Considering that my experience with PHP is limited, I used a contact form generator that works almost as I want it. The form, and all of its variables function properly, however upon receiving the email, it adds my own domain as the senders email. I want to have the person who completed the contact form’s email as the sender, so that I can easily reply to the message (rather than copy and pasting the email address from inside the message).
Here is part of the code:
<?php
$where_form_is="http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].strrev(strstr(strrev($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']),"/"));
session_start();
if( ($_SESSION['security_code']==$_POST['security_code']) && (!empty($_POST['security_code'])) ) {
// Checkbox handling
$field_4_opts = $_POST['field_4'][0].",". $_POST['field_4'][1].",". $_POST['field_4'][2];
// Checkbox handling
$field_5_opts = $_POST['field_5'][0].",". $_POST['field_5'][1].",". $_POST['field_5'][2].",". $_POST['field_5'][3];
mail("mail@mail.com","phpFormGenerator - Form submission","Form data:
Your Name:: " . $_POST['field_1'] . "
Country:: " . $_POST['field_2'] . "
Your Email:: " . $_POST['field_3'] . "
Your areas of interest:: $field_4_opts
What type of articles are you interested in writing?:: $field_5_opts
Any other types of articles that interest you?:: " . $_POST['field_6'] . "
Approximately how often will you contribute?: " . $_POST['field_7'] . "
Your blog/website:: " . $_POST['field_8'] . "
What would make you a good contributor?: " . $_POST['field_9'] . "
powered by phpFormGenerator.
");
include("confirm.html");
}
else {
echo "Invalid Captcha String.";
}
?>
install.php
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>testing2 - created by phpFormGenerator</title>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"><link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
<!-- calendar stuff -->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="calendar/calendar-blue2.css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="calendar/calendar.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="calendar/calendar-en.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="calendar/calendar-setup.js"></script>
<!-- END calendar stuff -->
<!-- expand/collapse function -->
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
<!--
function collapseElem(obj)
{
var el = document.getElementById(obj);
el.style.display = 'none';
}
function expandElem(obj)
{
var el = document.getElementById(obj);
el.style.display = '';
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<!-- expand/collapse function -->
<!-- expand/collapse function -->
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
<!--
// collapse all elements, except the first one
function collapseAll()
{
var numFormPages = 1;
for(i=2; i <= numFormPages; i++)
{
currPageId = ('mainForm_' + i);
collapseElem(currPageId);
}
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<!-- expand/collapse function -->
<!-- validate -->
<SCRIPT type=text/javascript>
<!--
function validateField(fieldId, fieldBoxId, fieldType, required)
{
fieldBox = document.getElementById(fieldBoxId);
fieldObj = document.getElementById(fieldId);
if(fieldType == 'text' || fieldType == 'textarea' || fieldType == 'password' || fieldType == 'file' || fieldType == 'phone' || fieldType == 'website')
{
if(required == 1 && fieldObj.value == '')
{
fieldObj.setAttribute("class","mainFormError");
fieldObj.setAttribute("className","mainFormError");
fieldObj.focus();
return false;
}
}
else if(fieldType == 'menu' || fieldType == 'country' || fieldType == 'state')
{
if(required == 1 && fieldObj.selectedIndex == 0)
{
fieldObj.setAttribute("class","mainFormError");
fieldObj.setAttribute("className","mainFormError");
fieldObj.focus();
return false;
}
}
else if(fieldType == 'email')
{
if((required == 1 && fieldObj.value=='') || (fieldObj.value!='' && !validate_email(fieldObj.value)))
{
fieldObj.setAttribute("class","mainFormError");
fieldObj.setAttribute("className","mainFormError");
fieldObj.focus();
return false;
}
}
}
function validate_email(emailStr)
{
apos=emailStr.indexOf("@");
dotpos=emailStr.lastIndexOf(".");
if (apos<1||dotpos-apos<2)
{
return false;
}
else
{
return true;
}
}
function validateDate(fieldId, fieldBoxId, fieldType, required, minDateStr, maxDateStr)
{
retValue = true;
fieldBox = document.getElementById(fieldBoxId);
fieldObj = document.getElementById(fieldId);
dateStr = fieldObj.value;
if(required == 0 && dateStr == '')
{
return true;
}
if(dateStr.charAt(2) != '/' || dateStr.charAt(5) != '/' || dateStr.length != 10)
{
retValue = false;
}
else // format's okay; check max, min
{
currDays = parseInt(dateStr.substr(0,2),10) + parseInt(dateStr.substr(3,2),10)*30 + parseInt(dateStr.substr(6,4),10)*365;
//alert(currDays);
if(maxDateStr != '')
{
maxDays = parseInt(maxDateStr.substr(0,2),10) + parseInt(maxDateStr.substr(3,2),10)*30 + parseInt(maxDateStr.substr(6,4),10)*365;
//alert(maxDays);
if(currDays > maxDays)
retValue = false;
}
if(minDateStr != '')
{
minDays = parseInt(minDateStr.substr(0,2),10) + parseInt(minDateStr.substr(3,2),10)*30 + parseInt(minDateStr.substr(6,4),10)*365;
//alert(minDays);
if(currDays < minDays)
retValue = false;
}
}
if(retValue == false)
{
fieldObj.setAttribute("class","mainFormError");
fieldObj.setAttribute("className","mainFormError");
fieldObj.focus();
return false;
}
}
//-->
</SCRIPT>
<!-- end validate -->
</head>
<body onLoad="collapseAll()">
<div id="mainForm">
<div id="formHeader">
<h2 class="formInfo">testing2</h2>
<p class="formInfo"></p>
</div>
<BR/><div id="footer"><p class="footer"><a class=footer href=http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net>Generated by phpFormGenerator</a></p></div>
</body>
</html>
Can you kindly find what I will need to change?
Add the relevant headers before calling the mail function in PHP.
In your case: