Submit Buttons [in forms]

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-09-2003, 05:57 PM

Okay, I am making a simple website and I have a form all made up and everything. The only thing I can not figure out is how to make the submit button mail the form contents to me. I have the button but when you click it nothing happens. Please help me out.

**Android** · 11-10-2003, 07:20 AM

You'll need to post some code or a link to the site. (It's kinda hard to troubleshoot without seeing what you have now......)

**coreybryant** · 11-10-2003, 07:57 AM

What form processor did you choose? CGI, ASP, PHP - or are you using the mailto: command?

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-10-2003, 07:25 PM

Here is a sample of what I am trying to do as my site is not online yet:

<html>
<head>
<title>Sample of Form</title>
</head>
<body>

<h1 align=center>Test Form</h1>

<hr width="20%" align="center">

Spot 1
<br>
<textarea name="company" cols="25" rows="5" id="1"></textarea>
<br>
<br>
Spot 2
<br>
<textarea name="company" cols="25" rows="5" id="2"></textarea>
<br>
<br>
Spot 3
<br>
<input type="text" name="3" size="25">
<br>
<br>
Spot 4
<br>
<input type="text" name="4" size="25">
<br>
<br>
Spot 5
<br>
<input type="text" name="5" size="25">
<br>
<br>
Spot 6
<br>
<input type="text" name="6" size="25">
<br>
<br>
Spot 7
<br>
<input type="text" name="7" size="25">

<p align="center"><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></p>

**coreybryant** · 11-10-2003, 08:23 PM

Well you have no form tags. Check with whatever hosting company to see what they support, formmail, ASP, PHP, etc

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-11-2003, 12:23 AM

I know I am doing this all wrong and I *think* it is clear what I am trying to do, so can someone please make me a sample. I would greatly appreciate it.

**QuietDean** · 11-11-2003, 06:11 AM

Heres a sample I wrote a while ago -
http://www.ahfb2000.com/webmaster_he...=3166#post3166

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-11-2003, 09:15 AM

too hard

**QuietDean** · 11-11-2003, 09:18 AM

Why dont you start with the forms tutorial , and work up from there?

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-11-2003, 11:13 AM

Okay i think i understand this but here is what I need help with

<form action="mailer.php" method="post">

that line...
In the action what do I put to get it to just email all the stuff to an email address of mine?

I tried doing the mailto: tag but it opens a new mail message but the contents I entered on the page do not appear in the body.

**QuietDean** · 11-11-2003, 11:15 AM

Hi,

Edit mailer.php , find -

PHP Code:


$recipient = "dean@somepeople.net";

and change it to your email address.

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-11-2003, 12:32 PM

okay i put the mailer.php in the action part, made a new document, put that 1 line of code saved it as mailer.php and i get this error message

Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /zionswrath/wdb/Weapons Database/mailer.php.

Apache/1.3.27 Server at homepage.mac.com Port 81

Obviously I did something wrong, but what?
[I put the site online temporarily so I could test it because browsing it on my computer it would just show me the folder that contained the php file]

**QuietDean** · 11-11-2003, 01:07 PM

to start with, mailer.php should be the entire script detailed in the post I linked to. You just amend that script to send to your email. On its own, that line wont do anything.

**ZIonsWrath** · 11-11-2003, 07:38 PM

Okay I did that and i still ge the same error:

Method Not Allowed
The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /zionswrath/wdb/Weapons Database/mailer.php.
Apache/1.3.27 Server at homepage.mac.com Port 81

Here is the mailer.php script I am using:

<?
// Filename: mailer.php

// Generic Emailer

// Default Settings

$redirect = "My_thank_you_page.html";

// First, detects whether info is received via form -

$recipient = "zionswrath@mac.com";

$subject = "Advertising on WDB";

$from = "From: My Website Emailer";

$email = "
";

$data = $HTTP_POST_VARS;

foreach($data as $k => $v) {

$k = stripcslashes($k);
$v = stripcslashes($v);

$email .= "\n$k : $v";

}

mail($recipient, $subject, $email, $from);

header("Location: $redirect");

?>

The problem seems to be not in the script but in the form tag. For the "method" tag I have "post" which gives me the error message above and when I put send it makes me download the actual mailer.php

Sorry for not undertstanding how to do this and troubling you =[

**QuietDean** · 11-11-2003, 07:57 PM

This is not your fault, by the look of it.

this seems to be a problem with your host, it does not allow the HTTP method POST, or the fact that it is a |PHP script. Does your host allow php?

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