Drop Down PHP Form

Question

I am currently trying to make a small world cup pool for a few friends of mine, and I want to create a simple PHP form with drop down boxes to select the games for ease of access.

I want the form to have a field for Name, and then a drop down for each game.

I was trying to edit a stock contact form I found online - but it has more PHP than I know what to do with, and I cannot seem to find one specifically with drop down menus only.

I know the HTML/CSS Side of things, but cannot figure out how to make it submit the form content to my email.

Could anyone point me in the right direction, or provide me a template to work with?

THANKS!

EDIT:

Awesome, thanks @David Corbin & @Cody (http://www.kirupa.com/web/php_contact_form3.htm)

I've got it too work, appreciate everyone's help so far and Ill post it when I got it working.

PHP (mailer2.php)

$to = "email@email.com";
$subject = "World Cup Challenge";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email= $_POST['email'];
$match_name= $_POST['match_name'];

$check_msg ="";
foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {
$check_msg .= "Checked: $value\n";
}
$body = "Match: $match_name\n $check_msg"; 
$body = "From: $name_field - ($email) \n $check_msg";

mail($to, $subject, $body);
echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";

} else {
echo "blarg!";
}
?>

HTML

<head>
<title>World Cup Challenge</title>
<style>
BODY{color:#000000; font-size: 8pt; font-family: Verdana}
.button {background-color: rgb(128,128,128); color:#ffffff; font-size: 8pt;}
.inputc {font-size: 8pt;}
.style3 {font-size: xx-small}
</style>
</head>

<form method="POST" action="mailer2.php">
Name:
<input type="text" name="name" size=""><br>
<br>
<input type="text" name="email" size=""><br>
<br>
 Brazil VS Cameroon
<input type="hidden" name="match_name" value="Brazil VS Cameroon"> 
<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="Brazil"> Brazil<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="check[]" value="Cameroon"> Cameroon<br>
<br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</form>

It submits to me the value, but how can I also make it submit to me the name of the Matchup? (eg. Brazil VS Cameroon)

Thanks!

This is way too basic. Google search will throw up tons of tutorials. Just search for `php form email` and you would be good to go. Btw, the question title doesn't seem to match the content — asprin, May 28 '14 at 04:25
@Zonik He's obviously new to stack overflow. At least give him some helpful feedback, even if it boils down to "do your own research". — Cully, May 28 '14 at 04:29
I am new, and it is ok - I presumed to be scrutinized a bit for my lack of knowledge. I have done a fair bit of searching around. The duplicate post you linked @CullyLarson seems to be exactly what I need. Thanks again! — Colin, May 28 '14 at 04:32
That is working well, I just cannot understand adding the drop down menus and having that content send, I do not need a message, user email, or firstname last name. Just drop down menus - is that an easy edit? — Colin, May 28 '14 at 04:36
@CGKeaton I guess, This may be the one you needed . follow the link bellow. http://www.kirupa.com/web/php_contact_form3.htm — Cody, May 28 '14 at 04:39
@Cody thats awesome, is it easy to make them drop downs, or only make 1 box selectable? THANKS! — Colin, May 28 '14 at 04:47
@CGKeaton since they are checkboxes it can be selected by multiples, what do you mean by dropdowns? — Cody, May 28 '14 at 05:09
Hey @Cody please checky my updated question! Thanks for all your help so far. — Colin, May 28 '14 at 05:12
Nope! The email sends perfect, but I want to receive in the email, NAME, Match NAME (Team A VS Team B), and the users pick! All I get currently is the Name (of player) and the checked box. Thanks! — Colin, May 28 '14 at 05:15
Hey @Cody that adds an email field, and does not send the match name. I am not sure why! NVM - I got it by adding $match_name to the mailto field. — Colin, May 28 '14 at 06:58
Now how can I add multiple on one page? as I will need roughly 50 options/matches? — Colin, May 28 '14 at 07:08
It doesnt seem to work, it only gives me the name of 1 match (maybe because its match_name?) Thanks — Colin, May 28 '14 at 20:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '14 at 04:31

If you have the form you want, then all you need to do is be able to send it to a server and then mail it.

Make sure your form has an action and method attribute. For example, <form action="submit.php" method="post">

Then you need to write a server-side php script for parsing the text passed to it. Create submit.php and add in it

<?php
    print_r($_POST);

This script should direct you to a page that shows you all your form data. Once your there your well on your way to getting a working form.

To get the form to be able to be emailed, look into the php mail() function.

Drop Down PHP Form

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