Question

Okay so I am fairly new to web designing. How do I get the contact form on my current theme to work? This is the current html.

I need to know how to code the PHP file; is this correct?

<div class="form row-fluid clearfix">
    <div class="field span5">
        <label>Your name:</label>
        <input type="text" value="" class="req" placeholder="Placeholder text..." />
    </div>
    <div class="field span5">
        <label>Your email:</label>
        <input type="email" value="" class="req" />
    </div>
    <div class="clearfix">&nbsp;</div>
    <div class="field full">
        <label>Your comment:</label>
        <textarea class="span12" cols="2" rows="7"></textarea>
    </div>

    <button class="extruded"><span>Submit</span></button>
</div>

<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = 'From: iclear'; 
$to = '[e-mail]'; 
$subject = 'Hello';
?>

And how do I link the PHP file for that contact form?

Answer 1

Step 1

Wrap your fields with a form HTML element that has its action property set to your php processing page

Step 2

Name the form fields according to what the php file expects

Step 3

Add some validation

Step 4

Submit and test

Example

HTML

<form action="process.php" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name">
<input type="submit">
</form>

PHP

<?php
$first_name=$_POST["first_name"];
if($first_name=="John")
{
  echo "Hi John!";
}
else
{
   echo "Sorry Buddy, Don't really know you";
}
?>

Note

The reason why i did not provide you a full solution is that you mentioned you are a newbie in that programming, and it would be injustice to just solve your problem and not guide you how to do it