submit form button

bradlybrown

i don't really know what i'm doing, so i'm sure i'm going to get railed on this. but after searching for help in FAQ's and tutorials i still feel like i'm in the dark.
i have a simple form set up, but i'm lost on how to get the submit form button to work.
i'm just leaning about PHP and MySQL but maybe if someone can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated. i know there are a few options, but i just want something simple.
thanks, you can go to www.umlautart.com to view the mailing list.
the code i'm using is

<form enctype='multipart/form-data' action='process.php' method='post'>
<table border="1" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#000066" width="95%" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" bgcolor="#B5CBEF" height="17" width="100%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" background="tile_back.gif">
<p align="left\><b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><img border="0" src="nav_m.gif" width="8" height="8">
<font face='Verdana'>UMLAUT MAILING LIST<b><font face="Verdana" size=2 color='#FFFFFF'><b>
<!- UMLAUT MAIL -->
&nbsp;
</font><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000066"> </font></b></td>
</tr><tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#B5CBEF" height="16" width="100%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" background="tile_sub.gif"><font size="2" face="Verdana">News..Exhibitions..Projects..Promotions..Publication<b><font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000066">
<!- You can add a brief form description here-->
&nbsp;
</font></b></font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" bgcolor="#D6DFEF" height="16" width="100%" bordercolor="#FFFFFF"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Please fill in all fields marked with a *</font></td></tr><tr><td height="30" width="55" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<img border="0" src="bc_new.gif" width="28" height="28"></td><td height="30" width="189" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana" size="2">*name</td>
<td height="30" width="469" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana"><input type=text name='dfg'></td></tr><tr><td height="30" width="55" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<img border="0" src="bc_new.gif" width="28" height="28"></td><td height="30" width="189" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana" size="2">*e.mail</td>
<td height="30" width="469" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana"><input type=text name='ng'></td></tr><tr><td height="30" width="55" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<img border="0" src="bc_new.gif" width="28" height="28"></td><td height="30" width="189" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana" size="2">comments</td>
<td height="30" width="469" bgcolor="#EFF3F7" bordercolor="#FFFFFF">
<font face="Verdana"><input type=text name='ng'></td></tr><tr><td height="30" width="55"
bgcolor="#B5CBEF" height="25" width="737" background="tile_sub.gif"><p align="center"><font face="Verdana" size="2"><input type=submit value='Submit Form'><input type=reset value='Reset Form'></font></td></tr>
</table></form> <br><br>

NogDog

I see no reason why the submit button should not "work", although I note that you have the same name for both the "e.mail" and "comments" fields, which will cause a problem in your form-handler (the second one will overwrite the value of the first one with the same name).

But my hunch is that is not the real question. Are you asking what to write in the "process.php" file, perhaps?

bradlybrown

i think that is what i mean to be asking, thanks for catching the other goof too.
i'm really not even 100% sure i understand what needs to happen with the submit button.
i was originally just trying to get it to email me the info submitted, but i'm just begining to dive into PHP and codes, and i am a uber-novice right now.

abc123

When you hit the submit button it will go to process.php. This is defined in the action part of your form. You place the code you want to execute inside process.php.

You are using the POST method. This is how it sends the data from your form to process.php. Post is hidden from the user. Just for the sake of learning if you change POST to GET then you will see the values being submitted in the url after clicking the button.

What is it that your process.php is suppose to do? If it is just to e-mail you through details then that should be simple enough.

I suggest to make sure the form is working you should echo all the values posted in process.php. Then you know for sure that you have the values and can do what you want with them.