README.md
December 5, 2022 · View on GitHub
Description
This is a very simple script that will send an e-mail using the standard mail () function. Designed for beginners. I was going to upload it but it didn't work so here's the code.
More Info
| Submitted On | |
| By | BelgiumBoy_007 |
| Level | Advanced |
| User Rating | 4.4 (44 globes from 10 users) |
| Compatibility | PHP 4.0 |
| Category | Miscellaneous |
| World | PHP |
| Archive File |
Source Code
<?php
// See comments below (right above the form).
if (mode </font><font color="#007700">== </font><font color="#DD0000">"submit"</font><font color="#007700">) {
<br /> if (</font><font color="#0000BB">enable_html != "on") {
/*
The user does not want to send the e-mail in HTML format, so we must get
rid of the HTML in the message.
/
mail_body </font><font color="#007700">= </font><font color="#0000BB">htmlspecialchars </font><font color="#007700">(</font><font color="#0000BB">mail_body);
}
// Now we set the headers for our e-mail message.
headers </font><font color="#007700">.= </font><font color="#DD0000">"MIME-Version: 1.0 \n"</font><font color="#007700">;
<br /> </font><font color="#0000BB">headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 \n";
headers </font><font color="#007700">.= </font><font color="#DD0000">"from:mail_from\r\nCc:mail_bcc";
/
Now it's time to send the message, we'll use the mail () function.
The function will return TRUE on success, FALSE on failure.
We can use that to make sure the e-mail was sent without
any problems.
The "@" in front of the function is optional. In PHP, whenever
there is an @ in front of ANY function, the script will not show
any errors. As we will let the user know if anything goes wrong
ourselves, we don't need PHP to give the errors for us and we can
show the error however we want (not with Warning: ... on line ...).
/
if (@mail (mail_to</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">mail_subject, mail_body</font><font color="#007700">, </font><font color="#0000BB">headers)) {
print ("<h1><font color="#004000">The e-mail was sent successfully!</font></h1>");
} else {
print ("<h1><font color="#880000">An error occurred while sending the e-mail!</font></h1>");
}
// We don't need to show the form again.
exit;
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Send e-mail</title>
<script language="javascript">
function DoSubmit ()
{
/
This javascript will check if the important fields have been filled in.
The control is pretty basic (if the user types " " it will see it as full,
but it is enough to alert a person who forgot to fill out a form, without
him / her having to wait until the form refreshes (good for slow modems).
The return ""; command will exit the function, so that the form is only
submitted when it is valid.
*/
if (document.form.mail_from.value == "") {
alert ("You forgot to enter the 'from' field.");
document.form.mail_from.focus ();
return "";
}
if (document.form.mail_to.value == "") {
alert ("You forgot to enter the 'to' field.");
document.form.mail_to.focus ();
return "";
}
if (document.form.mail_subject.value == "") {
alert ("You forgot to enter the 'subject' field.");
document.form.mail_subject.focus ();
return "";
}
if (document.form.mail_body.value == "") {
alert ("You forgot to enter the 'body' field.");
document.form.mail_body.focus ();
return "";
}
document.form.submit ();
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!--
By setting the form's action to PHP_SELF, this code will work even
<br /> when you change the name from email.php into whatever you want (.php).
<br />
<br /> The included (hidden) field, mode, will be used to see if the user has
<br /> submitted the form or if the page is loading for the first time. If the
<br /> user has submitted the page, the variable mode will have the string
"submit" as its value, otherwise the variable will be empty.
-->
<form action="<?php print ($PHP_SELF); ?>" method="post" name="form">
<table>
<tr>
<td>From:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="mail_from" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>To:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="mail_to" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cc:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="mail_cc" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bcc:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="mail_bcc" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subject:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="mail_subject" size="40"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Body:</td>
<td><textarea name="mail_body" cols="40" rows="10"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="checkbox" name="enable_html"> enable HTML in this message.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="hidden" name="mode" value="submit"></td>
<td><input type="button" onclick="DoSubmit ()" value="Send e-mail"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>