To start with just a simple contact form that is secure. |
Do you want the contact form to email or post to a database? Here is a script that emails the response. Take everything that follows and paste it into a blank file. Follow the given instructions. This script must be run on a remote server that contains a mail server. It will not run on your local computer.
<?php
// Name this file contact.php
// Be sure to change the value of $to to your own email address
// Be sure to name the file contact.php
// the next line only runs the processing script if the form has been submitted.
// the next line makes sure the email address is actually an email address
// The "!" at the beginning means do the following if the email address is NOT true. Remove the "!" and it would mean IF IS TRUE
if (!filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'email', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){
$message="Please provide a correct email address";} else {
// strip_tags is a PHP function that removes all tags from a block of text. For instance harmful script could be injected in the form fields by a hacker. strip_tags will remove such scripts.
$name = strip_tags($_POST['name']);
$company_name = strip_tags($_POST['company_name']);
$telephone = strip_tags($_POST['telephone']);
$email = $_POST['email'];
$comments = strip_tags($_POST['comments']);
$to = 'your@emailaddress.com';
$subject = 'Contact form submitted.';
$body = $name. "\n" .$comments;
$headers = 'From: ' .$email;
// This is the line that actually mails the form data. The PHP function is simply mail(). The function needs to know:
// who to send to
// what the subject line should be
// what the email should consist of
// headers can include various info, but in this case just includes the email address of the sender
// Note that if the email does not send, a message is returned to notify the user of the failure.
if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
echo 'Thanks for contacting us. We\'ll be in touch soon!';
} else {
$message = 'Sorry an error occurred. Please try again later.';
}
}
?>
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php echo "<p style='color:red'>$message</p>"; ?>
<div class="contact_form">
<form id="contactform" action="contact.php" method="post">
<p>Name:<br/><input name="name" type="text" required /></p>
<p>Company Name: <br/><input name="company_name" type="text" required/></p>
<p>Telephone: <br/><input name="telephone" type="tel" required/></p>
<p>Email: <br/><input name="email" type="email" required/></p>
<p>Comments: <br/><textarea name="comments" required/> </textarea></p>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send!"/>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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