Help with info on script for a form

gRoberts12;6987453

Question is, what is the form meant to do? Are you wanting to insert data … Question is, what is the form meant to do? Are you wanting to insert data into the database, send an email etc?Read lessRead more

this is what I did and it worked

put a form in your webpage as below:

Fields marked (*) are required

Email:*

Name:

Tel:

Enquiry:

When the user clicks submit this goes to contact.php so you also need to upload a file called contact.php as below

<?php

$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailFrom']));
$EmailTo = "your@emailaddress.com";
$Subject = "Website Enquiry";
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$Tel = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel']));
$Enquiry = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Enquiry']));

$validationOK=true;
if (Trim($EmailFrom)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (!$validationOK) {
print "";
exit;
}

$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "EmailFrom: ";
$Body .= $EmailFrom;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Tel: ";
$Body .= $Tel;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Enquiry: ";
$Body .= $Enquiry;
$Body .= "\n";

// sends email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: ");

if ($success){
print "";
}
else{
print "";
}
?>

I also have a page called error.htm which will redirect if there is a problem and a ok.htm which redirects to once the form has been submitted ok

it depends on their server what type it supports. most hosts provide a cgi script to handle this sort of thing

wolf359;6987335

it depends on their server what type it supports. most hosts provide a … it depends on their server what type it supports. most hosts provide a cgi script to handle this sort of thingRead lessRead more

there is a cgi-bin folder on the server but there is only one file called test.cgi

What command do I put in the actual form though if I use the cgi-bin

Question is, what is the form meant to do? Are you wanting to insert data into the database, send an email etc?

gRoberts12;6987453

Question is, what is the form meant to do? Are you wanting to insert data … Question is, what is the form meant to do? Are you wanting to insert data into the database, send an email etc?Read lessRead more

it's is going to collect information on name, address, tel, etc & then there is a selection list that gives info on what courses are available & I've set that section as radio buttons so 1 or more can be selected as required. This information then needs to get to the business owner which ever way is easiest.

dave_lunt2;6987514

this is what I did and it workedput a form in your webpage as … this is what I did and it workedput a form in your webpage as below:Fields marked (*) are required Email:* Name:Tel:Enquiry:When the user clicks submit this goes to contact.php so you also need to upload a file called contact.php as below$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailFrom'])); $EmailTo = "your@emailaddress.com";$Subject = "Website Enquiry";$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name'])); $Tel = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel'])); $Enquiry = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Enquiry'])); $validationOK=true;if (Trim($EmailFrom)=="") $validationOK=false;if (!$validationOK) { print ""; exit;}$Body = "";$Body .= "Name: ";$Body .= $Name;$Body .= "\n";$Body .= "EmailFrom: ";$Body .= $EmailFrom;$Body .= "\n";$Body .= "Tel: ";$Body .= $Tel;$Body .= "\n";$Body .= "Enquiry: ";$Body .= $Enquiry;$Body .= "\n";// sends email$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: ");if ($success){ print "";}else{ print "";}?>I also have a page called error.htm which will redirect if there is a problem and a ok.htm which redirects to once the form has been submitted okRead lessRead more

Does this work with radio buttons or just text fields? There is about 18 different courses they offer & the user needs to select which ones they want more information on so the business knows which ones they are interetsed in.

Not sure I'll try and see if it will for you

Can they only select one course or multiple courses?

dave_lunt2;6987592

Not sure I'll try and see if it will for you

thank you so much for this, I've spent hours this afternoon looking at this

When you create form the beggining in HTML looks something like this...


The action bit, in this case someaction.php has to be an actual PHP file which you code to handle what to do when the form data is submitted.

For a complete newbie to all this, I'd either recommend checking out the tutorials on ]W3Schools
Otherwise I'd recommend paying someone to do a proper job of it - should cost no more than £20

If you're lucky you'll also get someone willing to do it for a bit of rep on here.

dave_lunt2;6987623

Can they only select one course or multiple courses?

they can select whatever they require so could be 1 or could be all 18 or anything in between!

MrBrightside1987;6987646

When you create form the beggining in HTML looks something like … When you create form the beggining in HTML looks something like this...The action bit, in this case someaction.php has to be an actual PHP file which you code to handle what to do when the form data is submitted.For a complete newbie to all this, I'd either recommend checking out the tutorials on ]W3SchoolsOtherwise I'd recommend paying someone to do a proper job of it - should cost no more than £20If you're lucky you'll also get someone willing to do it for a bit of rep on here.Read lessRead more

Thanks for that, I've been looking at that website but not at the php stuff, I was looking at asp & html form tags.

