I'm trying to figure out how to make a form that someone can fill out and then when they hit the Submit button, it would be emailed to me. I know how to do this in Frontpage, but I'm really trying to use Dreamweaver now and I haven't figured out an easy way to do this. Any ideas?

OK, save the following file as contactscript.php and save it to the same place you  are going to have your form.
Make all the necessery changes to the code first, like put your email address and the subject line, look in the code below:



now copy the following text to another file and save it as thanks.php
the user will be taken to the page once they submit their form, once again change the text in here to suit your site:



and then copy the following code into your html file where you want the form to appear:




dont change any of the settings unless u know what ur doing
let me know if this works, this really is the EASIEST way to do it, i dont know of any other way to do it and i know that php is the easiest and best and most reliable )
good luck

well
the NAME field will be displayed as the WHO FROM
basically if the persons name is John smith, then u will get an email from john smith, it wont show up in your email text field, just on the subject line
and their email address will be in the email field, again not in the email  text field

and as for the dot, are u putting a dot in the other comments box?
cos the other comments box is what u will see in ur email field

you can add more fields to this form or u cann changed it around so that everything is displayed in ur email
let me knw, ill help u

aliadeel,

You would need to run the php code on your own domain, instead of the temporary lunarpages URL.

However, if you contact support, you could request them to set up a temporary subdomain on lunarpages so you can test php scripts.

Hi purepersian. The thing is i just copy/pasted yr code in my file , and just changed the subject and the email address. Here is the coding, see if u can help me out and u spot a mistake plz lemme know. The coding:

<?php

// headers for the email listed below

$headers .= "From: $name <$email>\n";  // your email client will show the person's email address like

normal
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // sets the mime type
$recipient = "aliadeel@hotmail.com"; // enter YOUR email address here
$subject = "Results from the Website"; // this is the subject of the email

$msg = wordwrap( $msg, 1024 );

mail($recipient, $subject, stripslashes($msg), $headers); // the mail() function sends the message to

you

//Once the data is entered, redirect the user to give them visual confirmation
   header("location: thanks.php");
?>[/b][/color]
the above is the coding. Btw do i need to use html tags also, or just this entire script directly being pasted if enough?

Kool. Infact I went to Uk last year, it was gud fun.

Thankx

hey man
well i cant see the problem in ur script
i compared it to mine, and i count an extra line,lol but cant see the problem

try this code see if it works

<?php

// headers for the email listed below

$headers .= "From: $name <$email>\n";  // your email client will show the person's email address like normal
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n"; // sets the mime type
$recipient = "aliadeel@hotmail.com"; // enter YOUR email address here
$subject = "Comments from the website"; // this is the subject of the email

$msg = wordwrap( $msg, 1024 );

mail($recipient, $subject, stripslashes($msg), $headers); // the mail() function sends the message to you

//Once the data is entered, redirect the user to give them visual confirmation
   header("location: thanks.php");
?>


all the best, let me know if it works or not

Hi Persian. Thanks for your reply man. I tried figuring out what the problem was when i pasted your code. Unfortunately, I dont have much programming experience because of which I couldnt figure out the problem.  

I was trying to add some drop down, combo boxes but the problem was with me adding more options I guess. However, there is this site http://www.hotscripts.com they also have quite a lot of scripts. I found one there, customised it according to my need and its working, the only problem is its too complicated .

Your coding is much better and simpler, atleast i can understand it .

Apart from that, this forum is really good man, I mean you need help and in a few hours you get the reply. I appreciate your help persian . I might be needing your help for the forums.

Thankx

Hello guys. I'm back with some more problems. I have this form, when some data is entered it is supposed to mail me the details. But in my case it does mail me the details, but its different everytime. E.g. I have 10 fields, it mails me 5 and at times 6, but not all. Here is the script see if anyone could help me out.

http://www.bluesurf.net/sample/registration/register.htm (this is the link where u enter the details, and all the details should be mailed, I have specified the address in the php file). Ok here is the code:

$youremail="email@yahoo.com , aliadeelb@yahoo.com"; // This is the address that the information submitted will be sent to.

$emailsubject="Registration Form"; // This will the email's subject

// The From field will be be where this email came from.
// Note on the from field. the text after the first " mark, until the < is what appears in "From" in your email program.
// So, you can put anything alpha numeric here. That would be any letters A-Z and a-z, as well as 0-9
$from_who="From BlueSurf! <info@bluesurf.net>";

$pagetitle="From the BlueSurf Team!"; // Title to be displayed on the sent info page.

// Enter the code that you want to appear before the information submitted.
// Make sure you put a / mark before all double quotation marks or the script won't work.
// the \n at the end of the line is to create a new line in the HTML SOURCE. It DOES NOT create a break or new line
// when viewing it on the internet. Put these at the end of each line in the header and footer if you wish.
// They aren't required.

