website form HTML

File Name: contactus.html (you can change the filename to anything you like)

<form name="contactform" method="post" action="send_form_email.php">
<table width="450px">
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="first_name">First Name *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top"">
  <label for="last_name">Last Name *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">Email Address *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="email" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Telephone Number</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="30" size="30">
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="comments">Comments *</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <textarea  name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="25" rows="6"></textarea>
 </td>
</tr>
<tr>
 <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">   <a href="http://www.demo.com/email_form.php">Email Form</a>
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

PHP Code which captures and Emails your website form

File Name: send_email.php (you must use this filename exactly)

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to= "[email protected]";
    $email_subject= "Your email subject line";
    functiondied($error) {
        // your error code can go here
        echo"We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
        echo"These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
        echo$error."<br /><br />";
        echo"Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
        die();
    }
    // validation expected data exists
    if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
        !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');      
    }
    
    $first_name= $_POST['first_name']; // required
    $last_name= $_POST['last_name']; // required
    $email_from= $_POST['email']; // required
    $telephone= $_POST['telephone']; // not required
    $comments= $_POST['comments']; // required
    $error_message= "";
    $email_exp= '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message.= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
    $string_exp= "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message.= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message.= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(strlen($comments) < 2) {
    $error_message.= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';
  }
  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }
    $email_message= "Form details below.\n\n";
    
    functionclean_string($string) {
      $bad= array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
      returnstr_replace($bad,"",$string);
    }
    
    $email_message.= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
    $email_message.= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
    $email_message.= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
    $email_message.= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
    $email_message.= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";
// create email headers
$headers= 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'X-Mailer: PHP/'. phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); 
?>
<!-- includeyour own success html here -->
Thank you forcontacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
<?php
}
?>
Note: Save the files above. Once you edit the form to fit with your design, you are ready to put it live.