"Daniel Brown" <danbrown@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ab5568160901261347h1dab427bo29a1313494cd507@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 16:34, Tom <obelix16@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> 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, $message); >> >> } >> ?> > > For processing once it reaches the server, yes - almost exactly. > A few recommended changes though: > > * Change <? to <?php for compatibility across servers with > different PHP configurations. > * Change your if() to if($_POST['realname']) > * DO NOT rely on register_globals - it's insecure and will > soon be phased-out of PHP. Instead, using your code: > $realname = strip_tags($_POST['realname']); > * Use explicit headers with mail(). For example: > $headers = "From: you@xxxxxxxxxxx\r\n"; > $headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\r\n"; > mail($sendto,$subject,$message,$headers); > * Do something (exit, header("Location: otherpage.html") > redirect, etc.) so that the form doesn't reappear. > > Then, either include that code at the top of the file in which > your HTML resides, or place it in it's own file (for example: > formproc.php) and change your form tag to: > <form method="POST" action="formproc.php" name="formName" > id="formName"> > > > NB: My original responses that this wasn't PHP-related was based > on your original message, saying that your "submit button" wasn't > working, and then including HTML and JavaScript code only. It didn't > appear as though it had anything to do with PHP. Getting a good > answer is best-achieved by asking a well-formed question. > > -- > </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! Us newbies don't always phrase the questions right but you & Shawn answered my question. Just have to try it out now. Thanks T -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
