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How to submit PHP contact form to an email

Discussion in 'PHP' started by imza86, May 18, 2016.

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  1. #1
    Hi, so i have done a few tutorials in making a contact form. But the important part is missing, how do i submit it to an email ? The php form code i made is as below:

    <!DOCTYPE HTML>
    <html>
    <head>
    <style>
    .error {color: #FF0000;}
    </style>
    </head>
    <body>

    <?php
    // define variables and set to empty values
    $nameErr = $emailErr = $genderErr = $websiteErr = "";
    $name = $email = $gender = $comment = $website = "";

    if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
    if (empty($_POST["name"])) {
    $nameErr = "Name is required";
    } else {
    $name = $_REQUEST['name'];
    if (!preg_match("/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/",$name)) {
    $nameErr = "Only letters and white space allowed";
    }
    }
    if (empty($_POST["email"])) {
    $emailErr = "Email is required";
    } else {
    $email = $_REQUEST['email'];
    if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
    $emailErr = "Invalid email format";
    }
    }

    if (empty($_POST["website"])) {
    $website = "";
    } else {
    $website = $_REQUEST['website'];
    }

    if (empty($_POST["comment"])) {
    $comment = "";
    } else {
    $comment = $_REQUEST['comment'];
    }

    if (empty($_POST["gender"])) {
    $genderErr = "Gender is required";
    } else {
    $gender = $_REQUEST['gender'];
    }
    }

    ?>

    <h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
    <p><span class="error">* required field must fill in!.</span></p>
    <form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
    Name: <input type="text" name="name">
    <span class="error">* <?php echo $nameErr;?></span>
    <br><br>
    E-mail: <input type="text" name="email">
    <span class="error">* <?php echo $emailErr;?></span>
    <br><br>
    Website: <input type="text" name="website">
    <span class="error"><?php echo $websiteErr;?></span>
    <br><br>
    Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows="5" cols="40"></textarea>
    <br><br>
    Gender:
    <input type="radio" name="gender" value="female">Female
    <input type="radio" name="gender" value="male">Male
    <span class="error">* <?php echo $genderErr;?></span>
    <br><br>
    <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>

    <?php
    echo "<h2>Your Input:</h2>";
    echo "Name:$name";
    echo "<br>";
    echo "Email:$email";
    echo "<br>";
    echo "Website: $website";
    echo "<br>";
    echo "Comment:$comment";
    echo "<br>";
    echo "Gender: $gender";
    ?>

    </body>
    </html>
     
    imza86, May 18, 2016 IP
  2. PoPSiCLe

    PoPSiCLe Illustrious Member

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    #2
    That contact-page is... rather garbage, here's some updated code, which include a way to send email (however, that sending code isn't secure) - it's a starting point:
    
<?php
echo '<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
     <title>Contact form</title>
     <style>
       .error,.required {color: #FF0000;}
       form {
         width: 30em;
       }
       label {
         font-weight: bold;
         margin-top: 1em;
         display: inline-block;
         width: 8em;
       }
       input, textarea {
         margin-top: 1em;
         min-width: 60%;
       }
       input[type=submit] {
         margin: 1em auto;
         display: block;
       }
     </style>
   </head>
<body>';

$name = (isset($_POST['name'])) ? $_POST['name'] : '';
$email = (isset($_POST['email'])) ? $_POST['email'] : '';
$website = (isset($_POST['website'])) ? $_POST['website'] : '';
$comment = (isset($_POST['comment'])) ? $_POST['comment'] : '';
$gender = (isset($_POST['gender'])) ? $_POST['gender'] : '';

$nameErr = (isset($_POST['submit']) && empty($_POST['name']) ? 'Name is required' : (!preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z ]*$/',$_POST['name']) ? 'Only letters and whitespace allowed' : ''));
$emailErr = (isset($_POST['submit']) && empty($_POST['email']) ? 'Email is required' : (isset($_POST['submit']) && !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) ? 'Invalid email format' : ''));
$genderErr = (isset($_POST['submit']) && empty($_POST['gender']) ? 'Gender is required' : '');

echo '

   <h2>PHP Form Validation Example</h2>
   <p class="required">* required field must filled in!</p>
   <form method="post">
     <label for="name">Name: <span class="required">*</span></label>
       <input type="text" id="name" name="name" required><br>';
       if (!empty($nameErr)) {
         echo '<span class="error">'.$nameErr.'</span><br>';
       }
echo '   <label for="email">E-mail: <span class="required">*</span></label>
     <input type="email" id="email" name="email" required><br>';
     if (!empty($emailErr)) {
         echo  '<span class="error">'.$emailErr.'</span><br>';
     }
echo '   <label for="website">Website: </label>
     <input type="text" id="website" name="website"><br>
     <label for="comment">Comment: </label>
     <textarea id="comment" name="comment"></textarea><br>
     <label>Gender: <span class="required">*</span></label><br>
     <label for="female">Female: </label><input type="radio" id="female" name="gender" value="female"><br>
     <label for="male">Male: </label><input type="radio" id="male" name="gender" value="male">';
     if (!empty($genderErr)) {
       echo '<span class="error">'.$genderErr.'</span><br>';
     }
echo '<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>';

if (isset($_POST['submit']) && empty($nameErr) && empty($emailErr) && empty($genderErr)) {
   echo '<h3>Your Input:</h3>
     <ul>
       <li>Name: '.$name.'</li>
       <li>Email: '.$email.'</li>
       <li>Website: '.$website.'</li>
       <li>Comment: '.$comment.'</li>
       <li>Gender: '.$gender.'</li>
     </ul>';

   $email_recipient = 'insert an email to send it to here';

   $subject = 'This was posted';

   $message = 'Sender: '.$name.' '.$email;
   $message .= 'Website: '.$website;
   $message .= 'Comment: '.$comment;

   send_mail($email_recipient,$subject,$message,'From: '.$email.'');
}


echo '</body>
</html>';

?>
    PHP:
     
    PoPSiCLe, May 18, 2016 IP