Php email form

Sp34k · November 12, 2008

Hallo guys

This is my first journey into the world of phpfreaks, so hallo

Okay, let's get to the point, I've been doing some research for a solution to my problem, but without success..

My knowledge about php aren't as huge as it maybe, should have been;)

But okay, my website is: www.sp34k.com, and as you may see I have a side called "contact", ironic enough I have a wish, people should be able to contact me but, can they? Ofc. not, that's why im here..

The files which I think has a relevant position in this situation is:

www.sp34k.com/download/contactphp.rar

Now, it doesn't rly make any sense to me all of this, tho. I've tried to edit some things to see a result but again, without success.. I don't know if any of you guys can figure out what the problem might be?

Best regards,

Mike

MasterACE14 · November 13, 2008

can you post the code? using [ code ] [ /code ] tags plz. You will get answers faster this way, then providing a download

Sp34k · November 13, 2008

ofc. I can, I apologize for that mistake, there they go:

This is how I edit the contact.php file, below this code you'll see the orginal file:

<?php
//-----------------Getting data sent by flash---------------------
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value){

	if ($key != '[email protected]' && $key != 'mail.bluegelwebsitehosting.com' && $key != '25' && $key != 'mail_from' && $key != 'mail_subject' && $key != 'plain_text'){

		$mail_body .= '<b>'.str_replace('_',' ',$key).'</b>:<br/>';

		$mail_body .= ''.stripslashes($value).'<br/>';
	}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------



$message = '<html><body>'.$mail_body.'</body></html>'; //  mail body

//------------if plain text is set to true removing html tags------
if ($_POST['plain_text']=='true') {

$message = str_replace('<br/>',"\r\n", $message);

$message = strip_tags($message);

//------------------------------------------------------------------
} else {
//----otherwise composing message headers---------------------------
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
//------------------------------------------------------------------
}

//------------setting conf data-------------------------------------
$to = $_POST['mail_to'];

$from = $_POST['mail_from'];

$subject = $_POST['mail_subject'];

$smtp_server = $_POST['smtp_server'];

$smtp_port = $_POST['smtp_port'];
//------------------------------------------------------------------

//---------setting header info--------------------------------------
$headers .= 'To: '.$to. "\r\n";

$headers .= 'From: Site visitor ' .$from. "\r\n";
//------------------------------------------------------------------


if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){ // sending mail

print('&mail=1');  //succes

} else {

print('&mail=0');//failure

}

?>

And the ORGINAL contact.php file:

<?php
//-----------------Getting data sent by ---------------------
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value){

	if ($key != 'mail_to' && $key != 'smtp_server' && $key != 'smtp_port' && $key != 'mail_from' && $key != 'mail_subject' && $key != 'plain_text'){

		$mail_body .= '<b>'.str_replace('_',' ',$key).'</b>:<br/>';

		$mail_body .= ''.stripslashes($value).'<br/>';
	}
}
//-----------------------------------------------------------------



$message = '<html><body>'.$mail_body.'</body></html>'; //  mail body

//------------if plain text is set to true removing html tags------
if ($_POST['plain_text']=='true') {

$message = str_replace('<br/>',"\r\n", $message);

$message = strip_tags($message);

//------------------------------------------------------------------
} else {
//----otherwise composing message headers---------------------------
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";

$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
//------------------------------------------------------------------
}

//------------setting conf data-------------------------------------
$to = $_POST['mail_to'];

$from = $_POST['mail_from'];

$subject = $_POST['mail_subject'];

$smtp_server = $_POST['smtp_server'];

$smtp_port = $_POST['smtp_port'];
//------------------------------------------------------------------

//---------setting header info--------------------------------------
$headers .= 'To: '.$to. "\r\n";

