Form Processors?
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PhPMailer if you want something a lil more customizable than using PHP's built in mail function.
I could quickly set something up for ya if you want
In a nutshell
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
Code:
<?php
// The message
$message = "Line 1\nLine 2\nLine 3";
// In case any of our lines are larger than 70 characters, we should use wordwrap()
$message = wordwrap($message, 70);
// Send
mail('caffeinated@example.com', 'My Subject', $message);
?>But you'd modify it to take the message from say $_POST['message']; if the message box was a <textarea name="message" id="message" ...></textarea>
PhPMailer if you want something a lil more customizable than using PHP's built in mail function.
I could quickly set something up for ya if you want
Yes please.
As I mentioned, via $_POST, $_GET or $_REQUEST.
For example, if your form is using method="post", and you have an input for email. with a name/id of "your_email", then on the PHP side, you would have
$email = $_POST["your_email"];
Course if no email was passed it'll simply be blank, so it'll be up to you to validate the information being passed to the PHP script (preferably both on the javascript side and php side).
If you were to make up a form with the desired fields, and the email where to send it to, I'll make convert it to a self-calling php script to send the submitted information... for 10$
For example, if your form is using method="post", and you have an input for email. with a name/id of "your_email", then on the PHP side, you would have
$email = $_POST["your_email"];
Course if no email was passed it'll simply be blank, so it'll be up to you to validate the information being passed to the PHP script (preferably both on the javascript side and php side).
If you were to make up a form with the desired fields, and the email where to send it to, I'll make convert it to a self-calling php script to send the submitted information... for 10$
Here is a simple form and processor to send you an email. You can easily add additional values to the form page and the processor.
form page (with javascript for required fields):
form processor, with redirect to thank you page:
form page (with javascript for required fields):
Code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>form</title>
<!--
script to validate required form fields
add/replace values inside document.contact[""]
-->
<script type="text/javascript">
function verifyRequired() {
if (document.contact["name"].value == "") {
alert("Please enter your name.");
return false;
}
if (document.contact["email"].value == "") {
alert("Please enter your email address.");
return false;
}
return true;
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="post" name="contact" onsubmit="return verifyRequired();">
Name: <input name="name" type="text" /><br/>
Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br/>
<input name="" type="submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Code:
<?php
// -------------------------------
// simple form processor
// somlor - wickedfire 2009
// -------------------------------
if (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'])) {
$ClientIP = $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'];
} else {
$ClientIP = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
}
$name = $_REQUEST['name'];
$email = $_REQUEST['email'];
// add new variables, requesting data from your additional form inputs here
// send email with form data
$emailSubject = "form submission";
$emailBody = "Form details:\n"
. "\n"
. "Name : $name\n"
. "Email : $email\n"
// add your additional variables here, so you receive the data in your email
. "\n"
. "IP : $ClientIP\n";
$emailTo = "myemail@whatever.com"; // email form will be sent to
$emailFrom = "myemail@whatever.com"; // email form will be sent from (doesn't matter, usually keep the same as emailTo)
$emailHeader = "From: $emailFrom\n"
. "MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
. "Content-type: text/plain; charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"\n"
. "Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit\n";
mail($emailTo, $emailSubject, $emailBody, $emailHeader);
// redirect to thank you page
header('Location: thanks.html'); // put URL to your thank you page here
exit;
?>I appreciate the help from you guys +rep but I have some questions about the php script from somlor.
What should go in place of the first and second "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" and "REMOTE_ADDR"
Also, does this script need to uploaded to a certain section of my server or do I just place it in the main directory.
Lastly, if you guys can recommend some good PHP textbooks that explain the fundamentals with very practical applications in building interactive webpages, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
What should go in place of the first and second "HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR" and "REMOTE_ADDR"
Also, does this script need to uploaded to a certain section of my server or do I just place it in the main directory.
Lastly, if you guys can recommend some good PHP textbooks that explain the fundamentals with very practical applications in building interactive webpages, I would appreciate it.
Thanks.
(I'll look something up on books if someone else doesn't respond before hand).
Far as where to put the php script. I typically place it into the same folder as the contact form. Course most of the contact forms I've written, the form and the processor were the same php files calling itself (it would check to see if the form been submitted to itself then process it, otherwise shows the form).
Far as the HTTP_X_ And so forth. Thats just to log the client's IP address or hostname that they visited your site with. You wouldn't change those nor try to put them in the form. They're server environment variables.
Far as where to put the php script. I typically place it into the same folder as the contact form. Course most of the contact forms I've written, the form and the processor were the same php files calling itself (it would check to see if the form been submitted to itself then process it, otherwise shows the form).
Far as the HTTP_X_ And so forth. Thats just to log the client's IP address or hostname that they visited your site with. You wouldn't change those nor try to put them in the form. They're server environment variables.
If you don't want to be bogged down by a ton of reading, try [sams] Teach Yourself PHP in 10 Minutes. It's $15
Easier than copying, pasting and editing the above... download FormsToGo and make a few clicks.
It's not almighty but it does the job.
It's not almighty but it does the job.
Yeah, hah, that's exactly where I got the original processor code above. Nowadays I prefer to just manually tweak the code above unless I'm working with a huge form with tons of complex fields. Then I'll throw it into FormsToGo, good little program.
Sean
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