$header = "<!-- Begin Header -->\n
<table>\n
 <tr>\n
  <td bgcolor=\"000000\"><font color=\"FFFFFF\" size=\"2\" face=\"verdana\">\n
<!-- End Header -->\n";

// Enter the code you'd like displayed after the information submitted.
// Make sure you put a / mark before all double quotation marks or the script won't work.
// the \n at the end of the line is to create a new line in the HTML SOURCE. It DOES NOT create a break or new line
// when viewing it on the internet. Put these at the end of each line in the header and footer if you wish.
// They aren't required.

$footer = "<!-- Begin Footer -->\n
</td></tr></table>\n
<!-- End Footer -->\n";

// This code gets the ip address of the person submiting the form.
// You shouldn't remove it if you want to use this feature.
if (getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP)){
$user_ip=getenv(HTTP_CLIENT_IP);
}
else {
$user_ip=getenv(REMOTE_ADDR);
}

// If your server uses php version 4.2 or above, you can leave this section alone.

// Otherwise, add 2 slashes (//) to the beginning of the following 4 lines and delete the // in the section below.

$messenger1 = $_POST['messenger1'];
$messenger2  = $_POST['messenger2'];
$messenger3  = $_POST['messenger3'];
$textfield1 = $_POST['textfield1'];
$textfield2  = $_POST['textfield2'];
$textfield3  = $_POST['textfield3'];
$login = $_POST['login'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$retype = $_POST['retype'];
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
$age = $_POST['age'];
$nationality = $_POST['nationality'];
$sex = $_POST['sex'];
//$bluetooth = $_POST['bluetooth'];
$type = $_POST['type'];
$mobile = $_POST['mobile'];
$pda = $_POST['pda'];
$laptop = $_POST['laptop'];
//$email = $_POST['email'];
//$telno = $_POST['telno'];
//$comments = $_POST['comments'];

//$firstname = $HTTP_POST_VARS['firstname'];
//$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS['email'];
//$url = $HTTP_POST_VARS['url'];
//$comments = $HTTP_POST_VARS['url'];


// Edit the following lines to customize how the email sent to you will look.
// To add more fields, just copy and paste the line, and edit the info between the " marks.
// The last 2 lines will send the users browser information and their ip number with the mail.
// Just in case.

$mailbody="Senders Messsenger1:\n=================\n$messenger1\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders Messsenger2:\n=================\n$messenger2\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders Messsenger3:\n=================\n$messenger3\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders User1:\n=================\n$textfield1\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders User2:\n=================\n$textfield2\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders User3:\n=================\n$textfield3\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders Name:\n=================\n$firstname\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Age:\n=================\n$age\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Nationality:\n=================\n$nationality\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Sex:\n=================\n$sex\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders Login:\n=================\n$login\n\n";  
$mailbody="Senders Password:\n=================\n$password\n\n";
$mailbody="Senders Retyped Password:\n=================\n$retype\n\n";
//$mailbody.="Senders Bluetooth Ownsership:\n=================\n$bluetooth\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Type:\n=================\n$type\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Mobile:\n=================\n$mobile\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders PDA:\n=================\n$pda\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Laptop:\n=================\n$laptop\n\n";
//$mailbody.="Senders E-mail:\n=================\n$email\n\n";
//$mailbody.="Senders Tel No:\n=================\n$telno\n\n";
//$mailbody.="Senders Comments:\n=================\n$comments\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders Browser:\n=================\n$HTTP_USER_AGENT\n\n";
$mailbody.="Senders IP Number:\n=================\n$user_ip\n\n";

mail("$youremail", "$emailsubject", "$mailbody", "From: $from_who");  // Send the email.

$comments = nl2br($comments);// Page HTML comes next.
?>
<html>
<head>
<title><?php $pagetitle ?></title>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style4 {
   font-size: 10px;
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
.style5 {
   font-size: 11px;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #4F7BBD;
}
.style7 {color: #FF9900}
.style9 {
   color: #FF9900;
   font-weight: bold;
}
.style10 {font-size: 11px}
.style11 {color: #FFFFFF}
.style12 {color: #000000}
.style13 {
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 16px;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #4F7BBD;
}
.style15 {color: #4F7BBD; font-size: 11px;}
.style16 {color: #990000}
.style17 {
   font-size: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: #990000;
}
.style18 {font-size: 10px}
.style19 {
   font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
   font-size: 12px;
   font-weight: bold;
}
.style21 {font-size: 11px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
.style22 {
   color: #4F7BBD;
   font-weight: bold;
}
.style23 {color: #990000; font-size: 12px;}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table width="100%"  border="0">
  <tr>
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  </tr>
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SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!