step1.
create a html file and name it as you desire then paste the following code:
step 2:
then create a php file and name it exactly as:
send_form_email.php
copy or write down the following code:
<?php
if
(isset(
$_POST
[
'email'
])) {
// EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
$email_to
=
"you@yourdomain.com"
;
$email_subject
=
"Your email subject line"
;
function
died(
$error
) {
// your error code can go here
echo
"We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. "
;
echo
"These errors appear below.<br /><br />"
;
echo
$error
.
"<br /><br />"
;
echo
"Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />"
;
die
();
}
// validation expected data exists
if
(!isset(
$_POST
[
'first_name'
]) ||
!isset(
$_POST
[
'last_name'
]) ||
!isset(
$_POST
[
'email'
]) ||
!isset(
$_POST
[
'telephone'
]) ||
!isset(
$_POST
[
'comments'
])) {
died(
'We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.'
);
}
$first_name
=
$_POST
[
'first_name'
];
// required
$last_name
=
$_POST
[
'last_name'
];
// required
$email_from
=
$_POST
[
'email'
];
// required
$telephone
=
$_POST
[
'telephone'
];
// not required
$comments
=
$_POST
[
'comments'
];
// required
$error_message
=
""
;
$email_exp
=
'/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/'
;
if
(!preg_match(
$email_exp
,
$email_from
)) {
$error_message
.=
'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'
;
}
$string_exp
=
"/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/"
;
if
(!preg_match(
$string_exp
,
$first_name
)) {
$error_message
.=
'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'
;
}
if
(!preg_match(
$string_exp
,
$last_name
)) {
$error_message
.=
'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />'
;
}
if
(
strlen
(
$comments
) < 2) {
$error_message
.=
'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />'
;
}
if
(
strlen
(
$error_message
) > 0) {
died(
$error_message
);
}
$email_message
=
"Form details below.\n\n"
;
function
clean_string(
$string
) {
$bad
=
array
(
"content-type"
,
"bcc:"
,
"to:"
,
"cc:"
,
"href"
);
return
str_replace
(
$bad
,
""
,
$string
);
}
$email_message
.=
"First Name: "
.clean_string(
$first_name
).
"\n"
;
$email_message
.=
"Last Name: "
.clean_string(
$last_name
).
"\n"
;
$email_message
.=
"Email: "
.clean_string(
$email_from
).
"\n"
;
$email_message
.=
"Telephone: "
.clean_string(
$telephone
).
"\n"
;
$email_message
.=
"Comments: "
.clean_string(
$comments
).
"\n"
;
// create email headers
$headers
=
'From: '
.
$email_from
.
"\r\n"
.
'Reply-To: '
.
$email_from
.
"\r\n"
.
'X-Mailer: PHP/'
. phpversion();
@mail(
$email_to
,
$email_subject
,
$email_message
,
$headers
);
?>
<!--
include
your own success html here -->
Thank you
for
contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
<?php
}
?>
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