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New Every Day · 12-21-2006, 10:49 PM

Howdy All,

I've only delved into Web Development a little bit. I generally use Dreamweaver (please no flames on that). I can create a form to gather information, but I'd like to then e-mail that form to a pre-determined address.

What kind of progamming language do I need to learn in order to do this? ASP? PHP?

Thanks!

Godspeed,
Ed

Jill · 12-21-2006, 11:04 PM

There are a ton of free form scripts available online that should do the trick for you.

Michael Chui · 12-22-2006, 01:42 AM

As Jill says, nearly every web-based language out there has an in-built function to let you send emails. Here's a PHP example.

form.html

Code:

<form action="email.php" method="post">
<textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="msg">Text goes here</textarea>
<input type="submit">
</form>

email.php

Code:

<?php

mail("someone@example.com", "Email From the Form", $_POST['msg']);

?>Thanks for your email. Have a nice day.

escapee · 12-22-2006, 02:42 AM

You may also find the anti hack function of tamingthebeast helpful . I use it to stop the hackers from insering malicious code into the form .

boris · 12-24-2006, 12:40 PM

FormMail is pretty good PHP script in a single file to do just that:

Jack's Scripts: Formmail.php

12-21-2006, 10:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
New Every Day Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Western PA Posts: 19	Form to Email Info Howdy All, I've only delved into Web Development a little bit. I generally use Dreamweaver (please no flames on that). I can create a form to gather information, but I'd like to then e-mail that form to a pre-determined address. What kind of progamming language do I need to learn in order to do this? ASP? PHP? Thanks! Godspeed, Ed

12-22-2006, 01:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
Michael Chui Family Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 3,977	As Jill says, nearly every web-based language out there has an in-built function to let you send emails. Here's a PHP example. form.html Code: <form action="email.php" method="post"> <textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="msg">Text goes here</textarea> <input type="submit"> </form> email.php Code: <?php mail("someone@example.com", "Email From the Form", $_POST['msg']); ?>Thanks for your email. Have a nice day.

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Jill Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ashland, MA Posts: 481	There are a ton of free form scripts available online that should do the trick for you.

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