Using Our PHP Form Mailers on Web & Classic Hosting
Two non-CGI form mailers are included in Linux shared hosting account default files: webformmailer.php and gdform.php. They reside in the root directory of your hosting account. Incorporating either of these scripts into your website creates a form to capture user information and email it to a specified address.
For more information about designating the destination email address, see Specifying an Email Address for the PHP Form-Mailer.
Using webformmailer.php
Follow these steps to use webformmailer.php.
To Use webformmailer.php
- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Hosting.
- Next to the hosting account you want to manage, click Manage.
- From the Tools section, click File Manager.
- Click the file name for the Web page you want to place your form mailer in.
- Enter the form mailer in the body of your HTML.
- This is a very generic form mailer you can use:
- If you create your own form tag, assign
/webformmailer.phpto the action attribute and set the form method topost:
<form action="/webformmailer.php" method="post">
- In addition to the form fields you create, there are hidden elements you can use.
form_format determines in what format the information is delivered. Its values are 'text', 'csv', 'html', 'xml', and 'default' (same as 'text').
form_delivery determines the frequency and packaging of delivery. All form submissions are sent via an attachment. You can specify the form_delivery variables as one of the following: 'digest', 'hourly_digest', and 'daily_digest'.
- Once you are finished adding your Web form mailer click OK.
<form action="/webformmailer.php" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Submission" /> <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="thankyou.html" /> First Name: <input type="text" name="FirstName" /> Last Name :<input type="text" name="LastName" /> Email: <input type="text" name="email" /> Comments: <textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="10"> Type comments here.</textarea> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_order" value="alpha"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_delivery" value="hourly_digest"/> <input type="hidden" name="form_format" value="html"/> </form>
Using gdform.php
Follow these steps to use gdform.php.
To Use gdform.php
Warning: The
gdform.php file cannot be recovered if it's deleted.- Log in to your Account Manager.
- Click Hosting.
- Next to the hosting account you want to manage, click Manage.
- From the Tools section, click File Manager.
- Click the file name for the Web page you want to place your form mailer in.
- Enter the form mailer in the body of your HTML.
- This is a very generic form mailer you can use:
- If you create your own form tag, assign your Web form mailer with unique names to your form items.
- For the form action line, enter
/gdform.php. For example:<form action="/gdform.php" method="post">
- Set the form method to "post."
- In addition to the fields you create in your form, there are three special fields that you can use: subject, redirect, and email.
- Subject. Controls the subject line in the form email.
- Redirect. Controls the page that your visitors will see after they submit the form.
- Email. Controls the return address for the form email.
- Once you are finished adding your Web form mailer click OK.
<form action="/gdform.php" method="post"> <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Form Submission" /> <input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="thankyou.html" /> <p>First Name:<input type="text" name="FirstName" /></p>
<p>Last Name:<input type="text" name="LastName" /></p> <p>E-Mail:<input type="text" name="email" /></p> <p>Comments:</p><textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="10"> Type comments here.</textarea> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit"/> </form>
Note: Keep in mind that our form-mailer script will sort the names of your form items alphabetically when it composes the email message. This is the order of precedence: uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers.
For more information on customizing HTML Forms, go to W3 Schools HTML Forms and Input.
For information on reinstalling your default scripts, see How Do I Reinstall the Default Scripts Directory?
