Daytona10

That code is not for c/p. It just an blueprint. But it already has validation. Thats what the functions are being used around the $_POST's and assigning them to a variable. and also the if(empty($var) checks are validation to check if its not empty. :'(

Here is a contact form I wrote awhile ago. Feel free to dissect it and learn from it structure. It uses smarty however, so dont pay much attention to the $smarty things, unless you want to use smarty. But smarty allows me to create user friendly error message, alot better then exit; or having to invent some error message functionality. include 'config.php'; include 'securimage.php'; // some stuff // If a post then it means there submitting the form if($_POST){ $error_msg = false; $contact_email = trim($_POST['EmailAddress']); //Allow max 35 characters in subject $contact_subject = substr(strip_tags($_POST['Subject']),0,35); // Allow max 25 characters $contact_name = substr($_POST['FullName'],0,25); // Strip html tags, and trim the content to max 600 characters $contact_message = substr(strip_tags($_POST['Message']),0,600); $contact_captcha = trim($_POST['cap_code']); //Validate Email if(!empty($contact_email)){ if(!valid_email($contact_email)){ $error_msg .= "<li>Please use a valid email.</li>"; $contact_email = false; } } else { //---Show this message if they left is blank $error_msg .= "<li>Your forgot to fill out your email.</li>"; } if(empty($contact_message)){ $error_msg .= "<li>You forget to fill out message!</li>"; } if(empty($contact_name)){ $error_msg .= "<li>You forget to fill out your name"; } if(empty($contact_subject)){ $error_msg .= "<li>You forgot to fill out your subject line</li>"; } if(!empty($contact_captcha)){ $img = new Securimage(); $valid = $img->check($contact_captcha); // Validate captcha if != true is bad if($valid != true) { // If capctha is wrong. $error_msg .= "<li>Sorry the captcha was wrong. Are you Human? </li>"; } } else { // They forget to fill out the captcha $error_msg .= "<li>You forgot to fill out the captcha</li>"; } //ERROR? Send error message and back any of the message they did fill out if($error_msg){ $smarty->assign('contact_email',$contact_email); $smarty->assign('contact_subject',$contact_subject); $smarty->assign('contact_name',$contact_name); $smarty->assign('contact_message',$contact_message); $smarty->assign('error_msg',$error_msg); $smarty->display('contact.tpl'); exit; } // No error? Continue... $mydate = date ( 'l, F d Y g:i A',time()+240 ); // e-mail subject $subject = "Message submitted using Contact Us form"; // e-mail message $message = "You have received a contact message:\r\n" ."----------------------------------------------------------------\r\n" ."Contact Name: $contact_name\r\n" ."Subject: $contact_subject\r\n" ."Submitted: $mydate\r\n" ."From IP: {$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']}\r\n\r\n" ."Message: $contact_message\r\n" ."Form Address: {$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']}{$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']}"; $headers = "From: $contact_name <$contact_email>\n" ."Reply-To: $contact_email\n" ."X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion(); mail("{$admin_email}","Website Contact Form:{$contact_subject}", $message, $headers); // Set Success message $smarty->assign('success_msg',"<strong>Thank you, your inquiry was sent to the administrator of Website!</strong>"); } // end of if($_POST) so how where would i insert the validation part?

well do you know any tutorials on validation or tips on it?

Thank you it works VERY WELL and exactly what i wanted. Kudos to you.

Like this? <?php $Name = $_POST["Name"]; $Email = $_POST["Email"]; $Month = $_POST["Month"]; $Day = $_POST["Day"]; $YYYY = $_POST["YYYY"]; $Comment = $_POST["Comment"]; $message = $_POST['Name']; $message = $_POST['Email'] $message = $_POST['Month'] $message = $_POST['Day']; $message = $_POST['YYYY']; $message = $_POST['Name']; $message = $_POST['Comment']; mail( "support@ludemanndistributors.net", "Contact Us", $message, "From: $Email" ); ?>

How would you define the messege?

You never know....maybe one will visit my site

I dont mind if i dont get the validation ill get it sooner or later but for right now I just need that messege to show in the email.