I'm doing the website free of charge as it's my neighbours business, she said if I couldn't sort it out then she would just have an email link requesting the user to email her, just thought it would be better if I could get it set up for her to help her out.

Okay you'll be better off with check boxes as this allows the user to select multiple courses, a radio button is for one or the other usually like male or female

set up a form like by copying and pasting this into your webpage

Name:E-Mail: Geography Maths EnglishMessage:

Then set up a new page and paste the following (edit field to with your own email address) and save the page as contact.php

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {$to = "your@emailaddress.com";$subject = … if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {$to = "your@emailaddress.com";$subject = "Enquiry";$name_field = $_POST['name'];$email_field = $_POST['email'];$message = $_POST['message'];foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {$check_msg .= "Checked: $value\n";}$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n $check_msg";echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";mail($to, $subject, $body);} else {echo "blarg!";}?>Read lessRead more

Upload both files to your server and give it a test, then you can add remove fields etc, just get it so it is working first

dave_lunt2;6987871

Okay you'll be better off with check boxes as this allows the user to … Okay you'll be better off with check boxes as this allows the user to select multiple courses, a radio button is for one or the other usually like male or femaleset up a form like by copying and pasting this into your webpageThen set up a new page and paste the following (edit field to with your own email address) and save the page as contact.phpUpload both files to your server and give it a test, then you can add remove fields etc, just get it so it is working firstRead lessRead more

Just copied & pasted the 1st part into the body of a blank page & changed the email address, also saved the contacts.php & when I submit I am getting this message

Data has been submitted to ****@********.com! PHP Notice: Undefined variable: check_msg in D:\websites\**********\www\contact.php on line 13 PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in D:\websites\***********\www\contact.php on line 20

what does that mean? obviously something to do with the contact.php but I'm not sure what.

I still haven't received the email yet either

EDIT just re-read you post again! I forgot to change the "to" part in the contact.php :roll: just off to do that now

2nd EDIT I did actually change the top part to my email address where it shows as

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {


$to = "your@emailaddress.com";

should I have changed anything else or just that part?

lyzzys321;6988303

Just copied & pasted the 1st part into the body of a blank page & changed … Just copied & pasted the 1st part into the body of a blank page & changed the email address, also saved the contacts.php & when I submit I am getting this message Data has been submitted to ****@********.com! PHP Notice: Undefined variable: check_msg in D:\websites\**********\www\contact.php on line 13 PHP Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in D:\websites\***********\www\contact.php on line 20 what does that mean? on line 13 I have:- E-Mail: & line 20 is:- I still haven't received the email yet eitherRead lessRead more

have you actually uploaded it to a server or are you trying it from your PC

you need to upload these files to your website then go to the actual page for example

--mysite.com/con…l--

also the html page is telling it to submit to contact.php not contacts.php as you have put above, just in case that is it

dave_lunt2;6988399

have you actually uploaded it to a server or are you trying it from your … have you actually uploaded it to a server or are you trying it from your PCyou need to upload these files to your website then go to the actual page for example--www.mysite.com/contactuspage.html--also the html page is telling it to submit to contact.php not contacts.php as you have put above, just in case that is itRead lessRead more

yep I uploaded them to the server & I did save as contact.php not contacts.php

above code worked fine for me. i haven't had a test email from it yet but thats nothing new for my email

did you actually load the form from the server and not locally? you not only need to upload them but you can't test them locally either

wolf359;6989569

above code worked fine for me. i haven't had a test email from it yet but … above code worked fine for me. i haven't had a test email from it yet but thats nothing new for my email :)did you actually load the form from the server and not locally? you not only need to upload them but you can't test them locally eitherRead lessRead more

I did upload it to the server, I will try doing the two files again, it must be something I did if it works for you.

Just to carify the only thing I need to change is the email address near the top within the contact.php

i'm not doubting you uploaded it but did you actually run it from the server? as in going onto the net and entering the url for its location on the server.

i still haven't rec'd the test maili sent so its possible the script isn't fully functional or more likely my crappy email

wolf359;6992169

i'm not doubting you uploaded it but did you actually run it from the … i'm not doubting you uploaded it but did you actually run it from the server? as in going onto the net and entering the url for its location on the server.i still haven't rec'd the test maili sent so its possible the script isn't fully functional or more likely my crappy email Read lessRead more

Fairly sure I did, not had much chance to do anything since I last logged on as been I've out, will have another look at it now, thanks for your help