Linking The Submit Button

[LucDeacu]

Hello everyone,

Sorry for such a newbish question but I've just a couple days ago began using dreamweaver. So far everything is going great, I've learnt to slice and code my templates with ease. My problem lies in the form part.

I've created a form on one of my sites using dreamweaver and was wondering how you make the "Submit" button send the information that's been filled out to your email upon clickage?

Thanks,

Luc

[gnarly]

You'll need a script on the server to handle the e-mail and fire it off.

Firstly, find out what language your server is capable of interpreting (PHP, CFM, ASP, etc), then either google for a script in that language, or ask in the right forum over here.

[stymiee]

You need a formmail script. A quick Google search will show you a ton of free ones out there to use.

[D.D.S. Polymath]

The script that submits your form is usually referred to as a "form processor", although there are other, similar phrases in use. They are most commonly written either in PHP or Pearl (CGI scripts). You will most probably use a PHP script, as most web hosts tend to support the free yet powerful open-source PHP technology, and there are many such scripts called "formmail" or something of the kind widely available on the Internet. They can be free or commercial, and range from basic to quite advanced and rich in features. The choice which to use for your projects is yours in the end.

[Dan Schulz]

Or just go to www.hotscripts.com and pick one out.

However, before you integrate it with your form, you may want to ask the gurus here (in the proper forum--ASP for an ASP or .NET form mail script, Perl for a Perl Script, or PHP for a PHP script) if there are any security issues with the script in question, and how you can go about getting them fixed.

I'm saying this because I've seen a lot of scrips (not a typo) and "tutorials" that are not only written poorly, but have security issues so wide you could fly the Space Shuttle through them with ease.

[php_daemon]

Everybody already forgot it, but you can leave it all to client. The disadvantages of this method are obvious, but it does not require server side scripting. If there are no scripting supported at all on your server, it can be the only solution.

<form action="mailto:your@email.tld">
<input type="text" name="subject" /><br />
<textarea name="body"></textarea><br />
<input type="submit" value="Send" />
</form>

[LucDeacu]

Ah, I've learnt so much from just a couple of posts

Php_daemon, this is what my form looks like, could you please tell me where to put the form code you gave me?

<td width="252" rowspan="3" valign="top"><img src="NetWork Guys/images/networkguys_18.jpg" width="246" height="46" />
      <form id="form3" name="form3" method="post" action="">
      </form>      </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="24" colspan="3" valign="top"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp;</td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="190" rowspan="6" valign="top"><form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
      <label><span class="style1">Name        </span></label>
      <p class="style1">
        <label>Birthday        </label>
        </p>
          <p class="style1">Address
            <label></label>
            <label></label>
          </p>
          <p class="style1">&nbsp;</p>
    </form>
      <p align="justify" class="style1">Type </p>      <p align="justify" class="style1">Have you used it? </p></td>
    <td colspan="2" rowspan="6" valign="top"><form id="form2" name="form2" method="post" action="">
      <label>
        <input type="text" name="textfield" />
        </label>
        <p>
          <label>
            <input name="textfield2" type="text" />
            </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label>
            <textarea name="textfield3"></textarea>
            </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label>
            <select name="select">
              <option>1</option>
              <option>2</option>
              <option>3</option>
              <option>4</option>
            </select>
            </label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label>
            <input name="checkbox" type="checkbox" value="checkbox" />
            Yes </label>
            <label>
            <input name="checkbox2" type="checkbox" value="checkbox" />
            N
            o</label>
          </p>
          <p>
            <label>
            <input name="Submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
            </label>
          </p>
    </form></td>
    <td height="14"></td>

Thanks so much,
Luc

[php_daemon]

I'm afraid with the form you have there's no other way but using a server side script as others suggested. My snippet is only good for a simple contact form.