Contact form

[adam_Randell]

Hi guys,

im a total rookie at PHP but am doing a web site for my dad and he wants a contact form. i managed to generate the following php off a web site, but cant seem to find where i put in my redirection pages after the submit button has been clicked. maybe someone could help me out

<?php
// Website Contact Form Generator
// http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/
// This script is free to use as long as you

// retain the credit link

// get posted data into local variables
$EmailFrom = "[e-mail]";
$EmailTo = "[e-mail]";
$Subject = "Web Enquiry";
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($POST['Name']));
$Tel = Trim(stripslashes($POST['Tel']));
$EmailAddress = Trim(stripslashes($POST['EmailAddress']));
$Message = Trim(stripslashes($POST['Message']));

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
exit;
}

// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Tel: ";
$Body .= $Tel;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "EmailAddress: ";
$Body .= $EmailAddress;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Message: ";
$Body .= $Message;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=ok.htm\">";
}
else{
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
}
?>

thanks in advance

[adam_Randell]

anyone?

[NogDog]

Not sure what you're asking: where to physically save your files for the redirection pages, or how to edit your code to specify which pages to redirect to, or something else?

In any case, I'd recommend using the PHP [man]header/man function to do "Location:" redirects instead of print()-ing those meta redirect tags.

[jaql]

// get posted data into local variables
$emailFrom = "[e-mail]";
$emailTo = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Web Enquiry";
$name = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$tel = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel']));
$emailAddress = trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailAddress']));
$message = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message']));

// prepare email body text
$body = "Name: $name\n";
$body .= "Tel: $tel\n";
$body .= "EmailAddress: $emailAddress\n";
$body .= "Message: $message\n";

// send email
$success = mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, "From: <$emailFrom>");

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location: URL=ok.htm");
}
else {
  header("Location: URL=error.htm");
}

[adam_Randell]

NogDog;10926963 wrote:

Not sure what you're asking: where to physically save your files for the redirection pages, or how to edit your code to specify which pages to redirect to, or something else?

In any case, I'd recommend using the PHP [man]header/man function to do "Location:" redirects instead of print()-ing those meta redirect tags.

im asking how to tell the php which file to redirect to.

i dont really understand php if im honest so the simpler you explain it the better - i wont get offended lol

[adam_Randell]

jaql;10926970 wrote:

// get posted data into local variables
$emailFrom = "[e-mail]";
$emailTo = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Web Enquiry";
$name = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$tel = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel']));
$emailAddress = trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailAddress']));
$message = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message']));

// prepare email body text
$body = "Name: $name\n";
$body .= "Tel: $tel\n";
$body .= "EmailAddress: $emailAddress\n";
$body .= "Message: $message\n";

// send email
$success = mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, "From: <$emailFrom>");

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location: IS THIS WHERE I PUT THE REDIRECT PAGE?");
}
else {
  header("Location: URL=error.htm");
}

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location: IS THIS WHERE I PUT THE REDIRECT PAGE?");
}
else {
header("Location: URL=error.htm");

[jaql]

Try this instead...

// Replace submit with whatever the name attribute of your submit button is
// on the page with your form
if($_POST['submit']) {
  $emailFrom = "[e-mail]";
  $emailTo = "[e-mail]";
  $subject = "Web Enquiry";
  $name = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
  $tel = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel']));
  $emailAddress = trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailAddress']));
  $message = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message']));

  // Shortened your $body variable
  $body = "Name: $name\n";
  $body .= "Tel: $tel\n";
  $body .= "EmailAddress: $emailAddress\n";
  $body .= "Message: $message\n";

  // send email
  $success = mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, "From: <$emailFrom>");

  // redirect to success page
  if ($success) {
  header("Location: URL=ok.htm");
  }
  else {
    header("Location: URL=error.htm");
  }
}
// If the page is accessed directly, you will be re-directed somewhere else
else {
  header("Location: URL=error.htm");
}

[adam_Randell]

oh and also, is that a whole php code instead of the one i posted? (sorry for all the questions guys!)

[jaql]

adam_Randell;10926972 wrote:

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location: IS THIS WHERE I PUT THE REDIRECT PAGE?");
}
else {
header("Location: URL=error.htm");

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.header.php Yeah, so you would write something like header("Location: http://www.YOUR_URL_HERE.com/WITH/A/PATH_IF_NEEDED");

[jaql]

adam_Randell;10926974 wrote:

oh and also, is that a whole php code instead of the one i posted? (sorry for all the questions guys!)

It's basically what you posted. I just kind of cleaned up what I thought could have been cleaned up. Should work just as fine. And I took out that $validationOK variable and if statement because it didn't look like it was really doing anything.

[adam_Randell]

mate, your an aboslute life saver! thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated.

can i use a local file? for example my redirect reads:

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location:thank_you.html");
}
else {
header("Location: URL=sorry.html");

but when i click submit it goes to the php (the 'action' of the form is contact.php which is what the php is saved as - also, none of it is on a server yet, all still on my computer not sure if this makes a difference)

[jaql]

adam_Randell;10926977 wrote:

mate, your an aboslute life saver! thanks a lot for your help, much appreciated.

can i use a local file? for example my redirect reads:

// redirect to success page
if ($success) {
header("Location:thank_you.html");
}
else {
header("Location: URL=sorry.html");

but when i click submit it goes to the php (the 'action' of the form is contact.php which is what the php is saved as - also, none of it is on a server yet, all still on my computer not sure if this makes a difference)

This script will only function locally if you have a web server running. To test PHP scripts locally, I suggest downloading and installed WAMP.

Without a web server running, your browser will just spit back text.

[adam_Randell]

jaql;10926978 wrote:

This script will only function locally if you have a web server running. To test PHP scripts locally, I suggest downloading and installed WAMP.

Without a web server running, your browser will just spit back text.

oh brilliant...thanks for all your help buddy, very much spreciated! currently downloading something called MAMP (im on a mac) WAMP only downloaded as an exe.

ill let you know how i get on! cheers

[jaql]

adam_Randell;10926983 wrote:

oh brilliant...thanks for all your help buddy, very much spreciated! currently downloading something called MAMP (im on a mac) WAMP only downloaded as an exe.

ill let you know how i get on! cheers

Ah, yeah, that's the mac version. I assumed you were on a windows machine 😃

Same deal for MAMP though. Just install and go. Make sure you put all your project files in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs for MAMP to recognize them.

[adam_Randell]

wow...this is a bit different to what i was expecting lol. erm..i got no idea how to use it. oh i hate web sites lol...i knew i should have just stuck to graphics! haha

right, ill have a go now

[adam_Randell]

i went into preferences (after putting files into apps__>) and selected the folder, copy and pasted the php into MySQL test thingie and it came back with

Error

SQL query:

if( $_POST[ 'submit'] ) {$emailFrom = "[e-mail]";

MySQL said: Documentation
#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'if($_POST['submit']) {
$emailFrom = "[e-mail]"' at line 1

[jaql]

See below post

[jaql]

jaql;10926990 wrote:

Change

$emailFrom = "[e-mail]"'

To

$emailFrom = "[e-mail]"

There's an extra single quote in there. See if that matters.

Nevermind, I'm a moron. What I said is completely wrong. Disregard my last post.

Could you explain to me a little bit more what happened?

[adam_Randell]

oh okay lol. when i pasted the php code from dreamweaver into the SQL bit in MAMP and it came back with that error

[jaql]

adam_Randell;10926992 wrote:

oh okay lol. when i pasted the php code from dreamweaver into the SQL bit in MAMP and it came back with that error

Hmm. What do you mean when you pasted the PHP code into the SQL bit in MAMP? 😕