Getting data from a from and sending it though email

bharat_r · 18-03-2009, 05:36 PM

I want to design a webpage which would get data from a form and send the collected data to my mail id.

I used the following html codes to get the data:

Code:

<html>
<head><Title></Title></head>
<form method="post" action="contact.php">
Email: <input name="email" type="text"><br>
Message:<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40"></textarea><br>
<input name="send" type="submit">
</form> 
</html>

And used the following php script

Code:

<?php
$to = "bharatkrishna.r@gmail.com";
$subject = "Contact Us";
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
if($sent)
{print "Your mail was sent successfully"; }
else
{print "We encountered an error sending your mail"; }
?>

But I'm not getting what I enter in the form to my mail.

How do I do it. Please Help.

mediator · 18-03-2009, 09:36 PM

AFAIR, u need to configure ur local sendmail server for that or perhaps u may test it on some site of urs say wwwdotbharat_rdotcom coz sites r usually configured with a mail server.