That’s it? That’s all one needs to create an e-mail form? Here I thought I’d need a DB set up and ready to go. Very cool.

Yep, it definitely won’t actually send the e-mail and I’m not sure why. Everything is done as directed… could it be my hosting service, GoDaddy.com’s issue?

@Bildo
Just check with your Host and see whether you are able to relay through their mail servers. It sounds like that may be the issue

Cheers
Daniel

Great and simple. Although the continue link doesn’t take me to the page i intend. it goes straight to the php page and then I have to click the coninue button. Any way of just linking straight to the intended page?

also the thing doesn’t work in Safari?!

I have followed the instructions but it didnt work. As ssoon as I press the submit button it isays page cannot be found.

Thanks,
ilker

@Iker and @lee

Make sure you check that the file is in the correct location and that the Form Action value is exactly the same as the file name (case sensitive).

Cheers

Daniel

@timmy

I have heard bad things about GoDaddy as well. I use BlueHost and Highly recomment them

Check them out here if you want to change.

Cheers

Daniel

it doesn’t work for me (i followed the tutorial and got the same results as ilker “file not found” and no email was recieved.)

G’day Everyone

Thanks for all your comments. It seems a lot of people are having issues with GoDaddy. From what I can gather they do not allow you to run 3rd Party Scripts. If that is the case then this will not work.

If anyone has recommendations for these people on Hosts that they use then please share your thoughts. As I have said in an earlier comment I use BlueHost and find them really good.

On another note a few people have emailed me with problems like “File Not Found Error”. Just make sure that you double check the file location and also the name of the file. It is case sensitive so that is causing the issue for some.

Cheers

Daniel

Hey just to let you all know, for Godaddy you just change the FormTomail.php to gdform.asp
Thanks for your help in setting up the forms though!

Dude it works. I had to capitalize the ‘T’ in FormToEmail but that was a quick fix and you rock.
Stay coo.

I really hope you can help me. I have spent days trying to set up a Reply Form on my website using “Matt’s Script Archive” etc and when I came across your website I thought yipee! I have copied the file FormtoEmail.php into my root website directory (its there twice actually as FormToEmail.php too) and the file which contains the actual form - programmed as follows (to match your instructions). I get a 405 Error which is a “website programming error”. Please help.

Name:

Company:

Email:

[...] the contact and links page, i used a step by step guide at http://dreamweaverspot.com/adobe-dreamweaver-tutorial-contact-forms/ which helped me insert a contact form on my [...]

Short, sweet, and to the point. Most importantly, very helpful. Should be more attractive, in terms of images and colors, but the content really worked/helped.

Great tut, everything is working great. One question though. Is there a way to make the thank you message a popup?

@John
I am not to familiar with WAMPSERVER from what I can gather it is Apache, PHP, MySQL on Windows right?

For this to work you need to have an SMTP Server to be able to send the mail.

Cheers

For others, the reason you are getting not found errors is that in the TUT it doesn’t capitalize the ‘T’. Check your case.

My issues is that once I hit submit on the site, it says that YOU CANNOT SUBMIT AN EMPTY FORM

ANy idea why this is?

I am having what looks to be the same issue where everything works great but I don’t get the emails. Where in the code does the mail server info go? I use Gmail, will this work?

Thank you so much. It was very easy and helpful…

[...] tutorial is from Dreamweaver Spot that give you info about how to create a PHP contact form for your [...]

I fallowed the tutorial but the e-mails are not being sent to my inbox. Everything else is working properly. I use Yahoo as a host. Is there anything else I need to do?

Thanks

Have set it up and works as it should, HOWEVER: when i receive emails from the form, it shows up as having no sender, and as a result it goes straight to spam filter. My spam filter will not allow me to add it to safe senders list, because of this reason (no sender info). Can i adjust the script so that there is a sender field in the email??
thanks

@Casa

This usually means that the server does not support PHP, contact their Tech Support and find out.

