Simple form to return successful reply in a div?

[Eloquent2]

Hi all,

I'm trying to create a simple form for users to enter their email address and send an email to my site.

I have found a simple form and php script that coincides...

Located below HTML:

<form method="post" action="contact.php" align="center"> 
My Email Address: <br><input name="email" type="text" size="60"><br><br>
Message:<br> 
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="60"></textarea><br> 
<input type="submit">
</form>

PHP:

<?php
$to = "[e-mail]"; 
$subject = "Contact Us"; 
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ; 
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ; 
$headers = "From: $email"; 
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ; 
if($sent) 
{print "Your mail was sent successfully"; }
else 
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail"; }
?>

I did a project a few years ago using AJAX where I returned a message back to a div, is there a simple way to do this for this form? I just want it to be as simple as possible....

Thanks.

[Weedpacket]

Yep; the same way you did it a few years ago.

[Eloquent2]

Weedpacket;10921798 wrote:

Yep; the same way you did it a few years ago.

haha, I did it using Ajax requests but it was really complicated and I'm no longer a coder. 😕

Isn't there an easier way?

The way I did it last time was using someone elses server that had XML code it was wayyy over the top complicated for such a simple form?

[DaiLaughing]

What do you actually want to happen to the form? PHP cannot process the form unless it is submitted so then it is gone. On the next page you can do anything you want with the form data - would that be OK?

[Eloquent2]

Yes, that would be great... ?

[DaiLaughing]

Just put a name="message" as an attribute in the textarea.

Then the content of that textarea is available via the $_POST global:

$message=$_POST[message];

Now you can use $message as a normal variable.

[Weedpacket]

http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10453972#post10453972

[Eloquent2]

Thanks, I've got the email to send...

I just need to produce some sort of success message preferably not in an alert pop up box..

Is there a way to do this without using AJAX?