contact forms...?

[philjohns]

Ive followed a tutorial online to create a basic contact page (I have just copied and pasted the code to start with) but it doesnt work....

Can anyone tell me, or point me in the right direction of how to make a contact form using xhtml preferably as I dont know php although I am williing t o learn a bit if its not possible with JUST xhtml...

thanks guys...

[Toon]

Free On-line Form Builders and Scripts

[philjohns]

Thanks Toon, but is there no way of me creating one where the message simply gets sent to my email address?

[rossable]

what language are you writing it in?
PHP or JavaScript?

[philjohns]

haha, thats the thing...xhtml

Whats the easiest way for me to do what I want to do?

[philjohns]

The tutorial that I followed and of which used a bit of php script creates this but it doesnt work...

[rossable]

DONT JUST BYTE MY CODE! figure out why it is the way it is.

after you get your XHTML form set and retrieve all the data from it with PHP make sure you have something similar to this (this is copy and pasted from my personally developed code so you will have to tweak it a little)

    $to = "ross@justross.com";
    $from = repme();
    function repme() {
        if ($from == "@batmobile.websitewelcome.com") {
            $from = "$email_1" - "@batmobile.websitewelcome.com";
        } else {
            $from = "$email_1";
        }
    }

    mail ($to, $_POST['subject_text'], $body, $from ); 

to put it into context i will post the whole control.

<?php

    //////////////////////////
    //    VALIDATION ERR    //
    //////////////////////////
    
    ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
    error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
    
    $prefix = $_POST['prefix'];
    $first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
    $last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
    $email_1 = $_POST['email_1'];
    $email_2 = $_POST['email_2'];
    $phone_1 = $_POST['phone_1'];
    $phone_2 = $_POST['phone_2'];
    $cell = $_POST['cell'];
    $fax = $_POST['fax'];
    $subject_type = $_POST['subject_type'];
    $tone = $_POST['tone'];
    $subject_text = $_POST['subject_text'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];
    $send = $_POST['send'];
    
    print "<p class=\"hilite\">Thank you for taking the time to contact me. The following is the information you have provided.</p>
        <p>$prefix $first_name $last_name</p>
        <p>
            $email_1<br />
            $email_2<br />
            $phone_1<br />            
            $phone_2<br />
            $cell<br />
            $fax
        </p>
        <p>
            $subject_type<br />
            $tone<br />
            $subject_text<br />
            $message
        </p>";
        
    $body = "
        Tone: $tone
        Type: $subject_type
        
        $message
        
        $prefix $first_name $last_name
        $email_1
        $email_2
        $phone_1
        $phone_2
        $cell
        $fax
    ";
    
    $to = "ross@justross.com";
    $from = repme();
    function repme() {
        if ($from == "@batmobile.websitewelcome.com") {
            $from = "$email_1" - "@batmobile.websitewelcome.com";
        } else {
            $from = "$email_1";
        }
    }

    mail ($to, $_POST['subject_text'], $body, $from );
        
?>

and so you can see what they are related too.

                 <form action="validation.php" method="post">
                    <legend>Name:</legend>
                    <fieldset>
                        <p>
                            <select name="prefix">
                                <option>Prefix</option>
                                <option value="Mr.">Mr.</option>
                                <option value="Mrs.">Mrs.</option>
                                <option value="Ms.">Ms.</option>
                            </select>
                            <label class="required">First:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="first_name" size="18" />
                            <label class="required">Last:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="last_name" size="30" />
                        </p>
                    </fieldset>
                    <legend>Email Adress:</legend>
                    <fieldset>
                        <p>
                            <label class="required">Primary Email:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="email_1" size="50" />
                            <label>Secondary Email:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="email_2" size="50" />
                        </p>
                    </fieldset>
                    <legend>Phone Numbers:</legend>
                    <fieldset>
                        <p>
                            <label class="required">Primary Phone Number:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="phone_1" size="50" />
                            <label>Secondary Phone Number:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="phone_2" size="50" />
                            <label>Mobile Number:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="cell" size="50" />
                            <label>Fax Number:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="fax" size="50" />
                        </p>
                    </fieldset>
                    <legend>Subject:</legend>
                    <fieldset>
                        <p>
                            <label>Subject Type:</label>
                                <select name="subject_type">
                                    <option value="work">Concerning Work:</option>
                                    <option value="play">Not Work Related:</option>
                                    <option value="thnx">Thank You:</option>
                                    <option value="help">Error / Problem:</option>
                                    <option value="other">Other:</option>
                                </select>
                            <label>Tone:</label>
                                <select name="tone">
                                    <option value="relaxed">Relaxed</option>
                                    <option selected value="casual">Casual</option>
                                    <option value="polite">Polite</option>
                                </select>
                            <label class="required">Subject Text:</label>
                                <input type="text" name="subject_text" size="50" />
                        </p>
                    </fieldset>
                    <legend class="required">Message:</legend>
                    <fieldset>
                        <p>
                            <textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="50">Please enter your comments here.</textarea>
                        </p>
                    </fieldset>
                <input class="button" type="submit" value="SEND" name="send" />
                </form>

DONT JUST BYTE MY CODE! figure out why it is the way it is.

[Harry]

I developed this, it should help: Multiple Emails - PHP :: Labs - PR Design's Public Laboratory

[philjohns]

Thinks Ive cracked it...can some one check for me?

Phil Johns Imaging - Website and Graphic Design

[Harry]

Is the email being sent through a third party site? It's very slow, and possibly less reliable than one made by yourself.