Mail Form help!

ClrWtrDsgnr · #1 Sep 24th, 2007, 13:13

Hey guys. I did a search, and am reading on w3schools.com, but i don't quite understand how to code it...

I have a site with a form. The form is just one text box where visitors can type their email addy in, and I'd like for that address to then be sent to my email address.

here's the code for the form:

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<form action="http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/manage/subscriberprefs.aspx" method="post">
<div align="left">
<img src="pictures/pen2.jpg" alt="" height="70" width="145" border="0">
<br>
<label><font size="2" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">b
</font>
<font size="2" color="#021832" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Type your email below:</font>
<font size="2" color="#021832"> 
</font>
</label> 
<input type="text" name="email"> 
<input type="hidden" name="customerid" value="46559"> 
<input type="submit" value="SIGN UP" style="background-color:white;color:black;front-weight:bold">
</input>
</div>
</form>

The server that we used to use for the form was cancelled, so we need to redo it somehow. Thanks for the help.

Rakuli · #2 Sep 24th, 2007, 13:27

In its most simple of forms with no security you could use

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//In the php file

<?php



if (!empty($_POST['signUp']) && !empty($_POST['email']) && !empty($_POST['customerid']) && is_numeric($_POST['customerid']))

{



   //send the email



 mail ('youremail@thisdomain.com', 'This is the subject of the message', 'Customer ' . $_POST['customerid'] . 'has given an email address of : ' . $_POST['email']);

}



?>

.......................html file

<form action="url of php file" method="post">

<div align="left">

<img src="pictures/pen2.jpg" alt="" height="70" width="145" border="0">

<br>

<label><font size="2" color="white" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">b

</font>

<font size="2" color="#021832" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">Type your email below:</font>

<font size="2" color="#021832"> 

</font>

</label> 

<input type="text" name="email"> 

<input type="hidden" name="customerid" value="46559"> 

<input type="submit" value="SIGN UP" style="background-color:white;color:black;front-weight:bold" name="signUp">

</input>

</div>

</form>

It's pretty simple at its basic level. Create a PHP file with the above code(although I wouldn't recommend using it in its current form) and point the form action at that file.

Assuming your host has php and php mail functions configured, it will send a plain text email to the given address.

Cheers,

ClrWtrDsgnr · #3 Sep 24th, 2007, 13:39

Thanks a lot. When I click submit, it just opens the php file in the window and shows the code...what am i doing wrong! lol

Rakuli · #4 Sep 24th, 2007, 13:43

Could be one of two things

1) You didn't save the file as a .php extenstion
2) Your server is not set up for php.

The .php tells the server to execute the php code.

Cheers.

imagn · #5 Sep 25th, 2007, 19:45

Based on the sample code you provided your form is being submitted to an ASP.NET page so PHP obviously won't work.

http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/manage/subscriberprefs.aspx

ClrWtrDsgnr · #6 Sep 27th, 2007, 14:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by imagn

Based on the sample code you provided your form is being submitted to an ASP.NET page so PHP obviously won't work.

http://lb.bcentral.com/ex/manage/subscriberprefs.aspx

Yes...but...

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClrWtrDsgnr

The server that we used to use for the form was cancelled, so we need to redo it somehow. Thanks for the help.

AdRock · #7 Sep 27th, 2007, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClrWtrDsgnr

The server that we used to use for the form was cancelled, so we need to redo it somehow. Thanks for the help.

Have you got a new server with php installed?

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