Need help with processing forms

Report · Jan 14, 2010

Hello,

I have a simple form that people use to vote with. It has two questions, each with 3 radio buttons. i.e.:

What is your favorite color?

Red

Blue

Green

What is your favorite pet?

Dog

Cat

Fish

I have no trouble building the form itself but how do I get the data? I know I can use the "mailto" function on the submit button but do I really want to sort through and count 100 different emails? I have searched and read TONS of different turtorials on this and can't figure out how to collect the votes.

Can someone please point me in the correct direction? Should I be using PHP, ASP???

I admit, while I can build the form, I have never delved into the other side of this so I am LOST!

I posted this elsewhere and someone suggested to post it here so here I am. I have since read that ASP is dying so I guess I won't go that route.

Thank you.

Report · Jan 14, 2010

Can someone please point me in the correct direction? Should I be using PHP, ASP???

Yes, you'll need a server-side script (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, ...) to process the form data and send the results to you:

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/form>

Of course, it implies your server must support a server-side technology

Report · Jan 17, 2010

Yes, you'll need a server-side script (PHP, ASP, ColdFusion, ...) to process the form data and send the results to you:

...

/form>

I HAVE that information in there, someone also mentioned making sure that my file extention is php. Is that for BOTH files (the form and the form_process) or just the form_process?

Report · Jan 17, 2010

Only pages that contain php code need to have a php extension. That means the page with the processing script for sure. It doesn't exclude the form page but I would guess that you have not added any php script to the form page itself. If that's the case, then it does not need a php extension. If it is not working, then you need to provide more details, starting with any error message you are getting. You should also post the script.