formtoemail

Form to email example
A basic form to email snippet.

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Form to email example

This is a basic form to emailer in PHP. It requires a html form with a 4 text boxes named: 'name','phone','email','message'.

Like all PHP on sloppycode.net this example was made in PHP 3.x or 4, so unfortunately isn't guaranteed to be error free anymore.

<?
if (!empty($HTTP_POST_VARS))
{
   $now = date("D dS M h:m:s");

// Set these variables according to your details
   $toAddress = "youraddress@yourdomain.com";
   $subject = "Contact Form Information";
   $website = "http://www.yourdomain.com";

// Form information. 
   // Change HTTP_POST_VARS to HTTP_GET_VARS if the form uses GET as its method
   $formEmail   = $HTTP_POST_VARS['email'];
   $formName    = $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];
   $formPhone   = $HTTP_POST_VARS['phone'];
   $formMessage = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];

// Email message
   $message  = "Here is information submitted on the contact page at\n";
   $message .= $website." on ".$now."\n";
   $message .= "Name : ".$fromName."\n";
   $message .= "Phone :".$formPhone."\n";
   $message .= "Email: ".$formEmail."\n";
   $message .= "Comments:\n";
   $message .= $formMessage."\n";

$bMailSent = mail($toAddress,$subject,$message);
   if (!$bMailSent){
      "Unable to send email";
   } else{
      // Customise this for the 'thank you' page after the form has been submitted
      echo "Your details have been sent";
   }

}
?>