form mail for php 5

**TheMadMidget** · Nov 17 '06, 03:00 PM

You like have to post the FormMail.php so I could look at it, but making your own isn't that difficult. Here's a simplfied version I have on a contact page.
[PHP]
if (isset($_REQUES T['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
{
//send email
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
$message =
$name . $user . "\n" .
"First name : " . $_REQUEST['name1'] . "\n" .
"Last name : " . $_REQUEST['name2'] . "\n" .
"Favorite part : " . $_REQUEST['Favorite'] . "\n" .
"Anything New : " . $_REQUEST['New'] . "\n" .
"Comments : " . $_REQUEST['comments'];
mail("sending@e mail.com", "Subject: $subject",
$message, "From: $email" );
echo "<table><tr ><td class=center><b >Contact Us</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<big><big><b>Th ank you</b></big></big><br>
Thank you " . $_REQUEST['name1'] . " for contacting us. If you message needs a response our team should contact you within 24 hours.
</td></tr></table>";
}
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
{

echo "<table><tr ><td class=center><b >Contact Us</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<form method='post' action='index.p hp'>
<input type='hidden' name='subject' value='Contact Us'>
<div class=zero>
<table><tr>
<td><b>First name: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='name1' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Last name: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='name2' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Your email: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='email' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>What is your favorite part of the site:</b></td>
<td><SELECT NAME='Favorite' SIZE='1'>
<option selected>Choose One
<option>The Links
<option>PSAs
<option>Free Food
<option>Downloa ds
<option>The Whole Thing
</select></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Anythi ng new you would like to see:</b></td>
<td><INPUT NAME='New' TYPE='text' size='40'></td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<b>Please leave your other comments in the field below:</b><br>
<textarea name='comments' rows=7 cols=80></textarea><p>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit'> <br /><br/></form>
</td></tr></table>";

}
[/PHP]

**dreamcatcher** · Nov 17 '06, 04:40 PM

Hi there, thanks for your code and reply.I'll have to send this in 2 posts, as it's too long. I don't want to take out the unnecessary code, in case I wreck it. Thanks

[PHP]<?
/*
############### ############### ############### ############### ############### ###
# PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THIS HEADER!!!
#
# COPYRIGHT NOTICE
#
# FormMail.php v5.0
# Copyright 2000-2004 Ai Graphics and Joe Lumbroso (c) All rights reserved.
# Created 07/06/2000 Last Modified 10/28/2003
# Joseph Lumbroso, http://www.aigraphics. com, http://www.dtheatre.co m
# http://www.dtheatre.co m/scripts/
############### ############### ############### ############### ############### ###
#
# This cannot and will not be inforced but I would appreciate a link back
# to any of these sites:
# http://www.dtheatre.co m
# http://www.aigraphics. com
# http://www.dtheatre.co m/scripts/
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY ,
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT . IN NO EVENT SHALL
# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
# OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
# ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
# OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#
############### ############### ############### ############### ############### ###
*/

// PHP5 compatible version by http://www.dreamscape. biz

// for ultimate security, use this instead of using the form
$recipient = "youremail@doma in.com"; // youremail@domai n.com

// bcc emails (separate multiples with commas (,))
$bcc = "";

// referers.. domains/ips that you will allow forms to
// reside on.
$referers = array ('zofocreative. com','www.zofoc reative.com','8 1.17.241.121');

// banned emails, these will be email addresses of people
// who are blocked from using the script (requested)
$banlist = array ('*@somedomain. com', 'user@domain.co m', 'etc@domains.co m');

// field / value seperator
define("SEPARAT OR", ($separator)?$s eparator:": ");

// content newline
define("NEWLINE ", ($newline)?$new line:"\n");

// formmail version (for debugging mostly)
define("VERSION ", "5.0");

// our mighty error function..
function print_error($re ason,$type = 0) {
build_body($tit le, $bgcolor, $text_color, $link_color, $vlink_color, $alink_color, $style_sheet);
// for missing required data
if ($type == "missing") {
if ($missing_field _redirect) {
header("Locatio n: $missing_field_ redirect?error= $reason");
exit;
} else {
?>
The form was not submitted for the following reasons:<p>
<ul><?
echo $reason."\n";
?></ul>
Please use your browser's back button to return to the form and try again.<?
}
} else { // every other error
?>
The form was not submitted because of the following reasons:<p>
<?
}
echo "<br><br>\n ";
echo "<small>Thi s form is powered by <a href=\"http://www.dtheatre.co m/scripts/\">Jack's Formmail.php ".VERSION."/a></small>\n\n";
exit;
}