Cheers
Daniel

Brilliant tutorial, thank you! After I got out of trying to think ahead and followed your instructions it’s integrated and working great! I’ve even managed to make it work with graphical fields and several other functions. Very impressed. Thanks for your help!

When I hit submit it tries to download the FormToMail.php

my site is hosted on mac.com

Thanks for the definition of a great tut. However, when I hit the submit button it gives me the following view:
64 || empty($exploded_email[1])){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{if(substr_count($exploded_email[1],”.”) == 0){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{$exploded_domain = explode(”.”,$exploded_email[1]);if(in_array(”",$exploded_domain)){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{foreach($exploded_domain as $value){if(strlen($value) > 63 || !preg_match(’/^[a-z0-9-]+$/i’,$value)){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”; break;}}}}}} } // Check referrer is from same site. if(!(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'],$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']))){$errors[] = “You must enable referrer logging to use the form”;} // Check for a blank form. function recursive_array_check_blank($element_value) { global $set; if(!is_array($element_value)){if(!empty($element_value)){$set = 1;}} else { foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} recursive_array_check_blank($value);} } } recursive_array_check_blank($_REQUEST); if(!$set){$errors[] = “You cannot send a blank form”;} unset($set); // Display any errors and exit if errors exist. if(count($errors)){foreach($errors as $value){print “$value
“;} exit;} if(!defined(”PHP_EOL”)){define(”PHP_EOL”, strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == “WIN”) ? “\r\n” : “\n”);} // Build message. function build_message($request_input){if(!isset($message_output)){$message_output =”";}if(!is_array($request_input)){$message_output = $request_input;}else{foreach($request_input as $key => $value){if(!empty($value)){if(!is_numeric($key)){$message_output .= str_replace(”_”,” “,ucfirst($key)).”: “.build_message($value).PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;}else{$message_output .= build_message($value).”, “;}}}}return rtrim($message_output,”, “);} $message = build_message($_REQUEST); $message = $message . PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL.”– “.PHP_EOL.”"; $message = stripslashes($message); $subject = “FormToEmail Comments”; $headers = “From: ” . $_REQUEST['email']; mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers); ?>
Thank you
Your message has been sent

Click here to continue

HELP!!!

hi

the form works awesome! I could be wrong, but I think that you would have to change the javascript to have mutiple forms to different e-mails on the same page, correct? What needs to be changed in the code to do this?

Hi mate,

I have the same issue as Justin. When I hit the submit button it also attemps to download the “FormToEmail.php” file? What could be causing this?

Many thanks and great tutorial

This is fucking outstanding! THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I was struggling until I hit this page. You’re my hero…for today.

I 2nd that. I can’t tell you how much i appreciate this.

I tried several different form codes until I got to yours. Thanks so much! My emails are going through just fine. My issue is being able to send a blank form. I would like for the information to be required. Looks like your php file is telling it to look, so any ideas what the problem might be? I appreciate your help greatly. This was a huge help.

I cant get this thing to work. tried 2 times. I use 1&1 and they support php

Dear Daniel,
Its looks cool. I have done all but not yet uploaded.Will be posting result after upload.
You are simply great and u deserve a big prayer.

Thanks, this is great, very helpfull. It’s all working except that it doesn’t seem to detect blank forms (as others have found) although the code looks as though it should. It detects invalid characters in the email OK. Tested under both PHP4 and 5.

Problem solved - If you’ve clicked the Submit button, the array $_REQUEST is never blank as it contains an element with key (name) “Submit” and value “Submit”.
In function recursive_array_check_blank($element_value), change the line

foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} recursive_array_check_blank($value);}

to

foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} if ($value != “Submit”) {recursive_array_check_blank($value);}}

Note that this code is working with the ‘value’ of the form’s object (i.e. the text that appears on the button), not the ‘name’ of the object.

