Hello and welcome to my first tutorial on creative nation,
Here is how to make a basic php contact form with Name, E-Mail address and Content fields.

Step 1 : Add this to your html page

Code:

<form method="POST" action="mailer.php">
  <input type="text" name="name" size="19"><br>
  <br>
  <input type="text" name="email" size="19"><br>
  <br>
  <textarea rows="9" name="message" cols="30"></textarea>
  <br>
  <br>
  <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</form>

The code you see above shows the display elements.

Step 2: Create a php file called "mailer.php" please ensure that it is in the same directory as your html page.

Step 3 : The php file should contain

Code:


<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$to = "you@you.com";
$subject = "Contact Form Response";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
 
$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message";
 
echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);
} else {
echo "Something Went wrong, please try again!";
}
?>


But where it says you@you.com change it to your email address.

There you have it, your own php contact form
I will do a line by line breakdown and guide with pictures soon.

Thank you very much. I will try this ASAP. Going to get my domain name sometime this week!

@virtuosity

Glad it has helped

~Dan

So I tried to do this to an index page on my PC and it didn't work. Why?

You'll need to have PHP installed...

Hmm guess I won't be able to do this since I have no idea how to do that.