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PHP Contact Mail Feedback Form Script
This is the form that goes into your HTML page:
<form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
<?php if (isset($error_message)) { ?>
<div style="background-color:#ff6666;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;color:black;">
<?php print $error_message; ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<input type="hidden" name="submit" value="1" />
Your Email: <font color="Red">*</font>
<br>
<input name="email" type="text" />
<br />
First Name:
<br>
<input name="firstname" type="text" />
<br />
Last Name:
<br>
<input name="lastname" type="text" />
<br />
Message Subject:
<br>
<input name="messagesubject" type="text" />
<br />
Your Message:
<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="10" cols="55"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
This is the PHP mail or contact form script that goes into your sendmail.php file:
(Example webmasterseminar.com) Replace "webmasterseminar.com" with your domain.
<?php
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Configuration
//
define('ALLOWED_DOMAINS', 'webmasterseminar.com,www.webmasterseminar.com');
define('RECIPIENT', 'info@webmasterseminar.com');
define('SUBJECT', 'Info Request - WebmasterSeminar.com');
define('REDIRECT_BAD_REFERER', 'http://webmasterseminar.com/error.html');
define('REDIRECT_SUCCESS', 'http://webmasterseminar.com/thank_you.html');
define('NL', "\n");
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Start session
//
session_start();
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// The mail will only be send if:
// - submit was set
// - email was set
// - message was set
// - session variable "x" was set
// - email is not empty
// - message is not empty
// - session variable "x" matches "spam"
// Otherwise an error message will be set and displayed on the contact page.
//
if (isset($_POST['submit']) &&
isset($_POST['email']) &&
isset($_POST['message']) &&
isset($_SESSION['x']) &&
trim($_POST['email']) != '' &&
trim($_POST['message']) != '' &&
$_SESSION['x'] == 'spam') {
// wait one second to avoid flodding
sleep(1);
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Check if POST came
// from allowed domain
//
$bad_referer = true;
$referer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
$allowed_domains = explode(',', ALLOWED_DOMAINS);
for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($allowed_domains); $i++) {
if (strtolower(substr($referer, 7, strlen($allowed_domains[$i]))) ==
strtolower($allowed_domains[$i])){
$bad_referer = false;
break;
} else {
$bad_referer = true;
}
}
if ($bad_referer === true) {
print '<pre>';
print_r($referer);
print '</pre>';
exit;
header('Location: ' . REDIRECT_BAD_REFERER);
exit;
}
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Get POST data,
// submitted data is cut off at 150 characters for name and email,
// and 10000 characters for the message
//
$firstname = substr(trim($_POST['firstname']), 0, 150);
$lastname = substr(trim($_POST['lastname']), 0, 150);
$messagesubject = substr(trim($_POST['messagesubject']), 0, 350);
$email = substr(trim($_POST['email']), 0, 150);
$message = substr(trim($_POST['message']), 0, 10000);
//~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Send mail
//
$mail = 'The following Message was sent to you from WebmasterSeminar.com:' . NL . NL;
$mail .= ($firstname != '') ? 'First Name: ' . $firstname . NL : false;
$mail .= ($lastname != '') ? 'Last Name: ' . $lastname . NL : false;
$mail .= ($messagesubject != '') ? 'Message Subject: ' . $messagesubject . NL : false;
$mail .= 'Email: ' . $email . NL . NL;
$mail .= $message;
$mail = str_replace("\r", '', $mail);
mail(RECIPIENT, SUBJECT, $mail, 'From: ' . $email . NL .
'X-Mailer: WembasterSeminar.com Mail Robot' . NL);
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Redirect to REDIRECT_SUCCESS page
//
header('Location: ' . REDIRECT_SUCCESS);
exit;
} else {
//~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
// Set session cookie as attempt to avoid
// automated spam scams
//
$_SESSION['x'] = 'spam';
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$error_message = 'Your email could not be send,
please fill in all required fields';
}
}
?>
LINK TO THIS TUTORIAL:
Copy the code below and paste into your web page
<a href="http://www.webmasterseminar.com/phpcontactformscript.php"> Webmaster Seminar</a><br /> PHP - Contact form script, feedback form script - free to use