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>