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[novice2]

Hello, everyone,
How do I make a form on my site forwad feedback from my site to my Yahoo email without it making OutLook Express pop up. Currently my form uses this simple method: <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:my email address"> What can I use instead of <FORM METHOD="POST" ACTION="mailto:my email address"> to make the form email directly to my yahoo email account. What's the point of a form if it makes OutLook Express to pop up?

[Googlewhacked]

Hey novice2,

This will depend on what kind of host you are using (IIS / Apache) and what scripting languages are made available to you.

If you are on IIS, then you will likely need to use ASP / ASP.net.

If you are on Apache, then you will probably have access to PHP and/or Perl.

For example, if you go to my site, there is a form on the right hand side of the page that I created in PHP which generates an email.

If you can post back with this information, then we can offer more specific options.

Phil

[linux_lover]

A very quick and dirty bit of php to email:

CODE

     

$email = "someone@somewhere.com";
$to  =  $email;
$subject = "An email subject\n";
$body = "The email message.\n\n";
$headers .= "From: mywebsite <info@mywebsite.co.uk>\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);

Theres much more advanced scripts out there if you have a quick serach on google.

[novice2]

Linux Lover, I don't know how to use the code you gave me. Do I jus paste it into my html page or what?

[sherri]

If your webhost supports PHP, here is a simple tutorial on how to set up your site so that the SERVER will send the mail... not the users mail program (Outlook):

http://www.dark-stre.../php/php_3.html

Note you must save the page that processes the email (sendmail.php) with the .php extension, but the page with your form CAN have an htm or html extension.

Basically this will make your html form submit to a php page. Then the php code will form an email and send it.

[novice2]

Okay, Thankx eveyone, I found a solution but I need to know how to redirect to a different page imidiately after submit is clicked. Whats html the code for this and where do I have to put it?

[sherri]

CODE

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="6; url=http://www.mydomain.com" />

will redirect to mydomain.com after 6 seconds.

(This should probably be in the [url=http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showforum=38]Technology and Coding forum[/url])

[novice2]

I really need it to redirect after the submit button is clicked not timed.

[lyn]

After your <form> tag, you need a line that reads:
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="http://www.mydomain..../newpage.html">

This is the way I usually set up for a "Thank You" or "More Info" page after a visitor submits an order form, for instance.

L.

[lyn]

A very quick and dirty bit of php to email:

Lilo, would this be set up as an external script for the form to call?
I have only ever used formmail.pl (in various iterations!) as a form processor.

L.

[Randy]

Jack's PHP formmail has a redirect included after submission and is pretty easy to set up and use. Assuming you have PHP available that is.

[linux_lover]

Ok...

The way I use it is to embed the code in a function:

CODE

function sendEmail($to, $subject, $body){
$headers .= "From: mywebsite <info@mywebsite.co.uk>\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
}

//then call it with
sendEmail ("someone@somewhere.com", "An email subject", "The email essage.");

Now... how to call from another page you say (or it fact the same page), you could either use a form, or a url and pass a var in the query string like so (place this inside your body tags):

CODE

<?  // begin php
function sendEmail($to, $subject, $body){
    $headers .= "From: mywebsite <info@mywebsite.co.uk>\r\n";
    mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
}
// if redirect needed - uses javascript change url to whatever
if ($_POST['submit']) {
    $to = $_POST['to'];
    $subject = $_POST['subject'];
    $body = $_POST['body'];
    sendEmail ($to, $subject, $body);
    print ("<script language='javascript'>window.location='thankyou.php'</script>");
}
?>

<form name="emailform" method="post" action="<?=$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']?>">
<table>
<tr><td><h1>Email us</h1></td></tr>
<tr>
<td>To:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="to" value="<?=$to?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subject:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="subject" value="<?=$subject?>" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Body:</td>
<td><textarea name="body"><?=$body?></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr><td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

?>

Quick and dirty script!!!

LiLo

[turboscout]

there are some websites that provide submission of email for you and then redirect to a page of your choice. You may want to search for it instead of using php.