Sending Input From Forms to E-mail Addr.

ph8edsicness

Okay, don't bite my head off if there's something in the coding library about this, I must've missed it.

I would just like to know how to utilize PHP to handle forms so that it sends the input from the user to an e-mail account.

Thanks,
Ryan

knuts

This will do the trick, I think!
Save it as mail.php, and you have a fully functional e-mail form.

<?
if ($post) {
$error = "";

if ($from) {
	if ($eheader) $eheader .= "\n";
	$eheader .= "From: $from\nReply-to: $from";
}
if ($cc) {
	if ($eheader) $eheader .= "\n";
	$eheader .= "cc: $cc";
}
if ($bcc) {
	if ($eheader) $eheader .= "\n";
	$eheader .= "bcc: $bcc";
}
if (!$subject) $subject = " ";
if (!$message) $message = " ";

if ($eheader) mail($to, $subject, $message, $eheader);
else mail($to, $subject, $message);

echo "<BODY ONLOAD=\"JavaScript:window.close();\"></BODY>";
exit;

}
?>

<?
echo "<BODY bgcolor=#006699 onLoad=\"document.forms[0].to.focus()\">";

echo "<SPAN CLASS=heading1>E-mail</SPAN>\n";

echo "<FORM NAME=list ACTION=$PHP_SELF METHOD=post>\n";
	echo "<TABLE WIDTH=100%>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>To: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><B>";
echo "<INPUT NAME=to TYPE=text SIZE=70 MAXLENGTH=255 VALUE=\"$to\">";
			}				echo "</B></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>Copy: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><INPUT NAME=cc TYPE=text SIZE=70 MAXLENGTH=255 VALUE=\"$cc\"></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>Blind copy: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><INPUT NAME=bcc TYPE=text SIZE=70 MAXLENGTH=255 VALUE=\"$bcc\"></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>Subject: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><INPUT NAME=subject TYPE=text SIZE=70 MAXLENGTH=255 VALUE=\"$subject\"></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>Message: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><TEXTAREA NAME=message COLS=60 ROWS=10>$message</TEXTAREA></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
		echo "<TR>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=right VALIGN=top>From: </TD>\n";
			echo "<TD ALIGN=left VALIGN=bottom><INPUT NAME=from TYPE=text SIZE=70 MAXLENGTH=255 VALUE=\"$from\"></TD>\n";
		echo "</TR>\n";
	echo "</TABLE>\n";
	echo "<CENTER>\n";
	echo "<INPUT TYPE=submit NAME=post VALUE=\"Send e-mail\">\n";
	echo "&nbsp;&nbsp;<INPUT TYPE=button VALUE=\"Cancel\" ONCLICK=\"JavaScript: window.close();\">\n";
	echo "</CENTER>\n";

echo "</FORM>\n";

</BODY>

This code has a mixture of html and PHP coding in it. This is because I have done some cut'npaste from one of my pages. Sorry, it makes the code more confusing than it really is!

ph8edsicness

Is that the only way?
Because I plan on making a simple registration form including Name, E-Mail, City, and State of Residence

let's say I named the inputs

Name = $Name
Email = $Email
City = $City
State = $State

Is there a way to just have the PHP do the following

echo "<BR>Name: $Name";
echo "<BR>Email: $Email";
echo "<BR>City: $City";
echo "<BR>State: $State";

And send the input to my e-mail without having to use all the excess?

ph8edsicness

nevermind everyone, I got it