combining the form with the processing page

barrowvian · May 6, 2010

The below code is what I have for my basic contact form;

<form method="POST" action="mailer.php">
   <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
     <tr>
       <td width="9%" align="left" valign="top">Name:</td>
       <td width="91%"><input type="text" name="name" size="38" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td align="left" valign="top">Email:</td>
       <td><input type="text" name="email" size="38" /></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td align="left" valign="top"></td>
       <td></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td align="left" valign="top">Subject:</td>
       <td><select size="1" name="drop_down">
         <option>General Enquiries</option>
         <option>Sales Enquiries</option>
         <option>Press Enquiries</option>
       </select></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td align="left" valign="top">Message:</td>
       <td><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td> </td>
       <td><p>
<img src="captcha_code_file.php?rand=<?php echo rand(); ?>" id='captchaimg' ><br>
<label for='message'>Enter the code above here :</label><br>
<input id="6_letters_code" name="6_letters_code" type="text"><br>
<small>Can't read the image? click <a href='javascript: refreshCaptcha();'>here</a> to refresh</small>
</p></td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td> </td>
       <td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" /></td>
     </tr>
   </table>
</form>

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>
function refreshCaptcha()
{
var img = document.images['captchaimg'];
img.src = img.src.substring(0,img.src.lastIndexOf("?"))+"?rand="+Math.random()*1000;
}
</script>

And the following code is what is included in mailer.php

<?php
session_start();
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
	$name_field  = isset($_POST['name']) ? trim($_POST['name'])  : '';
	$email_field  = isset($_POST['email']) ? trim($_POST['email'])  : '';
	$message  = isset($_POST['message']) ? trim($_POST['message'])  : '';
	$dropdown = $_POST['drop_down'];
	$flag="OK";   // This is the flag and we set it to OK
	$msg="";      // Initializing the message to hold the error messages
}

//name validation
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z\-\s]{2,40}$/", $name_field)){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Invalid Name!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

//email validatin
if(!preg_match('/^[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)+$/', $email_field)){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Invalid Email!</font> <br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

//message validation
if(strlen($message) < 5 ){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Message must be over 5 characters!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

if(strlen($message) > 250 ){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Message cannot be over 250 characters!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

// captcha validation
if(empty($_SESSION['6_letters_code'] ) ||
    strcasecmp($_SESSION['6_letters_code'], $_POST['6_letters_code']) != 0)
	{
    $msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">The captcha code does not match!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";
    }

//check the flag
if($flag <>"OK"){
	echo "$msg <br /><hr><input type='button' value='Go Back' onClick='history.go(-1)'>";
}

//send the email to location based upon result of dropdown menu
if($dropdown == "General Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "General Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
	// this is the reply message
	$reply = "Thank you for your email";
	$replybody = "thank you again";
	mail($email_field, $reply, $replybody);
}elseif($dropdown == "Sales Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "Sales Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
}elseif($dropdown == "Press Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "Press Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
}else {
 // an errror was detected
}
?>

Is there a way that I can have it all on one page rather than 2? And also to include the error message for each field opposite?

How would I go about achieving this?

Thanks

siric · May 6, 2010

Have a look at this thread http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php/topic,297072.0.html

barrowvian · May 6, 2010

Thanks for that Siric, it was a good help. That has now left me with this code;

<?php include("includes/header.php"); ?>

<div id="main">
    	<div class="container">
        
        	<div id="header">
            
            	<ul id="menu">
                	<li><a href="/ads/index.php">Homepage</a></li>
                	<li><a href="/ads/search.php">Search</a></li>
                	<li><a href="/ads/faq.php">FAQ</a></li>
                	<li><a href="/ads/blog.php">Blog</a></li>
                	<li><a href="/ads/contact.php" class="active">Contact</a></li>
                </ul>
                
                <ul id="menu2" name="menu2">
			<form action="search.php" method="GET">
			  <input type="text" name="searchterms" size="20" />
			  <input type="submit" 			value="Search"></form>
			</ul>
                
            	<div id="logo"></div>
            
            </div>
            
            <div id="block_featured" class="block">
			<img src="images/ribbon_featured.png" class="ribbon" alt="Featured Project"/>
       	    <div class="block_inside">
                
                	<div class="text_block">
                    <h2>Contact Me</h2>
                    
                    <?php
				session_start();
				if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {  //This checks to see if the submit button is set //process query

				$name_field  = isset($_POST['name']) ? trim($_POST['name'])  : '';
				$email_field  = isset($_POST['email']) ? trim($_POST['email'])  : '';
				$message  = isset($_POST['message']) ? trim($_POST['message'])  : '';
				$dropdown = $_POST['drop_down'];
				$flag="OK";   // This is the flag and we set it to OK
				$msg="";      // Initializing the message to hold the error messages


