Get data from a form
(with subscription)

Description

You need to recover data from an HTML form, but you don't want to program (PHP or other ...) ? So this page is for you. I offer you a tool that recovers data from the form on your website and sends them to you by mail. The only knowledge you need is to build a HTML form. The script that manages the treatment of the form is not downloadable, but you can use it for free by pointing the action of your form to cdprof.com .

This script exists in two versions :

• The first version doesn't need subscription, but has restrictions (to avoid use by spammers). The howto of this version is on this other page.
• The second version needs a free subscription to cdprof.com. You will then be able to customize the treatment page of the form ( you can add text, modify colors, send data to two emails, ...). The howto of this version is on this page.

Howto for the version with subscription

Warning

Attention, this service is free and no guarantee of good operation is given. The service can be deleted or modified without previous notice. However, insofar as you have registered to this service I commit myself to communicating on script changes when possible. By using this service you accept this warning .

Presentation

The script's version with subscription gives you more functionalities :

• No restrictions in the number of email sent (the version with subscription has restrictions to avoid spammers)
• You can change the title of the page that treats the form
• Possibility to change title's text color and background color.
• You can change the color of the text which sums up the data submitted by the visitor.
• You can add a text between the title and the form's data (for example greetings)
• You define the mail's subject and the return's address directly from the options table on cdprof.com. You don't need to add those hidden fields in your form. Modifying is easier.
• Your email address is not visible in the form. So the spam bots can't find and use your address. A random number with 32 characters is used as an unique identifier .
• You can customize as many form's treatment pages as you want.
• You can send the data to two different email addresses.
• A copy of the mail's content can be sent to the form's sender.
• A file can be sent with the form (max 1 Mo)
• You can manage your forms in your subscribers space : listing of your existing forms, usage statistics, test of the url and error message, modifying options, ...

Subscribing

You can subscribe on the home page, top left of the page.

Usage

Once you have subscribed, you can access to a form to modify your options (colors, title, ...). Colors can be given with their hexadecimal code (for example #CCCCCC) or by clicking on a color button. Once the form submitted, a red line appears at the top of your form and gives you the content to copy/paste into your website's form.

You have to create your own form and indicate that the page treating your form's data is on cdprof.com. You have two obligations in your form if you want it to operate :

• Put in your 'action' attribute the following url http://gbr.cdprof.com/outilsphp/form.php
• Have at least the following fields in your form : 'expediteur' (it is the email of the person that writes to you) and 'destinataire' (it is the one you copy/paste for your space at cdprof.com).

You can also optionaly add a field named"copie". In this case an email with a copy of the data is sent to the person who submitted the form. This field can be hidden, checkbox or radio type and its value has to be 1 for sending the email. If you choose the hidden type for this field, you decide that the email will always be sent to the sender of the form. If you choose checkbox or radio type, you give the possibility to the user to receive an email with a copy of the data.

Here is an example. In red, the mandatory fields (don't change their name, ie the value of the 'name' attribute). On the other hand you have to adapt to your needs the value of 'destinataire'. In italic, the optional field to send a copy of the data by email.

Here's the result (non active form for the example) :

You can add as many fields as you want.

The script that treats the data begins with verifying the existence of mandatory fields. Then it checks that the sender's email is valid (submitting an email is mandatory). If those conditions are true an email with the form's data is sent to you. The sender can read a page with a summing up of the data. He can go back to the form or to the page of your website you specified in the options on cdprof.com.

Sending a file

The person that submits your form can also send a file (max size about 1 Mo). To offer this functionality you only have to add the two following lines in your form, without changing the tags' names and values :

You also have to modify the tag <form> :

Display of the accents

If the accents are not well displayed in the page that sums up the data and/or in the email, you probably have an encoding problem. Try the script in its utf8 version. You only have to replace the action of your form by :http://gbr.cdprof.com/outilsphp/form_utf8.php

If you have a problem ...

Don't hesitate to ask questions in the forum.