I'm looking to create a form on my website where users can enter their email address and a message (however long). Then upon clicking on a submit button, the code, sends the message as an email to my mailbox.
I was wondering if someone knew what code i could use. I am using PHP as my server-side language.
You need to have access to an smtp server somewhere. Assuming you do, use the php mail function to send the mail like so:
$Name = "John doe"; //senders name
$email = "[email protected]"; //senders e-mail adress
$recipient = "[email protected]"; //recipient
$mail_body = "The text for the mail..."; //mail body
$subject = "Subject for receiver"; //subject
$header = "From: ". $Name . " <" . $email . ">\r\n"; //optional headerfields
mail($recipient, $subject, $mail_body, $header);
The smtp server is set in the php.ini file in these two lines:
SMTP = servername
smtp_port = 25
More information at w3schools site.
while the above two answers provide a basic email sending suggestion, there's one thing you should consider, the codes are not secure. spammers can inject Cc: codes and send spam using the form. if they do, your smtp provider may ban your account. try a dedicated mailer, like phpmailer
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