Complex Email form (PHP) - HTML Forums

chartkor · 02-03-2012, 08:06 PM

Hello,
on my website I have a complex Email form, can be found here:
http://cleaningcrazy.com/contactus.html

Now unfortunately I tried but I can't get it to work properly. I found a working php script which I cut to my needs a little, however it only provides support for 3 fields. This is how it looks like:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];

$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];

$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];



$mail_to = 'info@cleaningcrazy.com';

$subject = 'Customer '.$field_name;



$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";

$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";

$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;



$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";

$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";



$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);



if ($mail_status) { ?>

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');

        window.location = 'contactus.html';

    </script>

<?php

}

else { ?>

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to info@cleaningcrazy.com');

        window.location = 'contactus.html';

    </script>

<?php

}

?>

Now I tried adding more $field parameters in order to get it to work, but it still doesn't.
This is the first time I have something to do with PHP, so please explain in a very simplistic manner.

scoutt · 02-04-2012, 09:53 AM

for each field on the contact form you have to use the php equivalent, thats the $_POST part. The 'cf_name' is the name of the input field you want to capture.

PHP Code:


			
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];

But I see you have four cf_message as your zipcode, phone and cleaning fields should be something ldifferent, like cf_zipcode for th epostal code field, then just add it to the php code

PHP Code:


			
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];
$field_zipcode = $_POST['cf_zipcode'];

$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Postal Code: '.$field_zipcode."\n"; 
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;

Not only do you have to do it correct in php you have to know what you are doing in html. But you should see what you need to do to add the others, as they also have cf_message as the name, which you can only one one. Make sense?

chartkor · 02-04-2012, 10:25 AM

Thank you very much, it helped, but partially, or I am still doing something wrong.
This is the code right now

PHP Code:


			
<?php

$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];

$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];

$field_postalcode = $_POST['cf_postalcode'];

$field_telephone = $_POST['cf_telephone'];

$field_service = $_POST['cf_service'];

$field_frequency = $_POST['cf_frequency'];

$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];





$mail_to = 'info@cleaningcrazy.com';

$subject = 'Customer '.$field_name;



$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";

$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";

$body_message .= 'Postal Code: '.$field_postalcode."\n";

$body_message .= 'Telephone: '.$field_telephone."\n";  

$body_message .= 'Service Type: '.$field_service."\n"; 

$body_message .= 'Frequency: '.$field_frequency."\n"; 

$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;



$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";

$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";



$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);



if ($mail_status) { ?>

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');

        window.location = 'contactus.html';

    </script>

<?php

}

else { ?>

    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

        alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to info@cleaningcrazy.com');

        window.location = 'contactus.html';

    </script>

<?php

}

?>

Quote:

And this is the Email I receive:
From: Seb
E-mail: szpadlolaizer@gmail.com
Postal Code:
Telephone:
Service: General Cleaning
Frequency:
Message: hi

As you can see I am missing values for Postal Code, Telephone and Frequency.
To make it easier, this is form on the website:

HTML Code:

<h3>Contact Form</h3>
                                            <form action="contact.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" id="ContactForm">
                                            	<div>
                                                	<label>

                                                    	Enter your name<br />
                                                       <input class="imInput imInput_1" type="text" name="cf_name" id="Itm_8_00_3" onkeypress="return imKeyFilter(0,event);" />
</label>
                                                    <label>
               	                    Enter your e-mail<br />
                                                        <input type="text" name="cf_email" value="" />
                                                    </label>
                                                    <label>

               	                    Enter your postal code<br />
                                                        <input type="text" name="cf_message" value="" />
                                                    </label>
                                                    Enter your telephone number<br />
                                                    <input type="text" name="cf_message" value="" />
                                                    </label>
                                                    Service Type<br />

	<select class="imInput imInput_1" name="cf_service" id="Itm_8_00_5">
		<option selected="selected">-</option>
		<option>General Cleaning </option>
		<option>Commercial Cleaning</option>
		<option>Move in/out Cleaning</option>
	</select>
    Cleaning Frequency:<br />

	<select class="imInput imInput_1" name="cf_message" id="Itm_8_00_6">
		<option selected="selected">-</option>
		<option>Daily</option>
		<option>Weekly</option>
		<option>Bi-weekly</option>
		<option>Monthly</option>

		<option>One-time</option>
	</select>
</label>
<br />
                                                    Enter your message<br />
                                                    <textarea cols="10" rows="3" name="cf_message"></textarea>
                                                </div>
                                                <div class="container">

                                                    <a href="#" class="right" onclick="document.getElementById('ContactForm').submit()">Send</a>
                                                   	<a href="info@cleaningcrazy.com" class="right" onclick="document.getElementById('ContactForm').reset()">Clear</a>
                                                    <p/> 
                                                </div>
                                            </form>

Pegasus · 02-04-2012, 06:47 PM

I'm not an expert on it, but you have in your HTML, name="cf_message" several times, most notably in the three areas that aren't showing up. Shouldn't it be changed to "cf_postalcode", etc.?

chartkor · 02-05-2012, 01:43 AM

Wierdly it was all good, I guess it must have been some sort of a lag on my website. All cf parameters were correct all the time. Now it works for good 6 hours I think and I haven't touched anything.
Anyhow, thank you for your help gentlemen.

Reiss · 02-05-2012, 02:39 AM

As Pegasus noted, each input field needs to have a unique name.