form mail script help

[Mehok]

I am not much in php can anyone create me a form mail code in php for the fields

Name:
Surname:
Address: (Optional)
Tel: (Optional)
Reason for contact:
Message:

Please note the fields are in a table structure like
__________ __________
|__________|__________|
|__________|__________|
|__________|__________|

as far as the code is there is no text infornt the field

<input type="text" name="Name" id="Name:" value="Enter Full Name" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<input type="text" name="Surname" id="Surname:" value="Enter Full Name" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<input type="text" name="Address" id="Address" value="Address:" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<input type="text" name="Address" id="Address" value="Address" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<input type="text" name="Address" id="Address" value="Address" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<input type="text" name="Reason" id="Reason" value="Reason For Contact:" size="25"
maxlenght="30" />
<textarea name="textanimal" ID="textanimal" rows="5" cols="40">Message you want to send to us</textarea>

[thetestingsite]

This is a fairly simple formmail script. It does not do any verifications or what not but you should be able to edit it by looking at PHP.net or some other websites that have PHP tutorials. Just set the HTML form action to go to contact.php and make the following page as that.

contact.php

<?php
//edit the following

$to = "nobody@mydomain.com"; //your email address
$subject = "Contact Form from Website"; //the subject of the email


//Get the variables

$name = $_REQUEST[Name];
$sname = $_REQUEST[Surname];
$addr1 = $_REQUEST[Address1];
$addr2 = $_REQUEST[Address2];
$addr3 = $_REQUEST[Address3];
$reason = $_REQUEST[Reason];
$message = $_REQUEST[textanimal];

$msg = <<<HERE
The following information was submitted from the contact form on your website.

Name: $name

Surname: $sname

Address: $addr1
             $addr2
             $addr3

Reason for Contact: $reason

Message:

$message

HERE;

//edit the above to be the message that is sent to you


if (@mail($to,$subject,$msg)) {
echo 'The email was sent successfully!';
}

else {
echo 'The email was not sent because of an error!';
}

//thats all!!!!
?>

have fun!

[Mehok]

thanks i seriously cannot figure out this ****

hopefully this will get me off to a grate start

[thetestingsite]

Just let me know if you need any help with it.

[Mehok]

I just got tha form uploaded it gives me a message that the form was sent but i aint getting it

[tomyknoker]

Just let me know if you need any help with it.

Hi There... This looks like exactly what I need but I couldn't figure out the form side? Is it easy to incorporate this into the attached form? I tried but to no avail...

[thetestingsite]

Mehok, perhaps your server does not have SMTP on it, or at least sendmail I should say. A way that you can see if it is something with the script is by changing the following line:

if (@mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 

to this:

if (mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 

notice I took the "@" sign from the front of mail(). This will now display any error messages if there are any errors.

tomyknoker,

this formmail script should work with it, all you would have to change is the first part to suit your needs.

Example:

//Get the variables

$text1 = $_REQUEST[textfield1];
$text2 = $_REQUEST[textfield2];
$check1 = $_REQUEST[checkbox1];
$tarea1 = $_REQUEST[textarea1];

//add more if needed 

the $_REQUEST['yourfieldname']; gets the value that was submitted in the form then assigns a variable for you to use in the php script.

[tomyknoker]

Mehok, perhaps your server does not have SMTP on it, or at least sendmail I should say. A way that you can see if it is something with the script is by changing the following line:

if (@mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 

to this:

if (mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 

notice I took the "@" sign from the front of mail(). This will now display any error messages if there are any errors.

tomyknoker,

this formmail script should work with it, all you would have to change is the first part to suit your needs.

Example:

//Get the variables

$text1 = $_REQUEST[textfield1];
$text2 = $_REQUEST[textfield2];
$check1 = $_REQUEST[checkbox1];
$tarea1 = $_REQUEST[textarea1];

//add more if needed 

the $_REQUEST['yourfieldname']; gets the value that was submitted in the form then assigns a variable for you to use in the php script.

hi there! thanks for the info... i can't get it to work with my form any chance you could show mne the html code for the whole thing on my form? i'm getting myself really confused...

[thetestingsite]

Use the following as a start:

contact.html

<html>
<head>
<title>Contact.html</title>
</head>
<body>

<!--Start the form-->
<form action="contact.php" method="POST">
Text1: <input type="text" name="text1"> <BR>
Text2: <input type="text" name="text2"> <BR>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox1" value="check1"> Checkbox1 
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox2" value="check2"> Checkbox2 <BR>
<textarea name="textarea1">This is called textarea1</textarea>
<BR><BR>

<input type="submit" value="Submit Form">
</body>
</html>

contact.php

<?php
//edit the following

$to = "nobody@mydomain.com"; //your email address
$subject = "Contact Form from Website"; //the subject of the email


//Get the variables


$text1 = $_REQUEST[text1]; //variable for form field text1
$text2 = $_REQUEST[text2]; //variable for form field text2
$checkbox1 = $_REQUEST[checkbox1]; //variable for form field checkbox1
$checkbox2 = $_REQUEST[checkbox2]; //variable for form field checkbox2
$textarea1 = $_REQUEST[textarea1]; //variable for form field textarea1

$msg = <<<HERE
The following information was submitted from the contact form on your website.

Text1: $text1
Text2: $text2
Checkbox1: $checkbox1
Checkbox2: $checkbox2
Textrea1: 

$textarea1
HERE;

//edit the above to be the message that is sent to you

$sent = mail($to,$subject,$msg); //try to send the message

if ($sent) { //if the email was sent
echo 'The email was sent successfully!';
}

else {  //if it was not sent
echo 'The email was not sent because of an error!';
}

//thats all!!!!
?>

That should at least be a start for you. Simply modify the two files to suit your needs.

[tomyknoker]

Use the following as a start:

contact.html

<html>
<head>
<title>Contact.html</title>
</head>
<body>

<!--Start the form-->
<form action="contact.php" method="POST">
Text1: <input type="text" name="text1"> <BR>
Text2: <input type="text" name="text2"> <BR>
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox1" value="check1"> Checkbox1 
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox2" value="check2"> Checkbox2 <BR>
<textarea name="textarea1">This is called textarea1</textarea>
<BR><BR>

<input type="submit" value="Submit Form">
</body>
</html>

contact.php

<?php
//edit the following

$to = "nobody@mydomain.com"; //your email address
$subject = "Contact Form from Website"; //the subject of the email


//Get the variables


$text1 = $_REQUEST[text1]; //variable for form field text1
$text2 = $_REQUEST[text2]; //variable for form field text2
$checkbox1 = $_REQUEST[checkbox1]; //variable for form field checkbox1
$checkbox2 = $_REQUEST[checkbox2]; //variable for form field checkbox2
$textarea1 = $_REQUEST[textarea1]; //variable for form field textarea1

$msg = <<<HERE
The following information was submitted from the contact form on your website.

Text1: $text1
Text2: $text2
Checkbox1: $checkbox1
Checkbox2: $checkbox2
Textrea1: 

$textarea1
HERE;

//edit the above to be the message that is sent to you

$sent = mail($to,$subject,$msg); //try to send the message

if ($sent) { //if the email was sent
echo 'The email was sent successfully!';
}

else {  //if it was not sent
echo 'The email was not sent because of an error!';
}

//thats all!!!!
?>

That should at least be a start for you. Simply modify the two files to suit your needs.

Thanks so much! So with the form.html... What code do I put on the submit button?