Have a look at this script. I wrote it for one of my sites.
<?php
// move these variables to a cfg.ini file included at the head of this file???
$site_email = 'jlhaslip@yahoo.ca';
$site_name = 'Web Site Template Distibution File';
if (isset($_POST['posted'])) {
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
$f_name = trim($_POST['first_name']);
$l_name = trim($_POST['last_name']);
$body = trim($_POST['note_wide']) ;
$date = trim(date("D M j G:i:s T Y"));
$name = $f_name . ' ' . $l_name;
$theresults = ereg("^[^@ ]+@[^@ ]+\.[^@ \.]+$", $email, $trashed);
if ( $f_name == "" || $f_name == " ") {
echo '<p><span class="border bold red">A first name is required</span></p>';
}
elseif ( $l_name == "" || $l_name == " " ) {
echo '<p><span class="border bold red">A last name is required</span></p>';
}
elseif ( $email == "" || $email == " " ) {
echo '<p><span class="border bold red">An email address is required</span></p>';
}
elseif (!$theresults) {
echo '<p><span class="border bold red">The email address must be in a valid form similar to " your_name@example.com ".</span></p>';
}
elseif ( $body == "" || $body == " " ) {
echo '<p><span class="border bold red">A message body is required</span></p>';
}
}
if ( $f_name && $l_name && $email && $body) {
$file_name = "message_data.txt";
// Error Supress the fopen
$handle = @fopen($file_name, "a");
// Check for successful fopen
if (!$handle) {
// error message and exit if no file handle available
echo "File Handle Not Available For Use"; exit;
}
$body = strip_tags(str_replace( "\r" , ' ' , $body ));
$body = str_replace( "\n" , ' ' , $body );
$body = str_replace( ',' , '' , $body );
$body = str_replace( "\'" , '&' , $body );
$body = str_replace( "\"" , '&' , $body );
$message_string = $date . ' , ' . $name . ' , ' . $email . ',' . $body . ',' . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."\r\n";
fwrite($handle, $message_string);
//close the open file prior to ending
fclose($handle);
if (@mail( $site_email, $site_name, $body,"From: $email <$name>\r\n")) {
echo '<p class="border"><span class="bold red">Thank you for submitting this message. </span><br /><br /><span class="bold">Your comments and requests are important to us. If a reply is required, you can expect to hear from us shortly.</span><br /><br /><span class="bold red">Thanks again.</span> Select from the Menu to navigate to another page, or <a href="index.html" title=" Return to the site Home Page"> here </a> to reurn to the Index page..</p>';
unset($_POST);$_POST['posted'] = 'false';
}
else {
echo "<p class=\"border red\">Message failed to be accepted by the Mail system. <br /><span class=\"bold\">Please send the message to $site_email from your own email program.</span> <br />The site has been sent a report of the mail system failure, but not the contents of the message.<br /> Be certain to alter the permissions of the message data file to at minimum '666'.<br />We will endevour to correct the problem immediately.</p>";
unset($_POST);$_POST['posted'] = 'false';
}
};
?>
<form action="<?php $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<?php if (!isset($_POST['posted'])) { echo '<p><strong>All</strong> fields are required.</p>';} ?>
<fieldset><legend>Personal Information</legend>
<div class="notes">
<h4>Personal Information</h4>
<p class="last">Please enter your name and a valid email address, then your message.<br />
We will never sell or disclose your email address to anyone. </p>
</div>
<div class="required">
<label for="first_name">First Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" class="inputText" size="20" maxlength="40" value="<?php echo $_POST['first_name'] ?>" />
</div>
<div class="hidden">
<input type="hidden" name="posted" value="true" />
</div>
<div class="required">
<label for="last_name">Last Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="last_name" id="last_name" class="inputText" size="20" maxlength="40" value="<?php echo $_POST['last_name'] ?>" />
</div>
<div class="required">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" class="inputText" size="40" maxlength="100" value="<?php echo $_POST['email'] ?>" />
</div>
<fieldset>
<div class="required wide">
<label for="note_wide">Your Message:</label>
<textarea name="note_wide" id="note_wide" class="inputTextarea" rows="6" cols="55"><?php echo $_POST['note_wide'] ?></textarea>
<br />
<small>We would love to get your feedback or any comments on your experience with us.</small>
</div>
</fieldset>
<fieldset>
<div class="submit">
<div>
<input type="submit" class="inputSubmit" value="Submit »" />
<input type="reset" class="inputSubmit" value="Reset Form" />
</div>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
Instead of having an automatic redirect, there is a message which displays the results of the form handling and if successful, a link to return to a defined page. It does require a client to interact with the page on completion, but it also provides them with an indication of the results of this Form submission, so there is a trade-off. In addition to sending an email, it also writes a message to a data file which I have a script to print-out, so if you want that, please send me a message and I'll provide it, too.
