help with order for needed

[bruno89]

yo peeps

im trying to make an order form for my sisters site and iv got what i need BUT! wen you click on submit it opens up outlook and i need to to just send it strait to my email adress.. HELP ME PLEASE !

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<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="mailto:bruno_89@hotmail.co.uk">
<p>Name::
<input type="text" name="Name" />
</p>
<p>Email::
<input type="text" name="Email" />
</p>
<p>Address::
<input type="text" name="Address" />
</p>
<p>What Would You Like To Order? :: </p>
<p>
<textarea name="oder this">I would like to order item number?</textarea>
</p>
<p>How would you like to pay? </p>
<p>
Cash::
<input name="radiobutton" type="radio" value="cash" />
</p>
<p>
Cheque::
<input name="radiobutton" type="radio" value="cheque" />
</p>
<p>PayPal::
<input name="radiobutton" type="radio" value="paypal" />
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" />
<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset" />
</p>
</form>

theres the code see if u can find out whats rong im dumb i dont know

[ukgeoff]

It's doing exactly what you are telling it to do in the 'action' attribute.

You cannot send the form contents directly to an email address without using some form of server-side scripting.

[Legacy_Staff]

As Geoff says, the mailto instruction will send an e-mail using the default e-mail client.
What you want it to do is send a mail via the site itself.
To do that you need to have a script running on your hosts server giving further instructions as to where to store the message and how, and where, to send it.
It'd likely you will also need to have some infrastructure involving a separate file to deal with messages.
You'd be best asking in the PHP forum, or looking in hotscripts, to see if you can find something free.

[JacobHaug]

Yeah I would say PHP is the way to go. I have a PHP script that I built a while back. If you wanted you could use it. But it is a pain to set up, on a free hosting account. Because you have to give like true URL's and such. Where are you hosting this website at?

[moojoo]

a PHP mailer is fairly simple. I will post one here tonight.

[bruno89]

Originally Posted by JacobHaug

Yeah I would say PHP is the way to go. I have a PHP script that I built a while back. If you wanted you could use it. But it is a pain to set up, on a free hosting account. Because you have to give like true URL's and such. Where are you hosting this website at?

freewebs YES I NO ITS C*** every 1 has told me i no i no lol but ye if the offers open ill take it

and moojoo thanks mate

[Ryan Fait]

Yeah... find a nice cheap host. They're probably faster and will be much nicer to work with. I second using PHP.

If freewebs doesn't support PHP, you could always try to find a remote PHP mailing script. Then, in the action attribute, you'd put something like: action="http://phpscripts.com/remote-mail.php"

I had a very quick look around, but I didn't find anything like that.

[bruno89]

Originally Posted by ryanfait

Yeah... find a nice cheap host. They're probably faster and will be much nicer to work with. I second using PHP.

If freewebs doesn't support PHP, you could always try to find a remote PHP mailing script. Then, in the action attribute, you'd put something like: action="http://phpscripts.com/remote-mail.php"

I had a very quick look around, but I didn't find anything like that.

ok thank you ill have a look around and as for the hosting iv got a offer off some 1 for free hosting iv just got to buy the domain lol and at the minute im giving all my money to my mum seen as she bourt me a car but i spose i can spare £10 to buy 1.. iv found to cheep 1s www.godaddy.com and www.namecheap.com any body no if there reliable?

[Ryan Fait]

Godaddy is... I get all my domains through them. I don't know about namecheap though.

[bruno89]

ok thank you

[moojoo]

Very few free hosts are good, some are excellent but they are very selective on who they take.

[moojoo]

PHP Mail Script in its simplicity that I wrote a while ago, I am sure they could be improved:

Basic Mail Script:

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<?php
$mailto = "email@email.com";
$subject = "$subject";
$messagesend = "\n";
mail($mailto, "$subject", $messagesend, "From: $email\n");
?>

Form Validation:

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<?php
if(empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($subject) || empty($message)) {
    echo "<h3>There was an error.</h3>\n";
    echo "<p>Please <a href='$prvpage'>go back</a> and fill in all the required fields.</p>";
}

else {
    
$mailto = "mail@mail.com";
$subject = "$subject";
$messagesend = "Name: $name\nCompany: $company\nE-Mail: $email\nPhone: $phone\n\n$message\n";
mail($mailto, "$subject", $messagesend, "From: $email\n");

echo "<h3>Your message has been sent</h3>\n";
echo "<p>$name, thank you for taking the time to contact us. We respond to all e-mails as quickly as possible. if you have any other questions feel free to contact us by phone at 555.555.5555.</p>\n";
echo "<dl>\n<dt>Sent Message:</dt>\n<dd>$subject</dd>\n<dd>$message</dd>\n</dl>\n";
}
?>

[bruno89]

so do i just put that on the page iv got the form on and keep the for iv made?

[moojoo]

The action on your contact page whatever should point to the PHP mail script. The variables have to have the same name as the form elements to pass the data.

[bruno89]

that went in 1 ear and out the other :S IM CONFUSED lol

[moojoo]

Ok the action in to form needs to go to www.yourdomain.com/phpmailscript.php so say you have a contact form with

name
email
message

variables could be say $name, $email, $message using hidden fields you can store the information and transfer it to th next page etc..

[bruno89]

Originally Posted by moojoo

Ok the action in to form needs to go to www.yourdomain.com/phpmailscript.php so say you have a contact form with

name
email
message

variables could be say $name, $email, $message using hidden fields you can store the information and transfer it to th next page etc..

ok i think i understand you now ill see what happens

[bruno89]

ok rooky **** up freewebs dosn't even accept php so now i gota look for a free host that does ( becouse im tight like that + im skint ) so ye anyone know any lol if not dont worry im sure ill find somthing out there in the big old cyber world

[bruno89]

ok sorted it out now it all good just need a domain now lol

[JacobHaug]

Check out godaddy.com for cheap domain names!!