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James Maddox
17,154 PointsPHP Contact Form with file attachment
Has anyone made a contact form that will send file attachments through email? If so, can you share your source code?
5 Answers
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsHey James,
You can find tons of tutorials online for setting up a contact form like this. I typed into Google "php contact form with file attachment" and found this link right away: http://www.sanwebe.com/2014/04/ajax-contact-form-attachment-jquery-php It seems solid enough. And there are quite a few more where that came from.
James Maddox
17,154 PointsThanks!
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsNo problem, James, and I am not trying to sound rude at all but Google has access to a wealth of knowledge. Use it, my friend!
James Maddox
17,154 PointsYeah, I understand. I was just trying to figure it out on my own without using something someone else has created. What I created was working in plain text but the actual attachment wasn't coming through on the email side. I still appreciate this! Lol
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsYou can use their code for ideas on how to create your own code. You can at least see how they are including the functionality to implement file attachments, and then adapt that code to your own code.
James Maddox
17,154 PointsThat's true. However the form I originally created was all php with php validations no javascript or ajax. I still ended up using the contact form that you sent me. I just changed the css to fit what I originally created.
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsYou should definitely go with adding JavaScript validation to any kind of forms whenever possible. PHP should always be in the back end to validate, of course, but JavaScript validation gives that immediate response of "Hey you need to fix this" instead of having to wait for the data to be processed by the server and then sent back to tell you what's wrong. I do some easy JS validation with PHP in the back to validate it on my form: http://www.marcusparsons.com/contactme.php
James Maddox
17,154 PointsThanks for the advice! Never thought of it that way. Point well taken!
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsAnytime, man. Good luck on your future endeavors! =]