Contact Us Form

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Hi All,

 

I've only just started using forms in web design and i'm trying to create a contact us form with the options:

 

Name :-

[Form]

Email Address:-

[Form]

Comment:-

[form]

 

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So in the contactus.php page i have the following script:-

 

<form method="post" action="contact_form_response.php">

  Name:-<br /><input name="name" type="text" size="25"><br />

  Email:-<br /><input name="email" type"text" size="25"><br />

Message:-<br />

<textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="2"></textarea>

  <br /><input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="submit">

</form>

 

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But I dont understand what php coding I have to put in the file contact_form_response.php

 

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Thanks,

[trq]

What do you want to happen? An email? Look at the mail function and examples.

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So an email would be sent when you click the "submit" button.

[trq]

Look at the link I posted.

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Right, thanks for the help so far BUT, i'm getting an error somewhere.

 

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file - contactus.php

 

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<form method="post" action="contact_form_response.php">

  Name:-<br />

  <input name="name" type="text" size="25"><br />

  Email:-<br /><input name="email" type"text" size="25"><br />

Message:-<br />

<textarea name="message" cols="50" rows="2"></textarea>

  <br /><input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="submit">

</form>

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file - contact_form_response.php

 

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<?php

 

$name = $_POST['name'];

$email = $_POST['email'];

$message = $_POST['message'];

 

//Validation

if (3 < strlen($name) && 3 < strlen($email) && 3 < strlen($message))

{

 

$email_message = <<< EMAIL

Message from websites contact form.

 

Name: $Name

Email: $Email

 

The Message:

$message

 

EMAIL;

 

$headers ="cc:you@youralternativeaddress.com\r\n";

 

if(mail('xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@hotmail.co.uk','Contact Form email',$email_message, $headers))

{

echo "Your email has been delivered, we will contact you shortly."

}

else

{

echo "We had a problem sending the email.";

}

 

?>

 

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The above is the code for both files, can anybody see an error in there, so when you fill out the contact us page it will send (via the submit button) to the hotmail account.

 

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Thanks

[trq]

What error are you getting?

[NArc0t1c]

What is the error message?

 

But here's some advice: Do Not use hotmail or yahoo for these things.

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Basically when you hit "submit" it goes to a blank screen.

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This is the link for the website:

http://www.codefarm.co.uk/fevnetrovers/contact_form.php

 

(p.s only about 40% completed)

[trq]

Put this at the top of contact_form_response.php.

 

<?php

  error_reporting(E_ALL) ; ini_set("display_errors","1");

?>

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???

 

This is very puzzling, its displaying a blank screen still.

 

Thanks for your help so far.

[cluce]

I usually start out with somehting simple than I build on that. try this.  I have the exact same form as you on my website and I am using this code.  Just add in the error checking. This will only send an email message to you not the person filling it out. 

<?php
$to = "you@youralternativeaddress.com";
$subject = "Contact form";
$body = "
\n\n Name: $name
\n\n E-Mail Address: $email

\n\n Message: $message";
mail ($to, $subject, $body);

header("Location: http://youralternativeaddress.com/thankyou.html"); 
?>