formmail.php help

**sacherjj** · 06-13-2006, 12:30 PM

I just use a php page I wrote or borrowed (can't remember). Here is the functional section of it (make sure to put your email in the [PUT EMAIL ADDRESS HERE]:

<?php

$sSubject = "";
$sMessage = "";
$sEmail = "";
$sBody = "";
if($HTTP_POST_VARS)
{
$sEmail =$HTTP_POST_VARS["email"];
$sSubject = $HTTP_POST_VARS["subject"];
$sBody = $HTTP_POST_VARS["body"];

if((strlen($sSubject) > 0) && (strlen($sEmail) > 0) && (strlen($sBody) > 0))
{
@mail("[PUT EMAIL ADDRESS HERE]","Contact Form: " . $sSubject,$sBody,"From:$sEmail");
$sMessage = "Message Submitted Successfully";
$sSubject = "";
$sEmail = "";
$sBody = "";
}
else
{
$sMessage = "Please complete all fields and try again.";
}
}

?>
<h2>Contact Me</h2>

<table width="<?=$sWidth?>">
<tr><td>
<form name="frmContact" action="contact.php" method="post">
<p>I'm sorry to have to resort to a form to contact me, but I have already had
too many robots scrape my site to get my email and add it onto SPAM lists. This form
will send an email to me and I will get back to you as soon as possible.</p>

<p>
<b><?=$sMessage?></b>
<br><br>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Email:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="email" value="<?=$sEmail?>" size="60"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subject:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="subject" value="<?=$sSubject?>" size="60"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<textarea name="body" cols="70" rows="12"><?=$sBody?></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2"><input type="submit" value="Submit Email"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</p>
</form>

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

**jwaterdawg** · 06-13-2006, 12:52 PM

Joe,

Thanks. I have a follow up question that will reveal my complete ignorance about php.

Do I insert the xml you sent inside the <body></body> of an htm file or what? If I do that and post it on the server the page comes back with a bunch of gobbily-goo (highly technical term I know). Basically it shows the php source and then a form.

Can you send me a link that shows this puppy in action.

Thanks,
Jay

**sacherjj** · 06-13-2006, 01:08 PM

I use this form on a few of my sites, here is one:

http://joesacher.com/contact.php

I removed header and footer rendering, so this might need some correction to get the HTML perfect. Basically, the top php code does nothing until the form is posted back on itself. If it gets enough after the post, it sends an email. If not, it displays a message to that effect. You should modify the HTML code near the bottom to fit your site. Feel free to post a few things through my form, to get a feel for how it works. If you get output, post the actual output from your script. It is hard to debug "gobbily-goo"

I guess I didn't really answer your question. You should put <html><body> </body></html> around everything past the <?php ?> code.

formmail.php help

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