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Trying to make my own contact form with php. Is there a better/cleaner way to approach this?
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1 /DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Contact Form Practice</title>
</head>
<body>
<form method="POST" action="mailer.php">
Name:
<br>
<input type="text" name="name" size="19"><br>
<br>
Your Email Adress:
<br>
<input type="text" name="email" size="19"><br>
<br>
Message:
<br>
<textarea rows="9" name="message" cols="30"></textarea>
<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
----------------php---------------
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Contact";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message";
echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);
} else {
echo "4! OH! 4!";
}
?>
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The code seems correct, but I'd highly recommend adding in some data validation. You'll want to make sure all required fields are filled out with valid info. Also be sure to encode/strip any HTML, JS, etc for security/readability purposes.
Lastly, you should also consider using CAPTCHA to guard against spam. I've got an old site running code similar to this and used to get over 500 spam emails a day!
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