// function to check the banlist
// suggested by a whole lot of people.. Thanks
function check_banlist($ banlist, $email) {
if (count($banlist )) {
$allow = true;
foreach($banlis t as $banned) {
$temp = explode("@", $banned);
if ($temp[0] == "*") {
$temp2 = explode("@", $email);
if (trim(strtolowe r($temp2[1])) == trim(strtolower ($temp[1])))
$allow = false;
} else {
if (trim(strtolowe r($email)) == trim(strtolower ($banned)))
$allow = false;
}
}
}
if (!$allow) {
print_error("Yo u are using from a <b>banned email address.</b>");
}
}

// function to check the referer for security reasons.
// contributed by some one who's name got lost.. Thanks
// goes out to him any way.
function check_referer($ referers) {
if (count($referer s)) {
$found = false;

$temp = explode("/",getenv("HTTP_ REFERER"));
$referer = $temp[2];

if ($referer=="") {$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
list($remove,$s tuff)=split('//',$referer,2);
list($home,$stu ff)=split('/',$stuff,2);
$referer = $home;
}

for ($x=0; $x < count($referers ); $x++) {
if (eregi ($referers[$x], $referer)) {
$found = true;
}
}
if ($referer =="")
$found = false;
if (!$found){
print_error("Yo u are coming from an <b>unauthoriz ed domain.</b>");
error_log("[FormMail.php] Illegal Referer. (".getenv("HTTP _REFERER").")", 0);
}
return $found;
} else {
return true; // not a good idea, if empty, it will allow it.
}
}
if ($referers)
check_referer($ referers);

if ($banlist)
check_banlist($ banlist, $email);

// This function takes the sorts, excludes certain keys and
// makes a pretty content string.
function parse_form($arr ay, $sort = "") {
// build reserved keyword array
$reserved_keys[] = "MAX_FILE_SIZE" ;
$reserved_keys[] = "required";
$reserved_keys[] = "redirect";
$reserved_keys[] = "require";
$reserved_keys[] = "path_to_fi le";
$reserved_keys[] = "recipient" ;
$reserved_keys[] = "subject";
$reserved_keys[] = "sort";
$reserved_keys[] = "style_shee t";
$reserved_keys[] = "bgcolor";
$reserved_keys[] = "text_color ";
$reserved_keys[] = "link_color ";
$reserved_keys[] = "vlink_colo r";
$reserved_keys[] = "alink_colo r";
$reserved_keys[] = "title";
$reserved_keys[] = "missing_fields _redirect";
$reserved_keys[] = "env_report ";
$reserved_keys[] = "submit";
if (count($array)) {
if (is_array($sort )) {
foreach ($sort as $field) {
$reserved_viola tion = 0;
for ($ri=0; $ri<count($rese rved_keys); $ri++)
if ($array[$field] == $reserved_keys[$ri]) $reserved_viola tion = 1;

if ($reserved_viol ation != 1) {
if (is_array($arra y[$field])) {
for ($z=0;$zcount($ array[$field]);$z++)
$content .= $field.SEPARATO R.$array[$field][$z].NEWLINE;
} else
$content .= $field.SEPARATO R.$array[$field].NEWLINE;
}
}
}
while (list($key, $val) = each($array)) {
$reserved_viola tion = 0;
for ($ri=0; $ricount($reser ved_keys); $ri++)
if ($key == $reserved_keys[$ri]) $reserved_viola tion = 1;

for ($ri=0; $ricount($sort) ; $ri++)
if ($key == $sort[$ri]) $reserved_viola tion = 1;

// prepare content
if ($reserved_viol ation != 1) {
if (is_array($val) ) {
for ($z=0;$zcount($ val);$z++)
$content .= $key.SEPARATOR. $val[$z].NEWLINE;
} else
$content .= $key.SEPARATOR. $val.NEWLINE;
}
}
}
return $content;
}[/PHP]