//name validation
if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z\-\s]{2,40}$/", $name_field)){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Invalid Name!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

//email validatin
if(!preg_match('/^[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[_a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)+$/', $email_field)){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Invalid Email!</font> <br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

//message validation
if(strlen($message) < 5 ){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Message must be over 5 characters!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

if(strlen($message) > 250 ){
	$msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">Message cannot be over 250 characters!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";   //setting the flag to error flag.
}

// captcha validation
if(empty($_SESSION['6_letters_code'] ) ||
    strcasecmp($_SESSION['6_letters_code'], $_POST['6_letters_code']) != 0)
	{
    $msg= $msg . "<font color=\"color\">The captcha code does not match!</font><br />";
	$flag="NOTOK";
    }

//check the flag
if($flag <>"OK"){
	echo "$msg <br /><hr><input type='button' value='Go Back' onClick='history.go(-1)'>";
}

//send the email to location based upon result of dropdown menu
if($dropdown == "General Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "General Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
	// this is the reply message
	$reply = "Thank you for your email";
	$replybody = "thank you again";
	mail($email_field, $reply, $replybody);
}elseif($dropdown == "Sales Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "Sales Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
}elseif($dropdown == "Press Enquiries" && $flag == "OK"){
	$to = "ENTER EMAIL HERE";
	$subject = "Press Enquiry";
	$body = "From:" . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "\n E-Mail:" . htmlspecialchars($email_field) . "\n Message:" . 			        htmlspecialchars($message);
	echo "Your email has been submitted,<strong> " . htmlspecialchars($name_field) . "</strong>. I aim to reply to all emails within 48 hours.";
	mail($to, $subject, $body);
}else {
 // an errror was detected
}

				} else { // insert the form 

				echo '<FORM name="email"  action="$_SERVER[\'PHP_SELF\'];"  method="post" >';
   					
				echo '<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">';
     				
				echo '<tr>
      				<td width="9%" align="left" valign="top">Name:</td>
       				<td width="91%"><input type="text" name="name" size="38" /></td>
     				</tr>
     				
				<tr>
       				<td align="left" valign="top">Email:</td>
       				<td><input type="text" name="email" size="38" /></td>
     				</tr>
     
 				<tr>
       				<td align="left" valign="top"></td>
       				<td></td>
    				</tr>
     
 				<tr>
       				<td align="left" valign="top">Subject:</td>
       				<td><select size="1" name="drop_down">
         				<option>General Enquiries</option>
         				<option>Sales Enquiries</option>
         				<option>Press Enquiries</option>
       				</select></td>
     				</tr>
     
 				<tr>
       				<td align="left" valign="top">Message:</td>
       				<td><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea></td>
     				</tr>
     
 				<tr>
       				<td> </td>
       				<td><p>';

                    echo '<img src="captcha_code_file.php?rand=' . rand() . '" id=\'captchaimg\' ><br>';
				echo '<label for=\'message\'>Enter the code above here :</label><br>
				<input id="6_letters_code" name="6_letters_code" type="text"><br>
				<small>Can\'t read the image? click <a href=\'javascript: refreshCaptcha();\'>here</a> to refresh</small>
				</p></td>
     				</tr>
     
 				<tr>
       				<td> </td>
      				<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" /></td>
     				</tr>
   
   				</table>
			</form>'; // echo closed here

				echo '<script language=\'JavaScript\' type=\'text/javascript\'>
				function refreshCaptcha()
				{
					var img = document.images[\'captchaimg\'];
					img.src = img.src.substring(0,img.src.lastIndexOf("?"))+"?rand="+Math.random()*1000;
				}
				</script>';

				}
				?>
                   




   	          </div>
                    
              </div>
            </div>
            

        
        </div>
    </div>



<?php include("includes/footer.php"); ?>

But when I submit it I get this from google chrome: Oops! This link appears to be broken. And the url is http://localhost/ads/$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

What do I need to change to get this bit working?

barrowvian · May 6, 2010

Nevermind, I changed the php self bit in the form action to the name of the page (contact.php) and now it works fine. Thank you again for that link

iblood · May 6, 2010

you used single quote in your form

} else { // insert the form 

				echo '<FORM name="email"  action="$_SERVER[\'PHP_SELF\'];"  method="post" >';

replace it with

} else { // insert the form 

				echo '<FORM name="email"  action="'.$_SERVER[\'PHP_SELF\'].'"  method="post" >';

barrowvian · May 6, 2010

iblood, that didnt work it just kept spitting out errors

barrowvian · May 6, 2010

anyone else know how to insert it properly?

siric · May 7, 2010

anyone else know how to insert it properly?

echo "<FORM name='emai'" action=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] method='post' >";

PFMaBiSmAd · May 7, 2010

echo "<FORM name='email' action='{$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}'  method='post'>";

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