form help

skyfire400 · #1 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 19:24

hey there, got a problem with a form, it aall works, but in the email i receive from feedback, the form details are in a line one after the other, any chance i can make line by line in the email, i.e.

First name john:
Last Name: smith
feedback: need help

etc

cheers
skyfire

craig · #2 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 19:33

Hi skyfire,
are you using php to send the form?? If so you'll need the "\n" to put the next field on a new line. Put your code in a reply but make sure you use the <code> tags, and then we can get to the bottom of the problem!

Craig

snowangel · #3 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 19:33

Oh sorry Craig, I just saw the post when I submitted exactly the same answer

Plz post the code of the processing script which, probably visible in the "action" part of the <form>-tag

skyfire400 · #4 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 19:44

i am using html and css, ive pasted the code below:

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<body background="background.jpg" STYLE="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll">

<div align="center">
<div align="center">
  <p><img src="logo/logo.gif" width="236" height="212">
      
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
      <a class="head" href="index.htm">Home</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="about.htm">About Us</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="baskets.htm">Baskets</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="contact.htm">Get in Touch..</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="order.htm">Ordering Online?</a>  <br>
     
      <br>
      <br>
      <span class="style10"><br>
  If you would like to get in touch with any questions,</span></p>
  <p class="style10"> please simply fill out the form below, and we will get back to you as soon as possible, </p>
  <p class="style10">or contact us using any of our other contact details,</p>
  <p class="style13">Office: (01224) 480923</p>
  <p class="style13">Mobile: 07706808076</p>
  <p class="style13">Email: claire@heavenlybaskets.co.uk</p>
</div>
<form method="post" action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient" VALUE="claire@heavenybaskets.co.uk">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Heavenly Baskets Order Form">

<div id="script">
  
<div align="center">
  <legend>Personal Information</legend>
</div>
<table align="center">
<td>
   <p align="center"><label for="first name">First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" /></label></p>
   <p align="center"><label for="last name">Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname" /></label></p>
   <p align="center"><label for="email">Your E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" id="email" /></label></p>
</td>
<td>
    <p><label for="Question">Questions<br> <textarea name="question" cols="30" rows="6" id="question"></textarea></label></p>
</td>
</table>            
   <div align="center">
  <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  
  <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
   </div>
</form>

snowangel · #5 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 20:09

Quote:

This is what I meant... I need the code of the page "private.php"... plz use the [php] and [/ php] tags, it's much easier that way

craig · #6 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 20:21

OK, you need to make one change to your html page,
Get rid of this

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<form method="post" action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient" VALUE="claire@heavenybaskets.co.uk">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Heavenly Baskets Order Form">

and replace it with this

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<form action="feedback.php" method="post">

when you have done that you need to upload a php file onto your server.

Copy and paste the code below, I have changed the script so it uses the fieldnames you use already, however the things i have put in capitals you need to change.
Save this as feedback.php and simply upload it to your server as you would your new html file.

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<?
// ------------- CONFIGURABLE SECTION ------------------------
 
$mailto = 'CHANGE THIS TO YOUR EMAIL' ;
 
$subject = "CHANGE THIS TO YOUR SUBJECT" ;
 
$formurl = "CHANGE THIS TO WHERE YOUR FORM IS" ;

$errorurl = "CHANGE THIS TO SEND YOUR VISITOR TO A PAGE WHEN THERE IS AN ERROR" ;

$thankyouurl = "CHANGE THIS TO SEND YOUR VISITOR TO A PAGE WHEN IT IS SUCCESSFUL" ;
// -------------------- END OF CONFIGURABLE SECTION ---------------
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'] ;
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'] ;
$email = $_POST['email'] ;
$question  = $_POST['question'] ;
$http_referrer = getenv( "HTTP_REFERER" );
if (!isset($_POST['email'])) {
 header( "Location: $formurl" );
 exit ;
}
if (empty($firstname) || empty($lastname) || empty($email) || empty($question) ) {
   header( "Location: $errorurl" );
   exit ;
}
$firstname = strtok( $firstname, "\r\n" );
$lastname = strtok( $lastname, "\r\n" );
$email = strtok( $email, "\r\n" );
if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
 $comments = stripslashes( $question );
}
$messageproper =
 "This message was sent from:\n" .
 "$http_referrer\n" . "\nFirst Name: " . $firstname . "\n" . "\nLast Name: " . $lastname . "\nEmail: " . $email . 
 "------------------------- Question --------------------------\n\n" .
 $question .
 "\n\n------------------------------------------------------------\n" ;
mail($mailto, $subject, $messageproper, "From: \"$name\" <$email>\r\nReply-To: \"$name\" <$email>\r\nX-Mailer: chfeedback.php 2.04" );
header( "Location: $thankyouurl" );
exit ;
?>

This should work, let us know the URL of the site so we can see it!

Craig

snowangel · #7 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 20:39

Okay, I was just being lazy, that will work, great!

craig · #8 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 20:44

Can we see the site?

skyfire400 · #9 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 21:11

so when i make these changes, a file will be emailed to me with the feedback details in it yeah?

but the thing is at the ,
form method"post" action:
part is that there is just an email adres in there, dont know why this page displayed, private.php etc

snowangel · #10 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 21:28

I don't understand that, then why was it in the code? Do you use Dreamweaver or some other editor like DW? Where was it displayed? In the code section?