Originally posted by TheMadMidget

You like have to post the FormMail.php so I could look at it, but making your own isn't that difficult. Here's a simplfied version I have on a contact page.
[PHP]
if (isset($_REQUES T['email']))
//if "email" is filled out, send email
{
//send email
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
$message =
$name . $user . "\n" .
"First name : " . $_REQUEST['name1'] . "\n" .
"Last name : " . $_REQUEST['name2'] . "\n" .
"Favorite part : " . $_REQUEST['Favorite'] . "\n" .
"Anything New : " . $_REQUEST['New'] . "\n" .
"Comments : " . $_REQUEST['comments'];
mail("sending@e mail.com", "Subject: $subject",
$message, "From: $email" );
echo "<table><tr ><td class=center><b >Contact Us</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<big><big><b>Th ank you</b></big></big><br>
Thank you " . $_REQUEST['name1'] . " for contacting us. If you message needs a response our team should contact you within 24 hours.
</td></tr></table>";
}
else
//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
{

echo "<table><tr ><td class=center><b >Contact Us</b></td></tr>
<tr><td>
<form method='post' action='index.p hp'>
<input type='hidden' name='subject' value='Contact Us'>
<div class=zero>
<table><tr>
<td><b>First name: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='name1' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Last name: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='name2' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Your email: </b></td>
<td><input type='text' name='email' size='40'></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>What is your favorite part of the site:</b></td>
<td><SELECT NAME='Favorite' SIZE='1'>
<option selected>Choose One
<option>The Links
<option>PSAs
<option>Free Food
<option>Downloa ds
<option>The Whole Thing
</select></td>
</tr><tr>
<td><b>Anythi ng new you would like to see:</b></td>
<td><INPUT NAME='New' TYPE='text' size='40'></td>
</tr></table>
</div>
<b>Please leave your other comments in the field below:</b><br>
<textarea name='comments' rows=7 cols=80></textarea><p>
<input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit'> <br /><br/></form>
</td></tr></table>";

}
[/PHP]

**dreamcatcher** · Nov 17 '06, 04:43 PM

Here's the second half of the php 5 form mail script. Hope it hasn't frightened you off too much. I got it on dtheatre.com.

[PHP]// mail the content we figure out in the following steps
function mail_it($conten t, $subject, $email, $recipient) {
global $attachment_chu nk, $attachment_nam e, $attachment_typ e, $attachment_sen t, $bcc;

$ob = "----=_OuterBoundary _000";
$ib = "----=_InnerBoundery _001";

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "From: ".$email."\ n";
$headers .= "To: ".$recipient."\ n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$email."\ n";
if ($bcc) $headers .= "Bcc: ".$bcc."\n" ;
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: DT Formmail".VERSI ON."\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n\tbound ary=\"".$ob."\" \n";

$message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n";
$message .= "\n--".$ob."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: multipart/alternative;\n\ tboundary=\"".$ ib."\"\n\n";
$message .= "\n--".$ib."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: text/plain;\n\tchars et=\"iso-8859-1\"\n";
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable\n\n";
$message .= $content."\n\n" ;
$message .= "\n--".$ib."--\n";
if ($attachment_na me && !$attachment_se nt) {
$message .= "\n--".$ob."\n";
$message .= "Content-Type: $attachment_typ e;\n\tname=\"". $attachment_nam e."\"\n";
$message .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n";
$message .= "Content-Disposition: attachment;\n\t filename=\"".$a ttachment_name. "\"\n\n";
$message .= $attachment_chu nk;
$message .= "\n\n";
$attachment_sen t = 1;
}
$message .= "\n--".$ob."--\n";

mail($recipient , $subject, $message, $headers);
}

// take in the body building arguments and build the body tag for page display
function build_body($tit le, $bgcolor, $text_color, $link_color, $vlink_color, $alink_color, $style_sheet) {
if ($style_sheet)
echo "<LINK rel=STYLESHEET href=\"$style_s heet\" Type=\"text/css\">\n";
if ($title)
echo "<title>$ti tle</title>\n";
if (!$bgcolor)
$bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";
if (!$text_color)
$text_color = "#000000";
if (!$link_color)
$link_color = "#0000FF";
if (!$vlink_color)
$vlink_color = "#FF0000";
if (!$alink_color)
$alink_color = "#000088";
if ($background)
$background = "background=\"$ background\"";
echo "<body bgcolor=\"$bgco lor\" text=\"$text_co lor\" link=\"$link_co lor\" vlink=\"$vlink_ color\" alink=\"$alink_ color\" $background>\n\ n";
}

