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flabbyrabbit
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 Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 1:11 pm Post subject: Send an email from you website |
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This question has been ask so often, so here it is.
Simple mail function, send a flat email.
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<?php
$to = 'to@hotmail.com'; //address email should be sent to
$subject = 'subject here'; //Subject of the email
$message = 'enter the message here'; //The message
//These extra headers allow you to set who the message is from
$headers = 'From: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: webmaster@example.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
//"From" is address that the email would have been sent from
//"Reply-To" is the address that any replies will be sent to
//This line sends your message
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
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This wont be very useful to most people, as it is very rarely you want to sent the same email to one person repeatedly.
So next i will show you how to create a form that will be used to send the email. I this example i will use a contact form on a web page that allows visitors to send a message to the owner.
First create a page called contact.php, then enter this code:
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<form method=POST action="send.php">
Email: <input name="email"><br>
Subject: <input name="subject"><br>
Message:<br>
<textarea name="message" cols=40 rows=6></textarea><br>
<input type=submit value="send">
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Then make another page called send.php:
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<?php
$to ='nosmo-kings@hotmail.com'; //Your email address (webmasters email address)
$subject = $_POST['subject']; //Gets the subject sent by the form
$message = $_POST['message']; //Gets the message sent by the form
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST["email"] . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: ' . $_POST["email"] . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
//Changes the reply to email so the webmaster can easily reply
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
//Shows a message when email is sent
echo "message sent";
?>
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Now the contact form should be up and running. Emails may be placed in recipients junk mail box for security reasons.
I hope this answers everyones questions, but if you need any more help don't hesitate to ask,
Flabby Rabbit |
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anonymousnewbie
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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i think I'm too stupid..
may i know what is the good start for me to learn any basic programming language...do i need to download or installed it?can we start with notepad?i make a research that notepad can save to certain program like .vbs, .bat.
is any other? |
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Johnathan
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| Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:27 pm Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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| Yea you can use notepad. Save it as .php the way you save the other stuff in different formats like .html, .vbs and so on. |
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DDragon
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:53 am Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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ok. i have tried this out and have not got it working properly. with the 'contact.php' is there any php scripting needed? as i am new to PHP scripting and am not sure what to do with it.
Thanks DD |
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webmaster
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:42 am Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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The only changes in the PHP-script you'll have to do is to change the e-mail in:
$to ='nosmo-kings@hotmail.com'; |
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leonard
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DDragon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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Ok i have a large form i need this script for. DO i have to input each individual field into the script or will it take all fields into the message and send as is?
DD |
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Johnathan
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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| You need to put all the individual fields into the script. Well the ones you want to get from your user... |
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DDragon
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 11:59 am Post subject: Re: Send an email from you website |
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lol ok now i see *points to self* learn to friggen read sip**** lol
thanks john |
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