how to submit form

tobymather · #1 (**permalink**) Apr 12th, 2007, 22:30

Hello everyone,,

I have made a big long application form for a site, and am wondering how i set it so that the filled out form is sent to my client when applicant clicks submit. I know It has someting to do with hidden fields, but what do I put in them and how do I make them apply to submit and send to email address etc...??

tanks

toby

Lchad · #2 (**permalink**) Apr 12th, 2007, 23:17

Here is a site that has a php script. Here's another ...http://www.tectite.com/formmailpage.php

I know other's on this site have their favorites but since I'm the first to answer, I'll just going to jot down some resources.

Here's a step by step tutorial...http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17313
Those should help, if not, write us back!

tobymather · #3 (**permalink**) Apr 13th, 2007, 07:35

Thanks. Just a few q's about it:

Do I copy all that into a new html sheet?

How do I make it apply to my form?

Thanks

paulka · #4 (**permalink**) Apr 13th, 2007, 13:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by tobymather

Do I copy all that into a new html sheet?

What do you mean by that?
Here's my code for a form when i had a client who needs accomadation applications emailed to him:
This is the HTML form notice it says "send.php" this is the name of the php file.

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  <form action="send.php" method="post"  name="booking" onsubmit="return formCheck(this);" >
    <table width="76%" border="0" cellpadding="1">
      <tr>
        <td width="18%">First Name</td>
         <td width="82%"><input name="FirstName" type="text" id="FirstName" size="28" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Last Name </td>
        <td><input name="LastName" type="text" id="LasName" size="28" /></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Email</td>
        <td><input name="myemail" type="text" id="myemail" size="28" /></td>
      </tr>
    </table>

    <p align="center">
      <input name="Submit" type="submit" onClick="return checkmail(this.form.myemail)" value="Submit" />
      <input name="Reset" type=reset value="Reset form" /></p>
  </form>

Next is the PHP file itself called send.php

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>Thank you for contacting us</title>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Thank you for contacting us</h1>

   <!-- your html -->
<!--this is important-->
<?php
///names all the varibles from the feilds
$to       = "123@gmail.com"; // change to your email address
$name     = $_POST['FirstName'];
$name2     = $_POST['LastName'];
$email    = $_POST['myemail'];
//&anything = $_POST['name_in_form'];




//this is for the email

$d        = date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');
$sub      = "Welcome to Cape Town Responce: HI COSTA";
$headers  = "From: $name <$email>\n";  
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

//all the varibles
//simply put in all the feils here
$mes      = "Subject: ".$subject."\n";
$mes     .= "Message: ".$msg."\n" ;
$mes     .= "Name: ".$name."\n";
$mes     .= "Name2: ".$name2."\n";
$mes     .= 'Email: '.$email."\n";




//check all feilds filled in
if (empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($subject) || empty($msg))
{
     echo "   <h3>Sorry all fields are required.</h3>";
}
elseif(!ereg("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)) {
     print "   <h3>Sorry the email address you entered looks like it's invalid.</h3>";
}
else
{
     mail($to, $sub, $mes, $headers);
     print "   <h3><center>Thank you ".$name." ".$name2." for contacting us.<br>We will get back to you as soon as posiable</center></h3>";
}
?>

   <!-- your html -->

</body>
</html>

Hope that helps you

regards
Paul

tobymather · #5 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 13:12

I put all that in, but when I preview in browser i click submit and it opens up a download box asking if i want to open or save send.php.

Here is my html:

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<div id="form">
<h1 class="style8 style6 style6">Online Application Form</h1>
<form action="send.php" method="post"  name="booking" onsubmit="return formCheck(this);" >
  <span class="style6">
  <label> <strong>Full Name</strong><br />
  
