PHP email form for dummies???

I am working a site for a client and I am a newb to web design and development... so talk slowly and at like a 3rd grade level.

So, I am trying to make an email form - I have designed the form in HTML on my contact page http://gscapedesign.com/contact_us.html

I also created a php file - email_form.php (which I have no idea what I did there... I "hacked" from a tutorial and inserted what I thought was right and relevant to my situation). That said, when the form is completed, an error message comes up reading Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONCAT_EQUAL in /home/content/95/8124395/html/email_form.php on line 17

Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                        " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                                        " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Contact:                                " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Services:                                " . $_POST['landscape design and construction'] . "\r\n" .
"Services:                                " . $_POST['hardscape design and construction'] . "\r\n" .
"Services:                                " . $_POST['grounds maintenance'] . "\r\n" .
"Services:                                " . $_POST['irrigation and drainage systems'] . "\r\n" .
"Services:                                " . $_POST['lighting'] . "\r\n" .
"Budget:                                " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" .
 
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = .= "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;
?>

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Any pointers???

Can you please post your code?

Did you need the html or php?

Or did you need something else?

Sorry I'm such a newb... I'm stumbling through all these languages.

HTML Code:

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    <form action="email_form.php" method="post" name="contact_gscape" id="contact_gscape">
      <span id="sprytextfield1">
      <label for="name"><span class="form_text">Name</span></label>
      <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A contact name is required.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield2">
      <label for="phone" class="form_text">Phone Number</label>
      <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A phone number is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid phone number.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield3">
      <label for="email" class="form_text">Email</label>
      <input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">An email address is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid email address.</span></span>
      </p>
      <span id="contact">
      <label for="label">What is the best way to contact you?</label>
      <select name="contact" size="1" id="contact">
        <option value="Phone">Phone</option>
        <option value="Email">Email</option>
      </select>
      <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
      </p>
        <span class="form_text">What Greenscape services would you like to know more about?</span>     
        <br />
      <label>
                <input name="landscape design and construction" type="checkbox" id="landscape design and construction" value="landscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Landscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="hardscape design and construction" type="checkbox" id="hardscape design and construction" value="hardscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Hardscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="grounds maintenance" type="checkbox" id="grounds maintenance" value="grounds maintenance" />
          <span class="form_text">Grounds Maintenance</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="irrigation and drainage systems" type="checkbox" id="irrigation and drainage systems" value="irrigation and drainage systems" />
          <span class="form_text">Irrigation &amp; Drainage Systems</span></label>
        <br />   
      <label>
                <input name="lighting" type="checkbox" id="lighting" value="lighting" />
          <span class="form_text">Lighting</span></label>
        </p>
        <span class="form_text">What is your budget?</span>
        <label for="budget"></label>
        <select name="budget" id="budget">
          <option value="level1">$0 - $500</option>
          <option value="level2">$501-$1000</option>
          <option value="level3">$1001-$5000</option>
          <option value="level4">$5000+</option>
        </select>
        <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
        </p>
        <span id="sprytextarea1">
        <label for="other" class="form_text">Anything else?</label>
        <br />
        <textarea name="other" id="other" cols="45" rows="2"></textarea>
        <span class="textareaRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span></span><br />
      <input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Email Us" />
  </form>

---

Sorry, I meant the PHP.

Your syntax error is on this line:

PHP Code:

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$headers = .= "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ; 


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You put "= .=" by accident. It should only be ".=".

Change that line to this:

PHP Code:

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$headers .= "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ; 


---

And you should be fine.

It did indeed!!! THANK YOU!

I have more questions - if y'all don't mind. When the company receives the emailed form this is what they get

Customer name: Katie Rogers
Phone number: 1-555-555-5555
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Best way to contact: Phone

Services:
Services:
Services:
Services:
Services: lighting
Budget: level1


I would like it to just display the services people selected (please see page for reference http://gscapedesign.com/contact_us.html)

Thoughts??? Thank you!

Create an array with each POST value, looping through them and checking if they're filled out should work.

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:            " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                    " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Contact:                 " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";

$field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting', 'budget');

foreach($field as $f) {
if($_POST[$f] != '' && isset($_POST[$f])) {
$message .= "Services: ".$_POST[$f]."\r\n";
}
}

$message .= "Budget:                " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
 
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;
?>

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Thank you JShor, you have been a tremendous help... I owe you!

Glad to help.

Since this issue is now resolved, please mark the thread as Resolved to communicate to other members that this is no longer pending.

So, it didn't seem to work - also, something I am noticing is that even if someone clicks on Landscape Design and Construction AND Lighting, only lighting shows up in the email...

Actually, if I didn't hit lighting this shows up (along with what I had before)


Services: $0 - $500
Budget: $0 - $500

I apologize for being a pain in the ass.

