How to send some data directly from a form to an email address?

Question

I want to make a popup on a site that asks for 2 lines of text and then send them over to my email address. How do I achieve that? I don't want a mailto: link, I want the data to be sent directly to my email address similar to a contact form. Do I need a script for this? What kind of script?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You will need some type of server side script, such as PHP. Take a look at this link..

http://email.about.com/od/emailprogrammingtips/qt/How_to_Send_Email_from_a_PHP_Script.htm

Answer 2

Assuming you have Php as server-side scripting, download the free script "form to email" from http://www.web2coders.com

It takes a few details on a form, sends the form to php, php formats the message, and send it to whatever email address you have decided.

The other script is "Newsletter": that one also sends email, but they are HTML formatted, and have images and link back (a bit more complex).

Answer 3

best thing id say if you don't know Javascript is to go to formspring.com create a free account there, and they will put together a form that you can customize and the info is sent to your email instantly, thats what i use.

Answer 4

You could try php. http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php



You'll be needing a html form for that and get those inputs using post and send them to your email.





Good luck :)