data input

[sacksey]

Hi. I am new to PHP though i have a small background in C++ (took a intro course in college). I am wondering if this is legal to do:

<form action="<?
$name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['name'];
$fromemail = $HTTP_POST_VARS['fromemail'];
$subject = $HTTP_POST_VARS['subject'];
$message = $HTTP_POST_VARS['message'];
$date = date('M.j.y');
$header = "From: $name <$fromemail>" . "Date: $date";
 
 
if ($name == "")
{
    echo "<p>Please provide your name</p>";
}
if (!preg_match("/\w+([-+.]\w+)*@\w+([-.]\w+)*\.\w+([-.]\w+)*/", $fromemail))
{
    $fromemail = "not provided";
}
if ($subject == "")
{
    $subject = "message from user";
}
if (mail("[e-mail]",$subject,$message,$header))
{
    echo "<p>Thank you for sending the email.</p>";
} else {
    echo "<p>Can not send the email. Please try again later.</p>";
}
?>" method="post">
    <p>Name:<input name="name" type="text" size="20" /></p>
    <p>Subject: <input name="subject" type="text" size="30" /></p>
    <p>Message: <textarea name="message" cols="35" rows="5" /></textarea></p>
    <p align="left"><input type="submit" value="send" /></p>
    </form>
 

Also, for the

if (mail("[e-mail]",$subject,$message,$header))
{
    echo "<p>Thank you for sending the email.</p>";
} else {
    echo "<p>Can not send the email. Please try again later.</p>";
}

Is there a way I can put this message in place of the forms instead of going to another page? Or would i have to use the main template and make it so the code is on a whole seperate page?

Thank you

[Motoma]

Yes, if you put your form inside an echo statement, then put that inside a condition, you can effectively replace your form with the result message.