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:        " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                           " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best Way to Contact:           " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";

$field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting');

foreach($field as $f) {
if($_POST[$f] != '' && isset($_POST[$f])) {
$message .= "Services: ".$_POST[$f]."\r\n";
}
}

$message .= "Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 

$message .= "Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n" . 
 
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;
?>

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Will that read? I basically need it to read as such:

Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-555-555-5555
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Best Way to Contact: Phone

Budget: $0-500
Services: lighting, grounds maintenance

Anything Else: "I like your portfolio page." (text area)

You're right, it didn't parse the field names correctly. But I had a better, more elegant solution.

Let's rename all of the checkboxes to the same name, as an array. The [] will indicate that it is an array. Change your checkboxes to this:

Code:

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<label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="landscape design and construction" value="landscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Landscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="hardscape design and construction" value="hardscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Hardscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="grounds maintenance" value="grounds maintenance" />
          <span class="form_text">Grounds Maintenance</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="irrigation and drainage systems" value="irrigation and drainage systems" />
          <span class="form_text">Irrigation &amp; Drainage Systems</span></label>
        <br />   
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="lighting" value="lighting" />
          <span class="form_text">Lighting</span></label>

---

We then loop through the serviceItem if it is set, and then append each value to $message

Here's the PHP:

PHP Code:

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$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
    $subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
    $message = "Customer name: " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
    "Phone number:            " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
    "Email:                    " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
    "Contact:                 " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
    $field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting', 'budget');
    
    if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
        if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
             $message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
        }
    }
    
    $message .= "Budget:                " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
     
    $from = $_POST['email'];
    $headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
    $headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ; 


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The result would be like this:

Code:

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Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-555-555-5555
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Best Way to Contact: Phone

Budget: $0-500
Services: lighting, grounds maintenance

---

This code also gives you much more flexibility, because you can add/remove checkboxes easily without having to modify your PHP code. Any additional checkboxes should have the name set to serviceItem[].

I tested this out myself this time and it works.

Btw, I edited that last post. I didn't realize you wanted it like "Services: lighting, etc." The new code should do that.

I am going to test it again... just out of curiousity, does 'budget' need to be in the array?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by JShor

Btw, I edited that last post. I didn't realize you wanted it like "Services: lighting, etc." The new code should do that.

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Hey, I don't really know enough to ask the questions in the right way... Thank you for being patient!

No problem. Also, this is dead code, I forgot to remove it:

PHP Code:

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$field = array('landscape design and construction', 'hardscape design and construction', 'grounds maintenance', 'irrigation and drainage systems', 'lighting', 'budget'); 


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You can go ahead and erase that line. It doesn't do anything anymore. And budget didn't need to be in the array to begin with, but somehow my absent-minded self put it in there. :P

I've done so many test runs at this point I can't tell which test went with which trail, but the latest outcome (email side):
Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

Anything Else: Another test.
katiebugla@yahoo.comBudget: $0 - $500
Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

Can you post your entire code that you're using (PHP + HTML)?

Something must be wrong.

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Contact:                         " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
}
    
$message .= "Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
$message .= "Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n" .     
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;   
?>

---

this is the current php

HTML Code:

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  <form action="email_form.php" method="post" name="contact_gscape" id="contact_gscape">
      <span id="sprytextfield1">
      <label for="name"><span class="form_text">Name</span></label>
      <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A contact name is required.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield2">
      <label for="phone" class="form_text">Phone Number</label>
      <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A phone number is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid phone number.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield3">
      <label for="email" class="form_text">Email</label>
      <input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">An email address is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid email address.</span></span>
      </p>
      <span id="contact">
      <label for="label">What is the best way to contact you?</label>
      <select name="contact" size="1" id="contact">
        <option value="Phone">Phone</option>
        <option value="Email">Email</option>
      </select>
      <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
      </p>
        <span class="form_text">What Greenscape services would you like to know more about?</span>     
        <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="landscape design and construction" value="landscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Landscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="hardscape design and construction" value="hardscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Hardscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="grounds maintenance" value="grounds maintenance" />
          <span class="form_text">Grounds Maintenance</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="irrigation and drainage systems" value="irrigation and drainage systems" />
          <span class="form_text">Irrigation &amp; Drainage Systems</span></label>
        <br />   
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="lighting" value="lighting" />
          <span class="form_text">Lighting</span></label>
        </p>
        <span class="form_text">What is your budget?</span><span id="level1">
        <label for="budget"></label>
        <select name="budget" id="budget">
          <option value="$0 - $500">$0 - $500</option>
          <option value="$501-$1000">$501-$1000</option>
          <option value="$1001-$5000">$1001-$5000</option>
          <option value="$5000+">$5000+</option>
        </select>
        <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
        </p>
        <span id="sprytextarea1">
        <label for="other" class="form_text">Anything else?</label>
        <br />
        <textarea name="other" id="other" cols="45" rows="2"></textarea></span><br />
      <input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Email Us" />
  </form>

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that would be the "relevant" html - let me know if you need more, though.