  <input type="text" name="textfield" />
  </label>
  </span>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Adress line 1<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield2" />
     Adress line 2</label>
    <input type="text" name="textfield3" />
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">Town/City<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield4" />
  </p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>County <br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield5" />
    </label>
Postcode
<input type="text" name="textfield52" />
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">Telephone<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield6" />
  </p>
  <p class="style15 style6">Mobile<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield7" />
  </p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label></label>
    <label>Email <br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield8" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Date of Birth<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield9" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Do you have a criminal record?<br />
    <select name="select">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Are you having treatment for any of these? <br />
    <select name="select2">
      <option>Mental Depression</option>
      <option>Nervous Breakdown</option>
      <option>Melancholy</option>
      <option>Psychosis</option>
      <option>None of the above</option>
      </select>
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Have you ever had a firearm Certificate refused/revoked?<br />
    <select name="select3">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Have you ever had a shotgun Certificate refused/revoked?<br />
    <select name="select4">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">Do you currently hold a firearm certificate, and if so, please fill in the details below:</p>
  <span class="style15 style6">
  <label>AUTHORITY <br />
  <input type="text" name="textfield72" />
  </label>
  <label>FAC Number </label>
  <label>
  <input type="text" name="textfield73" />
  </label>
  </span>
  <p class="style15 style6">Do you currently hold a shotgun certificate, and if so, please fill in the details below:</p>
  <span class="style15 style6">
<label>AUTHORITY <br />
  <input type="text" name="textfield74" />
  </label>
FAC Number
<label></label>
<input type="text" name="textfield75" />
  </span>
  <p class="style15 style6">
  <label>Please specify which firearms, if any, are currently in your possesion: </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <textarea name="textarea5"></textarea>
  </p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Are you or have you been a member of any shooting club? If so which one?
    <input type="text" name="textfield76" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Proposed By:<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield77" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Seconded By:<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield78" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label> By ticking the box below you confirm that all the details above have been filled in by you and <br />
are 100% truthful
<input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="checkbox" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6">
    <label>Current date:(dd/mm/yyyy)<br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield79" />
    </label>
</p>
  <p class="style15 style6"><strong>Please send a cheque of &pound;25 for probationary membership to the Tidworth Rifle and Pistol Club , which is fully returnable on rejection of membership. Please enclose a passport-sized photo of yourself, which will be returned attached to your membership card, if membership is granted. </strong></p>
  <p class="style15 style6">Click below to submit form:  </p>
  <span class="style15">
  <label></label>
  </span>
  <span class="style15 style6"><span class="style15">
  </span></span>
  
  <p align="center">
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" onclick="return checkmail(applications.applications@tidworthrpc.co.uk)" value="Submit" />
    <input name="Reset" type=reset value="Reset form" /></p>
</form>

and my php:

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>Thank you for contacting us</title>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Thank you for contacting us</h1>

   <!-- your html -->
<!--this is important-->
<?php
///names all the varibles from the feilds
$to       = "applications@tidworthrpc.co.uk"; // change to your email address
$name     = $_POST['FullName'];
$Adress1    = $_POST['AdressLine1'];
$Adress2    = $_POST['AdressLine2'];
$Town    = $_POST['Town/City'];
$county   = $_POST['county'];
$postcode    = $_POST['postcode'];
$telephone    = $_POST['telephone'];
$mobile    = $_POST['mobile'];
$email    = $_POST['email'];
$birthdate    = $_POST['DateOfBirth'];
$criminalRecord    = $_POST['DoYouHaveACriminalRecord'];
$treatments    = $_POST['treatments'];
$firearmrefused    = $_POST['firearmrefused'];
$shotgunrefused    = $_POST['shotgunrefused'];
$firearmauthority    = $_POST['firearmauthority'];
$firearmfac    = $_POST['firearmfac'];
$shotgunauthority    = $_POST['shotgunauthority'];
$shotgunfac    = $_POST['shotgunfac'];
$possesedfirearms    = $_POST['possesedfirearms'];
$shootingclub    = $_POST['shootingclub'];
$proposedby    = $_POST['proposedby'];
$secondedby    = $_POST['secondedby'];
$truthful    = $_POST['truthful'];
$date    = $_POST['CurrentDate'];

//&anything = $_POST['name_in_form'];




//this is for the email

$d        = date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');
$sub      = "Welcome to The Tidworth Rifle and Pistol Club Responce: HI COSTA";
$headers  = "From: $name <$email>\n";  
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

//all the varibles
//simply put in all the feils here
$mes      = "Name: ".$name."\n";
$mes     .= "Adress1: ".$adress1."\n" ;
$mes     .= "Adress2: ".$adress2."\n";
$mes     .= "Town/City: ".$Town/city."\n";
$mes     .= 'County: '.$county."\n";
$mes     .= 'Postcode: '.$postcode."\n";
$mes     .= 'Telephone: '.$telephone."\n";
$mes     .= 'Mobile: '.$mobile."\n";
$mes     .= 'Email: '.$email."\n";
$mes     .= 'DateOfBirth: '.$dateofbirth."\n";
$mes     .= 'CriminalRecord: '.$criminalrecord."\n";
$mes     .= 'treatment: '.$treatment."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmCertificateRefused: '.$FirearmCertificateRefused."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShotgunCertificateRefused: '.$ShotgunCertificateRefused."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmAuthority: '.$FirearmAuthority."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmFAC: '.$FirearmFAC."\n";
$mes     .= 'FShotgunAuthority: '.$ShotgunAuthority."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShotgunFAC: '.$ShotgunFAC."\n";
$mes     .= 'PossesedFirearms: '.$PossesedFirearms."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShootingClub: '.$ShootingClub."\n";
$mes     .= 'ProposedBy: '.$ProposedBy."\n";
$mes     .= 'SecondedBY: '.$SecondedBy."\n";
$mes     .= 'Truthful: '.$truthful."\n";
$mes     .= 'date: '.$date."\n";

else
{
     mail($to, $sub, $mes, $headers);
     print "   <h3><center>Thank you ".$name." ".$name2." for contacting us.<br>We will get back to you as soon as possible</center></h3>";
}
?>

