Contact Form

[raybrown]

Hi there,
I am building a website at the moment using Dreamweaver and need to do a form on the contact page. Can anyone help me produce a working form with Php code and a thankyou for contacting us page ?? The form fields are Name:, Email:, Tel:, Message: and the Submit button.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I am pulling out the hair I have left grrrrrrrrr!!

This post has been edited by Rayb: Today, 01:08 AM

[LearningCoder]

<form name="yourForm" method="POST" action="some_php_file.php">
     <fieldset>
     <legend>The name of your form here</legend>
     <p><label for="name">Name:</label><input type="text" name="usersname" /></p>
     <p><label for="email">Email:</label><input type="text" name="email" /></p>
     <p><label for="tel">Telephone:</label><input type="text" name="tel" /></p>
     <p><label for="message">Message:</label><textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="30"></textarea></p>
     <p><label for="submit">Submit</label><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Proceed" /></p>
    </fieldset>
</form>

[anki]

working form with php? then you should post this in php anyways here is a simple form

<form name="contactus" action="submit.php" method="post">
Name: <input type="text" name="nm" /><br />
Email: <input type="text" name="mail" /><br />
Tel: <input type="text" name="tel" /><br />
Message: <textarea name="msg" rows="5" cols="25"></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" />

</form>

submit.php

<?php
$nm = htmlentities($_POST['nm'],ENT_QUOTES);
$mail = htmlentities($_POST['mail'],ENT_QUOTES);
$tel = htmlentities($_POST['tel'],ENT_QUOTES);
$msg = htmlentities($_POST['msg'],ENT_QUOTES);

$cnn = mysql_connect("localhost", "your db user name", "your db password");
mysql_select_db("your database");

$sql = "INSERT INTO feedback (name, email, telephone, message)VALUES ('$nm', '$mail', '$tel', '$msg')";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
echo "sucess";
?>

don't forget to setup your database

[LearningCoder]

raybrown please note that with the php code provided, you will have to validate the email address (and the other fields) to make sure it is valid before inserting into the database, otherwise I could type cf@cf@cf@lc.com.co.uk.org and it would still insert that into the database even though it clearly isn't a valid email address. To validate an email address, try using this in submit.php BEFORE inserting the data into the database:

PHP Code:

if(!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
   //email is not valid, so maybe you could redirect the user back 
   //to your contact us page and ask them to re-enter the email address?
}
else{
   //anything else, this means the email is valid so you can insert 
   //into the database in the else statement or validate the other fields
} 


Kind regards,

LC.

[Major Payne]

Setting Up the SMTP Service: http://www.code-crafters.com/ability...rial_smtp.html

PHP: Sending Email Tutorial (Text/HTML/Attachments): http://www.webcheatsheet.com/php/sen...attachment.php

Use any of the below sites to make the workable form you need (Just follow the instructions for making it and uploading file(s)):

Contact Form Generator: http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/
WYSIWYG Form Maker (Easiest to Use): http://www.jotform.com/?gclid=CNKhqe...FRQhnAod6laUqA
http://www.thesitewizard.com/wizards/feedbackform.shtml
http://www.form2email.net/
http://www.phpform.org/

Free Forms: http://www.jotform.com/form-templates/

http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/form_mail.shtml
http://emailmeform.com/
http://www.freecontactform.com/
http://www.reconn.us/content/view/12/34/ (Download - Contact Us Script)
http://formsmarts.com/

http://apptools.com/phptools/forms/forms1.php
Form Service: http://www.mycontactform.com/
Online Free Tool, PHP Contact Form Code Generator: http://www.htmlbasix.com/contactform.shtml
PHP Mailer Script Step by Step: http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/ph...le.php/3855686
PHP Sending E-mails: http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mail.asp

How to Make a Slick Ajax Contact Form with jQuery and PHP: http://www.elated.com/articles/slick...rm-jquery-php/
Ajax - Creating an HTML Form: http://www.tizag.com/ajaxTutorial/ajaxform.php

Freebie: Good looking Fluid Contact Form: http://www.flashuser.net/flash-compo...tact-form.html

Put an online contact form on your site in about 8 minutes (Requires an account): http://response-o-matic.com/

Form2Email.net (free - Designed to keep away spam. Your e-mail address is hidden in the script. Can be used to send almost any form, and if required, keeps a log of all e-mails. Supports required fields, SMTP, multiple e-mails, auto responder and file upload.): http://www.form2email.net/

How to submit a form to multiple email addresses: http://webdesign.about.com/b/2008/01...-addresses.htm

How to Code a Sign Up Form with Email Confirmation: http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ph...-confirmation/

[Kravvitz]

As I said on DevShed, the "for" attribute of <label> elements should reference the ID of a form field. The form fields lack IDs.