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davidpolitis
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(php) Contact Us form

Hi, for some reason this contact form that I'm working on won't work, can someone please try to fix it?

contact.php:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Messenger Crap - Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action="sendmail.php" method="POST">

Name: <br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Email:<br />
<input type="text" name="email" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Message:
<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Send" style='width:100px;' />

<input type="reset" value="Clear" style='width:100px;' />
</form>

</body>
</html>

sendmail.php:

<?php
/*Here we are going to declare the variables*/
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
//Save visitor name and entered message into one variable:
$formcontent="VISITOR NAME: $name\n\nFEEDBACK: $message";
$recipient = "msgcrap@live.com";
$subject = "Contact Us - Messenger Crap";
$mailheader = "From: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader) or die("Failure!");
echo "Thank You!";
?>

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Or could someone maybe please try make another one?

This post was edited on 11-13-2006 at 09:18 AM by davidpolitis.

11-13-2006 07:24 AM

WDZ
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RE: (php) Contact Us form

Well, the script sucks, and it's not secure, but I'm going to ignore that.

What happens when you try to send a message?

11-13-2006 05:34 PM

davidpolitis
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O.P. RE: (php) Contact Us form

Yer, lol.

Well, the sendmail.php script works, but when I try to send an email using contact.php is just doesn't send anything

11-13-2006 07:37 PM

Nathan
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Yeah, "large dimensions" ;)

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RE: (php) Contact Us form

Make this into one file:

code:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
/*Here we are going to declare the variables*/
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
//Save visitor name and entered message into one variable:
$formcontent="VISITOR NAME: $name\n\nFEEDBACK: $message";
$recipient = "msgcrap@live.com";
$subject = "Contact Us - Messenger Crap";
$mailheader = "From: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader) or die("Failure!");
echo "Thank You!";
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Messenger Crap - Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action=" " method="POST">

Name: <br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Emailbr />
<input type="text" name="email" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Message:
<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Send" style='width:100px;' />

<input type="reset" value="Clear" style='width:100px;' />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login" />
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="TRUE" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

I have not tested this but it should work.

This post was edited on 11-13-2006 at 08:11 PM by Nathan.

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11-13-2006 07:57 PM

foaly
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RE: (php) Contact Us form

quote:
Originally posted by Nathan
Make this into one file:

code:
<?php
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
/*Here we are going to declare the variables*/
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
//Save visitor name and entered message into one variable:
$formcontent="VISITOR NAME: $name\n\nFEEDBACK: $message";
$recipient = "msgcrap@live.com";
$subject = "Contact Us - Messenger Crap";
$mailheader = "From: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "Reply-To: $email\r\n";
$mailheader .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader) or die("Failure!");
echo "Thank You!";
i would let it die here...that looks better...
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Messenger Crap - Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action=" " method="POST">

Name: <br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Emailbr />
<input type="text" name="email" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Message:
<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<p>
<input type="submit" value="Send" style='width:100px;' />

<input type="reset" value="Clear" style='width:100px;' />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Login" />
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="TRUE" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

I have not tested this but it should work.

11-14-2006 12:10 AM

davidpolitis
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O.P. RE: (php) Contact Us form

Thanks heaps, but for some reason it does not show the message I type in.

EDIT: I found a working contact script & edited it, yay!

Got any ideas to make the code below more secure?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$to = "msgcrap@live.com";
$subject = "Messenger Crap - Contact Us";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message\n";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);

}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Messenger Crap - Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action=" " method="POST">

Name: <br />
<input type="text" name="name" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Email

br />
<input type="text" name="email" size="35" />
<p>
</p>
<p>
</p>

Message:
<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="4" cols="40"></textarea>
<br />
<p>

<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit" style='width:100px;' />

<input type="reset" value="Clear" style='width:100px;' />

</form>

</body>
</html>

This post was edited on 11-14-2006 at 05:23 AM by davidpolitis.

11-14-2006 04:51 AM

surfichris
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Joined: Mar 2002

RE: (php) Contact Us form

You need to ensure you're only accepting valid email addresses.

http://www.totallyphp.co.uk/code/validate_an_emai...ar_expressions.htm

It's also vulnerable to spam - people can continue to resubmit it etc.

I'd recommend implementing freecap, a PHP based Captcha library. A captcha is basically a server generated image containing a string that the user is required to enter before they can perform an action - protects against automated submissions etc.

freecap: http://www.puremango.co.uk/cm_php_captcha_script_113.php

11-16-2006 12:19 PM

davidpolitis
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Joined: Aug 2006

O.P. RE: (php) Contact Us form

Yer, thnx. I'm gonna try to make it better during the holdays because end of year exams are coming up.

Also, does anyone know how to make the sender of the email be the email address the person typed in?

This post was edited on 11-17-2006 at 05:21 AM by davidpolitis.

11-17-2006 05:19 AM

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