PHP - Mail Form Redirect To Thankyou Page - Php Newbe

First, I would like to say hi to everyone, I just registered, so I am new to the forums!

But at any rate, I have a question. I have a form that I have programmed in PHP and upon completion of the form, sends the inputed information to my clients e-mail (acts as a lead) and redirects the user to the main part of the website, where you can access all of the content. Now, I need a little assistance on how to make it so if the same user comes back to the site again, they won't always have to fill out the form and it will just forward them to the main page.

Clarification: This is what I'm trying to figure out

When you go to the url for the first time, the index page has the form on it that must be filled out before you can access the rest of the pages on the website (I have this set as a redirect in the php processing after you submit the form).
What coding would I have to add to the html on the form page (index) and/or my php processor and/or the html on the page you are redirected to?

My overall goal is for the user to only see the form page once, after they have submitted it the first time, the next time they visit the url, I want them automatically re-directed to the main part of the site since they already completed the form.

For Example:

(I have this part programmed and working already)

The user goes to http://www.example.com for the first time and they see the page with the form on it. They fill it out and click "Submit" and are re-directed to http://www.example.com/page2.html, this redirect is handled with a header "location" command.

(This is the part I need help with)

At a future time the same user returns to http://www.example.com and since they have already filled out the form they are automatically re-directed to http://www.example.com/page2.html without having to hit the "Submit" button or really even see the form page.

Thank you very much in advance, I appreciate your help!

I am fairly new to PHP and am having an issue with getting my form to redirect to a thank you page upon sending the form email. I currently have it set to echo a thank you message but it needs to be changed to ensure that we can track all form fills better. I have tried the header method but it doesn't work correctly based on how the website is designed. It seems like there should be an easy way without redesigning too much. Are there any other ways to accomplish this? Please let me know what I need to do in order to get the redirect to work.

Hi,

I have this simple e-mail script that I am modifying to my liking. I know how to do everything I want to do, except make the script e-mail the recipient the page title and url link of the website page this is form is sent from. Since the link to this file will be included in pretty much every page on my site, I can't put static url links and page titles in the code below. I need a way for the page title and url to be pulled from the active page and be displayed in the e-mail once the person receives it.

Just to be clear how this will work; there will be a link on every web page that people can click that will pop-up a window that will have this form & script in it where they can enter in their e-mail, a friends e-mail and a message and then send it off.

I have tried a bunch of methods myself, but I am not getting good results. Can anyone help me with this? I am at my wits end.

Thanks!

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<?php

//minimum characters allowed in the message box
$msg_min_chars = "10";

//maximum characters allowed in the message box
$msg_max_chars = "250";

$errors = array();

function validate_form_items()
{
   global $msg_min_chars, $msg_max_chars;
   $msg_chars = "{".$msg_min_chars.",".$msg_max_chars."}";

   $form_items = array(
   
   "name"  => array(
   "regex" => "/^([a-zA-Z '-]+)$/",
   "error" => "Your name appears to be in improper format",
   ),
"email" => array(
   "regex" =>
"/^[A-Za-z0-9](([_\.\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)@([A-Za-z0-9]+)(([\.\-]?[a-zA-Z0-9]+)*)\.([A-Za-z]{2,})$/",
   "error" => "email address is invalid",
   ),
   "message" => array(
   "regex" => "/.*/",
   "error" => "Your message is either too short or exceeds $msg_max_chars characters",
   ),
   );

   global $errors;

if(!preg_match($form_items["name"]["regex"], $_POST["your_name"]))
$errors[] = $form_items["name"]["error"];

if(!preg_match($form_items["email"]["regex"], $_POST["your_email"]))
$errors[] = "your ".$form_items["email"]["error"];

if(!preg_match($form_items["email"]["regex"], $_POST["friend_email1"]))
$errors[] = "Friend 1 ".$form_items["email"]["error"];

if(strlen(trim($_POST["message"])) < $msg_min_chars || strlen(trim($_POST["message"])) >  $msg_max_chars )
$errors[] = $form_items["message"]["error"];

if(trim($_POST["friend_email2"]) != "")
{
if(!preg_match($form_items["email"]["regex"], $_POST["friend_email2"]))
$errors[] = "Friend 2 ".$form_items["email"]["error"];
}

if(trim($_POST["friend_email3"]) != "")
{
if(!preg_match($form_items["email"]["regex"], $_POST["friend_email3"]))
$errors[] = "Friend 3 ".$form_items["email"]["error"];
}

   return count($errors);
}

function email($from, $from_name, $to, $message)
{
//header("Location: thankyou.html");return;

$headers .= "From: ".$from."\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1";

$your_domian_name = "www.yourdomain.com";
//edit what you want your vistors to see in their email here
$subject = $from_name." sent you an invitation to $your_domian_name";
$your_message = "Hi!\r\n";
$your_message.= ucfirst($from_name);
$your_message.= " wants you to check out $your_domian_name\r\n";
$your_message.= "Sender's Message:\n\r";

$message=$your_message.stripslashes($message);

if (mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers) ) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}

function print_error($errors)
{

foreach($errors as $error)
{
$err.=$error."<br/>";
}

echo 
 "<div style=\"border:1px red solid; font-size:14px; font-weight:normal; color:red; margin:10px; padding:10px;\">
$err
 <div>";

}

function form_process()
{
$from_name = $_POST["your_name"];
$from_email = $_POST["your_email"];

$to = $_POST["your_email"].",".$_POST["friend_email1"].",".$_POST["friend_email2"].",".$_POST["friend_email3"];
$message = $_POST["message"];

$error_count = validate_form_items();

if($error_count == 0)
{
if(email($from_email, $from_name, $to, $message))
header("Location: thankyou.html");
else
{
global $errors;
$errors[] = "Email coudn't be send at this time. <br>Please report the webmaster of this error.";
}
}


}



if(isset($_POST["submit"]))
form_process();

?>

I have two pages. one is insert_events.php and the other is veiw_events.
In insert_events i have a form which have a submit button.
I want when i click on the submit button, it redirects me to the view_events.php page showing the events.

Any idea about this problem will be appreciated.

Thanks

Ive tried using header and form action and my page will not load into another page after submitting !

Any ideas?

 

<!doctype html>

<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">

  <title>Task2 - App</title>
  <meta name="description" content="The Task2 App">
  <meta name="author" content="SitePoint">
  
</head>
<body>
  
    
    <h1>Task 2 - Web App</h1>
    
    <br><br>
    
    <div class ="submission">
        
        <form action="" method="POST" name='submit'>
            
            
            <label>N:</label>
            <input type="text" name="number-entered" id="number"/>
            <input name="form" type="submit" value="Submit"/>
            <br><br>
            
        </form>
        
    </div> 
    
</body>
</html>

<?php

$number = $_POST['number-entered'];
$form_result = $_POST['form'];




if(isset($form_result)) {
if(($number < 5) || ($number > 25)) {
    
    
    
    echo 'Input out of range';
    
} else {
    

    
    $number = $_POST['number-entered'];
    
    
    foreach ( range(1, $number) as $i ) {  
    $triangle_numbers[] = $i * ( $i + 1 ) / 2;  
        
 } 
    //make a file
    $contents = fopen('gs://a1-task22020.appspot.com/triangular_' .$number. ".txt", "w");
    fwrite($contents,implode(',', $triangle_numbers));
        
    //open the file
    
    $contents = fopen('gs://a1-task22020.appspot.com/' . $content, 'w');
    
    
        
   //re-open the document if you put something in it
    fwrite($contents, $number);
    
    fclose($contents);
    
    
    
}          
}


?>