In this article, we will create a contact form for your website. The contact form contains only the required fields mostly used in contact forms.
There are needs two parts in Contact form : the client side of the form and the server side of the form. The HTML code, some style (CSS) and JavaScript needs for client side of the form.
Below you can find a basic PHP contact form for a website using only HTML (for the form) and PHP for the form processing to mail.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | <form method="POST" name="contact_form" action="<?php echo htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>"> <p> <label for='name'>Name: </label><br> <input type="text" name="name" value='<?php echo htmlentities($name) ?>'> </p> <p> <label for='email'>Email: </label><br> <input type="text" name="email" value='<?php echo htmlentities($visitor_email) ?>'> </p> <p> <label for='message'>Message:</label> <br> <textarea name="message" rows=8 cols=30><?php echo htmlentities($user_message) ?></textarea> </p> <p> <img src="captcha.php?rand=<?php echo rand(); ?>" id='captchaimg' ><br> <label for='message'>Enter the code above here :</label><br> <input id="6_letters_code" name="6_letters_code" type="text"><br> <small>Can't read the image? click <a href='javascript: refreshCaptcha();'>here</a> to refresh</small> </p> <input type="submit" value="Submit" name='submit'> </form> |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">// <![CDATA[ var frmvalidator = new Validator("contact_form"); frmvalidator.EnableOnPageErrorDisplaySingleBox(); frmvalidator.EnableMsgsTogether(); frmvalidator.addValidation("name","req","Please provide your name"); frmvalidator.addValidation("email","req","Please provide your email"); frmvalidator.addValidation("email","email","Please enter a valid email address"); // ]]></script> |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | <script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript">// <![CDATA[ function refreshCaptcha() { var img = document.images['captchaimg']; img.src = img.src.substring(0,img.src.lastIndexOf("?"))+"?rand="+Math.random()*1000; } // ]]></script> |
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Prem Tiwari is the founder of FreeWebMentor.com and also a professional developer who has vast experience in PHP and open source technologies. Apart from this, he is a blogger by hobby and also he has been a regular speaker of WordPress sessions in various IT Companies. View all posts by Prem Tiwari
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