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How do I create an easy to use web form?
Matt T
post Jul 28 2006, 09:35 PM
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Hello,

I would like to create an easy to code web form. Could anyone help me? I just need it for like feedback etc. Would it be possible for it to send the data to an e-mail address?

Thankyou for your help,

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TaNkZ101
post Jul 29 2006, 03:20 AM
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you need to use a server scripting technology such as php. here's an example form and script to go with it.
CODE
<form action="mail.php" method="post">
E-mail:
<input type="text" name="email">
First name:
<input type="text" name="firstname">
<br>
Last name:
<input type="text" name="lastname">
Input/feedback:
<textarea rows="10" cols="30" name="feedback">
Enter feedback here
</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">
</form>

as you can see, along with every input it is mandatory to use the name attribute. this is how the php will get the variables- the names become the names of the variables.
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<html>
<body><?php

  //send email
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'];
  $subject = site feedback;
  $feedback = $_REQUEST['feedback'];
  $firstname = $_REQUEST['firstname'];
  $lastname = $_REQUEST['lastname'];
  $message = "$firstname $lastname sends you the following message \n $message";
  mail( "you@yoursite.com", "Subject: $subject", $message, "From: $email" );
  //message displayed on the user's screen
  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";

?>
</body>
</html>

i haven't tested it, however i wouldn't give this to u if i didn't think it works. test it, post the results (if any). there's a form section in www.w3schools.com's html tutorial, and a php mail section in its php tutorial.

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post Jul 29 2006, 03:02 PM
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Theres a good one here...

http://www.kirupa.com/web/php_contact_form.htm
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Matt T
post Jul 29 2006, 05:44 PM
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Thankyou TaNkZ101, I tried what you suggested and Firefox said the file wasn't found because I couldn't get notepad to save it with a .php extenstion it put it as blahblah.php.txt. I went to the site that you reccomended w3schools.com and I didn't really understand the site.

Thankyou Allsortshop,

I tried that website link and it was very informative. I set all the files up on my websever but because it is free it doesn't support php (great) and this message comes up:

You have accessed a filetype or folder that must be served from a CGI server. This means that this file may exist, but if the site isn't upgraded for CGI, it cannot be served. To avoid this message, do not name your files with a .php, .cgi, or .pl extension, and don't store them in a folder named cgi-bin.

Does anyone know of a way to get around this or to get the script to automatically e-mail it to me preferbly without having to use the persons mail program (I know I am picky).

Thanks you guys for your help,
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TaNkZ101
post Jul 30 2006, 02:43 AM
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you can use asp to do it, but if your server doesn't support php i doubt it supports asp. or maybe cgi? i don't know. if your server doesn't support scripting, then if you HAVE to have the contact/feedback form, you could use html's "mailto:" function, or pick another host (www.free-webhosts.com has a database, including what they offer.)
here is an example with the form's 'mailto' attribute. Beware, it is supposedly extremely unreliable.
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<html>
<body>
<form action="MAILTO:you@yoursite.com" method="post" enctype="text/plain">

<h3>This form sends an e-mail to W3Schools.</h3>
Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="name"
value="yourname" size="20">
<br>
Mail:<br>
<input type="text" name="mail"
value="yourmail" size="20">
<br>
Comment:<br>
<textarea rows="10" cols="30" name="feedback">
Enter feedback here
</textarea>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Reset">

</form>
</body>
</html>
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Matt T
post Jul 30 2006, 10:46 PM
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Thankyou TaNk101,

I'll try that free web host that you reccomended. I have tried a html script just like the one you posted, but the reason I don't want to use a script like that is because the person who was sending feedback would have to have a mail program and an account set up with it. I could use it though if nothing else worked.

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