HTML - Help With Php Form Submission
I'm trying to do something so very simple, yet for some reason it has to make itself difficult.
I'm trying to do an "application; fill out this form" thingy and a simple submit button to email it to the appropriate person. However, I know that the old HTML version of 'mail-to' just brings up this stupid window to activate your mail program and then *******ize your hard work with a blank body. So I'm trying to do it using PHP. The problem is; there's a billion websites out there that try to explain it, even go so far as to call it 'simple' or 'easy', but they clutter up their code with lengthy examples and it's so unclear what should be changed so that the code will work with 'my' form and not their over-achieving example. Can someone, please, just show me directly and without any self-injected non-sense an "Open Source" version of "Click submit button to email the results of this filled out form" using PHP (which will make it simple and comfortable for anyone that uses it) and I don't have to become a world-renowned programmer just to make it happen... -.- Thanks you! Similar TutorialsHi guys, i'm new to the job, and having a bit of bother with some code, ive written the stuff below to give me a submission form (which works great) but when the form is submitted, i need it to link to a page in the same window to thank the customer for submitting, and so i can place a some tracking code into the same page. can someone help me by telling me how to embedd this link? With thanks, AL <form action="mailto:allan.doyle@dalescycles.com?subject=cyclescheme" method=post encType=text/plain> Full name: <input type="text" name="fullname" value="" maxlength="100" /> <br /> E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" value="" maxlength="100" /> <br /> Telephone: <input type="text" name="phone" value="" maxlength="100" /> <br /> Bike: <input type="text" name="bike" value="" maxlength="100" /> <br /> Bike size: <input type="text" name="bikesize" value="" maxlength="100" /> <br /> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </form> Hi Everyone, I am at a loss to explain why some of my form submission markup works fine, yet slightly modified markup does not! The markup that works ok with my website is as follows: Code: <td valign="top" background="../images/nav/left_nav_top.gif" height="800" width="131"><img src="../images/nav/invisible_pixel.gif" width="131" height="1" border="0"> <img src="../images/home/left%20nave_graphic.gif" width="131" height="173"> <form name="searchform" action="store_searchresults.asp?strCategory=&strSubCategory=&strThirdCategory" method="post" onSubmit="MM_validateForm('strKeyword','','R');return document.MM_returnValue"> <IMG SRC="../images/nav/left_nav_search.gif" WIDTH=127 HEIGHT=12 ALT="" BORDER=0> <INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="strAction" value="search"> <input style="background-color: #FFFFFF;" type="text" name="strKeyword" size="11"> <input type="image" border="0" name="imageField" src="../images/nav/top_search_gob.gif" width="24" height="22"></form></td> However the following markup on the same page does not work consistenty between different browser version. It works fine in IE but it does not work in Firefox. Firefox presents the message "Please enter a keyword" and refuses to submit the form. Code: <form name="searchform" action="store_searchresults.asp?strCategory=&strSubCategory=&strThirdCategory" method="post" onSubmit="MM_validateForm('strKeyword','','R');return document.MM_returnValue"> <input type="hidden" name="strAction" value="search"> <input type="hidden" name="strKeyword" value="LV4"> <input type="image" border="0" name="imageField" src="../images/marquee/LV4403B4.jpg" width="113" height="98"> </form> It is as though Firefox cannot see the "strKeyword" attribute. However IE has not problem with it. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated, as I am at a loss... Thanks for your time Regards David Hi guys, Can someone please help me with what to do with my forms; I have a form built that when someone clicks submit I want a number of actions to occur: - The information they provided to be emailed to me somehow - A message to pop up saying that the form was successfully submitted. - And to redirect them back to my home page. How do I do this?? What code do I need to use?? And is there some way that I can get the filled out form emailed to me without them having to send it?? (i.e. not using "mailto") Any help here would be really appreciated. Thanks, TroubleShooter..."yeah right!" Working on a web site for my dad's small business. Im temporarily hosting it on Yahoo geocities and the form does not submit to my email as the CGI. I havent learned any server-side languages yet and I dont know how to setup a form submission script. Here is a link to the homepage: http://geocities.com/skalamanga89/espn/ Hey there. I have created the site saskannouncements.ca. If you go to create a post, you'll see I have set up an OK looking submission form. Here's the problem, you see what the people submit is sent to my email. because I'm just using this free thing off the internet. Now what I want, is I want to Posts to be automatically posted to where the posters sent it. How do I set that up? Basically I want it so they automatically post, and I don't have to copy and paste them in each time. I just want to moniter them as they automatically are placed. Can anyone help me on this please? Thanks alot. I really appreciate it. Also if you've got any other pointer's for my new site Feel free to let me know. Looking forward to hearing from you! I want a form so a person can type in a story and it can be sent to the database, where users can browse it in the stories section of my site. I have no idea where to start! Hello, I'm trying to put together an online signup form for a children's summer program. I'd like to have a calculator for the total price of classes at the bottom as well as a "submit" button that will email me all entered information. I had tried using cgiemail (http://web.mit.edu/wwwdev/cgiemail/), which was already installed on my server, but my problem was that it sends