PHP HELP!!!

Pipeline-Webdesign · 03-02-2004, 12:31 PM

I know there are so many of you PHP guru's out there... and I'm jealous of you all! Even though I do all my coding, I still haven't had the time to learn the ins and outs of PHP. So that is why I have come to all of you for your help. I am running an APACHE server with IIS (obviously). Right now I am looking to have form submissions for simple contact information. I would like them to send me an email when these forms are submitted. I'm too lazy to setup my CGI client, which just so happens to be down now. So i figured this might be a good time to start diving into PHP. SOOOO... say I want to tranform all of my HTM files into PHP. What does that involve other than just adding <?php ?> ??? I know it can't be that easy. .. AND with the code attached below... how can I make this form send me an email... you can also find the page at http://www.richlinetechnical.com/contact.htm I am on MSN currently so if you want to contact me... go for it... BdyofChr@msn.com

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

<html>
<head>
<meta name="description" content="Richline Technical Services was founded by Michael Richline in April of 2001 and began serving a small group of clients in the Corpus Christi, Texas area. Committed to bringing the highest level of expertise to his clients, Michael recruited his brother Josh to join him in June of 2001. RTS's latest additions are Tommy King, network specialist and Jason Jarvis, special consultant. Together they bring 25+ years of computer and networking experience and an abundance of industry leading certifications. RTS has since grown to be the premier consulting firm in South Texas with clients as far away as New Mexico.">
<meta name="keywords" content="internet solutions, richline technical, michael richline, josh richline, tommy king, michael forbes, jason jarvis, roy rios, network administration, network design, network optimization, document management solutions, remote administration, remote user access, WAN implementation, network cabling, web design, website, web maintanence">

<script>
var url_before1 = "random/images/banner_";
var url_after1 = ".jpg";
var min1 = 1;
var max1 = 10;
function printRndImg() {
document.write('<img src="' + url_before1 + ( min1 + Math.round(Math.random()*(max1-min1)) ) + url_after1 + '" border="0">')
}
</script>
<script>
var url_before2 = "random/images/header_";
var url_after2 = ".gif";
var min2 = 1;
var max2 = 1;
function printRndHeader() {
document.write('<img src="' + url_before2 + ( min2 + Math.round(Math.random()*(max2-min2)) ) + url_after2 + '" border="0">')
}
</script>

<TITLE>Richline Technical Services -- Corpus Christi, TX -- CONTACT</TITLE>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/sitenn.css" type="text/css">
<script src="js/common.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<style type="text/css">@import url(css/site.css);</style>
</head>

<body bgcolor="White" text="#666666" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('images/nav_comp_rol.gif','images/nav_serv_rol.gif','images/nav_proc_rol.gif','images/nav_cont_rol.gif','images/nav_clie_rol.gif')" leftmargin=0 topmargin=0 marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">

<form name="contact" method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<table width="763" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr><td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><a href="index.htm"><img src="images/logo.gif" width="227" height="59" border="0" alt="" align="left"></a></td></tr>
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<td width="763" valign="center" align="left">
<table width="763" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center">
<tr><td width="763" height="6"><IMG height=6 src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr>
<tr><td width="763" height="13"><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=136><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image18','','images/nav_comp_rol.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="company.htm"><IMG height=13 src="images/nav_comp_reg.gif" width=56 border=0 name=Image18></A><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=23><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image20','','images/nav_serv_rol.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="services.htm"><IMG height=13 src="images/nav_serv_reg.gif" width=55 border=0 name=Image20></A><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=32><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image22','','images/nav_proc_rol.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="process.htm"><IMG height=13 src="images/nav_proc_reg.gif" width=52 border=0 name=Image22></A><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=36><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image27','','images/nav_clie_rol.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="clients.htm"><IMG height=13 src="images/nav_clie_reg.gif" width=40 border=0 name=Image27></A><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=37><IMG height=13 src="images/nav_cont_sel.gif" width=46 border=0 name=Image26><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=50></td></tr>
<tr><td width="763" height="1"><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=1></td></tr>
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</td>
<td width="1" height="14" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="right"><IMG height=14 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"><IMG height=1 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=763 border=0></td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3"><IMG height=3 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
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<td colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=763 border=0></td>
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<tr>
<td colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"><IMG height=1 src="images/spacer.gif" width=763 border=0></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><IMG height=3 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
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<td colspan="3" bgcolor="#cccccc"><IMG height=1 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=763 border=0></td>
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<td width="1" height="170" bgcolor="#cccccc"><IMG height=170 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
<td width="763" height="170">
<table width="763" height="170" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="18" align="center">
<tr align="left" valign="top">
<td width="409"> <P>Richline Technical Services<br>
1806 Third St<br>
Corpus Christi, TX 78404<br>
<br>
Phone: (361) 882-6297<br>
Fax: (310) 362-0466<br>
<br>
For general inquiries please contact
<a href="mailto:support@richlinetechnical.com?subject =Website Inquiry">support@richlinetechnical.com</a>,
<br>
or use the form to the right. <br>
<br>
<br>
<A href="request_proposal.html"><IMG height=16 alt="Request Proposal" src="images/proposal.gif" width=130 border=0 ></a>
</P>
</td>
<td width="282">
<table>
<tr><td>Name:</td><td><input name="Name" class="input" size="32"></td></tr>

