Very Simple Form

[grindolf]

:queasy: Hello, Im currently trying to make a simple submit form using dreamweaver, but im having trouble configering the code for the mail to when the submit button is clicked. Can some one tell me how to make it so that when some one clicks submit, the form is e-mailed to an address ???

does this HAVE to be done in PHP or just html ???!!????

any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks ! 😃
Gordon

[hkucsis]

Nothing to do with PHP, just plain HTML

<form enctype="text/plain" action="mailto:[e-mail]" method="post">

[drew010]

that will work, but it will rely on the user having a default email program setup, and they will still have to manually send the message from their mail client...

the simplest of php webforms may look something like this

<?php

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Mail from Website";

if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) { ?>
<form method="POST">
Enter your name: <input type="text" name="name"><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Email Me">
</form>
<?php
} else { //form posted
$message = "Your form was submitted by " . $_POST['name'] . " on " date("r");

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: $to");
echo "Your message was sent!!";
}
?>

this will use php to process the form contents and then use the webserver itself to send a message behind the scenes from the visitor.

Some extra stuff you may wanna research for the form processing is error checking and ensuring all the fields were filled out.

[grindolf]

I get an error on line 73 when I posted it, "$message = "Your form was submitted by " . $_POST['name'] . " on " date("r"); "

[drew010]

oops i missed a . after " on "
$message = "Your form was submitted by " . $_POST['name'] . " on " . date("r");