Step 1: Create E-Mail Form

Here is a sample html email form

<form action="" method="post">
Name: <br>
<input type="text" name="name">
<br>
Email: <br>
<input type="text" name="email">
<br>
Subject: <br>
<input type="text" name="subject">
<br>
Text:<br>
<textarea name="message" cols="" rows=""></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" name="Reset" value="Reset">
</form>

Copy the html code above and past it into a file with the name contactus.php

Now its time to add the php code.

Step 2: Sending the data

We will first check to see if the form was submitted then we will check to see if all fields were filled in. If all is well, we well send each form data to it's perspective variables (indicated by the sign "$") and send out the email with a successful message. If all field were not filled-in, then display an error message. The php code is below.


<?php
if ($submit) { // if the form was sent do the following

if($name && $subject && $email && $message ) { // if all fields were filled-in send email
mail("you@youraddress.com","$subject","$message","From: $name <$email>") or die("email error");
echo "Message Sent"; // if all went well, display message was sent
} else {
echo "All fields must be filled in!<BR>"; // if not all were filled in, display error message
}
} // end php submission code
?>

Now just copy and past the php code above into the "contactus.php" file. You can place it anywhere inside the body tag and it will work just fine.

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