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Hello im new to PHP and i have problems getting PHP working for my websites contac form

 

Here the HTML form code

<form action="" method="post">
          <div class="form_settings">
            <p><span>Name</span><input class="contact" type="text" name="your_name" value="" /></p>
            <p><span>Email Address</span><input class="contact" type="text" name="your_email" value="" /></p>
            <p><span>Message</span><textarea class="contact textarea" rows="8" cols="50" name="your_enquiry"></textarea></p>
            <p style="padding-top: 15px"><span> </span><input class="submit" type="submit" name="contact_submitted" value="submit" /></p>
          </div>
        </form>

Heres the PHP code

<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];

$mail_to = 'example@gmail.com';
$subject = 'Message from '.$field_name;

$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;

$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";

$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);

if ($mail_status) { ?>
	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
		alert('Sent');
		window.location = 'kontakt.html';
	</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
		alert('Error');
		window.location = 'kontakt.html';
	</script>
<?php
}
?>

I would be really thankful if someone could fix the PHP code for me and make it work with the html above.

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This is a help forum, not a we'll-guess-what-your-problem-is-and-then-fix-the-code-for-you-forum.

 

If you have a problem, you need to actually tell us what that is. You're also expected to actively work on the issue and not just hand over the code. What have you tried? What exactly do you not understand?

 

What I can tell you is that you need to start thinking about security. You can't just take user input from random people and insert it straight into the e-mail headers and the message, because this effectively turns your server into an open mail relay where anybody can send e-mails to arbitrary addresses. Use a proper mailer library like PHPMailer instead of the terrible mail() function.

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Thx cyberRobot, i finaly got it working, slightly different code. Its very basic but works for me since im new to PHP

<?php
    $name = $_POST['name'];
    $email = $_POST['email'];
    $telefon = $_POST['telefon'];
    $liik = $_POST['liik'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
	
    $email_message = "
	Nimi: ".$name."
	E-post: ".$email."
	Telefon: ".$telefon."
	Töö Liik: ".$liik."
	Töö kirjeldus: ".$message."
	";
	
	mail ("@outlook.com" , "Hinnapäring", $email_message);
	if (mail) { ?>
	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
		alert('Saadetud');
		window.location = 'hinnaparing.html';
	</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
	<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
		alert('Saatmisel esines viga');
		window.location = 'hinnaparing.html';
	</script>
<?php
}
?>

Im curious if its possible to change the sender to email typed in the form. Right now the web host sends me the message. I could Reply faster if it would refer the email as sender. If its possible can someone give me a head start what should i do?

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Im curious if its possible to change the sender to email typed in the form. Right now the web host sends me the message.

 

You would use the additional_headers argument for mail(). More information can be found here:

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

 

Note that your original code utilized the argument.

 

With that said, you'll want to work on the security aspect of the code, as suggested by Jacques1. Adding a user-supplied address in the email header, for example, opens your script to email injection attacks. More information can be found here:

http://securephpwiki.com/index.php/Email_Injection

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