making forms do stuff

[mybluehair]

heres what I want to do.
I want to make a html form and it has a name, email address, username, and a comment feild.
after the user fills out the form and clicks the submit button it will email the user at his email address that he provided and say "Hello [name], blablabla" and in the [name] spot it will show the name that the user provided in the form, then last, it will send me a email and it will show the user's name that they filled in, and whatever was filled-in in there comment box.

im sure theres some way to do this, because ive seen it done before, and if anyone can tell me how that would really be helpfull to my site. thanks.

[Mrblogs]

What server-side progamming script do you use?

PHP? ASP? or just CGI...?

[Ohiosweetheart]

I use email forms at http://www.mycontactform.com/index.php

I tried to use the one that comes with my hosting package and is installed with Fantastico, but all the emails came through with html tags and there was no way to get rid of them. so I went to the above site.
You create an html page, build your form (there's a form building wizard with your account), add a link on your site, and waa laa

[mybluehair]

Originally Posted by Mrblogs

What server-side progamming script do you use?

PHP? ASP? or just CGI...?

php

[SVB]

form.html:
<form method="POST" action="submit.php">
Name: <input type="TEXT" name="name">
Email: <input type="TEXT" name="email">
Username: <input type="TEXT" name="user">
Comment: <input type="TEXT" name="comment">
<input type="SUBMIT" name="Submit" value="ok">
</form>


submit.php:
$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
$address = "youremailemail@address.com";
$subject = "Form submitted";
$head = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$body = "Web form submitted the following values:\n";
$subject2 = "Thank you"
$head2 = "From: yourwebsite.com";
$body2 = "Thanks blah blah";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { $lbody .= "$key : $val\n"; }
if (!eregi("\n",$HTTP_POST_VARS[email])) { mail($address, $subject, $body, $head); mail($email, $subject2, $body2, $head2); }


Something similar to that should work

[mybluehair]

Originally Posted by Stephen Bradley

form.html:
<form method="POST" action="submit.php">
Name: <input type="TEXT" name="name">
Email: <input type="TEXT" name="email">
Username: <input type="TEXT" name="user">
Comment: <input type="TEXT" name="comment">
<input type="SUBMIT" name="Submit" value="ok">
</form>


submit.php:
$email = $HTTP_POST_VARS[email];
$address = "youremailemail@address.com";
$subject = "Form submitted";
$head = "From: $email\n";
reset ($HTTP_POST_VARS);
$body = "Web form submitted the following values:\n";
$subject2 = "Thank you"
$head2 = "From: yourwebsite.com";
$body2 = "Thanks blah blah";
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { $lbody .= "$key : $val\n"; }
if (!eregi("\n",$HTTP_POST_VARS[email])) { mail($address, $subject, $body, $head); mail($email, $subject2, $body2, $head2); }


Something similar to that should work

thanks. also is there a way that the form can also, after the user clicks submit, it takes whatever they typed in for "name" and it edits a file on my site and adds there name to it? is there a way to do that?