me information from the "value" fields, which are already used for the price calculator. For instance, the price of each class in my sample is $55, so I have the value field for each choice set to 55. Unfortunately, cgiemail also wants to use the value field, so I would receive a list of "55"s rather than class names. Does anyone have a suggestion for how to fix this? I am very much an amateur at all of this, so if you think there's a better way to set up, I am open to suggestions. Thank you for the help! Matt Code: <form name="classes" onclick="calculate()"> <b>Class Signup Form</b><br><br> <P> <b>Child Info:</b> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="550"> <tr><td width="200">Name:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childname"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Date of Birth:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childage" value="mm/dd/yyyy" maxlength="10"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Age:</td><td width="350"><select name="childage" STYLE="width: 50px;"> <option value="age5" selected="selected">5</option> <option value="age6">6</option> <option value="age7">7</option> <option value="age8">8</option> <option value="age9">9</option> <option value="age10">10</option> <option value="age11">11</option> <option value="age12">12</option> <option value="age13">13</option> <option value="age14">14</option> </select></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">T-Shirt Size:</td><td width="350"><select name="childshirt" STYLE="width: 50px;"> <option value="shirtxs" selected="selected">XS</option> <option value="shirts">S</option> <option value="shirtm">M</option> <option value="shirtl">L</option> <option value="shirtxl">XL</option></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Address:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childaddress1"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200"></td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childaddress2"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">City:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childcity"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">State:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childstate"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Zip:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="childzip"></td></tr> </TABLE> </p> <p>Allergy/Medication Information:<br><textarea rows="5" cols="50"></textarea></p> <P> <b>Parent/Guardian Info:</b> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="550"> <tr><td width="200">Parent 1 Name:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent1name"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Daytime Phone:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent1phone"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Cell Phone:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent1cell"></td></tr> </TABLE><br> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="550"> <tr><td width="200">Parent 2 Name:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent2name"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Daytime Phone:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent2phone"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Cell Phone:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="parent2cell"></td></tr> </TABLE><br> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="550"> <tr><td width="200">Billing Email:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="billingemail"></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">Alternate Email:</td><td width="350"><INPUT name="alternateemail"></td></tr> </TABLE> </p> <P> <b>Week 1 Classes</b><br> <TABLE CELLPADDING="1" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="550"> <tr><td width="200">9:30 - 10:45</td><td width="350"> <select name="w1c1" STYLE="width: 200px;"> <option value="0" selected="selected">- No Class -</option> <option value="55" name="DoppClass">Mountain Biking</option> <option value="55" name="Class 3">Witchcraft</option> <option value="55" name="DoppClass">Nintendo</option> </select></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">10:45 - Noon</td><td width="350"> <select name="w1c2" STYLE="width: 200px;"> <option value="0" selected="selected">- No Class -</option> <option value="55">Running with Scissors</option> <option value="55">Trapeze</option> <option value="55">Dance</option> </select></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">1:00 - 2:15</td><td width="350"> <select name="w1c3" STYLE="width: 200px;"> <option value="0" selected="selected">- No Class -</option> <option value="55">Clock-Building</option> <option value="55">Monkeys with Hats</option> <option value="55">Trains</option> </select></td></tr> <tr><td width="200">2:15 - 3:30</td><td width="350"> <select name="w1c4" STYLE="width: 200px;"> <option value="0" selected="selected">- No Class -</option> <option value="55">Cricket</option> <option value="55">Crochet</option> <option value="55">Crocodiles</option> </select></td></tr> </TABLE> </p> <p><input type=button name=calculate value="Calculate Total Price" onClick="pricecalculate();"></P> <p>$<input type=text name=txtAnswer> </p> </form> <script language = "javascript"> function pricecalculate(){ var w1c1=eval(document.classes.w1c1.value); var w1c2=eval(document.classes.w1c2.value); var w1c3=eval(document.classes.w1c3.value); var w1c4=eval(document.classes.w1c4.value); document.classes.txtAnswer.value=w1c1 + w1c2 + w1c3 + w1c4; } </script> How can I restrict form submission to only the Submit button? I find the forms can be submitted also by the user pressing the "enter" or the "return" key (Users typically use IE or Firefox) By a mouseover the "Submit" button, a final check of data integrity is done as follows.... <INPUT type="submit" value="Submit Form" onmouseover="validate(personal_SS.value,personal_SS.id,personal_lastname.value,personal_lastname.id, personal_firstname.value,personal_firstname.id,personal_Birthdate.value,personal_Birthdate.id)"> <INPUT type="reset" value="Clear form"> Data is 128 bit SSL encrypted function validate(strngSS,x,strngLN,y,strngFN,z,strngBD,w) { if (strngSS== "") {alert("You didn't enter a Social Security Number."