simple php registration form

[manuleka]

i'm doing a simple site for a friend and one of the pages is gonna have a registration form! i'm very new to php and wanting to learn more but i need to know if its possible to have a form that will handle a few inputs..

for example:

name:
contacts: email, phone, address, region etcs
extras... etc etc

will it be possible to have a form handler that will send all this information to an email once submitted? i'm after something simple...

are there readly available scripts for this? or can anyone throw me one? so i can customize it myself? i'll learn as i go through it i suppose...

thanks

[Belisarius]

Yes, it is possible. In fact, it's what PHP was designed to do.

First off, since you're new to PHP, I strongly suggest you get to know the official PHP documentation page, as it will contain all the answers to your questions in some shape or form. If you can't find the answer there, we can help here.

Specifically, you might want to look at the tutorial found there, as it contains a simple example of how to process forms. Additionally, sending mail is very simple if PHP is setup to do it (you'll probably need to check with your hoster in order to find out if it is or not). Check out the mail function.

[manuleka]

thanks Belisarius... so my host will have to have email function enabled?

[Belisarius]

To use the "mail" function I linked to, yes. Alternately, you could obtain the Mail Package from PEAR. PEAR is a repository of addons to PHP, and is hosted on PHP's domain. Frequently, if you can't find what you want in PHP by default, you can find it at PEAR.

[sde]

Originally Posted by manuleka

thanks Belisarius... so my host will have to have email function enabled?

most hosts do .. if they don't, find a better one.

just make a test script. if they don't support it, you will most likely seen an error.