Question

I am trying to work with https://github.com/jackilyn/bootstrap-contact/ to add a bootstrap contact form to my codeigniter project.

The form is submitted as follows:

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" id="contactform">

after submission and validation, the following code is used to email the contact info:

//If there is no error, send the email
    if(!isset($hasError)) {
    $emailTo = '[e-mail]'; // Put your own email address here
    $body = "Name: $name \n\nEmail: $email \n\nPhone Number: $phone \n\nSubject: $subject \n\nComments:\n $comments";
    $headers = 'From: My Site <'.$emailTo.'>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $email;

    mail($emailTo, $subject, $body, $headers);
    $emailSent = true;
}

I don’t like the way the php code is included in the page itself and would like to move it to a seperate controller for security. How can I manage the program flow so that after the form is submitted with no errors , the flow is directed to a controller so I can execute the emailing code there instead , while keeping the form pointing to itself?

Thanks in advance,

Bill

Answer 1

hi please check i have created contact us controller and view for you really simple

controller
http://scrp.at/bYk

class contact extends CI_Controller{

    function index(){

        $this->validation->rules('name','Name', 'required|trim');
        $this->validation->rules('email','Email', 'required|trim|vaild_email');
        $this->validation->rules('message','Message', 'required|trim');

        if(!$this->validation->run()){
            $this->load->view('form_view');
        }
        else{
            $this->send();  
        }

    }

    function send(){
        $this->load->library('email');

        $input = $this->input->post();

        // will extract all variables from post array
        extract($input);

        $this->email->from($email, $name);
        $this->email->to('[e-mail]');
        //$this->email->cc('[e-mail]');
        //$this->email->bcc('[e-mail]');

        $this->email->subject('Email Test');
        $this->email->message($message);

        $this->email->send();

        //echo $this->email->print_debugger();

        redirect('redirect-to-thank-you');
    }

}

view
http://scrp.at/bYl

<?
echo form_open(uri_string());
echo form_label('Name','name').form_input('name',set_value('name')).form_error('name').br();
echo form_label('Email','email').form_input('email',set_value('email')).form_error('email').br();
echo form_label('Message','message').form_textarea('message',set_value('message')).form_error('message').br();
echo form_close();
?>