want to do form mailer, no previous php experience

jimiwa · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

I don't know if php is the best way to do this, but I want to do a form mailer that submits an email in legible format, preferrably the user would just click submit and the information would be sent without opening up the email in a window, and a popup window would say the information has been sent. However, I do not know anything about php or how to integrate it into html, I have only used javascript with html. I have previous programming experience in other languages, too, so I am capable of learning, but need to find clear directions that explain the code. Can someone point me in the right direction for this project?

camoman666 · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 3:59 pm

If you want to learn how to do this yourself and incorperate it into your programming, search for the "mail()" function in PHP. If you want me to write a code that sends the email and a popup saying it sent, reply to this saying so.

jimiwa · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

Yes, please write the code, that would be
great. Thanks.

camoman666 · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:11 pm

The form would be:

jimiwa · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

I tried this code and it didn't work. I noticed
you started with <? and on some
internet pages I saw code starting with <?php
so I tried it both ways but neither way worked. (I don't know much about php so I don't know if this makes a difference anyway) The only difference is that I used a space in the parameters next to a comma, which I didn't think would make a difference but I don't know. It doesn't look to me like this example is going to produce a popup window. Also, when I did run this example, the browser opens up the php file as a web page. Is there a way of getting around this so it doesn't leave the page I was on?

camoman666 · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:03 pm

Yes there is a way to do this to make a popup and not to leave the page, but I think the server you're on does not support email with PHP.

jimiwa · Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 4

I didn't know that I had to be running off of a server. I was testing it at home. I will soon have a server to test off of but not now. Could you tell me the code for how to add the popup without leaving the page, if it's not too much trouble?

camoman666 · Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 9:41 am

jose · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

When I email my input text, i wanna be in the same page. I used that code, but still have the same problem. any idea? or where should i put the code.

type="text/javascript">

</script>

camoman666 · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:59 pm

So when you use the "open()" function it changes the location of the parent window? I've never heard of that. I think I'm not understanding what you're saying. Would you mind re-wording your problem for me?

jose · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

camoman666 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 3:04 am

Let me see what your form looks like. After I see what that looks like I'll be able to give you what you need.

jose · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

this is my form in HTML file:

<form name="send-form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="sendmail.php" >
<input type = "hidden" name = "subject" value = "Personal Info form">
<input type = "hidden" name = "to" value = "mymailathotmail.com">

<label for="FirstName" style="float:left; width:140px;">First Name:*</label><input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName" value="" maxlength="" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>

<label for="LastName" style="float:left; width:140px;">Last Name:*</label><input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName" value="" maxlength="" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>
<label for="Address" style="float:left; width:140px;">Address:*</label><input type="text" name="Address" id="Address" value="" maxlength="" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>
<label for="City" style="float:left; width:140px;">City:*</label><input type="text" name="City" id="City" value="" maxlength="" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>
<label style="float:left;width:140px;"
style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>
<label for="ZIPCode" style="float:left; width:140px;">ZIP Code:*</label><input type="text" name="ZIPCode" id="ZIPCode" value="" maxlength="5" onKeyPress="return numbersonly(this, event)" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>
<label for="HomePhone" style="float:left; width:140px;">Home Phone:*</label><input type="text" name="HomePhone" id="HomePhone" value="" maxlength="" style="width:200px;"><div style="clear:left;height:20px;"> </div>

<input type="submit" name="NextStep" value="Next Step>>" id="NextStep" />

I added all the fields from my form and sent to my email addres now. my PHP FILE is so far:

<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Mail</title>
</head>
<body>
<?

$message = "First Name: ".$_POST["FirstName"]."\n";
$message .= "Last Name: ".$_POST["LastName"]."\n";
$message .= "Address: ".$_POST["Address"]."\n";
$message .= "City: ".$_POST["City"]."\n";
$message .= "State: ".$_POST["State"]."\n";
$message .= "ZIP Code: ".$_POST["ZIPCode"]."\n";
$message .= "Home Phone: ".$_POST["HomePhone"]."\n";
$message .= "Cell Phone: ".$_POST["Cell Phone"]."\n";

$headers = "from: someoneusernameatdomain.com";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

?>
</body>
</html>

So it is workin now that. I got all info in my email. but my other question is
When I do click on "submit" button in my HTML form, my browser change the location to my PHP FILE (blank page. and the URL looks like this:
http://www.domain.com/sendmail.php

How can I tell the browser to open other page or other URL I want in the same Window? for example
http://www.domain.com/index.htm in the same place my form was.
Thank you

camoman666 · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 2:50 pm

Add

jose · Joined: 24 Feb 2008 Posts: 8

Thank you. It worked great!