Free Form handler from thybag

[Mentor]

ok, as there are quite a few posts around asking for form handlers for forms, and as many people ether cannot figure out the tutorals to make there own, or lack php, ive disided to make one as a service on thybag. its still in very erly days, but feel free to test and use it (thybag account required)
Its first version, but should be able to handle any inputs.

Its quite simple to use simply make a html form as normal.

Exsept in the action part set the url to this to use the thybag form handler

http://thybag.co.uk/frm.php?userid=Id&code=Code&ref=ref

Althogh you will need to edit the bold bits.

Id place your user number here, if you view your profile it will be the value of the showuser.
This is used to determin wich email to send the form data from, the email its send to will simply be the email you have setc up as your own on your account.


Code You need to use this to stop people abusing the system. Simplay go to

http://thybag.co.uk/index.php?p=handler

and change the code to what ever you desire.

Ref this is optoinal, and is where the user will be sent to after the form data has been submited. If you prefer just leave it blank and the defult thankyou page will be shown.


Please give as much feed back on this system as possoble so i can iimprove it, as well as work out any bugs that may be found.
You do need a thybag account to use this as you may have noticed from the need for a user id.

(ive tested it and it appeard to work, so it would be useful to check its not just me it works for)

[splintercell!]

very nice ;) should help out alot of people and its a clever way of doing it ;D

[Sygon]

I hate forms this should help me a little bit :D thank you rep added

[Mentor]

I hate forms this should help me a little bit :D thank you rep added
Thanks :D

Im still not sure how well it works thogh due to a lack of people testing and usei g it "/

[JamesRozee]

I Hate Forms... But I Will Make Them If I Need TOo.. I Bought A Book.. PHP AND MySQL For Dummies :(

[lMattz]

That rules! Nice work.

[DaveTaylor]

well done. Thats very good, easy for new people to understand.

[Mentor]

Thanks, athogh its still in its early stages so any critsims how ever small would be appreasted :D

[Sygon]

Could you makei teasier to understand :P

[Mentor]

In what apspects "/ If you ask persific questions it would be easyer for me to answer them "/

[Mentor]

Since i cant edit first post im going to have to dubble post.

Ok Ive made a few updates to the form handler program, athogh it still hansent had much interest.
Ive also rewritten the useage instructions, so its easyer to get working and set up.

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New Set Up insctrutions below
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What is a form handler
A form handler is what takes information sent by a form, processes it then sends it to email.

How do i use the form handler

Using the form handler is quite simple. In the form you've made, What you want to edit is the Action attributes value. (the bit in bold)

<form action='URL' method='post' >

This is where the forms data will be sent to be processed, To use the FREE thybag form handler service you need to build a unique URL. A URL generator will be added on thybags site in the near future to make this easier.

For now you will have to make your own.

Step 1
Register an account on http://thybag.co.uk

Step 2
Go to http://thybag.co.uk/index.php?p=handler .
Change your CODE to something other than NO.

Step 3
Now make the URL
Replace the ID With your thybag member id. To find this simply view your profile and copy the number equal to the showuser variable.

Replace the Code With What ever you changed your code to on that handler page.

thybag.co.uk/frm.php?userid=Id&code=Code

Step 4
Now ad the URL in to the form, between the "" on the action.

So for example mine would be

<form action='http://thybag.co.uk/frm.php?userid=1&code=mycode' method='post' >

Remember to ad the http:// to the start of the URL string.

Optinal
If you would prefer the form handler to redirect to a page of your choose once sent rather than simply display the default thank you page.
On the end of the URL string just ad &ref=ref
Then replace ref with the URL of the page you would like the form handler to redirect to once the email is sent.
So the complete URL could be thybag.co.uk/frm.php?userid=Id&code=Code&ref=ref

Important
1. Make sure the email for your thybag.co.uk account is the same one as you would like the form handler to send to. As that is where any emails send will go.
2. The form handler may log some emails for security reasons and to prevent abuse.
3. The form handler will automatically log ip's


Extended

This service is still in beta, and is not complete. If you have any problems with it, or any criticisms or ideas to make it easier to use or ad features feel free to post them here, as it will be a great help to me in improving this system.

- Bag

[Jamie.]

thats helped loads rep added!

[Mentor]

Thanks, any feed back appeasated, plus i set up the install instrutons and a genirtor to automactialy make the basic <form> tag to use it on thybag.
http://thybag.co.uk/index.php?p=formH