Novice in php help please

steve103 · steve103

I have two html pages that are to be filled in by the visiter to the site and i
need then to be sent to the recipient i a legible format , i am running a linux
server with php enabled , but from all the forums on php and the help files i
am unable to comprihend the advice given to me i am led to believ that the
html form will call on the php file to send the correct data through but as yet
have not seen any comparison between a form and what the php file would look
like i have been toiling over this for three days now trying various different
metthods and i think i have simply wasted a lot of time . i would really
appreciate some help if anyone knows how to do this
many thanks
steve103

jmack159 · jmack159

hi,

Check out this script. [url]www.formtoemail.com[/url]. its really nice. you can add as
many fields to the form as you want, and you dont have to make any changes to
the script. your form looks like this:
<form name="comments" action="formtoemail.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name">
<input type="radio" name="confirm" value="user confirms!">
</form>
then on submit, you would get an email that looks like this:
name: (whatever user inputs)
confirm: user confirms (if radio button is checked)

this script even has a thankyou page that you can customize. check it out!

steve103 · steve103

thanks Josh i willl try this and see how i get on
steve103

deathvult · deathvult

Do you need to submit the form by php? I often use CGI to send simple forms.
Probably your server has CGI.

steve103 · steve103

hi there i wouldnt no where to start with cgi ,im afraid i am very new to web
devs and am learning as quick as i can but could be doing with some help here
the forms are on [url]http://www.beachlitter.co.uk/Contact.htm[/url] and
[url]http://www.beachlitter.co.uk/EvalForm.htm[/url]

steve103 · steve103

hi there josh i followed tihe instructions to the letter and i get a blank
page do i need to replace my existing form for this one ? or what i am now
tearing my hair out . the form that i currently have is fine and i dont want to
change it if i dont have to (the layout that is) what i dont get is how the
php file knows which fields to put in and how i am supposed to tell it if
someody could give me an example of an html form and the coinsiding php file
that mite help >
thanks
steve103

jmack159 · jmack159

if you follow the directions that come with the file, it gives you a starter
script that you put into your html file. this is the form that the user filles
out. when the user hits submit, the form passes the data to the php file that
is included. the script that handles the form data is in this file (i think its
named FormToEmail.php). you insert you email address where the comments tell
you to. in the <body> section you can put whatever you want , a thank you, etc.
you can see mine here: [url]www.cnjccamping.org/contactus[/url] . once you fill out the
form and hit submit, it goes to my thankyou page. hope this helps a bit, sorry
it took a while to get back to you!

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