PHP email form for dummies???

[katiebugla]

<?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

[katiebugla]

  <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>

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

[JShor]

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.

[katiebugla]

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

[katiebugla]

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

[JShor]

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.

[katiebugla]

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.

[JShor]

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.

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

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

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

[katiebugla]

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???

[katiebugla]

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