Online Application Form!?

BuCki · September 11, 2009

Hi Everybody

I am sorry, if I did open the topic in the wrong category.

I would like to ask for some help/advice regarding an Online application form.

Well, let me explain the situation!! My friend runs a charity and I helped him about building the website, which is good sofar but now I am reaching my capabilities / knowledge limitation lol

He asked me to create an Online Application Form, so people could fill the required details such as: Name, Addres, Afe, Gender, Status, Ethnicity etc etc etc and then when clicking on SEND button, the question & answers would be emailed to the charity email.

Well, easy said as done... but I dnt know how and where I could find such a script?

A long time ago, I seen on a website, that it opened as a PDF file which then I was able to fill out the details and then clicking on SEND (probably, the copy of filled-out pdf, was sent) - wonder if that would be possible ?!

Any ideas please help thank you

RussellReal · September 12, 2009

you can use uhm an opensource script.. google php mail generator.. or you can make your own.. its relatively easy, use $_POST or $_GET ($_POST is probably better lol) to get the data your user supplies.. and then put the data in some string to hold it all then pass it to the correct arguments of mail and viola you made your own mailer

BuCki · September 12, 2009

Cheers Russell

I tried a free script from internet... *feedback script* but it does not send the form to the email at all. Is ist some kind of issue with IE8 or something ?!

thanks

BuCki · September 12, 2009

Can anyone refer me to a working script !?

Thank You

BuCki · September 12, 2009

Did I ask for too much or something ?!

:S

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

No you didn't but if you give us the code you used we can see what is/can be wrong.

It's actually easy to make one:

STEP 1:build a form

<form action='' method='post'>
Subject: <input type='text' name='subject'>
Text: <input type='text' name='text'>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='send'>
</form>

STEP 2: create the PHP

<?php
if($_POST['submit']){
   mail("somebody@something.com",$_POST['subject'],$_POST['text']);
}
?>
<html>
....

for more info about mail function: Click here

for more info about forms Click here

BuCki · September 12, 2009

I got a document format of the application form, which I have to convert into "online application." The application form itself contains, boxes, circels, squers... which is to gather information from the user.

I am ok in desining the layout in html/css but then PHP is where I have no clue with.

So, am i supposed to use $_POST['...'] for everything eg. boxes, circles, squers !?

Cheers

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

if you use a form with method='post' you're supposed to use $_POST['']

MatthewJ · September 12, 2009

http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mail.asp

That is a very straight forward little tutorial on how to send mail with PHP, you just need to add your other fields... for that, you could google a simple html forms tutorial if you need help.

If yo run into trouble, post the CODE you are using, not just how or why it didn't work.

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

@MetthewJ

That's exact the same link I gave

MatthewJ · September 12, 2009

Yeah... noticed that after the post it is too darn early here!

BuCki · September 12, 2009

Right right...

Ok this is the one that I got from internet... but it will not send the email to me

<?php

$ip = $_POST['ip'];

$httpagent = $_POST['httpagent'];

$httpref = $_POST['$httpref'];

$nameis = $_POST['nameis'];

$visitormail = $_POST['visitormail'];

$feedback = $_POST['feedback'];

$rating = $_POST['rating'];

$emailvalidation = $_POST['emailvalidation'];

$British = $_POST['Brtish'];

$Irish= $_POST['Irish'];

$GypsyRoma = $_POST['GypsyRoma'];

$EasternEurope = $_POST['EasternEurope'];

$attn = $_POST['attn'];

if (eregi('http:', $feedback)) { die ("Do NOT try that! ! "); }

if((!$visitormail == "") && (!strstr($visitormail,"@") || !strstr($visitormail,".")))

