Question

I’d like to use a contact form for a website I’m creating, but PHP is not an option since the client doesn’t wish to use it. Is there a clever way to work around this somehow, by sending email parameters (which is non-standard) perhaps, or by using an external contact form? Are there any good ones that don’t use advertising and are easily modified to a different language for example?

Thank you.

Answer 1

There are hundreds of embeddable (most likely iframe-based) solutions for contact forms, which would enable you to get around using a server-side language like PHP. Just a quick google search will give you some.

Alternatively, you could make a form in HTML, and have a submit button which is actually a mailto: link, and you modify the parameters of that mailto as your form inputs change.

The only downside of this is that it’s not as convenient for the user, as it then opens up their email client and they have to actually send it.

Personally, I would try and persuade the client, but if that isn’t possible, then those are your options.