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Using PHP To Create E-Mail Feedback Forms

If you are writing your site in php, you can still use a form to allow your visitors to send email to you. Below is some code you can cut and paste into your code and edit it as necessary. The comments will help you edit the code.

<?php
// ***** EDIT THESE ITEMS AS DIRECTED *****

// Put your email address here so it gets sent to you
$your_mail = "YOURNAME@YOURDOMAIN.COM";

// This is the contact form. Edit ONLY within designated area.
$contact_form = <<<FORM_HTML
      
      <table border="0">
        <tr><td align="right" valign="top">Name:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="visitorname" size="50"></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="right" valign="top">E-Mail Address:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="email" size="50"></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="right" valign="top">Subject:</td>
        <td><input type="text" name="subject" size="50"></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="right" valign="top">Comments:</td>
        <td><textarea wrap="soft" name="message" cols="50" rows="8"></textarea></td></tr>
        <tr><td align="center" colspan="2">
        <input type="submit" value="Send">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="reset"></td></tr>
      </table>
      
FORM_HTML;

// ***** END FIRST EDITABLE AREA: SEE BELOW FOR MORE *****

if (isset($_POST["action"])) {
    $br = "<br /><br />";

// Read the form data into variables
    $name    = $_POST['visitorname'];
    $email   = $_POST['email'];
    $subject = $_POST['subject'];
    $message = $_POST['message'];

// ***** EDIT THESE ITEMS AS DIRECTED *****

// This is the message you want people to see when the mail is sent.
    // Please leave in the <br><br>\n for proper formatting.
    $msgSuccess = "Thank you for your email. I'll read it as soon as I can.<br><br>\n";

// Change HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM to the URL of the page you want to
    // take them when clicking the "Back to Home Page" link.
    // Please leave in the <br>\n for proper formatting.
    // When creating links, do not use quotes, use single quotes like:
    // <a href='HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM'> instead of <a href="HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM">
    $msgSuccess .= "<a href='HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM'>Back to Home Page</a><br>\n";

// This is the message you want people to see if mail was unable to be sent.
    // Please leave in the <br><br>\n for proper formatting.
    $msgFail = "Sorry, your email could not be sent.<br><br>\n";

// Change HTTP://CGI.YOURDOMAIN.COM/CONTACT.PHP to the URL of the page 
    // you want to take them when clicking the "Try again here" link.
    // Please leave in the <br>\n for proper formatting.
    // When creating links, do not use quotes, use single quotes like:
    // <a href='HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM'> instead of <a href="HTTP://YOURDOMAIN.COM">
    $msgFail .= "<a href='HTTP://CGI.YOURDOMAIN.COM/CONTACT.PHP'>Try again here</a><br>\n";

// ***** END FIRST EDITABLE AREA: SEE BELOW FOR MORE *****

// The mail headers
    $mail_headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
    $mail_headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
    $mail_headers .= "From: " . $your_mail . "\n";
    $mail_headers .= "X-Mailer: " . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];

// ***** EDIT MESSAGE AS DIRECTED *****

// Prepare Message:
    // Edit or add to $form_data to include any additional form field data.
    // To add line breaks, add $br as in:
    // $formdata = "Visitor Name: " . $visitor_name . $br;
    $form_data = "Visitor Email: " . $email;

// ***** END LAST EDITABLE AREA *****

// Send Mail
    $message = $form_data . $br . $message;
    if (!headers_sent()) { header("Pragma: no-cache"); }
    if(mail($your_mail, stripslashes($subject), stripslashes($message), $mail_headers)){ print $msgSuccess; } else { print $msgFail; }
} else {
    if (!headers_sent()) { header("Pragma: no-cache"); }
    print "<form method=\"post\" action=\"" . $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']. "\">\n";
    print "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"action\" value=\"send_mail\">\n";
    print $contact_form . "\n";
    print "</form>\n";
}
?>