Hey Dan,

Get one tx a million, had the text issue when page not found due to capital T in the MailToForm. Sorted that now though. Question though, is there a way to auto redirect away from the results page back to the website home page?

Hopefully someone can help me. Everything works fine, except I don’t get any email reply. I am using Go Daddy, and I tried changing the php file name as the person above suggested…but still nothing. The website is sueellenking.net…click on “Request A Quote” on the right hand side and the form will come up. I fill everything out, hit submit, get the thank you page and no email. Thanks in advance for anyone who can help.

Hey, I was wondering about this tutorial. I have done everything on the tut but when I try it out in the browser the form just resets itself and then nothing is sent to my email and the page is not reset to my homepage. Any input on this?

Dan,

Hooray! Please disregard my above comment, I did some scouting around on your site and found your amazing little article on form validation. Plugged that in and it works wonderfully now! You have been awesome, and I am definitely going to be a frequent vistor on your site.

Thanks a million! If you’re ever in Florida let me know and I’ll bake you some cookies! :O)

-The happiest graphic designer in Orlando

I have got the form to work in some sense, I can fill out the information and then when I press SEND the thank you page comes up, but no email was sent. How long does it take to get the email of stuff?

works awesome.

Thanks man this is an absolute charm!!! Thanks for sharing this tute with us.

Hi Dan,

Great script. It all works fine except for one minor problem my end. I am building a secure login site using a combination of HTML and PHP. At the moment I am hosting my site using MAMP on my local machine.

The problem is when I submit the form. I get the correct response but no email appears in my inbox? Any suggestions?

I can’t get it to work for some reason. I think it may be my host. I have Yahoo! Small Business web hosting. I know that we are allowed to send up to 250 emails from a third party per day, but I’m not sure why your form isn’t working. I never receive the emails!

Great stuff. Worked first time. Much appreciated.

Mine is working perfectly thank you very much, the only problem is that i recieve the contact form with al its info to my e-mail, but i recieved it as if i was sendind it to everyone. dont know if i explained myself.
E.g.
my e-mail is (example) popcorn@you.com and every single form i recieve is addresed that was sent by popcor@you.com

Why is that happening? I rechecked the hole script and my e-mail is nowhere to be found, where is the contact for getting that e-mail from? And what is the default sender supposed to be? The website? http://www.mycompany.com

Oh, thanks man! I hate scripting and I have finally found the holy grail of websites to help ease my pain. Thanks!

Hi,

I have the same problem Justin discribed earlier:

I followed this tutorial for a form on my site, however whenever i go to send the message and click the submit button, it trys to download the “FormToEmail.php” file?
My form action is exactly as yours, and my php file is as exaclty as yours is.
any help?

Thanks
Theo

Thanks for this tutorial.
Only problem I have is:
If I enter the email with some errors in it I have a message that says:
Email address is invalid
How do I center this error message… Also my contact form is in a table with graphics behind it.
I was able to trhow in my table in the php file so the thank you not is inside my table.
But for the error message, its not working… any ideas?

*** FOR PEOPLE RECIEVEING TEH FIle NOT FOUND PROBLEM!***

The file not found problem may be happening to people who are followoing step 5, and actually copying the line of code. in step 5 is says “FormtoEmail.php” when the file is actually named “FormToEmail.php” capitol T. change that and it will sort the issue

Now a question - How can we stop the mails goign straight to jumk???

excellent stuff. you make it so simple.
thanks.

If you have GoDaddy, cerify whether or not you are using Linux or Window hosting. If your site is hosted on a Linux server, .php will work without a problem. If you have a windows server, .asp is the type of scripting you need.

According to support at GoDaddy, they do not have any limitation or restrictions on php scripts - at least not on Deluxe hosting. Free hosting may be different, but it would be worth your time to ask. Their support has been very helpful.
i had to request my site to be moved to Linux servers in order for the php scripting to work, which will take 24-72 hours before it is switched over. But worth the wait to make sure I can do what I need to get my site up and running. So before you spend days trying to figure out why the php script wont work, check your hosting first to see if you have Linux or Windows. This could potentially be your problem, as it was mine.
Have a Great Day!