I don't see why it's not working. Try clearing your cache, and make sure you select at least one checkbox.

I just tested it myself with a print call to $message instead of mail() and it works just fine.

Ok, seems to be a little better, any reason its posting twice?

Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

Services: landscape design and construction, hardscape design and construction, lighting
Anything Else: Please let this work.
katiebugla@yahoo.comBudget: $0 - $500
Customer name: Katie
Phone number: 1-XXX-XXX-XXXX
Email: katiebugla@yahoo.com

Contact: Phone

Services: landscape design and construction, hardscape design and construction, lighting
Anything Else: Please let this work.
katiebugla@yahoo.com

It's functional at the moment, so THANK YOU!

Hmm. It's conceivable that if the data is sent twice (e.g., the form is submitted twice) then the data could be repeated, since it is appending data.

A simple solution would be to disable the submit button once the form is submitted.

Thank you JShor, how would I "disable" the submit button? As of now, once the submit button is pushed, the php page loads saying "thank for your your inquiry... blah blah blah" - I don't know if one has to do with the other, but that's what happens for the user at the moment.

It's pretty simple to do.

In your form tag, place the onsubmit event to select the button and disable it. All you have to do is modify your <form> tag.

Code:

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<form action="email_form.php" method="post" name="contact_gscape" id="contact_gscape" onsubmit="document.getElementById('submit_btn').disabled = 'disabled'">

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And then set the ID of the submit button to "submit_btn".

Code:

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<input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Email Us" id="submit_btn" />

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Ok, one last question:

The client is now getting emails like this:

Customer name: gfdgd
Phone number: gfdg
Email: ggdf@yt.fr <mailto:ggdf@yt.fr>

Best way to contact: Phone

Services: landscape design and construction, hardscape design and construction, grounds maintenance, irrigation and drainage systems, lighting
Anything Else:
ggdf@yt.frBudget: $0 - $500

anyway to prevent what seems like spam emails???

Also, still doubling the data in the form...

The best way to prevent spam is by using CAPTCHA. Also, please re-post the final code you're using so we can see what's causing the data to double.

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best way to contact:                         " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
}
    
$message .= "Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
$message .= "Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n" .     
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;   
?>

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And here is the html with the submit button remedy you suggested...

HTML Code:

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<form action="email_form.php" method="post" name="contact_gscape" id="contact_gscape" onsubmit="document.getElementById('submit_btn').disabled = 'disabled'">
      <span id="sprytextfield1">
      <label for="name"><span class="form_text">Name</span></label>
      <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A contact name is required.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield2">
      <label for="phone" class="form_text">Phone Number</label>
      <input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A phone number is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid phone number.</span></span>
      <br />
      <span id="sprytextfield3">
      <label for="email" class="form_text">Email</label>
      <input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
      <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">An email address is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Please enter a valid email address.</span></span>
      </p>
      <span id="contact">
      <label for="label">What is the best way to contact you?</label>
      <select name="contact" size="1" id="contact">
        <option value="Phone">Phone</option>
        <option value="Email">Email</option>
      </select>
      <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
      </p>
        <span class="form_text">What Greenscape services would you like to know more about?</span>     
        <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="landscape design and construction" value="landscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Landscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="hardscape design and construction" value="hardscape design and construction" />
          <span class="form_text">Hardscape Design &amp; Construction</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="grounds maintenance" value="grounds maintenance" />
          <span class="form_text">Grounds Maintenance</span></label>
          <br />
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="irrigation and drainage systems" value="irrigation and drainage systems" />
          <span class="form_text">Irrigation &amp; Drainage Systems</span></label>
        <br />   
      <label>
                <input name="serviceItem[]" type="checkbox" id="lighting" value="lighting" />
          <span class="form_text">Lighting</span></label>
        </p>
        <span class="form_text">What is your budget?</span><span id="level1">
        <label for="budget"></label>
        <select name="budget" id="budget">
          <option value="$0 - $500">$0 - $500</option>
          <option value="$501-$1000">$501-$1000</option>
          <option value="$1001-$5000">$1001-$5000</option>
          <option value="$5000+">$5000+</option>
        </select>
        <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></span>
        </p>
        <span id="sprytextarea1">
        <label for="other" class="form_text">Anything else?</label>
        <br />
        <textarea name="other" id="other" cols="45" rows="2"></textarea></span><br />
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Email Us" id="submit_btn" />
  </form>

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Should I perhaps use this code instead of trying to build my own???

http://www.work-at-home-forum.com/web-design-8/free-php-contact-form-with-spam-protection-12714.html

I see on another forum that someone has done something with php that starts like this

PHP Code:

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$from = $_POST['from'];
if(IsSet($from)){ 


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Would putting some sort of modification that way be beneficial?