{

echo "<h2>Use Back - Enter valid e-mail</h2>\n";

$tellem = "<h2>Feedback was NOT submitted</h2>\n";

}

if(empty($nameis) || empty($feedback) || empty($visitormail)) {

echo "<h2>Use Back - fill in all fields</h2>\n";

}

echo $tellem;

if ($emailvalidation == "y") {

$req1 = "Email format Validation \n" ;

}

if ($fieldvalidation == "y") {

$req2 = "Required Form Field Validation \n";

}

if ($htmlcontrol == "y") {

$req3 = "More intergratd HTML (in form) \n";

}

if ($phpform == "y") {

$req4 = "Improved PHP form script generator \n";

}

if ($htmlform == "y") {

$req5 = "A complete HTML form generator \n";

}

$req = $req1 . $req2 . $req3 . $req4 . $req5;

if ($British == "y") {

$q1 = "British \n";

}

if ($Irish == "y") {

$q2 = "Irish \n";

}

if ($GypsyRoma == "y") {

$q3 = "Gypsy and Roma \n";

}

if ($EasternEurope == "y") {

$q4 = "Eastern Europe \n";

}

$q = $q1 . $q2 . $q3 . $q4;

$todayis = date("l, F j, Y, g:i a") ;

$attn = $attn;

$subject = $attn;

$feedback = stripcslashes($feedback);

$message = " $todayis [EST] \n

Attention: $attn (Rating: $rating) \n

From: $nameis ($visitormail)\n

Requested:

$req \n

Feedback: $feedback \n

Additional Info : IP = $ip \n

Browser = $httpagent \n

Referral = $httpref

";

$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";

mail( "myemail@hotmail.com", "Whatever", "$message" );

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

?>

<p align="center">

<?php echo $screenout ?>

</p>

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

I'm not sure the $message is supposed to be between the " ", I think you can just do mail("...","whatever",$message)

BuCki · September 12, 2009

I tried ... but still.

I am not able to receive the results to my email.

it drives me nuts

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

are you sure you replaced myemail@hotmail.com" with your email would be stupid but I would be able to do something like that xD

BuCki · September 12, 2009

hahha yes yes I have changed that to my email of course.

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

to begin what's the purpose off:

$British = $_POST['Brtish']; 
$Irish= $_POST['Irish']; 
$GypsyRoma = $_POST['GypsyRoma']; 
$EasternEurope = $_POST['EasternEurope'];

BuCki · September 12, 2009

Well as I said.. its an Application form, made in .DOC

so I have to make it as an online form... and that part is where users could

click the checkbox (square) to whichever ethnicity he/she belongs.

BuCki · September 12, 2009

example:

<td>Irish</td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="Irish" value="y" /></td>

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

I would make that different:

<td>From where do you come?</td>

<option value='Irish'>Irish</option>

<option value='Brittain'>Brittain</option>

</select></td>

And then you can call: $_POST['fromwhere'] and it will return the value you made.

MatthewJ · September 12, 2009

First... are you sure the server has send mail capability?

try a very simple script to make sure... something like

<?php
mail("youremail@hotmail.com", "test email", "Just a test");
?>

Then double check that the emails are not just going to a spam folder(happens a lot with mail being sent to hotmail accounts with php)

BuCki · September 12, 2009

ahh cool.. ok i will do that thanks BUT

will that fix the issue with not being able to receive the results??

thanks

MatthewJ

Yes yes the server does have mail capability...

I try that script in a bit

BuCki · September 12, 2009

I would make that different:

<td>From where do you come?</td>

<td><select name='fromwhere'>

<option value='Irish'>Irish</option>

<option value='Brittain'>Brittain</option>

</select></td>

ermm could I be using <input type="checkbox" INSTEAD of the drop down menu!?

and if yes... how would the code/script be!?

DEVILofDARKNESS · September 12, 2009

Why do you defenatly want to use a checkbox?

If you want to I think your code was fine, but in that case users can check more then one value,

you could also use radio buttons this has the same effect as a checkbox, but users can only check one button.

MatthewJ · September 12, 2009

Checkboxes should only be used if you are going to let someone select multiple items.

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