Re: Coding for email response forms

"Shawn McKenzie" <> wrote in message news:A0.87.62571.3D92E794@pb1.pair.com... > Tom wrote: >> My Hosting site said that I needed to include the PHP otherwise the form >> won't work. I need to know where to include my email info to get this set >> up >> don't I? What do you suggest? >> T >> "Daniel Brown" <danbrown@php.net> wrote in message >> news:ab5568160901261259p6d6442a4ya5ea4134025e5f50@mail.gmail.com... >> ��™�����'� >>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 15:57, Tom <obelix16@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> I am a new user of PHP, and am using Dreamweaver CS3 for the webpages. >>>> The >>>> following page has my form but the submit button is not working >>>> properly. >>>> http://www.richlandmtg.com/contacts.html >>>> What code is needed and where does it get placed in the page.? I >>>> thought >>>> CS3 >>>> took care of this. >>> Tom, >>> >>> This issue has nothing at all to do with PHP. This is all client >>> side (JavaScript and HTML). >>> >>> -- >>> </Daniel P. Brown> >>> daniel.brown@parasane.net || danbrown@php.net >>> http://www.parasane.net/ || >>> http://www.pilotpig.net/ >>> Unadvertised dedicated server deals, too low to print - email me to find >>> out! >> >> > > What you have now is a form that when submitted sends the data to > itself. So you either need to include some php in this file to gather > up the data and email it when submitted, or submit to another file that > does that. > > > -- > Thanks! > -Shawn > http://www.spidean.com Shawn, So would that look something like this: <? if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") { // Just to be safe, I strip out HTML tags $realname = strip_tags($realname); $email = strip_tags($email); $feedback = strip_tags($feedback); // set the variables // replace $me@mysite.com with your email $sendto = "$me@mysite.com"; $subject = "Sending Email Feedback From My Website"; $message = "$realname, $email\n\n$feedback"; // send the email mail($sendto, $subject, $message); } ?>