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**turtile** · 11-20-2005, 06:37 PM

I'm trying to make a simple form in dreamweaver 8. I have no idea how this works and can't find anything in the Dreamweaver help.

All I need to know is how get the information sent to the server and how to get the information.

I've tried adding all the fields in a form and creating a submit button but the submit button acts as an input. Shouldn't it use a get method?

THANKS FOR ANY HELP

**madkad** · 11-20-2005, 07:02 PM

you would have to also use a code like php to get it to work

when you say server do you meen database

if so then you would need somthing likea id in the database say the id was a username you would have to have a field were you add the user name and click the submit button then your php script would select from table were (username) then you would have to get it so it selects what info you want it to so say it was the usernames address email etc etc

the page you went to would have somthing in php like select from table were (username) then the string of stuff you want to collect then in the page you would use echo or print (both do the same) and you would show all the info that you have collected

if that was what you wanted to no i hope that helped

**Nahele** · 11-21-2005, 03:47 AM

IF you're talking about just transfering data entered in a form over to create a dynamic page you will need a form like this:

HTML Code:

<form name="test" method="post" action="examplepage.php">
<input type="text" name="username" size="25" maxlength="25">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>

obviously you would want to have text and a layout for this but basically upon hitting Submit, you will be sent to examplepage.php where you can extract the data from your input field with something like this:

PHP Code:


			
<html>
<body>

Hello

<?php> print $_POST['username']; ?> //print out the variable username that was posted from the previous site

</body>
<html>

PHP is fairly simple with small things like this...even saved as a .php file will be recognized as html except what commands fall between <?php and ?>. Hope this helps.

**JohnJ** · 11-21-2005, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turtile

I'm trying to make a simple form in dreamweaver 8. I have no idea how this works and can't find anything in the Dreamweaver help.

All I need to know is how get the information sent to the server and how to get the information.

I've tried adding all the fields in a form and creating a submit button but the submit button acts as an input. Shouldn't it use a get method?

THANKS FOR ANY HELP

It's not clear to me if you are looking for form mail or to interact with a database.

If it's form mail you should start by talking with your host.....

The form you build will need to call a script on the host server - the script will actually do all the work for you. Many hosts provide a 'canned script' that you can use to interact with their mail program. Otherwise you should consider using 'Matt's Script' at http://www.scriptarchive.com/formmail.html

JohnJ

**turtile** · 11-21-2005, 11:27 AM

I don't want it to post. I want to be the only one to see it.

I'm working on this site and on the contact page the person wants a form that will let him collect someones information for a job. (address, phone number...)

I am also using bluehost.com as my web provider.

Thanks

**madkad** · 11-21-2005, 01:49 PM

well if you dont want it to post the only other way to do it is have it colected in the database useing a script like php

or you could have it emailed to the owner of the website this i would also use a php script

**0beron** · 11-21-2005, 01:58 PM

If you just want any form submissions turn up in your inbox you can set the action attribute of the form to a mailto: link:

HTML Code:

<form method="POST" action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
<input type="text" name="numberofbananas" value="348" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Request bananas NOW!" />
</form>

This is very basic, but it requires no serverside scripting. If you want to do database stuff, or format the output a different way then you'll need something like PHP, ASP.NET, PERL or similar.

**turtile** · 11-21-2005, 02:19 PM

I guess I'll try that then.
Thanks

**madkad** · 11-21-2005, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 0beron

If you just want any form submissions turn up in your inbox you can set the action attribute of the form to a mailto: link:

HTML Code:

<form method="POST" action="mailto:you@yourdomain.com">
<input type="text" name="numberofbananas" value="348" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Request bananas NOW!" />
</form>

This is very basic, but it requires no serverside scripting. If you want to do database stuff, or format the output a different way then you'll need something like PHP, ASP.NET, PERL or similar.

LOL i always get a warning from my browser when i try a code that way

**turtile** · 11-21-2005, 02:54 PM

I created the email account and setup.
Now I get this error.

Not Found
The requested URL /contactus@djcraigandco.com was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/1.3.34 Server at www.djcraigandco.com Port 80

**funkdaddu** · 03:05 PM

you forgot the "mailto:" in the action parameter. It should be:

<form method="POST" action="mailto:contactus@djcraigandco.com">

NOT

<form method="POST" action="contactus@djcraigandco.com">

**turtile** · 11-21-2005, 03:11 PM

It worked!!!

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