Email form

Axariel · December 6, 2008

I feel really stupid, but I am totally lost when it comes to PHP. I have tried the tutorials, but they lose me fairly quickly.

This is the site that I am working on: http://hikariwriting.awardspace.com/characterapp.php

What I need for it to do is to send me that form to my e-mail without requiring the user to open their e-mail account?

I need another page to load to say that the form was sent successfully.

I also need to know how to write an If statement that does not send me an e-mail everytime that the page loads.

I am beyond lost and have no idea what to do.

keiran420 · December 6, 2008

Courtasy of W3schools.com

<html>
<body><?php
if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
  {
  //send email
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ; 
  $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
  mail( "[email protected]", "Subject: $subject",
  $message, "From: $email" );
  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";
  }
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
  {
  echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>
  Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />
  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />
  Message:<br />
  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>
  </textarea><br />
  <input type='submit' />
  </form>";
  }
?></body>
</html>

Axariel · December 6, 2008

It does not seem to be working.

I think that I am doing it wrong.

Axariel · December 6, 2008

It says that it is working, but nothing is being sent to my e-mail account.

Here is the code:

<?php

if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))

//if "email" is filled out, send email

{

//send email

$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

$subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

mail( "[email protected]", "Subject: $subject",

$message, "From: $email" );

echo "Your application has been sent! Thank you for applying to the Hikari Writing Workshop 2009!";

}

else

//if "email" is not filled out, display the form

{

echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>

Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />

Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />

Message:<br />

</textarea><br />

</form>";

}

?>

<form>

<tr>

<tr><td>Sites That You Play:</td><td><INPUT NAME="sites" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=500></td></tr>

<tr><td>Character Name:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactername" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Character Gender:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactergender" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Character Breed:</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterbreed" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Character Color:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactercolor" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Does this character have special abilities/traits?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterabilities" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>

<tr><td>Please provide link proof of your character's abilities/traits.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterabilitiesproof" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Does this character have defects?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdefects" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>

<tr><td>Please provide link proof of your character's defects.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdefectsproof" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>What is the best word to describe your character?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdescribe" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>Please provide a link to a post made by your character.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterpost" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>How would you rate your writing (Beginner, Intermediate, Intermediate-Advanced, Advanced)?</td><td><INPUT NAME="rate" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>How long have you been role playing?</td><td><INPUT NAME="years" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>What is your e-mail address?</td><td><INPUT NAME="email" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>

<tr><td>May we contact you?</td><td><INPUT NAME="contact" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>

<tr><td>Do you agree with the Hikari copyright rules?</td><td><INPUT NAME="contact" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>

<br>

</td></tr></table>

</FORM>

What am I doing wrong?

glenelkins · December 6, 2008

you also may want to set the 'sendmail' setting. Some servers require this:

ini_set ( 'sendmail_from', '[email protected]' );

and i would add this as additional paramaters to the mail() function

'[email protected]';

Axariel · December 6, 2008

Do I replace the mail sending code with your code or add it?

And, when the e-mail area of my form isn't filled out, it isn't redirecting to the "invalid" script.

premiso · December 6, 2008

Yahoo, Hotmail, and especially AOL tend to block php mail from some servers. My dedicated server is on CIHost and AOL blocks mail coming from them, so I do not allow AOL addresses on my site for that reason.

I would check with your host, also check your AOL and make sure you add the address the email should be coming from to your trusted list.

waynew · December 6, 2008

The field names you have and the field names that the script is looking for are different.

keiran420 · December 6, 2008

its got "action='mailform.php'" in the code i linked, that needs to be the name of the page...

Axariel · December 6, 2008

I made a mailform.php page for this code, but I am kind of confused about everything else. I am really trying to figure all of this out, but it is completely foreign to me.

Axariel · December 6, 2008

I am getting a php error now.

keiran420 · December 6, 2008

I am getting a php error now.

... which is? People here may be good, but i believe they need more info than "I am getting a php error now."...

What is the error?

glenelkins · December 6, 2008

<?php
// Create vars from post
foreach ( $_POST as $k = > $v ) { ${$k} = $v; }

if ( isset ( $email ) && !empty ( $email ) ) {


    // Email to & from
    $mail_to = '[email protected]';
    $mail_from = '[email protected]';
    
    // Headers
    $headers = 'Content-type: text/html\n';
    $headers .= 'From: ' . $mail_from . '\n';
    
    // Params
    $params = '-f' . $mail_from . '\n';
    
    // Ini
    ini_set ( 'sendmail_from', $mail_from );
    
    // Send
    if ( !mail ( $mail_to, 'Subject: ' . $subject, $message, $headers, $params ) ) {
    
    	die ( 'Mail() error' );
        
     }
    
} else {

  echo '<form method="post" action="mailform.php">
  			
            <ul style="list-style: none;">
            	<li><strong>Email: </strong><input name="email" type="text" /></li>
                <li><strong>Subject: </strong><input name="subject" type="text" /></li>
                <li><strong>Message:</strong><br /><textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40"></textarea></li>
                <li><input type="submit" /></li>
            </ul>
  </form>';


}

?>

<form>
<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
<tr>
<td width="400">Your Name:</td>
<td><INPUT NAME="name" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Sites That You Play:</td><td><INPUT NAME="sites" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=500></td></tr>
<tr><td>Url 1:</td>
<td><INPUT NAME="url1" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Url 2 or N/A:</td>
<td><INPUT NAME="url2" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Url 3 or N/A:</td>
<td><INPUT NAME="url3" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Character Name:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactername" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Character Gender:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactergender" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Character Breed:</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterbreed" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Character Color:</td><td><INPUT NAME="charactercolor" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Does this character have special abilities/traits?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterabilities" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td>If so, what are they?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterabilities2" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=60 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Please provide link proof of your character's abilities/traits.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterabilitiesproof" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Does this character have defects?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdefects" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td>If so, what are they?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdefects2" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=60 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Please provide link proof of your character's defects.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdefectsproof" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=40 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>What is the best word to describe your character?</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterdescribe" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>Please provide a link to a post made by your character.</td><td><INPUT NAME="characterpost" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>How would you rate your writing (Beginner, Intermediate, Intermediate-Advanced, Advanced)?</td><td><INPUT NAME="rate" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>How long have you been role playing?</td><td><INPUT NAME="years" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>What is your e-mail address?</td><td><INPUT NAME="email" TYPE="text" VALUE="" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH=200></td></tr>
<tr><td>May we contact you?</td><td><INPUT NAME="contact" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>
<tr><td>Do you agree with the Hikari copyright rules?</td><td><INPUT NAME="contact" TYPE="checkbox" VALUE="">Yes</td></tr>
<br>
<tr><td align=center>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" value="Submit" style="color: #ffffff; background-color: #000000">
</td></tr></table>
</FORM>

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