Here is a very basic php script to process a form.
First you need to create the form to process.
HTML:
<html>
<body>
<form name="frmContact" method="post" action="path/to/mail.php">
<label for="name">Name: </label>
<input type="text" name="name" />[br][/br][br][/br]
<label for="email">Email: </label>
<input type="text" name="email" />[br][/br][br][/br]
<label for="comments">Comments: </label>
<textarea name="comments" rows="10" cols="40"></textarea>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Then creat a file called mail.php.
PHP:
<?
function checkOK($field)
{
if (eregi("\r",$field) || eregi("\n",$field)){
die("Invalid Input!");
}
}
//set the variables
$name=$_POST['name'];
checkOK($name);
$email=$_POST['email'];
checkOK($email);
$comments=$_POST['comments'];
checkOK($comments);
//email address you want the form to be sent to
$to="[email protected]";
//the contents of the email message
$message="$name just filled in your comment form. Their said:\n$comments\n\nTheir e-mail address is: $email";
if(mail($to,"Website Comments",$message,"From: $email\n")) {
//Thank them if it went through
echo "Thanks for your comments.";
} else {
//give them an error if it didn't
echo "There was a problem sending the mail. Please check that you filled in the form correctly.";
}
?>
Also, you might consider using a CMS as a starting point. I personally would
highly recommend ModX CMF as it is user friendly but also very flexible for developers. You can get the newest version (0.9.5)
here. Then you can grab the eForm snippet for it
here, which makes it easy to create even very complex forms. There is also a great
community, if you have any questions or need help.
Last edited by a moderator:
May 7, 2015
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