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    • M
      marcinozga
      last edited by

      Don't reinvent the wheel. Install CMS of your choice and be done with it, Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress for example. I'm most familiar with Drupal, and with Webform module you can create any form with any field types you want. Or even use Google Forms and embed it in existing website.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch
        last edited by

        PHP webforms are like ultra easy and there are tons of examples out there.

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        • TeleFoxT
          TeleFox
          last edited by

          This is super easy to do. Get a PHP mailer script. Create a form on your web site using HTML then have the form submit <form method="post" action="?"> I put action ? because it came back to my same page... however you can put it to another PHP file called something like mailsubmission.php... in that PHP file you need to get the variables from the form you submitted. Then you need to receive the form items into / from a Post Variable like this

          $to = $_POST['to'];
          $oldmessage = $_POST['message'];
          $email = $_POST['email'];
          $name = $_POST['name'];

          $sent = $_POST['sent'];

          Then use a PHP mailer script to then take those and mail them to the person you want to receive them. Plenty of tutorials on stack exchange how to further do that.

          You can also harden the form itself making sure the expressions are legit with javascript if you want to verify things and make sure no one is hacking your form. Hope this helps.

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          • TeleFoxT
            TeleFox
            last edited by

            Let me know if you need any help doing so glad to assist if you hit a road block...

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            • dafyreD
              dafyre
              last edited by

              Whatever you do, please make sure that you validate your input in PHP before you send the information along. Otherwise, spammers will abuse your form heavily.

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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates
                last edited by

                If you don't feel like doing a lot of work, Google forms might fit the bill. It keeps track of responses, etc also.

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                • IRJI
                  IRJ
                  last edited by IRJ

                  If you are using a CMS, it is really easy to accomplish this via plugin, but it isn't necessary to have a CMS as it is really easy to do with php mailer.

                  http://www.kvcodes.com/2014/01/how-to-create-contact-form-with-phpmailer-to-send-mails/

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                  • AmbarishrhA
                    Ambarishrh
                    last edited by Ambarishrh

                    If you just need to create a form and get output, share etc. please check https://www.typeform.com/

                    Some examples https://www.typeform.com/examples/

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                    • stacksofplatesS
                      stacksofplates @IRJ
                      last edited by

                      @IRJ said in Insight to PHP?:

                      If you are using a CMS, it is really easy to accomplish this via plugin, but it isn't necessary to have a CMS as it is really easy to do with php mailer.

                      http://www.kvcodes.com/2014/01/how-to-create-contact-form-with-phpmailer-to-send-mails/

                      Ya Drupal also makes it really easy with content types.

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                      • StrongBadS
                        StrongBad
                        last edited by

                        One cat, so many ways to skin it. Definitely no need to re-invent the wheel on this one.

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                        • Reid CooperR
                          Reid Cooper
                          last edited by

                          As a tool for learning PHP, this should work well. No database needed, just a simple mailer. A single PHP "page" app. Great place to start.

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                          • StrongBadS
                            StrongBad
                            last edited by

                            I agree, if you pay attention to the bit about wanting to learn PHP, it's something easy to set up and easy to maintain.

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