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Sep 13.2003

I know that this is possible because i managed to get this script ages ago but i can’t find it.

I want a script that you can put a form on your site with,

Name, Email address, Comments and will then when you click the submit button send that to a specified email address without opening outlook express.

This can definately be done cos i had it ages ago and don’t know where i got it from.

It is just like a PHP or Perl script but i am steering away from that because i can only test it with apache and it buggers my computer….

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!! ? ?

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@xataku_nakusuteSep 14.2003 — how we all wish that was true...

sorry bud, but javascript is client-side....and so we dont have access to such things with it. the only known ways are through perl(cgi) or php(possibley some others, but definitely not javascript)
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@simpson97Sep 14.2003 — I ran across on in a google search, you might check it out.

I looks like what you want.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~dcrombie/mailform.html

Bob
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 14.2003 — Thankyou that was the exact script!!!!!!!!
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@pyroSep 14.2003 — That is, however, just the JavaScript version of this:

<form action="mailto:[email protected]" method="post">

and thus, will still popup the alert saying it is being submitted using email...

You really should use a serverside language. [URL=http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php#mailer]This[/URL] should work for you, if you have PHP on your server.
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 14.2003 — I tried php but it can only be tested through avalanche which doesn't work with my pc and i dont want to have it uploaded every time to test it. what i have is fine though. if you can do a better one then show me.
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@pyroSep 14.2003 — The better one is the serverside one... The reason? What if the user doesn't have a mail client installed?
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 15.2003 — If they don't then can you tell me how to create a PHP or Perl script that will do it with little customisation and a way i can view my scripts offline so i don't have to upload everything to test it?

Spyke.
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@pyroSep 15.2003 — I already gave you a link a PHP script, but here it is again: http://www.webdevfaqs.com/php.php#mailer

Also, if you want to test PHP on your local computer, you'll have to set up a testing server. [URL=http://www.apache.org/]Apache[/URL] is about the best server out there, though for a testing server, you might find it easer to work with [URL=http://www.aprelium.com/]Abyss web server[/URL]...
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 15.2003 — Thankyou for that. I haven't tried abyss yet but i know appache doesn't work. Hopefully this will work.
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@pyroSep 15.2003 — What do you mean, Apache doesn't work?
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 15.2003 — It actually is crap...I installed PHP and everything for it and every time i tried to get it to use a PHP script it just opened up the script in source format. Now i have installed abyss. It seemed to work untill i realised it does exactly the same thing as appache. Basically i installed the PHP script you sent to me, when i try to run it using Abyss or Appache it just opens up the source code of the script which is not (obviously) what i want it to do...

Also i put my default webpage in the Htdocs folder of Abyss and later changed the source of one of the pages. now every time i try tho go to that page it reverts to the old page even though it isn't in that folder. I have tried restarting and everything and nothing works...

Please help on both of these cos it is driving me nuts...

Spyke.
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@pyroSep 15.2003 — See http://www.aprelium.com/forum/ for the support forums for Abyss. Also, did you install PHP to your computer? See http://www.aprelium.com/abyssws/php.html for more info on that...
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 15.2003 — YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thankyou.....

Yes i am one of those idiots the universe keeps producing...

Sorry about that. I installed PHP for Apache but not Abyss, wow it's all working, i am so happy!!!!!!!!!!!
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 15.2003 — One last question...

I have a website i am building, in it i have seperate pages other than the index page (well duh)

When i change the source code of one of these pages, it should appear differently yet it doe not....

I don't know why this is... I have deleted the old one and replaced it with the new one, i have restarted my pc and everything but it doesn't work?

any suggestions?

Spyke.
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@pyroSep 15.2003 — Try clearing the cache on your browser...
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@spykemitchellauthorSep 16.2003 — It sometimes works and othertimes it doesn't so i think i will just have to persist untill i find out what is really wrong.

Spyke.
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