This is a very simple tutorial, yet work like a charm and does all the things it needs to do. First of all, here's the code:
| <?
$subject = $_POST['subject']; // This is will be the subject of the email $email = $_POST['email']; $comments = $_POST['comments']; $submit = $_POST['submit']; if($submit) { // Replace name@host.com with your email address! mail("name@host.com", "$subject", "$email", "$comments"); } ?> |
Save it as contact.php
Lets break it down. The variables gather the information from the forms and make it a cleaner code. The if($submit) tells the mail(); function that it can send the email. It helps to keep it from sending annonymous emails to your email address.
You have to change the name@host.com to your email address to be able to get the email from the user. The rest is fine do not change, unless you need to.
Now for the forms!
| <form method="post" action="contact.php">
Subject:<br /> <input type="text" name="subject" size="20"><br /> Email:<br /><input type="text" name="email" size="20"><br /> Comments:<br /><textarea cols="20" rows="5" name="comment"></textarea><br /> <input type="submit" value=" Submit "> </form> |
which will produce the following
This is really simple, I should not have to explain it. Leave the name fields alone, unless you need to. You can change the size too.
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