PHP Email Form code example

Example 1: get php to send email from form

<?php 
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    $to = "[email protected]"; // this is your Email address
    $from = $_POST['email']; // this is the sender's Email address
    $first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
    $last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
    $subject = "Form submission";
    $subject2 = "Copy of your form submission";
    $message = $first_name . " " . $last_name . " wrote the following:" . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];
    $message2 = "Here is a copy of your message " . $first_name . "\n\n" . $_POST['message'];

    $headers = "From:" . $from;
    $headers2 = "From:" . $to;
    mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
    mail($from,$subject2,$message2,$headers2); // sends a copy of the message to the sender
    echo "Mail Sent. Thank you " . $first_name . ", we will contact you shortly.";
    // You can also use header('Location: thank_you.php'); to redirect to another page.
    }
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<title>Form submission</title>
</head>
<body>

<form action="" method="post">
First Name: <input type="text" name="first_name"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="last_name"><br>
Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br>
Message:<br><textarea rows="5" name="message" cols="30"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

</body>
</html>

Example 2: how to send email with php

<?php     
  

  var Name = $_POST('name');
  // grabbing the data from the form when posted
  // make sure to add name="name" or name="email"
  // in the input tag to grab the the specific elements
  // data example <textarea name="message"> or 
// <input type="number name="number">
  
  var Email = $_POST('email');
  var Number = $_POST('number');
  
$to_email = 'Your E-mail';
$subject = 'The Subject of the message';
$message = 'Name'.$name. "email" .$email. "number:" .$number.".";
$headers = 'From: noreply @ company . com'; //optional
mail($to_email,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>

Example 3: html php email

$mailtext = '<html>
<head>
    <title>HTML-E-Mail mit PHP erstellen</title>
</head>

<body>
...
</body>
</html>
';

$empfaenger = "[email protected]";  // Mailadresse
$absender   = "[email protected]";
$betreff    = "Mail-Test - HTML-E-Mail mit PHP erstellen";
$antwortan  = "[email protected]";

$header  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n";

$header .= "From: $absender\r\n";
$header .= "Reply-To: $antwortan\r\n";
// $header .= "Cc: $cc\r\n";  // falls an CC gesendet werden soll
$header .= "X-Mailer: PHP ". phpversion();

mail( $empfaenger,
      $betreff,
      $mailtext,
      $header);

echo "Mail wurde gesendet!";

Example 4: read an email with php

//docs
https://www.php.net/manual/en/book.imap.php

https://garrettstjohn.com/articles/reading-email-php/

Example 5: send email in php

<?php
    ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 );
    error_reporting( E_ALL );
    $from = "[email protected]";
    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "Checking PHP mail";
    $message = "PHP mail works just fine";
    $headers = "From:" . $from;
    if(mail($to,$subject,$message, $headers)) {
		echo "The email message was sent.";
    } else {
    	echo "The email message was not sent.";
    }
    ?>

Example 6: PHP Email Form

<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST" action="">
    <label>Your Name <input type="text" name="sender_name" /> </label> 
    <label>Your Email <input type="email" name="sender_email" /> </label> 
    <label>Subject <input type="text" name="subject" /> </label> 
    <label>Message <textarea name="message"></textarea> </label> 
    <label>Attachment <input type="file" name="attachment" /></label>
    <label><input type="submit" name="button" value="Submit" /></label>
</form>

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