// check for a recipient email address and check the validity of it
// Thanks to Bradley miller (bradmiller@acc esszone.com) for pointing
// out the need for multiple recipient checking and providing the code.
$recipient_in = split(',',$reci pient);
for ($i=0;$i<count( $recipient_in); $i++) {
$recipient_to_t est = trim($recipient _in[$i]);
if (!eregi("^[_\\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$", $recipient_to_t est)) {
print_error("b> I NEED VALID RECIPIENT EMAIL ADDRESS ($recipient_to_ test) TO CONTINUE</b>");
}
}

// This is because I originally had it require but too many people
// were used to Matt's Formmail.pl which used required instead.
if ($required)
$require = $required;
// handle the required fields
if ($require) {
// seperate at the commas
$require = ereg_replace( " +", "", $require);
$required = split(",",$requ ire);
for ($i=0;$i<count( $required);$i++ ) {
$string = trim($required[$i]);
// check if they exsist
if((!(${$string })) || (!(${$string})) ) {
// if the missing_fields_ redirect option is on: redirect them
if ($missing_field s_redirect) {
header ("Location: $missing_fields _redirect");
exit;
}
$require;
$missing_field_ list .= "<b>Missing : $required[$i]</b><br>\n";
}
}
// send error to our mighty error function
if ($missing_field _list)
print_error($mi ssing_field_lis t,"missing");
}

// check the email fields for validity
if (($email) || ($EMAIL)) {
$email = trim($email);
if ($EMAIL) $email = trim($EMAIL);
if (!eregi("^[_\.0-9a-z-]+@([0-9a-z][0-9a-z-]+\.)+[a-z]{2,6}$", $email))
print_error("yo ur b>email address</b> is invalid");
$EMAIL = $email;
}

// check zipcodes for validity
if (($ZIP_CODE) || ($zip_code)) {
$zip_code = trim($zip_code) ;
if ($ZIP_CODE) $zip_code = trim($ZIP_CODE) ;
if (!ereg("(^[0-9]{5})-([0-9]{4}$)", trim($zip_code) ) && (!ereg("^[a-zA-Z][0-9][a-zA-Z][[:space:]][0-9][a-zA-Z][0-9]$", trim($zip_code) )) && (!ereg("(^[0-9]{5})", trim($zip_code) )))
print_error("yo ur <b>zip/postal code</b> is invalid");
}

// check phone for validity
if (($PHONE_NO) || ($phone_no)) {
$phone_no = trim($phone_no) ;
if ($PHONE_NO) $phone_no = trim($PHONE_NO) ;
if (!ereg("(^(.*)[0-9]{3})(.*)([0-9]{3})(.*)([0-9]{4}$)", $phone_no))
print_error("yo ur <b>phone number</b> is invalid");
}

// check phone for validity
if (($FAX_NO) || ($fax_no)) {
$fax_no = trim($fax_no);
if ($FAX_NO) $fax_no = trim($FAX_NO);
if (!ereg("(^(.*)[0-9]{3})(.*)([0-9]{3})(.*)([0-9]{4}$)", $fax_no))
print_error("yo ur <b>fax number</b> is invalid");
}

// sort alphabetic or prepare an order
if ($sort == "alphabetic ") {
uksort($_POST, "strnatcasecmp" );
} elseif ((ereg('^order: .*,.*', $sort)) && ($list = explode(',', ereg_replace('^ order:', '', $sort)))) {
$sort = $list;
}

// prepare the content
$content = parse_form($_PO ST, $sort);

// check for an attachment if there is a file upload it
if ($attachment_na me) {
if ($attachment_si ze > 0) {
if (!$attachment_t ype) $attachment_typ e = "applicatio n/unknown";
$content .= "Attached File: ".$attachment_n ame."\n";
$fp = fopen($attachme nt, "r");
$attachment_chu nk = fread($fp, filesize($attac hment));
$attachment_chu nk = base64_encode($ attachment_chun k);
$attachment_chu nk = chunk_split($at tachment_chunk) ;
}
}