$headers .= 'From: Site visitor ' .$from. "\r\n";
//------------------------------------------------------------------


if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){ // sending mail

print('&mail=1');  //succes

} else {

print('&mail=0');//failure

}

?>

There's two other files, but im not sure if there relevant at all! It's called tfile_form05Configuration:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!--
  --	Please read this information to learn how to set up the contact form integrated
  --	into the template.
  --	
  --	This readme file explains in details the meaning of the settings that can be
  --	done in the fcContactFormConfiguration.xml configuration file.
  --	
  --	It is recommended for you to use an XML editor to make changes to this file
  -- 	because it’s less possible to make an error in the markup which can cause to
  --	a not working contact form.
  -->
<contactFormConfiguration> 
	   
<!--
  --	An e-mail address which will be used to receive messages from your contact form.
  --	You can specify several e-mail addresses separating them with a comma.
  --	For example: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
  -->
<emailTo>[email protected]</emailTo>

<!--
  --	A server script type which will process sending e-mails. It depends on your
  --	hosting and in the current version of the contact form it is allowed to use
  --	two types:  php (Apache, PHP Hosting); asp (IIS web server, ASP).
  -->
<serverProcessorType>php</serverProcessorType>

<!--
  --	A name of the script file which process sending e-mails on your server (without
  --	extension). The name contact is used by default.
  -->
<serverProcessorFileName>contact</serverProcessorFileName>

<!--
  --	Set whether to validate only required fields (true/false).  The default value is
  --	true which means the not required fields of your contact form will not be validated.
  --	For example if the e-mail field of your form is set as not required (imagine it)
  --	the form will be processed even if the user types in an incorrect e-mail address.
  -->
<validateRequiredOnly>false</validateRequiredOnly>

<!--
  --	Set whether to submit the form when the Enter key is pressed even if the focus is
  --	not on the Submit button (true/false).
  -->
<submitFormOnEnter>false</submitFormOnEnter>

<!--
  --	Text showing to the user when the form is submitted without any errors.
  -->
<messageSentText>Thank you for your message</messageSentText>

<!--
  --	Text showing in case the form is not submitted because of a server error.
  -->
<messageSentFailedText>Sorry, your message couldn't be sent</messageSentFailedText>

<!--
  --	Text your visitor will see while waiting till the processing is over.
  -->
<formProcessingText>processing...</formProcessingText>

<!--
  --	Your SMTP server (for ASP only).
  -->
<smtpServer>localhost</smtpServer>

<!--
  --	Your SMTP port (for ASP only).
  -->
<smtpPort>25</smtpPort>

<!--
  --	Set whether to send the message as a plain text (true) or as HTML (false).
  -->
<plainText>false</plainText>

<!--
  --	ID of the input field (in the structure XML file) to use for the “from: ”
  --	or email to use instead (for example: [email protected]).
  -->
<emailFromSource>2</emailFromSource>

<!--
  --	Subject of the e-mails that will be sent through this contact form or ID of
  --	the input field (in the structure XML file) to use for the “subject: ” label
  --	in your e-mail client.
  -->
<subjectSource>Contact Form from your site</subjectSource>

<!--
  --	Validation error messages that are showing to the user when the form fails to
  --	validate. The form supports different types of validators. You can change the
  --	text of the error messages the validators produce here.
  --
  --	You can use the {LABEL} keyword in these messages. It will replace it with the
  --	label value of the field where an error occurs.
  -->
<validationErrorMessages>
	    
	<!--
	  --	A required field is not filled in.
	  -->
	<message type="fieldIsRequired">{LABEL} is required.</message>