<tr><td height="23">Email:</td><td><input name="Email" class="input" size="32"></td></tr>

<tr><td> </td><td><TEXTAREA class=input onblur="if(this.value=='') {this.value='Type your message here.';}" onfocus="if(this.value=='Type your message here.') {this.value='';}" name=Message rows=8 cols=39>Type your message here.</TEXTAREA></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value=" Submit " class="input"> </td></tr>
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</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td width="1" height="170" bgcolor="#cccccc" align="right"><IMG height=170 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
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<td><IMG height=3 alt="" src="images/spacer.gif" width=1 border=0></td>
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</table>
</table>
</body>
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**fishfreek** · 03-02-2004, 12:41 PM

Well simply adding the <?php and ?> tags on the start and end of the file and renaming it .php instead of .html will not really classify the page as php.

Infact if you do that you will find a bunch of errors as php does not like html code witin the opening and closing php tags.

Pipeline-Webdesign · 03-02-2004, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishfreek

Well simply adding the <?php and ?> tags on the start and end of the file and renaming it .php instead of .html will not really classify the page as php.

Infact if you do that you will find a bunch of errors as php does not like html code witin the opening and closing php tags.

ok... but is there anyway i can use PHP code in an htm document in order to get that form to work? doubtful, right?

**fishfreek** · 03-02-2004, 01:12 PM

Sure you can mix php and html. YOu just have to either open and close your php tags before or after your html code or you could use the php code

echo "code goes here"; or print "code goes here";

To have html code within the acutal php code.

Any document with even just 1 line of php should have the php extension vs the html extension. This tells apache to run the file thru the php parser before sending it along to the browser requesting the page.

Pipeline-Webdesign · 03-02-2004, 01:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fishfreek

Sure you can mix php and html. YOu just have to either open and close your php tags before or after your html code or you could use the php code

echo "code goes here"; or print "code goes here";

To have html code within the acutal php code.

Any document with even just 1 line of php should have the php extension vs the html extension. This tells apache to run the file thru the php parser before sending it along to the browser requesting the page.

can you show me how to do that in my code?

Leader of Men · 03-02-2004, 03:31 PM

As long as the file ext. is .php you're fine

For example.

<?php
echo "<html>";
echo "<head>";
?>

Etc.

Just dont forget to watch out for the apostraphes.

Example:
<?php
echo 'I'm the banana king';
?>

wont work, you must 'escape' the quote mark by using the \ mark before it.

<?php
echo 'I\'m the banana king';
?>

hatchet · 03-02-2004, 06:53 PM

Actually if you single quote you don't need to worry about escaping 's
echo 'That'll work';
echo "This'll not work";

Leader of Men · 03-02-2004, 07:27 PM

But sometimes you have no choice

sim · 03-02-2004, 10:17 PM

php makes me mad when it print they're as they'/re on my page. im LIKE AHHHHH

if you want to make that page a .php page.

just put this

<?php

print 'everything you just showed between these quote things';

?>

that will make that a php page =)

GoldDust · 03-11-2004, 02:55 AM

looks like an Autobiography in the discription tag!

To me PHPBB is like tomato ketchup, you have to turn the bottle upside down and give it a good slap to get the stuff out!!!