[PHP Help] Simple E-mail Form

ouchthathurts · Nov 10, 2011

Hey guys,

Was wondering if someone could help me turn this html code into a working php script that emails me the details, I dont need to worry about captcha because I have a content lock box that pops up after they click submit.

Code:

<div class="sign-up-form">
                <p>Sign up for this awesome service, <em>it'll only take a second!</em></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li><label>First Name</label>
                        <input type="text" /></li>
                        <li><label>Last Name</label>
                        <input type="text" /></li>
                        <li><label>Email Address</label>
                        <input type="text" /></li>
                        <li><label>Website</label>
                        <input type="text" /></li>
                    </ul>

Any help would be greatly appreciated as my coding skills are minimum

*Edit* Wow wrong section no idea how that happened - Mods could you move this over to PHP, Sorry!

Xp3r7 · Nov 10, 2011

Code:

<?php
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$firstName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["firstName"]));
$lastName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["lastName"]));
$email = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["email"]));
$website = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["website"]));

$message = "First name: ".$firstName."\n Last Name: ".$lastName."\n Email: ".$email."\n Website: ".$website;

mail("yourEmail", "Some Subject", $message);  
}

?>
<div class="sign-up-form">
    <form action="" method="POST">
                <p>Sign up for this awesome service, <em>it'll only take a second!</em></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li><label>First Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="firstName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Last Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="lastName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Email Address</label>
                        <input type="text" name="email" /></li>
                        <li><label>Website</label>
                        <input type="text" name="website" /></li>
                        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
                    </ul>
    </form>

Hope this'll help you. =)

wkrappen91 · Nov 10, 2011

Was about to paste pretty much the EXACT same piece of code

Well... Too late

ouchthathurts · Nov 10, 2011

Wow thanks for the code !

I just tested it and it looks great fits in perfectly with my theme but no email was sent!

any ideas? I replaced mail("yourEmail", "Some Subject", $message); with my email address

wkrappen91 · Nov 10, 2011

did you replace the whole line?
like:
mail("[email protected]");
or just the part you are supposed to like
mail("[email protected]", "Some Subject", $message);

?
else, maybe tell us if there was any error code.
or try this, and tell me if "Email Sent" shows up on your screen:

Code:

<?php
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$firstName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["firstName"]));
$lastName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["lastName"]));
$email = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["email"]));
$website = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["website"]));

$message = "First name: ".$firstName."\n Last Name: ".$lastName."\n Email: ".$email."\n Website: ".$website;

mail("yourEmail", "Some Subject", $message);  
echo "email sent";
}

?>
<div class="sign-up-form">
    <form action="" method="POST">
                <p>Sign up for this awesome service, <em>it'll only take a second!</em></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li><label>First Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="firstName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Last Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="lastName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Email Address</label>
                        <input type="text" name="email" /></li>
                        <li><label>Website</label>
                        <input type="text" name="website" /></li>
                        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
                    </ul>
    </form>

StOn3D · Nov 10, 2011

ouchthathurts said:
Wow thanks for the code !

I just tested it and it looks great fits in perfectly with my theme but no email was sent!

any ideas? I replaced mail("yourEmail", "Some Subject", $message); with my email address

Maybe your webhost has disabled the mail(); function?

ouchthathurts · Nov 10, 2011

Thanks for the reply.

I changed the line to
mail("[email protected]", "Some Subject", $message);

The form submits but just reloads like I have hit F5, there is no error message

*random edit* 100th post

wkrappen91 · Nov 10, 2011

if thats the case, maybe you should try writing the info to a file instead...

Code:

<?php
function append($filename, $data) {
		$fh = fopen($filename, 'a');
		fwrite($fh, $data);
		fclose($fh);
	}
if(isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$firstName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["firstName"]));
$lastName = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["lastName"]));
$email = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["email"]));
$website = htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST["website"]));

$message = "First name: ".$firstName."\n Last Name: ".$lastName."\n Email: ".$email."\n Website: ".$website;

append("file.txt",$message."\n");
echo "Data was written";
}

?>
<div class="sign-up-form">
    <form action="" method="POST">
                <p>Sign up for this awesome service, <em>it'll only take a second!</em></p>
                    <ul>
                        <li><label>First Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="firstName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Last Name</label>
                        <input type="text" name="lastName" /></li>
                        <li><label>Email Address</label>
                        <input type="text" name="email" /></li>
                        <li><label>Website</label>
                        <input type="text" name="website" /></li>
                        <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
                    </ul>
    </form>

Xp3r7 · Nov 10, 2011

Grrr, my false in this post.

Just use wkrappen91's way if the mail() doesn't work. But you need to be careful with the file naming, cause if someone find it, there'll be a new thread with title "Sell email list - good price!". =)

ouchthathurts · Nov 10, 2011

Still no luck, doesnt seem to want to do anything just clears the data when i hit submit no file saved no email sent

*EDIT*

It saved and it sends!!!! I'm in idiot I saved the file as .html instead of .php!!

Once again the users at blackhatworld save the day!!

wkrappen91 · Nov 10, 2011

Sorry i have to say this:
idiot

Happy it's working now

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