Anyway, that's not so important, the script provided by craig should work, so why work with the old one?
Can we see the site when it's ready, please?

skyfire400 · #11 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 21:32

in the part craig said the change, the part in capitals, which url for where the form is? and do i put that stuff he said to add in to a sperate file called feedback.php? thats waht im thinkin anyway,
the site is still in deep works, but if you go to

www.heavenlybaskets.co.uk/contact.htm just go to view source, and see if that is of any help to u

skyfire400 · #12 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 22:00

this is the full code for the page:

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


<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Heavenly Baskets</title>
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="baskets, heavenly, gift, gifts, heavenly baskets, aberdeen">
<META NAME="DESCRIPTION" CONTENT="a gift from heaven">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.style10 {font-size: large; font-family: CygnetRound;}
.style11 {font-size: large; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
.style13 {font-size: medium; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
-->
</style>
</head>

<body background="background.jpg" STYLE="background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll">

<div align="center">
<div align="center">
  <p><img src="logo/logo.gif" width="236" height="212">
      
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <br>
      <a class="head" href="index.htm">Home</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="about.htm">About Us</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="baskets.htm">Baskets</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="contact.htm">Get in Touch..</a><img src="spacer.gif" height="8" width="25"> <a class="head" href="order.htm">Ordering Online?</a>  <br>
     
      <br>
      <br>
      <span class="style10"><br>
  If you would like to get in touch with any questions,</span></p>
  <p class="style10"> please simply fill out the form below, and we will get back to you as soon as possible, </p>
  <p class="style10">or contact us using any of our other contact details,</p>
  <p class="style13">Office: (01224) 480923</p>
  <p class="style13">Mobile: 07706808076</p>
  <p class="style13">Email: claire@heavenlybaskets.co.uk</p>
</div>
<form method="post" action="mailto:claire@heavenlybaskets.co.uk">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="recipient" VALUE="claire@heavenybaskets.co.uk">
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subject" VALUE="Heavenly Baskets Order Form">

<div id="script">
  
<div align="center">
  <legend>Personal Information</legend>
</div>
<table align="center">
<td>
   <p align="center"><label for="first name">First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" id="firstname" /></label></p>
   <p align="center"><label for="last name">Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" id="lastname" /></label></p>
   <p align="center"><label for="email">Your E-mail: <input type="text" name="email" id="email" /></label></p>
</td>
<td>
    <p><label for="Question">Questions<br> <textarea name="question" cols="30" rows="6" id="question"></textarea></label></p>
</td>
</table>            
   <div align="center">
  <input name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  
  <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
   </div>
</form>
</body>
</html>

skyfire400 · #13 (**permalink**) Mar 2nd, 2006, 22:00

where it says:
<form method="post" action="private.php?do=newpm&u=3275">
there is an email address where its says "private.php

craig · #14 (**permalink**) Mar 5th, 2006, 19:32

I dont understand why you have not used the code I gave you. It works fine, and means your email isnt in viewable code which means you wont get loads of spam. The mailto function in a html page is a bad choice for security reasons.

The URL your form is at is : http://www.heavenlybaskets.co.uk/contact.htm
so this should replace the words in CAPS.
The form does work.

CRaig

herkalees · #15 (**permalink**) Mar 5th, 2006, 20:05

I edited your posts. Please use code tags, they are like this, minus the spaces:

[ CODE ] all your content [/ CODE ]

skyfire400 · #16 (**permalink**) Mar 8th, 2006, 01:39

the form didnt work craig, dont know why, but the webstie isnt writtn with PHP, sorry for the problems.

craig · #17 (**permalink**) Mar 8th, 2006, 02:28

you can easily change this in a htaccess file.

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 Options +FollowSymlinks
 RewriteEngine on
 RewriteRule ^(.*)\.htm$ $1.php [nc]

If you have a htaccess file already just copy and paste the code onto a new line and upload the new file.
If you havn't a htaccess file, create a file in Notepad called htaccess.txt and copy and paste the code. Upload it and then in your FTP change the filename from "htaccess.txt" to just "htaccess" without the .txt
Then your htm pages will parse like PHP pages and the form script will work!!

Craig

darryladie · #18 (**permalink**) Mar 8th, 2006, 22:15

Thanks for the code craig very useful wasnt able to use the mail() function because my linux server requires a subject header to send out mail.

Thank you!

sypher · #19 (**permalink**) Mar 9th, 2006, 00:35

lol :P

Then why wont you write a header?

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$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0 \r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; ";
$headers .= "charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From: noreply @ youremail.com\r\n";

$email = "sendtothisperson @ email.com";
$message = "Email content here";
         
mail($email,'Email Title Here',"$message",$headers);

Just replace the necessary values with what you want.

craig · #20 (**permalink**) Mar 9th, 2006, 07:46

Thats not a problem!!!
Now cough up those Brownies! ha ha

Craig

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