I’m getting a message stating, “You cannot send a blank form”. Any suggestions? The web designer that created the site no longer works here. She used your FormToEmail.php for our contact page, which works, and our “Sign up for updates” (on every page), which doesn’t work. Do you know why it works in one spot but not the other? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Yes, we are using GoDaddy.com and we are on a linux server but I’m assuming that has nothing to do with the problem since it is working on the “contact us” form. I saw this code in the php form,

if(!$set){$errors[] = “You cannot send a blank form”;}

Does this have anything to do with it?

Thanks for a brilliant tutorial, but I have a query. Once I click submit, I am getting the following error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 550 A valid From header is required for bounces in E:\Inetpub\saiipl\FormToEmail.php on line 116

I followed your instructions. But, I’m not sure how to insert the form on an existing page? I want to add it to the bottom of a page with all the field box visable and not have to go to a diffrent contact page. Can you give me any help.

Thank you

thanks this contact form works well for me
very good tutorial thanks again

How can I make the fields required and remove the submit: submit in the emails?

Thanks this works great!

The funny thing is that I used the script forone website (www.triniteedesigns.com) and it works fine, I then went to use it for my personnal site, but I am having problems. Both are hosted by Go daddy. Has anyone gotten to the bottom of the issue?

Thanks Tim

finally! i found a working tutorial! thnx dude!

I’m wondering how to do 2 more things with this code. I want to e-mail the results to 2 e-mails and I want to e-mail the user’s IP address too. How do I do that? Thanks.

Wow! Thanks so much Daniel! It works great!

I also had the 404 not found error, but I did exactly what Cynthia said, and boom! all fixed!!

I seem to get the following errors when loading the form as per tutorial

Help anyone

Thanks
Shaun

hi, I am really not good at Dreamweaver, but I got it right!
one thing is that I don’t get name or comments in my e-mail.
I just get there e-mail.
What am I doing wrong…?

!!!!!!!
I got it!
I was making the Form for each “email” “name” and “Submit”
That’s why I only saw “submit” when i got email.
THank you~! this is wonderful!

Thanks mate - good tutorial!

Thank you for the tutorial and free script, however I have just tested it and I get the following message upon submitting the form: You must enable referrer logging to use the form.

Any suggestions as to why this is occurring??

i do it by tutorial. When i click on submit button. It write: Forbidden

You don’t have permission to access /FormToEmail.php on this server.

Bryce (See April 18th, 2008 at 12:56 pm), capitalized the ‘T’ in FormToEmail solved the problem. Cheers.
Thanks a lot Daniel!!!!!!

HI!! Thanks it is awesome and it worked!!

I’ve still got one problem though. I tried to add a drop down list, however the value of the drop down list item did not arrive in my inbox together with the rest of the information.

Anything I can do to make this work?

Thanks again.

If anyone hasnt figured out yet how to put a subject or who the mail is from you need to mod. this sting..

Lines 112 - 114 on my comp.

$subject = “FormToEmail Comments”;

$headers = “From: ” . $_REQUEST['email'];

To this (make it whatever you want, this is just what mine looks like)

$subject = “Question From Customer “;

$headers = “From: Way-BrightPools” . $_REQUEST['email'];

That way you can mark it as safe and it wont go into your junk folder! Hope that helps some ppl! Took me few hrs to fig that out lol

Hey, Everything looks good and seems to work, but once I hit submit its taking me to the thank you page, but I never get any of the emails. I tried a few different emails and none of them get any message sent. Please Help!!

You guys are great.
I had a client who wanted a form immediately reading this tutorial I managed to create one chack it at http://www.exoticafricansafaris.com its working like magic

Kudos guys

http://www.bonusproductions.com/ContactForm.html