Anyways here we go!
Step 1. Make a file called index.php. This is where the form is going to be. Copy and paste this code in:
CODE
<?php session_start(); ?>
<!--Start error code-->
<?php
if ($_SESSION['error_msg']) {
foreach ($_SESSION['error_msg'] as $val) {
echo "$val<br />";
}
unset($_SESSION['error_msg']);
}
?>
<!--End Error Code-->
<!--Start Form Code-->
<form method="POST" action="contact.php">
<p><label for="Name">Name</label><br />
<input id="Name" name="Name" type="text" tabindex="1" size="30" /></p>
<p><label for="EmailFrom">Email</label><br />
<input id="EmailFrom" name="EmailFrom" type="text" tabindex="2" size="30" /></p>
<p><label for="Subject">Subject</label><br />
<input id="Subject" name="Subject" type="text" tabindex="3" size="30" /></p>
<p><label for="words">Message</label><br />
<textarea name="Message" tabindex="5" rows="10" cols="24" style="width:300px;"></textarea></p>
<input type="submit" name="post" id="post" value=" Send " /> <input type="reset" value=" Reset " />
</form>
<!--End Form Code-->
The first part tells the document to start the session. MAKE SURE YOU PUT THIS IN THE VERY BEGGINING BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE!!!
Now let me try and explain. Then the second part of the code, the error checking part, checks if there is an error, such as someone not entering their name or an email which is not valid. For example. If someone decided to be a stupid and enter this for an email "alkjdldaslkjas", it will display "Please enter in a valid email". Anyways, if you try it out you will see what I am talking about.
Now the second part of the code is just the form, which is self explanitory.
Step 2. Ok now make a file called contact.php. This is the part of the script that will process the form. Here is the code:
CODE
<?php
session_start();
//Email Validation
function checkEmail($email)
{
if(eregi("^[a-zA-Z0-9_]+@[a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+$]", $email))
{
return FALSE;
}
list($Username, $Domain) = split("@",$email);
if(@getmxrr($Domain, $MXHost))
{
return TRUE;
}
else
{
if(@fsockopen($Domain, 25, $errno, $errstr, 30))
{
return TRUE;
}
else
{
return FALSE;
}
}
}
// get posted data into local variables
$EmailTo = "youremail@domain.com";
$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailFrom']));
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$Subject = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Subject']));
$Message = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message']));
// validation
$validationOK=true;
if(checkEmail($EmailFrom) == FALSE){
$error_msg[] = "Please enter in a valid email address.";
}
if (Trim($Name)==""){
$error_msg[] = "Please enter in a name.";
}
if (Trim($Subject)=="") {
$error_msg[] = "Please enter in a subject.";
}
if (Trim($Message)==""){
$error_msg[] = "Please enter in a message.";
}
//triggers error message
if ($error_msg) {
$_SESSION['error_msg'] = $error_msg;
header ('Location: index.php');
exit();
}
//sends email
else {
$Body = "You have a new email from $Name.\n\n Reply to $EmailFrom.\n\n $Name says,\n $Message";
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body);
}
//redirect to success page
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=contact_done.php\">";
}
else{
print "Email could not be sent due to errors. Please email the <a href='mailto:youremail@domain.com>webmaster</a>.";
}
?>
MAKE SURE YOU REPLACE YOUREMAIL@DOMAIN.COM WITH YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
Ok so this is the part where the script check to see if the form is filled out nice and neatly, with a proper email and all that good stuff. It then emails you what the person wrote and voila! It works!!! It also relocates to a page called contact_done.php.
You can make the contact_done.php file if you want to. That file just tells the viewer that their submission has been sent correctly and that all is dandy. If you do not want to make it, just remove this part of the code:
CODE
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=contact_done.php\">";
PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU FIND AN ERROR
Thank you very much for checking out my tutorial and good luck with future coding
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