Comments on: Processing Forms with PHP, a Beginner’s Guide

By: KJ

KJ — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:14:37 +0000

Thanks for the reply. It turns out the host uses a “global” PHP.ini file. All I needed to do was move a copy it into my domain folder and make modifications there to override some settings.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Tue, 11 May 2010 21:09:30 +0000

@KJ The simple answer is to be sure to include an email “From:” header in the headers area of the mail() function. That’s described above in the example — in the place where it says “From: YourSurvey ” you’d substitute your desired From: address.

There is, however, a more complicated answer — on some server configurations, PHP doesn’t automatically deliver from the From: header just because you’ve told it to. Here’s a brief FAQ discussing some of your options: Problem with PHP mail From header.

By: KJ

KJ — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:46:27 +0000

Well written guide. This has helped clear up some questions I have. One thing I have been unable to clear up, (and I’m probably not searching the correct phrase) - when an autoreply is sent to the person who filled out the form, or the information from the form is mailed to a recipient, how do I make sure that “From” is an email address for the domain, and not a generic one created by the host?

TIA

By: Ravi Kumar Jangra

Ravi Kumar Jangra — Sat, 01 May 2010 05:48:25 +0000

Nice Form Submitions Example Realy

Sir, how can we call the submitted values that rare stored in (survey.csv) file on a HTML, PHP file to display what the submitins the visitor has provide.

plz let me know as soon as you go through this Comment.

or u can just mail me : rsuitor@yahoo.com, when the code is coocked.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:10:25 +0000

I’d recommend using PHP to report your errors rather than attempting to write JavaScript alerts as a result. What you’ve done here won’t do anything, because there’s no trigger on the events. If you simply what you’re echoing with plain text: echo "I am sorry, we need your First name, Lastname, and E-mail to process this form"; it would be more effective.

By: Marc

Marc — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 16:17:14 +0000

The basic pf your tutorial:
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
// This variable is to choose which type of processing you're using.
$mode = "email"; // or "csv" or "email"
// These set your initial variables.
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
// it's good planning to set your variables explicitly before setting them programatically.
// EMPTY FIELD CHECK
if( (empty($firstname)) || (empty($lastname)) || (empty($email) ))
{
echo 'alert(“I am sorry we need: First Name, Last Name and E-mail.”);’;
echo ‘history.back(1);’;
exit;
} /* EMPTY FIELD CHECK */
$error = FALSE;
if ($email == “none”) {
$error = TRUE;
}
if (isset($firstname) && isset($lastname) && isset($email) && $error == FALSE) {
$process = TRUE;
} else {
$process = FALSE;
}
once everything is filled in the form re-directs correctly, I just do not get the warning message to come up.

By: Joe Dolson

Joe Dolson — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:42:58 +0000

Well, what are you doing? What’s the actual code you’re using to create a required field?

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:13:05 +0000

Hi, works well, but I keep getting a syntax error when I try to create required field. What am I missing. Thanks

By: Petruha2

Petruha2 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:12:05 +0000

So the curious portal style of site. What CMS do you use ?

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:34:44 +0000

Hiya, found this article as it’s quite helpful. In the past I have created forms using HTML and then using PHP to process them. As I’m a beginner I am still learning ways of validating user input but so far quite fun! Thx