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { if ((strngSS.length < 9) || (strngSS.length > 9)) {alert("The Social Security Number is the wrong length. Just use numbers, no dashes... like 123456789 not " + strngSS); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { var illegalChars = /\W\#/; if (illegalChars.test(strngSS)) {alert( "The Social Security Number contains illegal characters. Just use numbers, no dashes or # signs."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } } } validateLN(strngLN,y) validateFN(strngFN,z) validateBD(strngBD,w) } function validateLN(strng,x) { if (strng== "") {alert("You didn't enter a Last Name."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { if ((strng.length < 3) || (strng.length > 15)) {alert("The Last Name is the wrong length. Just use letters, no dashes... " + strng); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { var illegalChars = /\W\#/; if (illegalChars.test(strng)) {alert( "The Last Name contains illegal characters. Just use letters, no dashes or spaces."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } } } } function validateFN(strng,x) { if (strng== "") {alert("You didn't enter a First Name."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { if ((strng.length < 2) || (strng.length > 12)) {alert("The First Name is the wrong length. Just use letters, no dashes... " + strng); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { var illegalChars = /\W\#/; if (illegalChars.test(strng)) {alert( "The First Name contains illegal characters. Just use letters, no dashes or spaces."); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } } } } function validateBD(strng,x) { if (strng=="") {alert("Please enter a valid Birthdate"); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { if ((strng.length<8) || (strng.length>8)) {alert("Please enter your Birthdate in the form mm/dd/yy, not " + strng); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } else { var illegalChars=/[\-\.\m\,\ ]/; if (illegalChars.test(strng)) {alert("The Birtdate contains illegal characters, use the format mm/dd/yy, not " + strng); document.ReturnPatientEntry.x.focus(); return; } } } } I know the coding is primitive, but it works. If the "Clear form" button is pressed, multiple consecutive error messages are tripped as the form is cleared. Can I suppress this as well? Thanks, Douglas McKibbin augustasurgery.org I recently just created a site: http://celticsinsider.webs.com, and I was wondering how I could put an article submission button on one of my pages? I only know html, by the way. I was wondering if someone could help me out. If you go to the page i am currently working on at http://www.tablerunnersent.com/index2.html If you look mid page you will see an email form. I was wondering how i would set that form up so if a visitor clicks on submit it would email me at newsletter@tablerunnersent.com the information that they submitted. This is what i have so far in the HTML Coding: Code: < form action=""> <div> <div class="formfield"> <strong>Name :</strong> <input type="text" /> <br /> <strong>E-mail :</strong> <input type="text" /> </div> <input type="image" src="images/submit_button.gif" class="button_submit" /> <div class="clearthis"> </div> </div> </form> ...................... I am building a site with two simple forms in it - they are purely for sending through some info, name address etc to an email address. When I put a form in and test it, I click the submit button and it opens outlook and proceeds to send the data in a long line. Is this all possible in html? I want to do it in the simplest way possible. Many thanks for your help. Im wondering if anybody knows how to insert your web site into all the popular search engines? Is their a program?? Or do you hjave to go to each search engine manually? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks Hi guys, first thing first, nice to be part of this forum. My first post and question. Suppose i have 5 identical forms with name, address, city, post code, is it possible to do one submission for all rather than doing it one by one... Thanks http://www.archive.org/download/kris...nityananda.rar (right-click save-as) Made it myself. Uploaded to download.com They haven't accepted as yet. Waddya u think? It's simple html. You can modify if you like. I have a page which allows users to perform searches (Player News Search). For whatever reason, in IE, if you enter something in the search box then press the ENTER key on the keyboard, it breaks the layout on my page. However, if the user clicks the ENTER button with their mouse, everything works as expected. Is there any way to disable the ENTER key for a particular button so that the user must click with their mouse? script completed, thx Hi all, I have a simple newsletter form, so just the email field and a submit, what I would like to do is to send this data to a larger subscriber form, so one that has name, email (with the data previously entered already added), list to subscribe to etc. Can this be done? Thanks I have a form with a number of elements. One of these elements is: <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-subscribe.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> Clicking on that element makes the form submit. But if I add a similar element: <input type="image" src="https://www.paypal.com/en_US/i/btn/x-click-butcc-subscribe.gif" border="0" name="submit2" alt="Make payments with PayPal - it's fast, free and secure!"> ...clicking on that also makes the form submit. So was wondering if anyone knew what the rules were for which elements make a form submit? Cheers, James I have a simple signup form on my site that I want to pass the input to the larger signup form. Here is the code for the simple form: <form action="http://bigdogcattle.com/?a=Cattle_Mailing-List_SignUp" method="post" accept-charset="UTF-8"> The larger signup form is located he http://bigdogcattle.com/?a=Cattle_Mailing-List_SignUp I want the email address from the simple form to move to the larger form when the submit button is pressed. Ideas? |