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HTML HELP? How to send form by e-mail??

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All I know is basic HTML and CSS. I am making a simple contact us form but how in the world can I make it so that when the user fills out everything, and clicks the submit button, the form gets sent to an e-mail address I specified?? I don't want to do mailto:someone@somewhere.com because that opens your e-mail. I just need the user to click submit and thats it, like all the other forms on the internet.

Please explain clearly how I can do this. I need this URGENT! Thanks.

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Couple of ways. The PHP Mail Function has already been described.

The other method is using a CGI script. Most servers already have them put together, you simply need to find them, and follow the instructions on using them. If your server does NOT provide a CGI Form Mailer in their package, you can write one all by yourself. It really isn't as difficult as you might imagine. Full instructions can be found here:

http://www.elated.com/articles/writing-a...

That one is all you would need...simple and easy to use.

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You need to use the PHP mail function. PHP is a server-side language, which means not all web hosts come with PHP installed.

Find a web host that offers PHP, and make a new file called send.php.

Put this in it:

<?php

$to = "someone@example.com";

$subject = "Test mail";

$message = "Hello! This is a simple email message.";

$from = "someonelse@example.com";

$headers = "From: $from";

mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);

echo "Mail Sent.";

?>

Save it, then make a new file called mail.html:

<html>

<body>

<?php

if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))

//if "email" is filled out, send email

  {

  //send email

  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

  $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;

  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

  mail( "someone@example.com", "Subject: $subject",

  $message, "From: $email" );

  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";

  }

else

//if "email" is not filled out, display the form

  {

  echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>

  Email: <input name='email' type='text' />

  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' />

  Message:

  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>

  </textarea>

  <input type='submit' />

  </form>";

  }

?>

</body>

</html>

Save that, then view mail.html. This should send to someone@example.com (or whatever you changed it to).
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Here is another low tech resource for you. Maybe not the best solution, but you can try it.

http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?...
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I did this mail form for class. You would change the method to method="get" and action="email@yahoo.com" for example. Change the fields to whatever you want.

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="register1.php">



  <div align="center">

    <table width="74%" border="1">

      <tr>

        <td width="34%" valign="top"><div align="left">FULL NAME:</div></td>

        <td width="66%" valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="name" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">STREET ADDRESS: </div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="address" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">CITY:</div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="city" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">STATE/PROVINCE:</div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="state" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">COUNTRY:</div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="country" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">ZIP/POSTAL CODE: </div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="zip" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">FULL PHONE NUMBER: </div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="phone" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">SERVICES REQUESTED: </div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="service" />

            </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

      <tr>

        <td valign="top"><div align="left">OTHER: </div></td>

        <td valign="top"><label>

          <div align="right">

            <input type="text" name="other">

          </div>

        </label></td>

      </tr>

    </table>

  </div>

  <p align="center"><input name="Register" type="submit" id="Register" value="Register" />

    <input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset" /></p>

</form>

Other sources:

http://www.mycontactform.com/

http://www.response-o-matic.com/

www.emailmeform.com
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