setup email in php in contact form code example
Example 1: how to connect contact form to email in php
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Contact Form</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="form-container">
<form name="frmContact" id="" frmContact"" method="post"
action="" enctype="multipart/form-data"
onsubmit="return validateContactForm()">
<div class="input-row">
<label style="padding-top: 20px;">Name</label> <span
id="userName-info" class="info"></span><br /> <input
type="text" class="input-field" name="userName"
id="userName" />
</div>
<div class="input-row">
<label>Email</label> <span id="userEmail-info"
class="info"></span><br /> <input type="text"
class="input-field" name="userEmail" id="userEmail" />
</div>
<div class="input-row">
<label>Subject</label> <span id="subject-info"
class="info"></span><br /> <input type="text"
class="input-field" name="subject" id="subject" />
</div>
<div class="input-row">
<label>Message</label> <span id="userMessage-info"
class="info"></span><br />
<textarea name="content" id="content"
class="input-field" cols="60" rows="6"></textarea>
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" name="send" class="btn-submit"
value="Send" />
<div id="statusMessage">
<?php
if (! empty($message)) {
?>
<p class='<?php echo $type; ?>Message'><?php echo $message; ?></p>
<?php
}
?>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"
type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function validateContactForm() {
var valid = true;
$(".info").html("");
$(".input-field").css('border', '#e0dfdf 1px solid');
var userName = $("#userName").val();
var userEmail = $("#userEmail").val();
var subject = $("#subject").val();
var content = $("#content").val();
if (userName == "") {
$("#userName-info").html("Required.");
$("#userName").css('border', '#e66262 1px solid');
valid = false;
}
if (userEmail == "") {
$("#userEmail-info").html("Required.");
$("#userEmail").css('border', '#e66262 1px solid');
valid = false;
}
if (!userEmail.match(/^([\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4})?$/))
{
$("#userEmail-info").html("Invalid Email Address.");
$("#userEmail").css('border', '#e66262 1px solid');
valid = false;
}
if (subject == "") {
$("#subject-info").html("Required.");
$("#subject").css('border', '#e66262 1px solid');
valid = false;
}
if (content == "") {
$("#userMessage-info").html("Required.");
$("#content").css('border', '#e66262 1px solid');
valid = false;
}
return valid;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: how to connect contact form to email in php
<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === "POST") {
if (empty($_POST['email'])) {
$emailError = 'Email is empty';
} else {
$email = $_POST['email'];
if (!filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$emailError = 'Invalid email';
}
}
if (empty($_POST['message'])) {
$messageError = 'Message is empty';
} else {
$message = $_POST['message'];
}
}