Need guidance please ...

I'm creating a store to sell about 30 items. I have it pretty much done; but am stuck on a "contact me" form. I'm looking for one that has some safety built into it.

I know you all probably do not help with such matters; but I thought maybe you could direct me to where I might find such help. There are many html sites and I've spent the last few days reading all I could find. The ones that might work need a file with a PHP extension and my editor (Note Tab Light) does not show that as an option. Do I need a special program to create a php file?

 

look into PHP FORM PROCESSORS or PHP FORM PARSERS, or SIMPLE PHP FORM SCRIPT

 

Hello!

Most web servers have PHP processors on them, so you should be okay. As far as making the file, you just need to save it with the filetype .php

You can have html and php in the same file, in fact, generally speaking, that's how it's done.

Here's a quick example:

You will have to download this file, and put it in the same directory as the contact form, with the original, rita.ttf. This is the font file for the safety.

PHP:

<?php
if($_POST['action'] == 'submit')
{
 if(hash('ripemd128', $_POST['image']) == $_COOKIE['image'])
 {
  //okay to proceed - send email
  mail("youraddress@domain.com", "[Contact Form]".$_POST['subject'], "Name: ".$_POST['name']."\r\nEmail: ".$_POST['email']."\r\nIP Address: ".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."\r\nTime: ".date('n/j/y g:ia')."\r\n---------------\r\nSubject: ".$_POST['subject']."\r\n\r\n".$_POST['body'], "reply-to: ".$_POST['email']);
  header('location: contact_success.html');
 }
 else
 {
  //incorrect
  $error = "Sorry, you did not enter the correct image!<br />";
 }
}
//generate image
$captchakey = hash('crc32', rand().rand().time().time().$_SERVER['remote_addr']);
$captchakey = str_replace("0", "", $captchakey);
setcookie('image', hash('ripemd128', $captchakey));
ob_start();
define("WIDTH", 250);
define("HEIGHT", 57);
define("F_SIZE", 15);
define("F_ANGLE", 10);
define("F_TEXT", $captchakey);
define("F_FONT", "rita.ttf");
 
$img = imagecreate(WIDTH, HEIGHT);
$white = imagecolorallocate($img, 255, 255, 255);
$black = imagecolorallocate($img, 0, 0, 0);
imagerectangle($img, 0, 0, WIDTH-1, HEIGHT-1, $black);
 
$box = imagettfbbox(F_SIZE, F_ANGLE, F_FONT, F_TEXT);
$start_x = ((WIDTH/2) - (int)(($box[0] + $box[2] + $box[4] + $box[6])/4))-4;
$start_y = (HEIGHT/2) - (int)(($box[1] + $box[3] + $box[5] + $box[7])/4);
imagettftext($img, F_SIZE, F_ANGLE, $start_x, $start_y, $black, F_FONT ,F_TEXT);
 
imagepng($img);
imagedestroy($img);
$image_data = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
$img = base64_encode ($image_data);

//the image has been generated

//you can start putting your template after the next line
?>

<form method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="submit" />
<?php echo @$error; ?>
Name: <input name="name"><br />
Email: <input name="email"><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name="body"></textarea><br />
<img src="data:image/png;base64,<?php echo $img; ?>" /><br />
Enter the text in the image: <input name="image" /><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>


Oh, and obviously you will have to edit the youraddress@domain.com, and replace it with your email address.