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-------- PHP Simple Contact Form ---------
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-------- Version - 2.0a ------------------
-------- Author - Jigowatt Ltd -----------
-------- URL - www.jigowatt.co.uk --------
-------- Description ---------------------
A self-contained PHP contact form, easily integrated with already formed pages.
- File List
- /assets
--- error.gif
--- success.gif
- contact_form.php
- stylesheet.css
-------- Installation --------------------
Below you will find documentation for install or inclusion into your website.
- Step 1
Unzip the files, be sure to check it's contents against the above file list.
-- BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP --
It is important you keep a fresh copy of the script files incause of corruption, we do not offer
ongoing support for this script.
- Step 2
For simple inclusion of the contact form, page paste the following code in your existing PHP page.
Note: You must make sure you include relative to the file you are including from.
e.g. contact.php is located in a folder called 'includes' and you are including from a base
directory file such as index.php
Your include statement would look like
- Step 3
In the header of your website be sure to include the contact form style.
Suggestion: Instead of this piece of code, why not copy the style for the contact page into your
existing stylesheet, merging any conflicts i.e. body or html tags?
- Step 4
Aprox Line 78:
$address = "example@yourbusinessdomain.com";
Edit this to contain the email address that you want the form information sent to, this is the
only important confirguration option.
- Step 5
Note: If your page already has a HTML header you will receive a headers already sent error
after inserting the above, you must remove the following from the file contact.php if this is the
case.
Line 1:
Contact
And remove the end tags.
Aprox Line 175:
- Step 6
Upload the changed and configured files to your server.
- Step 7 (Optional)
To enable the optional Phone Number validated field,
Uncomment the following (remove // from beginning of the lines)
Aprox Line 27: $phone = '';
Aprox Line 36: $phone = $_POST['phone'];
Aprox Line 50: } else if(!is_numeric($phone)) {
$error = '
Attention! Phone number can only contain digits.
';
Swap comment tags or delete the appropriate.
Aprox Line 94: $e_reply = "You can contact $name via email, $email or via phone $phone";
Aprox Line 95: $e_reply = "You can contact $name via email, $email";
Uncomment HTML code (Remove tags from around the code)
Aprox Line 136:
- Finished.
Note: Send a test email using the form to test the installation. Enjoy the script.
-------- CHANGE LOG ----------------------
24/06/2009 - Updated readme.txt for phone number validation.
24/06/2009 - Added support for phone number and digit validation.
-------- FAQ -----------------------------
There are several other configuration options in contact.php these are highlighted and described
near each line similar to the following.
// Configuration option.
// Description and example of the configured option.
Feel free to change these options but be sure to BACKUP before you edit the script files.