Tom wrote: > "Shawn McKenzie" <> wrote in message > news:A0.87.62571.3D92E794@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Tom wrote: >>> My Hosting site said that I needed to include the PHP otherwise the form >>> won't work. I need to know where to include my email info to get this set >>> up >>> don't I? What do you suggest? >>> T >>> "Daniel Brown" <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote in message >>> news:ab5568160901261259p6d6442a4ya5ea4134025e5f50@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 15:57, Tom <obelix16@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> I am a new user of PHP, and am using Dreamweaver CS3 for the webpages. >>>>> The >>>>> following page has my form but the submit button is not working >>>>> properly. >>>>> http://www.richlandmtg.com/contacts.html >>>>> What code is needed and where does it get placed in the page.? I >>>>> thought >>>>> CS3 >>>>> took care of this. >>>> Tom, >>>> >>>> This issue has nothing at all to do with PHP. This is all client >>>> side (JavaScript and HTML). >>>> >>>> -- >>>> </Daniel P. Brown> >>>> daniel.brown@xxxxxxxxxxxx || danbrown@xxxxxxx >>>> http://www.parasane.net/ || http://www.pilotpig.net/ >>>> Unadvertised dedicated server deals, too low to print - email me to find >>>> out! >>> >> What you have now is a form that when submitted sends the data to >> itself. So you either need to include some php in this file to gather >> up the data and email it when submitted, or submit to another file that >> does that. >> >> >> -- >> Thanks! >> -Shawn >> http://www.spidean.com > > Shawn, > So would that look something like this: > <? > if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") { > > // Just to be safe, I strip out HTML tags > $realname = strip_tags($realname); > $email = strip_tags($email); > $feedback = strip_tags($feedback); > > // set the variables > // replace $me@xxxxxxxxxx with your email > $sendto = "$me@xxxxxxxxxx"; > $subject = "Sending Email Feedback From My Website"; > $message = "$realname, $email\n\n$feedback"; > > // send the email > mail($sendto, $subject, $message); > > } > ?> > > > That's a good start, however you should use $_POST['realname'] etc. since they are coming from a post operation. $realname only exists if register_globals is on, which is evil. Also, you would probably do this before your form so that you can say "Thanks for your feedback." and then exit or redirect and not display the form again. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
