All about web forms!

Basics of HTML Form

• HTML Form Input Examples

Example code for all form input types.

How to get form submissions by email

It is very common use to have a form on your web site: get the form submissions by email.
For getting an idea how to do that, read :

• How to get email from HTML form submission

For further details see:

• Form to email using ‘mailto’

Using ‘mailto’ is the simplest way to have an email form. But is ‘mailto’ the best way?

• PHP Form to email sample

Shows a simple, basic example on how to send form submission to an email address using PHP.Includes sample code too!

• Form mail script selection guide

There are a number of form mail scripts available for free in the language (PHP,ASP, Perl) of your choice. How to choose among them?

• Perl based form mail

Example usage of a Perl based, free form mail script.

Creating secure contact forms

• Free, simple, PHP based email contact form

Shows a simple php based email contact form with detailed explanation of the code.

• Secure your HTML contact form using captcha

Using captcha to secure your HTML contact forms.

PHP form tutorials

• PHP form tutorial: first steps

A very easy to follow, step by step PHP form tutorial.

• PHP form processing

Shows how to get the form submission data in the php script and then save the data to a MySQL database.

• Using the get method in a PHP form

What is ‘GET’ method? how to access GET variables in a PHP form processor? See this article for details

• Using the POST method in a PHP form

What is ‘POST’ method? When to use POST method in a form rather than the ‘GET’ method? See this article for details.

• Handling checkbox in PHP form processor

Sample code and examples showing how to get single/multiple check box submissions in the PHP script.

• Using a select box in PHP

Shows with example how to use a select box in PHP.

Advanced PHP form handling

• PHP Form Validation Script

Introduces a generic PHP form validation script that you can use to quickly add form validation to your php form handlers.

• Using PHP_SELF in the action field of form

This article shows the usage of PHP_SELF variable and how to avoid PHP_SELF exploits.

• Email form with file attachment in PHP

This article shows how to create a php based email form that supports file attachment.