what is the cheapest and easiest way to built efficient form

[eyokfla]

Hello everybody, i'm in trouble since i don't know how to input various efficient forms in my webpages, i've try to subscribe to mailmyform.com services, they seem to be simple but too strong to understand for me, in addition an expense of 11,99 pounds is needed to activate all their stuff. I also tried some php scripts for this ambition but i don't really understand how to handle the scripts.


NB: I just need to display no more than 2 differents forms with auto-responders, error pages and success pages on my website.

Could you teach me a clear advices pleases, i'm so worried!!! thanks to you!

[Griff Grumbein]

Hello Eyokfla, and Welcome to the forum!

Here is a direct link to one of the most informative sites to learn:

http://www.w3schools.com/

and a direct link to one of their pages about forms:

http://www.w3schools.com/xforms/default.asp

Hope this helps!

Griff

[Jim Hutchinson]

Thanks Griff! There is so much information on that site I did not know they had such in-depth info on forms. Maybe I should spend a little more time wandering around the site.

[Griff Grumbein]

You're welcome!

I can't count the number of times that site sets me straight when I have questions. I rely on it heavily.

Griff

[eyokfla]

your infos are goods, i also want to know is the cpanel system could get any form builder? if i succeed in building my forms, i'll be the most happyman on the world. thanks for your help so...

[dend]

Hi ,

For anyone wanting a custom form I would recommend having a look at the Open Source 'formgenerator' , which can be found at http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/
There seems to be plenty of info about it on the net, there are forums specifically for it, all my forms are done using it and I found it very easy to operate and install.

You can also use the generator to make the form code and just use the code integrated onto your own page.

Andrew

[Jim Hutchinson]

Andrew, that PHP form generator has to be installed on a website and has not been updated since June, 2007.

There is an online form generator that walks you through the process by providing buttons for the fields you want to add at http://www.formgenics.com/

[dend]

Hi Jim,

FormGen and formgenics seem to be different beasts . Formgenics just creates a form, wheras formgen also creates the php script to process it which for anyone using a form is usually - storing the forms data in a database or sending an email , eg on a sales site a form to get customer details, then store them on a dbase, so you can send out email to customers....For me this was invaluable as I had not used server based scripts before .

Yes the Old version of FormGen was installed on your server but the new one V3 is web based , just like your formgenics , has buttons to add fields etc . there is even a video demonstration http://phpformgen.sourceforge.net/video/phpformgen.html

Anyway its worth a look, its served me well, and i'm familiar with it, ideal for anyone wanting a php processor , but is floundering with programming problems. This will store data to a mySQL database or send to email . The code generated is easily customisable, which is perfect for anyone who isnt a programmer by profession

regards
Andrew

[Jim Hutchinson]

Thanks for the clarification. I did not see the new formgen version. It appears they combined what is available on two separate sites into one program.

The other one I know about is Web Form Factory that creates the back-end PHP for inserting the form results into MySQL. It does not generate the form though. You woud have to do that at someplace like Formgenics.com.

It helps a lot to have the complete solution all in one place. As a PHP coder, I would most likely not use it, but there are far more non-coders that can and will use that site. Thanks for sharing!