by kevin
10. October 2010 21:03
We just uploaded a video on how to build a form with multiple fields and send the data using the PHP mail function. As you might know, Front Page Extensions is going away and at some point, you will be forced to use PHP or ASP.net to create functional forms.
We like PHP because it is relatively easy to learn and allows you to create a form without having to link to a database, even though you might want to do that at some point if you start collecting a ton of data.
If you are going to learn PHP, we highly recommend this book:
Head First PHP & MySQL
This book is extremely well written and walks you through a variety of functions you are likely to use on most any website. In addition, this website supports the book and has all the code from the book ready to download. This makes it very easy to copy and paste the code into your website, then modify it for your own personal needs. It really saves a lot of time. I got so wrapped up in the book, I completed every exercise in about a month.
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