PERFECT

PHP E-mail Receive Form Electronic Content Text

There are a number of ways you can process an HTML web form to capture information entered by someone visiting your web site. PHP, with its built-in e-mail function, offers one of the simplest ways to capture such user data. And PHP is rapidly gaining in popularity, so it's easy to find a web hosting company that supports PHP.

Very Basic PHP Script

PERFECT is a small and efficient PHP script that processes an HTML web form and sends the information in an e-mail message to a predefined recipient.

Automatic Field Detection:
Searches the form ("post" data) to find all input fields so that you can modify the HTML web form without having to change the PHP script.

User Host and Browser:
Message includes user's host and browser information.

Hidden E-Mail Address:
E-mail address used by the script is hidden for your protection.

Safe E-Mail Content:
Content of message is stripped of special characters in the off chance that someone attempts to submit malicious content.

Easy Configuration:
Script is easily configured by editing the setup variables at the top of the script.

No Cost:
You are free to use and modify the PERFECT script as you like (it's open source).

Emphasis has been placed on simplicity and reusability rather than on complex features. Think of PERFECT as the "Hello, World" version of PHP web form processing.

PERFECT Script: feedback.php

<?php //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // PERFECT // // ------- // // PHP E-mail Receive Form Electronic Content Text // // File: feedback.php // // Version: 1.8 (April 21, 2008) // // Description: Processes a web form to read the user input // // and then send the data to a predefined recipient. You // // are free to use and modify this script as you like. // // Instructions: Go to "http://www.centerkey.com/php". // // License: Public Domain Software // // // // Center Key Software * www.centerkey.com * Dem Pilafian // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Configuration Settings $SendFrom = "Form Feedback <feedback@yourdomain.com>"; $SendTo = "feedback@yourdomain.com"; $SubjectLine = "Feedback Submission"; $ThanksURL = "thanks.html"; //confirmation page // Build Message Body from Web Form Input foreach ($_POST as $Field=>$Value) $MsgBody .= "$Field: $Value\n"; $MsgBody .= "\n" . @gethostbyaddr($_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"]) . "\n" . $_SERVER["HTTP_USER_AGENT"]; $MsgBody = htmlspecialchars($MsgBody, ENT_NOQUOTES); //make safe // Send E-Mail and Direct Browser to Confirmation Page mail($SendTo, $SubjectLine, $MsgBody, "From: $SendFrom"); header("Location: $ThanksURL"); ?>

Sample HTML Web Form

<html> <head> <title>Comment Page</title> </head> <body> <form method=post action="feedback.php"> Your Name: <input type=text name="Name" size=25><br> Your E-Mail: <input type=text name="EMail" size=30><br> Your Comment: <textarea name="Comment" rows=4 cols=30></textarea><br> <input type=submit value="Submit Feedback"> </form> </body> </html>

Sample Feedback Message

To: feedback@yourdomain.com Subject: Feedback Submission From: Form Feedback <feedback@yourdomain.com> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 17:07:26 -0400 Name: Susie EMail: sample@yahoo.com Comment: I wish your web site offered search by brand. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.6) Gecko Firefox/1.0 8214.dsl.isp.net

Instructions (Tutorial)

To use PERFECT on your web site:

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Download the PERFECT script and save it as "feedback.php".
Edit the configuration settings in the script to send e-mail to yourself.
Upload the "feedback.php" file to your web server.
Update the "action" attribute of your HTML form to submit (post) to "feedback.php".

To keep things simple, put the "feedback.php" file into the same folder as your HTML file. Check out the Troubleshotting Tips and FAQ if you encounter any problems or want more information.

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Style sheets (CSS) make it much easier to customize the colors and layout of your web form. Here's the HTML code with styles for the above form.

Special thanks to Greg for his technical advice in creating PERFECT.

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"Dude! I spent months trying to get so many damn forms to work... Register Global issues, re-direct page issues etc... This script is legendary! Thank you!"
A., October 2, 2009

"Thanks pal, tried a few and none of them worked but this one was brilliant. Thanks again!"
J., September 30, 2009

"This is easy and great - the best and most intuitive form script I ever used. Thank you!"
D., September 25, 2009

"This is ideal! There's dozens out there but most are bloated, feature-strangled, and a whole lot less flexible than the programmer imagined them to be. 5 peppers at hotscripts."
J., May 20, 2009

"GENIUSSSSSS!!!!! Just a PERFECT script"
D.T., April 8, 2009

"This is awesome saves so much time."
M.C., April 7, 2009

"Many thanks. I never thought to solve my message problems with a so short but very efficient script."
A.B., March 7, 2009

"Very easy and straight foward Tutorial. Thanks alot"
C., February 27, 2009

"awesome, this actually works and is simple to understand unlike others... well done and thanks for letting me have this for free, [people like you save me alot of head scratching. thanks again"
R., February 16, 2009

"Thanks for this script! Works great for me its simple but it does the job! Thank You!"
R., February 10, 2009

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A., February 8, 2009

"FANTASTIC SCRIPT! I love you! thank you :-) long live to you"
V., January 14, 2009

"This is the best Form to Email script I have found simple but very good!"
C.E., December 29, 2008

"Merci beaucoup pour votre superbe script. Fonctionne très bien et facile à utiliser"
("Thank you very much for your wonderful script. Works great and easy to use" — Google Translator)
R. (Switzerland), November 12, 2008

"What a find! I was going mad with frustration until I found your marvellous form. Thank you so much! (from Perth Australia). Ps. no need to reply..."
C., November 9, 2008

"thanx for your free script. Hope you will do the same work in future and give me good time to spend with you website and steal your wonderscript"
S., November 8, 2008

"This Script Rocks!"
C.S., October 31, 2008

"Prachtig simpel en het werkt ook nog. Dagen werk in zoeken met ingewikkelde scripts. Deze in een half uurtje klaar!"
("Beautifully simple and it works also. Now work with complex search scripts. This ready in half an hour!" — Google Translator)
L.V., October 18, 2008

"It works and it's great! I tried so many scripts before and they didn't work at all. Thank you very much!"
Y., September 19, 2008

"easiest script i ever used"
Y.G., September 18, 2008

"thanks you! this is the best easy to use script! great job!!!"
G.G., September 4, 2008

"Dude thanks so much for this code, its very functional and works perfectly, I hope you have a good day, cause you just make me have one =)"
A.R.J., August 22, 2008

"Well Done, easy, fast and very clear to understand it WORKS!! finally :)"
M., August 16, 2008

"A very PERFECT E-mail form script. Thanks alot."
K., July 4, 2008

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