	<!--	
	  --	The specified e-mail address is incorrect.
	  -->
	<message type="emailNotValid">{LABEL} - is not valid email address.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The specified number of characters in a field is less than a required minimum.
	  -->
	<message type="minCharsLimitError">{LABEL} - The specified number of characters in a field is less than a required minimum.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The specified string does not match with the regular expression.
	  -->
	<message type="reqExpError">{LABEL} - The specified string does not match with the regular expression.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The specified number is greater than an acceptable biggest number for this field.
	  -->
	<message type="biggerThanMaxError">{LABEL} - The specified number is greater than an acceptable biggest number for this field.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The specified number is lower than an acceptable lowest number for this field.
	  -->
	<message type="lowerThanMinError">{LABEL} - The specified number is lower than an acceptable lowest number for this field.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The data is not a number.
	  -->
	<message type="notANumberError">{LABEL} - The data is not a number.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The specified number must not be negative.
	  -->
	<message type="negativeError">{LABEL} - The specified number must not be negative.</message>

	<!--
	  --	The minimum number of variants is not selected
	  -->
	<message type="minRequirementError">{LABEL} - The minimum number of variants is not selected</message>

	<!--
	  --	The number of variants selected exceeds the maximum
	  -->
	<message type="maxRequirementError">{LABEL} - The number of variants selected exceeds the maximum</message>

	<!--
	  --	The fields that should be equal do not match
	  -->
	<message type="shouldBeEqualError">{LABEL} - values do not match</message>

	<!--
	  -- 	The date has wrong format.
	  -->
	<message type="dateIsNotValidError">{LABEL} - date has wrong format</message>

</validationErrorMessages>

</contactFormConfiguration>

And finally, the last file, and again, im not sure if these two files are relevant at any point!

This one is called: tfile_form05Structure

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<contactFormStructure>

<formItems>

	<item id="1" label="Name" required="true">
		<textToShow>Your Name*:</textToShow>
	</item>

	<item id="2" label="E-mail" required="true">
		<textToShow>E-mail Address*:</textToShow>
		<validator>EmailValidator</validator>
	</item>

	<item id="3" label="Message" required="true">
		<textToShow>Your Message*:</textToShow>
	</item>

</formItems>

</contactFormStructure>

Sp34k · November 13, 2008

No help to find?

Gighalen · November 13, 2008

http://www.buildwebsite4u.com/advanced/php.shtml.

This is simple and to the point.

chronister · November 14, 2008

Learn how to create / validate and process a web form and then check out PHPMailer....

I have used self-written scripts to send mail for quite some time, I then fought for a couple hours on trying to attach a file to the mail. I downloaded phpmailer and looked over the documentation and was able to accomplish it rather quickly.

A HUGE kudos to the folks who created it. It is simple to use and works GREAT!!

But learn how to process a form first.. It is really not that difficult to do, and once you learn that you can create any forms you need to.

Nate

Sp34k · November 14, 2008

Hallo guys

First of all, thank you for the responses..

Ehm well, I don't know anything about PHP, all I really need is to make my contact side to work.. So I have to spend alot of time reading and understand php , when all I really need, is some help to, how I use the contact.php I posted above^^

nitation · November 14, 2008

I doubt it if there is any tutor available on PHP Freaks. My advice for you is to understand how forms are parsed to the server using PHP rather than finding someone to arrange or modify a code for you.

By the look of things you don't even understand what is happening in the code posted. Learn or consult a developer to do this for you.

My 2 cent

chronister · November 15, 2008

If you want to use it, you really need to learn how it works. You don't need to become a PHP expert to accomplish what you want, but it is in your best interest to at least learn the basics.

For instance... your code stops working for some reason down the road. The form does not do what it is supposed to do. Do you want to rely on someone else to fix it or do you want to know how to fix it yourself??

If you really have no desire to learn how it works and how to make it do what you want how you want, then I suggest you post a project in the Freelance section and hire someone to do it for you.

We donate our time and effort to help people learn, but I don't want to waste my time building something for someone unless I am getting paid for it.

If you wish to hire me, then I will make that contact form do whatever the hell you wish. But if you don't want to hire me, or to at least learn the basics of what your trying to accomplish, then I will not waste my time or effort.

To be really blunt, if you have no desire to learn how it works, then you have no business messing with it in the first place.

God Bless You

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