Hi i am making a contact us form. My problem is the user fills it out presses submit, but then when I receive the email It does not show what I want it to show. It shows nothing. I want it to show the Name, Who its from, The date of birth fields, and the comment. This is the code I have. Also I can't find a code that the user has to fill in each field or it wont be submitted, if you have the chance can you include it? <body> <form id="form1" name="contactus" method="POST" action=""> <?php $Name = $_POST["Name"]; $Email = $_POST["Email"]; $Month = $_POST["Month"]; $Day = $_POST["Day"]; $YYYY = $_POST["YYYY"]; $Comment = $_POST["Comment"]; mail( "support@ludemanndistributors.net", "Feedback Form Results", $message, "From: $Email" ); ?> <table width="600" height="268" border="0"> <tr> <td width="152" height="49">Name*</td> <td width="287"><label> <input type="text" size="40" maxlength="40" name="Name"> <br /> </label></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="51">Email Address*</td> <td><label> <input type="text" size="40" maxlength="40" name="Email" /> </label></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Date of Birth*</td> <td><label> <select name="Month"> <option value="1">January</option> <option value="2">February</option> <option value="3">March</option> <option value="4">April</option> <option value="5">May</option> <option value="6">June</option> <option value="7">July</option> <option value="8">August</option> <option value="9">September</option> <option value="10">October</option> <option value="11">November</option> <option value="12">December</option> </select> <select name="Day"> <option value="1">1</option> <option value="2">2</option> <option value="3">3</option> <option value="4">4</option> <option value="5">5</option> <option value="6">6</option> <option value="7">7</option> <option value="8">8</option> <option value="9">9</option> <option value="10">10</option> <option value="11">11</option> <option value="12">12</option> <option value="13">13</option> <option value="14">14</option> <option value="15">15</option> <option value="16">16</option> <option value="17">17</option> <option value="18">18</option> <option value="19">19</option> <option value="20">20</option> <option value="21">21</option> <option value="22">22</option> <option value="23">23</option> <option value="24">24</option> <option value="25">25</option> <option value="26">26</option> <option value="27">27</option> <option value="28">28</option> <option value="29">29</option> <option value="30">30</option> <option value="31">31</option> </select> <select name="YYYY"> <option value="2012">2012</option> <option value="2011">2011</option> <option value="2010">2010</option> <option value="2009">2009</option> <option value="2008">2008</option> <option value="2007">2007</option> <option value="2006">2006</option> <option value="2005">2005</option> <option value="2004">2004</option> <option value="2003">2003</option> <option value="2002">2002</option> <option value="2001">2001</option> <option value="2000">2000</option> <option value="1999">1999</option> <option value="1998">1998</option> <option value="1997">1997</option> <option value="1996">1996</option> <option value="1995">1995</option> <option value="1994">1994</option> <option value="1993">1993</option> <option value="1992">1992</option> <option value="1991">1991</option> <option value="1990">1990</option> <option value="1989">1989</option> <option value="1988">1988</option> <option value="1987">1987</option> <option value="1986">1986</option> <option value="1985">1985</option> <option value="1984">1984</option> <option value="1983">1983</option> <option value="1982">1982</option> <option value="1981">1981</option> <option value="1980">1980</option> <option value="1982">1982</option> <option value="1981">1981</option> <option value="1980">1980</option> <option value="1979">1979</option> <option value="1978">1978</option> <option value="1977">1977</option> <option value="1976">1976</option> <option value="1975">1975</option> <option value="1974">1974</option> <option value="1973">1973</option> <option value="1972">1972</option> <option value="1971">1971</option> <option value="1970">1970</option> <option value="1969">1969</option> <option value="1968">1968</option> <option value="1967">1967</option> <option value="1966">1966</option> <option value="1965">1965</option> <option value="1964">1964</option> <option value="1963">1963</option> <option value="1962">1962</option> <option value="1961">1961</option> <option value="1960">1960</option> <option value="1959">1959</option> <option value="1958">1958</option> <option value="1957">1957</option> <option value="1956">1956</option> <option value="1955">1955</option> <option value="1954">1954</option> <option value="1953">1953</option> <option value="1952">1952</option> <option value="1951">1951</option> <option value="1950">1950</option> <option value="1949">1949</option> <option value="1948">1948</option> <option value="1947">1947</option> <option value="1946">1946</option> <option value="1945">1945</option> <option value="1944">1944</option> <option value="1943">1943</option> <option value="1942">1942</option> <option value="1941">1941</option> <option value="1940">1940</option> <option 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value="1911">1911</option> <option value="1910">1910</option> <option value="1909">1909</option> <option value="1908">1908</option> <option value="1907">1907</option> <option value="1906">1906</option> <option value="1905">1905</option> <option value="1904">1904</option> <option value="1903">1903</option> <option value="1902">1902</option> <option value="1901">1901</option> <option value="1900">1900</option> </select> </label></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Comments*</td> <td> <label> <textarea rows="5" cols="45" name="Comment" wrap="physical"></textarea><br /> </label></td> </tr> </table> <p> <label> <input type="submit" name="Submit" id="button" value="Submit" /> <input type="reset" name="Reset" id="button" value="Reset" /> </label> </p> <p> </p> <p>Everything with a "*" is required</p> </form>