Re: How to process data from forms

At 01:06 19.11.2002, one_gundam_war spoke out and said: --------------------[snip]-------------------- >Ok. I am kind of new to PHP, but I have a question. I have a site, and it You've got a lot of questions then I'm sure :) Ok, let's start: >has a system where people can apply. However, the mailto: system >seems like >it would be too much of a hassle, and I don't want to make users skip it >just because they use webmail. > >So, does anyone know how to make the values in a form either automatically >get e-mailed to an address (as in you just hit "submit" and it does it. does >not involve the client's e-mail addy) or to write it to a data file (which I >can then check and see individual responses in). If you submit a form to a PHP script, the form variables are accessible in a global associative array ($_GET for forms using the GET method, $_POST for post forms, or $_REQUEST for both). You can easily hand these variables to either an SQL statement, or to the mail() function for further processing. Assume this little form: <form action="mailform.php" method="post"> Enter your name here: <input type="text" name="name"><br> What is your demand? <textarea name="demand"></textarea><br> <input type="submit" value="send it up"> </form> When the user clicks on "Send it up", your script named "mailform.php" gets executed and can process the data: -------------------------------------------- <?php // put the stuff into SQL $sql = 'insert into mytable (name, demand) values (\'' . str_replace('\'', '\'\'', $_POST['name']) . '\',' . str_replace('\'', '\'\'', $_POST['demand']) . '\')'; // mail that stuff to me mail('me@mydomain.com', 'Form received from Webuser', 'Name: '.$_POST['name']."\n\nDemand: ".$_POST['demand']."\n\n" . 'Yours sincerely, ' . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?> <h1>Thanks for klicking that button!</h1> --------------------------------------------- This is of course kinda crude, untested, etc etc etc, but I hope you get the basic idea. http://www.php.net/manual/en/ is a great place to look up anything you need. -- >O Ernest E. Vogelsinger (\) ICQ #13394035 ^ http://www.vogelsinger.at/