Submitting to multiple scripts at once?

Is there a free cart that can do this?

[RustyCT]

I currently have to use 2 separate forms on one of my sites to capture all of the order info that I need. I would like to use only 1 order form but cannot do it with my current shopping cart (surfshop).

The problem is that I need to capture customer text input associated with items for sale such as names and captions. My cart will only pass static information to me from form input such as item codes, color choices etc. Any text input fields are ignored. So, I use 1 formmail form to e-mail me text input which after submittal, redirects to a 2nd form for the shopping cart products. The information that is requested by the 2 forms would be much less confusing if it could be combined within one form.

I hope someone knows how I can accomplish this. Is there a cart or script that can both e-mail me text input (or record it) as well as send products to the cart with 1 submit button?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!

Russ

[jatar_k]

Have you looked at putting the two forms together and then throwing a mail function into the processing script?

[RustyCT]

I have no idea how to do that. My expertise is in graphic design, not so much encoding. I am learning php and hoped that maybe a php based cart like osCommerce would work for me.

[jatar_k]

essentially, if the cart software doesn't have the feature you have to do it yourself by altering the scripts.

I don't know if switching and rebuilding your whole cart/site is worth it just to add this one feature.

[RustyCT]

Well, thanks for the info. I'll look into altering the cart script.