I really don't know what I am doing, so if that was out of left field, I apologize.

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best way to contact:                         " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
}
    
"Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
"Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n" .     
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;   
?>

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Ok, I took the $message tags off of "Budget" and "Anything Else" - and now I am getting just one message (YAY!)... however, it is not populating anything from the text area or 'other'

Oh, I see why there were duplicate messages now. The first $message variable string was never terminated, so it was essentially a $message within $message causing it to duplicate (and that's why your solution worked).

Try using this:

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best way to contact:                         " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
}
 
$budget =    
"Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
"Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n";

$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message.$budget,$headers) ;   
?>

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Okay - tried that and neither the budget or other showed up - but i am doing some trails to see what I can do.

Done some trials - here is what I have:

PHP Code:

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<?php
$to = "katiebugla@yahoo.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                     " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best way to contact:              " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Budget:                             " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" ;
 
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
}

$message .= "Anything Else:                    " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n"; 
$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ;   
?>

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And it displays as such:

Customer name: John Doe
Phone number: 1-xxx-xxx-xxxx
Email: blah@yahoo.com

Best way to contact: Email

Budget: $1001-$5000
Services: hardscape design and construction, grounds maintenance, lighting
Anything Else: For the love of meatballs, work.

Thank you for your patience - would you mind directing me to some info on making this more secure (i.e. less spam)?

Name this file captcha.php:

PHP Code:

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<?php.

session_start();
 
$str = "";
$length = 0;
for ($i = 0; $i < 6; $i++) {
    // these numbers represent ASCII table (small letters)
    $str .= chr(rand(97, 122));
}
 
//md5 letters and saving them to session
$letters = md5($str);
$_SESSION['letters'] = $letters;
 
//determine width and height for our image and create it
$imgW = 300;
$imgH = 100;
$image = imagecreatetruecolor($imgW, $imgH);
 
//setup background color and border color
$backgr_col = imagecolorallocate($image, 238,239,239);
$border_col = imagecolorallocate($image, 208,208,208);
 
//let's choose color in range of purple color
$text_col = imagecolorallocate($image, rand(70,90),rand(50,70),rand(120,140));
 
//now fill rectangle and draw border
imagefilledrectangle($image, 0, 0, $imgW, $imgH, $backgr_col);
imagerectangle($image, 0, 0, $imgW-1, $imgH-1, $border_col);
 
//save fonts in same folder where you PHP captcha script is
//name these fonts by numbers from 1 to 3
//we shall choose different font each time
$fn = rand(1,3);
$font = $fn . ".ttf";
 
//setup captcha letter size and angle of captcha letters
$font_size = $imgH / 2.2;
$angle = rand(-15,15);
$box = imagettfbbox($font_size, $angle, $font, $str);
$x = (int)($imgW - $box[4]) / 2;
$y = (int)($imgH - $box[5]) / 2;
imagettftext($image, $font_size, $angle, $x, $y, $text_col, $font, $str);
 
//now we should output captcha image
header("Content-type: image/png");
imagepng($image);
imagedestroy ($image);

?>

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Insert this into your form HTML:

Code:

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<p>Insert letters from image below:</p>
<img src="http://yourdomain.com/captcha.php" width="300" height="100" alt="simple PHP captcha" />
<input type="text" name="captcha" />

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And modify your form's PHP to this:

PHP Code:

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<?php

session_start();

if (!$is_valid) {
    echo 'Letters from simple PHP captcha have not been entered correctly....';
} else {
$to = "josh@gscapedesign.com";
$subject = "Greenscape Customer Inquiry";
$message = "Customer name:         " . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" .
"Phone number:                    " . $_POST['phone'] . "\r\n" .
"Email:                            " . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n" .
"Best way to contact:                         " . $_POST['contact'] . "\r\n" ."\r\n";
    
if(isset($_POST[serviceItem])) {
$message .= "Services: ".implode(", ", $_POST[serviceItem])."\r\n";
}
 
$budget =    
"Budget:            " . $_POST['budget'] . "\r\n" . 
"Anything Else:     " . $_POST['other'] . "\r\n";

$from = $_POST['email'];
$headers = "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$headers = "Bcc: kroge16@tigers.lsu.edu" . "\r\n" ;
mail($to,$subject,$message.$budget,$headers) ;   

$is_valid = $_SESSION['letters'] == md5(strtolower($_POST['captcha']));
 
    echo 'CAPTCHA has been entered correctly.';
}
?>

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That will add a CAPTCHA image, where users have to enter the letters they see into the textbox. Robots can't do this, so it prevents spam.

Script credit:
http://stuntsnippets.com/simple-php-captcha/