Erik Reagan

Through my work in web development I’ve noticed the high number of times I need to write out a contact or registration form for a client. Each time I get the form fields together and then decide how I want to process the form. This usually entails a client-side validation of certain fields (required fields, email validation, etc) and then a back-end check of those fields before processing them. This process can get pretty repetitive if you do a high volume of projects or sites needing this function. I was looking for a way to process any form I create with the same script each time and thus produced this PHP script. It’s a lightweight, single file form processor (with an additional file for configuration) that has a number of options. The goal of this script is to provide a small footprint resource available to use over and over. For certain forms you may want to implement your own client-side validation of fields before sending them to the form processor. Let’s explore the features:

Features

• A PHP file inspects form data and runs simple validation on empty fields and email addresses
• You have the option of sending the user to a Review page
• Upon review the user can print and/or submit the results once all fields are
• Can submit results to 1 or more email accounts
• Can send a blind carbon copy (bcc) as well
• Email results can be plain text or HTML formatted
• Script can be used in a standalone environment OR as a part of your existing site template
• You can define which fields are required
• You can define which fields (if any) should not be displayed back to the user when they check the results before submission (eg: IP address)

Form Field Compatibility

This script successfully processes the following field types:

• text
• radio
• checkbox
• select & options(single and multiple)
• hidden
• textarea
• image

Requirements

• This script requires PHP 4.0.7 or newer

Be sure to read the docs to understand how to successfully setup multiple checkboxes within a single “name” and multiple select options within a single “name”.

 

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