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November 6th, 2002, 08:15 AM

pixeljunkie

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submitting form content by simple email link

Can I attach a line of code to an image field within a form to securely send the contents of that for m to the specified email address and keep the organization of the form visible and understandable by the end viewer. I know you can use CGI/Perl to do this but this is just a temporary fix so I need a quick fix to the problem. If someone does know how to do this code you let me know. Thanking in advance. pixelj

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November 6th, 2002, 01:34 PM

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afaik there is not even a reliable way to post form data to an email address at all.

you can use
<form action="mailto:.....">
then the user´s email client should pop up and send the data. but it will not be formatted. and will not work on all os / browsers / browser-email-client combos

a quick fix might be downloading a free formmailer.

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November 6th, 2002, 04:46 PM

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Thanks for that M.Hirsch. Any good sites you know of for free form mailers? Its for corporate use so I don't want to use one that has a mention of there compny. I don't know if I can find one without a reference to the company? Do you know of any off the shelf software thats quick and easy to use for form handling? Any info you can give is much appreciated. thanking in advance. pixelj

November 8th, 2002, 09:26 PM

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If you can use php:

PHP Code:


		
			
<?

$MailToAddress = "your@email.com";

$MailSubject = "Form Response";

    if (!$MailFromAddress) {

    $MailFromAddress = "SENDERS@ADDRESS.GOES.HERE";

    }

$Header = "";

$Footer = "<HTML><BODY>Thank you for your e-mail!";

?>

<html>

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">

<font face="Arial"><center>

The following information has been delivered:

</center>



<?

    if (!is_array($HTTP_POST_VARS))

    return;

reset($HTTP_POST_VARS);

    while(list($key, $val) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) {

    $GLOBALS[$key] = $val;

    $val=stripslashes($val);

    echo  "<b>$key</b> = $val<br>";

    $Message .= "$key = $val\n";

    }



    if ($Header) {

    $Message = $Header."\n\n".$Message;

    }



    if ($Footer) {

    $Message .= "\n\n".$Footer;

    }



mail( "$MailToAddress", "$MailSubject", "$Message", "From: $MailFromAddress");

?>

<br><br>

<b>Thank You!</b>

<br><br>

<a href=" <? echo  "$HTTP_REFERER"; ?>">Return To The Form.</a><br><br>

<a href="/">Home Page</a><br><br>

</body>

</html>

This will send a nicely formated email containing the contents of your form.

Mantas

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