Email form v2

[Jaan]

Well now i'm gonna show how to make a email form, but without Email: field, cuz you will select a member who is in your database and then you can send an email to him/her. Let's start!

connect.php

PHP Code:

<?php
$host = "localhost";
$db_user = "YourUsername";
$db_pass = "YourPassword";
$db = "YourDatabase";

$connect = mysql_connect($host, $db_user, $db_pass);
if(!$connect){
die("Can not connect to database: ".mysql_error());
}

$select = mysql_select_db($db, $connect);
if(!$select){
die("Can not select a database: ".mysql_error());
}
?>

now let's make this form..

index.php

PHP Code:

<?php
include("connect.php");

// Display your email form
function form(){

echo "<form action='?act=send' method='post'>
    <table width='400' border='1'>
    <tr>
    <td width='50%'>Send an email to: 
            <select name='users' size='1'>
            <option selected></option>";
            
// Make a dropdown menu where are all your users with their emails            
$item = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users");
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($item)){
echo "<option value='".$row['email']."'>".$row['username']."</option>";
}
echo "</select>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>";
echo "Your name: <input type='text' name='from' size='30'>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>";
echo "Subject: <input type='text' name='subject' size='30'><br>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>"
    ."Message:<br><textarea cols='50' rows='10' name='text'></textarea>
    </td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
    <td>";
echo "<input type='submit' value='Send'>
    </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    </form>";

}

function send(){

// Let's collect our info
$email = $_REQUEST['users'];
$subject = $_REQUEST['subject'];
$message = $_REQUEST['text'];
$from = $_REQUEST['from'];

// If something is not filled then let's display errors
if(empty($email)){
die("Please enter a person who will get this email!");
}

if(empty($subject)){
die("Please enter a subject!");
}

if(empty($message)){
die("Please enter your message!");
}

if(empty($from)){
die("Please enter your name!");
}

// If everything is okay let's send that email
mail($email, $subject, $message,"From: ".$from);
echo "Thank you! <a href='index.php'>Go back</a>";
}

switch($act){

default;
form();
break;

case "send";
send();
break;

}
?>

Have fun!

[acidlake]

hi!is work? i really need it and i dont know how..hope this one works!

[Jaan]

yes it works

[Xav]

Nar, of course it doesn't work...

[chili5]

Wow that's really interesting and quite useful Thanks a bunch

Of course, you could use striptags() so the program doesn't read HTML that someone may enter.

Thanks a bunch

[Jaan]

you're welcome

[chili5]

Maybe some day, you could make a version of this, that sends HTML email?

[Jaan]

it's a good idea.. i'll think about it