// check for a file if there is a file upload it
if ($file_name) {
if ($file_size > 0) {
if (!ereg("/$", $path_to_file))
$path_to_file = $path_to_file."/";
$location = $path_to_file.$ file_name;
if (file_exists($p ath_to_file.$fi le_name))
$location = $path_to_file.r and(1000,3000). ".".$file_n ame;
copy($file,$loc ation);
unlink($file);
$content .= "Uploaded File: ".$location."\n ";
}
}

// second file (see manual for instructions on how to add more.)
if ($file2_name) {
if ($file_size > 0) {
if (!ereg("/$", $path_to_file))
$path_to_file = $path_to_file."/";
$location = $path_to_file.$ file2_name;
if (file_exists($p ath_to_file.$fi le2_name))
$location = $path_to_file.r and(1000,3000). ".".$file2_name ;
copy($file2,$lo cation);
unlink($file2);
$content .= "Uploaded File: ".$location."\n ";
}
}

// if the env_report option is on: get eviromental variables
if ($env_report) {
$env_report = ereg_replace( " +", "", $env_report);
$env_reports = split(",",$env_ report);
$content .= "\n------ eviromental variables ------\n";
for ($i=0;$i<count( $env_reports);$ i++) {
$string = trim($env_repor ts[$i]);
if ($env_reports[$i] == "REMOTE_HOS T")
$content .= "REMOTE HOST: ".$REMOTE_HOST. "\n";
if ($env_reports[$i] == "REMOTE_USE R")
$content .= "REMOTE USER: ". $REMOTE_USER."\ n";
if ($env_reports[$i] == "REMOTE_ADD R")
$content .= "REMOTE ADDR: ". $REMOTE_ADDR."\ n";
if ($env_reports[$i] == "HTTP_USER_AGEN T")
$content .= "BROWSER: ". $HTTP_USER_AGEN T."\n";
}
}

// send it off
mail_it(stripsl ashes($content) , ($subject)?stri pslashes($subje ct):"Form Submission", $email, $recipient);
if (file_exists($a r_file)) {
$fd = fopen($ar_file, "rb");
$ar_message = fread($fd, filesize($ar_fi le));
fclose($fd);
mail_it($ar_mes sage, ($ar_subject)?s tripslashes($ar _subject):"RE: Form Submission", ($ar_from)?$ar_ from:$recipient , $email);
}

// if the redirect option is set: redirect them
if ($redirect) {
header("Locatio n: $redirect");
exit;
} else {
echo "Thank you for your submission\n";
echo "<br><br>\n ";
echo "<small>Thi s form is powered by <a href=\"http://www.dtheatre.co m/scripts/\">Jack's Formmail.php ".VERSION." !</a></small>\n\n";
exit;
}

// <---------- THE END ----------> // [/PHP]

**TheMadMidget** · Nov 18 '06, 01:58 AM

All of that has copyright material and you have "follow there rules". In other words, you are limited, that may be fine, but isn't worth it if you can use PHP, it's only worth it if you use a server that doesn't support PHP and the FormMailer is remote. There a plenty of posts on this forum that describe how to carry over the info to another page for uses like you described, two pages of forms for e-mail. If you really don't want to I can look through that code for the error, but using mail() you will find is alot easier and customizable.
Happy coding.

**dreamcatcher** · Nov 18 '06, 04:18 PM

Originally posted by TheMadMidget

All of that has copyright material and you have "follow there rules". In other words, you are limited, that may be fine, but isn't worth it if you can use PHP, it's only worth it if you use a server that doesn't support PHP and the FormMailer is remote. There a plenty of posts on this forum that describe how to carry over the info to another page for uses like you described, two pages of forms for e-mail. If you really don't want to I can look through that code for the error, but using mail() you will find is alot easier and customizable.
Happy coding.

Hi Mad Midget, I'm new to php and getting forms done, only ever 'had' to work with asp form mail script. I'v always been surrounded by programmers to do this end of things. I'm a frontend designer, just kinda starting to get in on being able to do basic stuff to get forms going. Had a look around the forums to get what you're suggesting, haven't found one yet, but will keep looking. Thanks again. S

**ronverdonk** · Nov 19 '06, 10:10 PM

There are plenty of classes around also, even for a newbee these are easy to use. Have a look at the PHPMailer Tutorial

Ronald :cool: