secure form handler

should I use a script? a service? something else?

[stapel]

For some years now, I've been using a PHP package for processing e-mails from my site's visitors. Visitors enter their information into an HTML form, and the script handles things securely on the server.

I've had no problems with this script being hijacked, but it is old. Also, I've been dealing with =other= security issues, and the security service I'm using keeps thinking the (encrypted?) form handler is maybe a security threat (because they can't read it?). Same goes for my server host.

So, while I have no problems with the script, the script is causing problems. As a result, I'd like to try a different form-handling solution. But it's been so long since I last investigated this that apparently I don't even know appropriate search terms any more.

Are there any scripts that I should consider? Should I even be using a script in this day and age? If not, what other sort(s) of solution(s) should I be reviewing?

(Also, if this question would be a better fit in a different forum category, kindly please move it, or advise me where to repost it.)

Thank you.

Eliz.

[not2easy]

PHP scripts need to be kept up to date so an old form might pose problems. A search for Fast Secure Contact Form gives you a few to choose from. I rely on one by Mike Challis, it is free and problem free imo. There is a PHP version for static websites and a plugin for WP. It can be set to use Akismet spam filtering in both versions.

[stapel]

Thank you for the recommendation. I'd seen that guy's offering, along with others such as:

* Mike Cherim's GBCF-v3
* GitHub's secure.contactform.php

But everybody kinda looks the same on the Internet, and so do scripts. I guess my biggest problem comes from not knowing which offerings are actually good (secure, etc) and which are just =saying= that they're good.

If other users have additional recommendations, I'd appreciate hearing them.

Thank you.

Eliz.