Processing
From Fields with PHP.
So now that we have our
form set up, we need to process it and
control what happens to the form data.
The first step is to convert the variables
of your form fields to something that
is understood by php.
$email = $_POST["emailaddress"];
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This is converting the name
of your text field "emailaddress"
to the php equivalent "$email".
So what this will do is anytime you place
"$email" in the file, it will
produce whatever was entered into that
form field. Now we need to add items to
mail the results.
$to = "you@youremail.com";
$subject = "New Email Address
for Mailing List";
$headers = "From: $email\n";
$message = "A visitor to your
site has sent the following email
address to be added to your mailing
list.\n
Email Address: $email"; |
So now you have indicated
who will receive the form information.
The subject line, and who its from.
Notice how in the from area it calls "$email"
... this will post the email address entered
in the form.
We also added a small message,
and the email address again.
The last step is to actually
mail the information, and we do that using
this line of code.
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
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So here is the full code
for the "process.php" page to
take the text field of your form, convert
to php, and send the data to your email.
<?PHP
$email = $_POST["emailaddress"];
$to = "you@youremail.com";
$subject = "New Email Address
for Mailing List";
$headers = "From: $email\n";
$message = "A visitor to your
site has sent the following email
address to be added to your mailing
list.\n
Email Address: $email";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
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