Form Issue

[OdinSmasher]

Hi All;

Just a quick q' i would like to make a basic form with one text box for a person to enter thier name and one for thier email address. i want the user then to be able to sent that to my email via a email (submit) button.

is there a good way to do this?

 

[horrorshow75]

Quick question for you, do you want the message to be sent behind the scenes or do you want the persons email client to open and send the information.

The reason I ask is because the first option will require php and is a little more complex, the second option can be done with a simple html form.

 

[OdinSmasher]

Hi HorrorShow

if possble and not asking too much can i see both? i can foresee that the PHP one would be better behind the scenes however id like to have at look at the other option to.

 

[horrorshow75]

Here's a link to the php form. Pretty easy to follow but i you have any questions let me know.
http://www.phpeasystep.com/phptu/8.html

Here's the html form using the mailto attribute
http://www.ipowerweb.com/iboost/build/programming/html/862.htm

 

[OdinSmasher]

do i need to install anything to work with PHP?

 

[horrorshow75]

That depends. If you are going to upload these files to a web server that has php than no. If you plan to host this yourself than yes you will need to install php on your server.