Thread: Please Help Me With This Email Form

Hi,

Please go to Untitled Document and click the contact tab.

There is a form over there, how do i make it like a working contact form?

Please can someone help me out.

Thanks!

It's actually very simple, I just learned how

Let's take a look at your HTML form:

HTML Code:

<form action="send.php" method="post">
<img src="http://www.netbuilders.org/images/leave-a.gif" alt="Leave a message">
<ul>
<li><input class="text-name" name="contact_name" type="text"></li>
<li><input class="text-email" name="contact_email" type="text"></li>
<li><textarea class="message" rows="2" cols="25" name="the_message"></textarea></li>
<li><input src="http://www.netbuilders.org/images/send.gif" class="submit" alt="submit" type="image"></li></ul></form>

The important parts are the action="send.php" and the name="X" for the fields.

Now, let's look at send.php that I just whipped up:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Your Email Here
$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";

// The 'From' Email
$from = "from@yourdomain.com";

// Subject of Email
$subject = "New Contact Form Response";

$name = $_POST['contact_name'];
$email = $_POST['contact_email'];
$message = $_POST['the_message'];  

$name_new = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  
$email_new = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$message_new = filter_var($message, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  

$headers = "From: $from";
$body = "##################################################\nTHIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - DO NOT RESPOND\n##################################################\n\nSomebody just sent you a message using your contact form.\n\nName: $name_new\nEmail: $email_new\nMessage:\n$message_new\n\n";
mail($to, $subject, $body,$headers);
?>
Normal HTML here

And we'll break it down.

PHP Code:

<?php
// Your Email Here
$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";

// The 'From' Email
$from = "from@yourdomain.com";

// Subject of Email
$subject = "New Contact Form Response";

This is simply setting variables so you don't have to edit the mess.

PHP Code:

$name = $_POST['contact_name'];
$email = $_POST['contact_email'];
$message = $_POST['the_message']; 


These are more variables, and they call upon the form. Where it says $_POST['contact_name'] you would put the name of your field, in this case being contact_name. You would do the same with the rest.

PHP Code:

$name_new = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  
$email_new = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$message_new = filter_var($message, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); 


This replaces the old variables, sanitizes them (removes any HTML markup), and puts them into new variables.

PHP Code:

$headers = "From: $from";
$body = "##################################################\nTHIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - DO NOT RESPOND\n##################################################\n\nSomebody just sent you a message using your contact form.\n\nName: $name_new\nEmail: $email_new\nMessage:\n$message_new\n\n"; 


This is the actual email. $headers is going to be the From section, leave it as it is. The $body is what appears in the email. \n is a break. The variables are in it as well (notice we are using the sanitized ones). This is what the email would look like:

##################################################
THIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - DO NOT RESPOND
##################################################

Somebody just sent you a message using your contact form.

Name: $name_new
Email: $email_new
Message:
$message_new

PHP Code:

mail($to, $subject, $body,$headers);
?>
Normal HTML here 


This is the final function that actually sends out the email. Now, you can put normal HTML after this, and that would be your 'Email sent!' page.

This is a simple form, without validation or anti-spam. Just look up a Google search for that.

Originally Posted by Zash

It's actually very simple, I just learned how

Let's take a look at your HTML form:

HTML Code:

<form action="send.php" method="post">
<img src="http://www.netbuilders.org/images/leave-a.gif" alt="Leave a message">
<ul>
<li><input class="text-name" name="contact_name" type="text"></li>
<li><input class="text-email" name="contact_email" type="text"></li>
<li><textarea class="message" rows="2" cols="25" name="the_message"></textarea></li>
<li><input src="http://www.netbuilders.org/images/send.gif" class="submit" alt="submit" type="image"></li></ul></form>

The important parts are the action="send.php" and the name="X" for the fields.

Now, let's look at send.php that I just whipped up:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Your Email Here
$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";

// The 'From' Email
$from = "from@yourdomain.com";

// Subject of Email
$subject = "New Contact Form Response";

$name = $_POST['contact_name'];
$email = $_POST['contact_email'];
$message = $_POST['the_message'];  

$name_new = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  
$email_new = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$message_new = filter_var($message, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  

$headers = "From: $from";
$body = "##################################################\nTHIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - DO NOT RESPOND\n##################################################\n\nSomebody just sent you a message using your contact form.\n\nName: $name_new\nEmail: $email_new\nMessage:\n$message_new\n\n";
mail($to, $subject, $body,$headers);
?>
Normal HTML here

And we'll break it down.

PHP Code:

<?php
// Your Email Here
$to = "youremail@yourdomain.com";

// The 'From' Email
$from = "from@yourdomain.com";

// Subject of Email
$subject = "New Contact Form Response";

This is simply setting variables so you don't have to edit the mess.

PHP Code:

$name = $_POST['contact_name'];
$email = $_POST['contact_email'];
$message = $_POST['the_message']; 


These are more variables, and they call upon the form. Where it says $_POST['contact_name'] you would put the name of your field, in this case being contact_name. You would do the same with the rest.

PHP Code:

$name_new = filter_var($name, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);  
$email_new = filter_var($email, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$message_new = filter_var($message, FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); 


This replaces the old variables, sanitizes them (removes any HTML markup), and puts them into new variables.

PHP Code:

$headers = "From: $from";
$body = "##################################################\nTHIS IS AN AUTOMATED EMAIL - DO NOT RESPOND\n##################################################\n\nSomebody just sent you a message using your contact form.\n\nName: $name_new\nEmail: $email_new\nMessage:\n$message_new\n\n"; 


This is the actual email. $headers is going to be the From section, leave it as it is. The $body is what appears in the email. \n is a break. The variables are in it as well (notice we are using the sanitized ones). This is what the email would look like:

PHP Code:

mail($to, $subject, $body,$headers);
?>
Normal HTML here 


This is the final function that actually sends out the email. Now, you can put normal HTML after this, and that would be your 'Email sent!' page.

This is a simple form, without validation or anti-spam. Just look up a Google search for that.

Thanks a lottttt bud! You have covered everything I needed. I will add recaptcha tonight.