set MULTIFORMDIR to the directory/folder on your server where multi-page form template files are stored.

If you want to specify "next_form" in your forms (that is, you want to use multi-page forms), the templates must be found in the directory/folder you specify in this setting (or the alternate setting MULTIFORMURL).

This is a necessary step to prevent security problems. For example, without this measure, an attacker might be able to gain access to any file on your server.

We recommend you set aside a particular directory on your server for all your multi-page form templates.

NOTE: on Windows servers, use '/' instead of '\' or double the '\', like this:

"d:\\path\\to\\multiforms"

"d:/path/to/multiforms"

Note that the actual template file path name is created by appending a '/' and the file name you provide in the form (with next_form) to the MULTIFORMDIR setting. But, for security reasons, any path components preceding the file name are stripped. For example, with

<input type="hidden" name="next_form" value="path/to/page2.htm" />

the next_form value is stripped down to:

page2.htm

before being appended to MULTIFORMDIR.

Default Value

$MULTIFORMDIR = "";

Examples

$MULTIFORMDIR = "/home/mysite/public_html/multiforms";