Need Help With a Form on a Website

I am new to PHP and only know the very basics of website design etc.

I would like to put a form on a website, were people can fill in their
details if they want someone to get in contact with them etc - but to
have those details sent to an e-mail address.

I've tried a few free ones, but this is for a business so im not sure
if i should use those (some have the credit links at the bottom etc).

With the free one, it gave me 2 codes - one for html and one php. I've
got the html one in the page and it shows up fine.

How to i get the php part to work? When i click sumbit, it takes me to
a page where it shows the enter script/code.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Is there any other way to set up a form? I read online that it is not
a good idea to use the "mailto" because it doesn't always work.

Re: Need Help With a Form on a Website

capturedspirit@gmail.com wrote:
> I am new to PHP and only know the very basics of website design etc.
>
> I would like to put a form on a website, were people can fill in their
> details if they want someone to get in contact with them etc - but to
> have those details sent to an e-mail address.
>
> I've tried a few free ones, but this is for a business so im not sure
> if i should use those (some have the credit links at the bottom etc).
>
> With the free one, it gave me 2 codes - one for html and one php. I've
> got the html one in the page and it shows up fine.
>
> How to i get the php part to work? When i click sumbit, it takes me to
> a page where it shows the enter script/code.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Is there any other way to set up a form? I read online that it is not
> a good idea to use the "mailto" because it doesn't always work.
>
>

Ensure your server is set up to use PHP. And that the PHP page has a
file extension of .php (NOT .html!).

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Re: Need Help With a Form on a Website

Thanks. I'll check with our IT Support if our server has it.

If it has it, does it automatically pick up the php document?

It definatly more complicated than i thought it was going to be
(creating a form!) I think i need to start from scratch as online
generators/free ones have links back to their site, and adds etc -
since its going on a business/company website, it wont look any good.

thanks again.

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On Oct 24, 10:51 am, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> capturedspi...@gmail.com wrote:
> > I am new to PHP and only know the very basics of website design etc.
>
> > I would like to put a form on a website, were people can fill in their
> > details if they want someone to get in contact with them etc - but to
> > have those details sent to an e-mail address.
>
> > I've tried a few free ones, but this is for a business so im not sure
> > if i should use those (some have the credit links at the bottom etc).
>
> > With the free one, it gave me 2 codes - one for html and one php. I've
> > got the html one in the page and it shows up fine.
>
> > How to i get the php part to work? When i click sumbit, it takes me to
> > a page where it shows the enter script/code.
>
> > Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> > Is there any other way to set up a form? I read online that it is not
> > a good idea to use the "mailto" because it doesn't always work.
>
> Ensure your server is set up to use PHP. And that the PHP page has a
> file extension of .php (NOT .html!).
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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>
> - Show quoted text -

Re: Need Help With a Form on a Website

capturedspirit@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks. I'll check with our IT Support if our server has it.
>
> If it has it, does it automatically pick up the php document?
>
> It definatly more complicated than i thought it was going to be
> (creating a form!) I think i need to start from scratch as online
> generators/free ones have links back to their site, and adds etc -
> since its going on a business/company website, it wont look any good.
>
> thanks again.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------ ------
>
> On Oct 24, 10:51 am, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>> capturedspi...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> I am new to PHP and only know the very basics of website design etc.
>>> I would like to put a form on a website, were people can fill in their
>>> details if they want someone to get in contact with them etc - but to
>>> have those details sent to an e-mail address.
>>> I've tried a few free ones, but this is for a business so im not sure
>>> if i should use those (some have the credit links at the bottom etc).
>>> With the free one, it gave me 2 codes - one for html and one php. I've
>>> got the html one in the page and it shows up fine.
>>> How to i get the php part to work? When i click sumbit, it takes me to
>>> a page where it shows the enter script/code.
>>> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>>> Is there any other way to set up a form? I read online that it is not
>>> a good idea to use the "mailto" because it doesn't always work.
>> Ensure your server is set up to use PHP. And that the PHP page has a
>> file extension of .php (NOT .html!).
>>
>> --
>> ==================
>> Remove the "x" from my email address
>> Jerry Stuckle
>> JDS Computer Training Corp.
>> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
>

I think you need to learn HTML and PHP.

If you're going to do professional websites, HTML is a must. And PHP or
some other server-side language is pretty much required, also. You'll
probably need javascript, also.

Don't count on generators or free script to do the work for you.
They're OK for the casual website, but not a company one.

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Remove the "x" from my email address
Jerry Stuckle
JDS Computer Training Corp.
jstucklex@attglobal.net
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Re: Need Help With a Form on a Website

Thanks. I know basic html but haven't done it in a while, so i'll need
to refresh.

The company website is all created etc, i just need to add a page with
a form that people can fill in and the data sent to an e-mail
address.

thanks again.


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On Oct 24, 11:31 am, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> capturedspi...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Thanks. I'll check with our IT Support if our server has it.
>
> > If it has it, does it automatically pick up the php document?
>
> > It definatly more complicated than i thought it was going to be
> > (creating a form!) I think i need to start from scratch as online
> > generators/free ones have links back to their site, and adds etc -
> > since its going on a business/company website, it wont look any good.
>
> > thanks again.
>
> > ------------------------------------------------------------ ------
>
> > On Oct 24, 10:51 am, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> >> capturedspi...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>> I am new to PHP and only know the very basics of website design etc.
> >>> I would like to put a form on a website, were people can fill in their
> >>> details if they want someone to get in contact with them etc - but to
> >>> have those details sent to an e-mail address.
> >>> I've tried a few free ones, but this is for a business so im not sure
> >>> if i should use those (some have the credit links at the bottom etc).
> >>> With the free one, it gave me 2 codes - one for html and one php. I've
> >>> got the html one in the page and it shows up fine.
> >>> How to i get the php part to work? When i click sumbit, it takes me to
> >>> a page where it shows the enter script/code.
> >>> Any help would be very much appreciated.
> >>> Is there any other way to set up a form? I read online that it is not
> >>> a good idea to use the "mailto" because it doesn't always work.
> >> Ensure your server is set up to use PHP. And that the PHP page has a
> >> file extension of .php (NOT .html!).
>
> >> --
> >> ==================
> >> Remove the "x" from my email address
> >> Jerry Stuckle
> >> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> >> jstuck...@attglobal.net
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> I think you need to learn HTML and PHP.
>
> If you're going to do professional websites, HTML is a must. And PHP or
> some other server-side language is pretty much required, also. You'll
> probably need javascript, also.
>
> Don't count on generators or free script to do the work for you.
> They're OK for the casual website, but not a company one.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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