PHP FORMS HELP COURSE

PHPForms is a web form builder ideally suited for both newbies and experienced users. It allows you to create php forms without the knowledge of PHP or experience in web programming. However, from time to time we receive emails from you asking about how to create simple web forms on your site. So we decided to put here a brief step-by-step guide explaining the basic ideas of this form mail script.

Welcome to PHPForms crash course!

How to create a simple php mail form?

Let’s create a simple contact form in php.

1. Login to Admin Panel of PHPForms (use our online demo account).
2. Click Forms menu button.
3. Click Create form button at the bottom of the screen. You will be asked to fill Form options (see below):

Form name – enter Contact form or any other name, this field is optional
Form color – choose any color you wish or leave blank
Submit to – choose if you want to send form results to email or to store to a database
Send to email –enter email address where all form submissions will be sent
Email template –choose the available template from a drop-down menu
Form width, in pixels – enter the appropriate value, 0 — default
Message displayed after submission – type in any text you wish, e.g., «Thank you! Your message has been sent», users will see this text after submitting the form
Redirect to – once the user submits the form, he’s redirected to the page of your choice. Enter any valid URL. If you leave this field blank, the user is redirected to the form.
Button captions – previous, next, submit

4. Click Save. New form will appear in the list of forms.
5. Click Edit form fields icon . Now you will add new fields to your form.
6. Click Add field icon . You will be asked to fill Field options (see below):

Field name – we’re building a simple contact form, so the first necessary field is the name of the person who submits the form. Enter Name in this field.
Required – this field can be either required or optional. Tick this check box to make this field required. The user will not be able to continue until he enters his name.
Page – choose page number.
Field type – choose Text.
Default value – leave blank
Check rule – choose Not empty.
Email template – leave blank.

7. Click Save.

8. Click Add field button to add another field for email address.

9. Fill Field options form as follows and click Save.

Field name – Email
Field type – Text
Check rule – Email

10. Click Add field button to add a new field for the message.

11. Fill Field options form as follows and click Save.

Field name – Message
Field type – Textarea

12. By now you should have three fields: Name, Email and Message. It’s time to preview the form and get the code for your site! Click Forms menu button.
13. Click Get code to insert on your site icon .
14. Choose the way you want to insert code into your site and follow instructions.

Congratulations! Let us know what other samples you would like to see on our site.

If you have any questions, please refer to our online documentation or contact our support team.