   <!-- your html -->

</body>
</html>

Why is this not working??

karinne · #6 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 13:34

Do you have php enabled on your server? Ask your host if you can use it.

tobymather · #7 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 13:50

Yes, the hosting supports PHP. Is the php alright?

karinne · #8 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 14:02

Well ... your names don't match. In your form you have

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<label> <strong>Full Name</strong><br />
  
  <input type="text" name="textfield" />
  </label>

which is wrong BTW ... check [CSS] Customize your form with CSS

but in your php you get

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$name     = $_POST['FullName'];

it should be the same value that you defined in the name attribute. In this case "textfield"

Apart from that ... is the file saved as send.php?

tobymather · #9 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 15:40

Hi,

I have a form on the web, but when u fill it in and click submit it says this:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_ELSE in \\NAS35ENT\domains\t\mysite.co.uk\user\htdocs\send .php on line 84

the php for send.php is this:

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN""http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
    <title>Thank you for contacting us</title>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Thank you for contacting us</h1>

   <!-- your html -->
<!--this is important-->
<?php
///names all the varibles from the feilds
$to       = "applications@tidworthrpc.co.uk"; // change to your email address
$name     = $_POST['textfield'];
$Adress1    = $_POST['textfield2'];
$Adress2    = $_POST['textfield3'];
$Town    = $_POST['textfield4'];
$county   = $_POST['countytextfield5'];
$postcode    = $_POST['textfield6'];
$telephone    = $_POST['textfield7'];
$mobile    = $_POST['textfield8'];
$email    = $_POST['textfield9'];
$birthdate    = $_POST['textfield10'];
$criminalRecord    = $_POST['select'];
$treatments    = $_POST['select2'];
$firearmrefused    = $_POST['select3'];
$shotgunrefused    = $_POST['select4'];
$firearmauthority    = $_POST['textfield11'];
$firearmfac    = $_POST['textfield12'];
$shotgunauthority    = $_POST['textfield13'];
$shotgunfac    = $_POST['textfield14'];
$possesedfirearms    = $_POST['textfield15'];
$shootingclub    = $_POST['textfield16'];
$proposedby    = $_POST['textfield17'];
$secondedby    = $_POST['textfield18'];
$truthful    = $_POST['checkbox'];
$date    = $_POST['textfield19'];

//&anything = $_POST['name_in_form'];




//this is for the email

$d        = date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');
$sub      = "Welcome to The Tidworth Rifle and Pistol Club Responce: HI COSTA";
$headers  = "From: $name <$email>\n";  
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\n";

//all the varibles
//simply put in all the feils here
$mes      = "Name: ".$name."\n";
$mes     .= "Adress1: ".$adress1."\n" ;
$mes     .= "Adress2: ".$adress2."\n";
$mes     .= "Town/City: ".$Town/city."\n";
$mes     .= 'County: '.$county."\n";
$mes     .= 'Postcode: '.$postcode."\n";
$mes     .= 'Telephone: '.$telephone."\n";
$mes     .= 'Mobile: '.$mobile."\n";
$mes     .= 'Email: '.$email."\n";
$mes     .= 'DateOfBirth: '.$dateofbirth."\n";
$mes     .= 'CriminalRecord: '.$criminalrecord."\n";
$mes     .= 'treatment: '.$treatment."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmCertificateRefused: '.$FirearmCertificateRefused."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShotgunCertificateRefused: '.$ShotgunCertificateRefused."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmAuthority: '.$FirearmAuthority."\n";
$mes     .= 'FirearmFAC: '.$FirearmFAC."\n";
$mes     .= 'FShotgunAuthority: '.$ShotgunAuthority."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShotgunFAC: '.$ShotgunFAC."\n";
$mes     .= 'PossesedFirearms: '.$PossesedFirearms."\n";
$mes     .= 'ShootingClub: '.$ShootingClub."\n";
$mes     .= 'ProposedBy: '.$ProposedBy."\n";
$mes     .= 'SecondedBY: '.$SecondedBy."\n";
$mes     .= 'Truthful: '.$truthful."\n";
$mes     .= 'date: '.$date."\n";

else
{
     mail($to, $sub, $mes, $headers);
     print "   <h3><center>Thank you ".$name." ".$name2." for contacting us.<br>We will get back to you as soon as possible</center></h3>";
}
?>

