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<div>
<form id="form" action="contact3.php" method="post">
Name: <br /><input id="name" type="text" size="30" /><br />
E-mail: <br /><input id="email" type="text" size="30" /><br />
Subject: <br /><input id="subject" type="text" size="30" /><br />
Your comments: <br /><textarea id="comment" rows="10" cols="30" />
<br />
<br />
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="Send" />
<input id="reset" type="reset" value="Reset" />
</form>
</div>
I should note here: I've been doing this for about a week so if there is something missing that only a noob could miss, please tell me because I probably didn't notice it.
So the form is pretty basic. I'm using XHTML Strict and when I try to validate the page this is the only part that comes up as invalid (but just about everything in it is noted as an error). I can't see anything wrong with the code. Does anyone else see anything?
This is the PHP code I have:
<?php
//Define variables
$to = "myemail@address.com";
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDRESS'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$from = $_POST['email'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
//Create message
$message = "Name: $name\n";
$message .= "E-mail: $from\n";
$message .= "IP: $ip\n\n";
$message .= "Comments: $comments";
//Create header
$header = "From: $name<$from>\n"
if ($_POST['submit']) {
if ($name == "" ¦¦ $email == "" ¦¦ $subject == "" ¦¦ $comments == "")
{
echo "<p>It appears that you left a blank field.<br/> Please make sure you fill everything in.</p>";
}
}
else {
mail($to, $subject, $message, $header)
}
?>
Again, pretty basic stuff. Any insight into how I can get this working would be great. I would rather write my own form and script rather than copy it from someone so that I can try to learn this stuff.
I had a question about PHP in general also. I may have missed this in the tutorials that I read about PHP but how exactly do I set up the file. I know that it goes in the <body> section but do I need to put the <html> and <head> tags and a DTD and all that good stuff? Sorry for such basic questions. Thanks in advance.
PHP can be invoked and parsed anywhere within your file (or script). Yes, you still need to generate valid HTML though, so your document should have all the necessary requirements according to the standard you are coding, including the DTD, <html>, <head>, etc. information.
