Add simple contact form example

chintankotadia · Jan 5, 2017 · c6713cd · c6713cd
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+<?php
+/**
+ * This example shows how to handle a simple contact form.
+ */
+
+$msg = '';
+//Don't run this unless we're handling a form submission
+if (array_key_exists('email', $_POST)) {
+    date_default_timezone_set('Etc/UTC');
+
+    require '../PHPMailerAutoload.php';
+
+    //Create a new PHPMailer instance
+    $mail = new PHPMailer;
+    //Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP - requires a local mail server
+    //Faster and safer than using mail()
+    $mail->isSMTP();
+    $mail->Host = 'localhost';
+    $mail->Port = 25;
+
+    //Use a fixed address in your own domain as the from address
+    //**DO NOT** use the submitter's address here as it will be forgery
+    //and will cause your messages to fail SPF checks
+    $mail->setFrom('[email protected]', 'First Last');
+    //Send the message to yourself, or whoever should receive contact for submissions
+    $mail->addAddress('[email protected]', 'John Doe');
+    //Put the submitter's address in a reply-to header
+    //This will fail if the address provided is invalid,
+    //in which case we should ignore the whole request
+    if ($mail->addReplyTo($_POST['email'], $_POST['name'])) {
+        $mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer contact form';
+        //Keep it simple - don't use HTML
+        $mail->isHTML(false);
+        //Build a simple message body
+        $mail->Body = <<<EOT
+Email: {$_POST['email']}
+Name: {$_POST['name']}
+Message: {$_POST['message']}
+EOT;
+        //Send the message, check for errors
+        if (!$mail->send()) {
+            //The reason for failing to send will be in $mail->ErrorInfo
+            //but you shouldn't display errors to users - process the error, log it on your server.
+            $msg = 'Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later.';
+        } else {
+            $msg = 'Message sent! Thanks for contacting us.';
+        }
+    } else {
+        $msg = 'Invalid email address, message ignored.';
+    }
+}
+?>
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <title>Contact form</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<h1>Contact us</h1>
+<?php if (!empty($msg)) {
+    echo "<h2>$msg</h2>";
+} ?>
+<form method="POST">
+    <label for="name">Name: <input type="text" name="name" id="name"></label><br>
+    <label for="email">Email address: <input type="email" name="email" id="email"></label><br>
+    <label for="message">Message: <textarea name="message" id="message" rows="8" cols="20"></textarea></label><br>
+    <input type="submit" value="Send">
+</form>
+</body>
+</html>