   <!-- your html -->

</body>
</html>

and the forms html is this (after corrections(thank you karinne))

HTML:

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<div id="form">
<h1 class="style8 style6 style6">Online Application Form <em>(not currently operating. Please check again later.) </em></h1>

<form action="send.php" method="post"  name="booking">
  <label><strong>Full Name</strong></label>
  <br />
  <input type="text" name="textfield" />
  </label>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Adress line 1</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield2" />
     
     <label>Adress line 2</label>
     <input type="text" name="textfield3" />
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
  <label>Town/City</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield4" />
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>County</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield5" />

    <label>Postcode</label>
    <input type="text" name="textfield6" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
  <label>Telephone</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield7" />
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
  <label>Mobile</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield8" />
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Email</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield9" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Date of Birth</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield10" />    
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Do you have a criminal record?</label><br />
    <select name="select">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Are you having treatment for any of these?</label><br />
    <select name="select2">
      <option>Mental Depression</option>
      <option>Nervous Breakdown</option>
      <option>Melancholy</option>
      <option>Psychosis</option>
      <option>None of the above</option>
    </select>
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Have you ever had a firearm Certificate refused/revoked?</label><br />
    <select name="select3">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Have you ever had a shotgun Certificate refused/revoked?</label><br />
    <select name="select4">
      <option>Yes</option>
      <option>No</option>
    </select>
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>Do you currently hold a firearm certificate, and if so, please fill in the details below:</strong></p>
  <strong>
  <label>AUTHORITY</label><br />
  <input type="text" name="textfield11" />
  <label>FAC Number</label>
  <input type="text" name="textfield12" /><br />
  </strong>
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>Do you currently hold a shotgun certificate, and if so, please fill in the details below:</strong></p>
  <strong>
  <label>AUTHORITY</label><br />
  <input type="text" name="textfield13" />

  <label>FAC Number</label>
  <input type="text" name="textfield14" />
  </strong>
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
  <label>Please specify which firearms, if any, are currently in your possesion: </label><br />
  </strong></p>
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <textarea name="textfield15"></textarea>
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Are you or have you been a member of any shooting club? If so which one?</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield16" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Proposed By:</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield17" />   
  </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Seconded By:</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield18" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label> By ticking the box below you confirm that all the details above have been filled in by you and are 100% truthful</label><br />
    <input type="checkbox" name="checkbox" value="checkbox" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>
    <label>Current date:(dd/mm/yyyy)</label><br />
    <input type="text" name="textfield19" />
  </strong></p>

  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>Please send a cheque of &pound;25 for probationary membership to the Tidworth Rifle and Pistol Club , which is fully returnable on rejection of membership. Please enclose a passport-sized photo of yourself, which will be returned attached to your membership card, if membership is granted. </strong></p>
  
  <p class="style6 style15"><strong>Click below to submit form:  </strong></p>
  
  <p align="center"><strong>
    <input name="Submit" type="submit" onclick="return checkmail(applications@tidworthrpc.co.uk)" value="Submit" />
    <input name="Reset" type=reset value="Reset form" />
  </strong></p>
</form>

Any help much appreciated!!!

karinne · #10 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 16:14

You're missing this

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//check all feilds filled in
if (empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($subject) || empty($msg))
{
     echo "   <h3>Sorry all fields are required.</h3>";
}
elseif(!ereg("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $email)) {
     print "   <h3>Sorry the email address you entered looks like it's invalid.</h3>";
}
else
{
     mail($to, $sub, $mes, $headers);
     print "   <h3><center>Thank you ".$name." ".$name2." for contacting us.<br>We will get back to you as soon as posiable</center></h3>";
}
?>

You only have the last else { ... } part.

paulka · #11 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 16:35

whoops sorry my bad

hope you're sorted now

regards
paul

tobymather · #12 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 16:52

still not working. when i submit im getting:

Thank you for contacting us

Warning: Division by zero in \\NAS35ENT\domains\t\mydomain.co.uk\user\htdocs\se nd.php on line 62
Sorry all fields are required.

and when i fill in the fields its the same but withou the sorry all fields required.

please help...

karinne · #13 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 17:00

Do you have those variables? $name, $email, $subject and $msg?

tobymather · #14 (**permalink**) Apr 17th, 2007, 17:09

i changed the variables to ones on my site.

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