Jop application form.

Hey theres a few about but a lot of people want to know how to make an application form, heres the code, I have used comments to show you what to do.

PHP Code:

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<?php
if(isset($_POST['send'])) { //Checks if the applicant has submitted the form.

    if((!$_POST['email']) || (!$_POST['name']) || (!$_POST['sub']) || (!$_POST['job'])) { //Make sure they have filled in all fields.

        echo "Some fields have been left blank, please go back and refill them!"; //Display the error.
    } //End the check on the fields.
    
    else //Maybe..
    
    {
        $email = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email'])); //Removes the slashes.
        $name = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']));
        $sub = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['sub']));
        $job = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['job']));

        $mail = "[email protected]"; //Change this to the the email you want the message to go to.
        $from = "$name,$job"; //Displays the applicants name and the job they want.
        $subject = "$name has applied for the $job!"; //Displays the name and the job in the email subject.
        $msg = "Heres their details:<br><br>
        $email, $name, $job<br><br>$msg"; //The users message.
        mail("$mail","$from","$subject","$msg"); //We use the mail(); function to send the email.

        echo "Your application has been sent, we will reply within 2-3 working days!"; //Hooharr! Success!
    } //End the else.
} // End the post.

else //Form time!

{
     
    echo "<form method='post' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>
    Email:<br>
    <input type='text' name='email' size='30'><br>
    Name:<br>
    <input type='text' name='name' size='30'><br>
    Job:<br>
    <select name='job' size='1'>
    <option value='Radio manager' value='Radio manager'>Radio manager</option>
    <option value='DJ' value='DJ'>DJ</option>
    <option value='News team' value='News team'>News team</option>
    <option value='Graphics team' value='Graphics team'>Graphics team</option>
    <option value='Forum MOD' value='Forum MOD'>Forum MOD</option>
    <option value='Alterations team' value='Alterations team'>Alterations team</option>
    </select><br>
    Message:<br>
    <textarea name='sub' cols='45' rows='6'></textarea><br>
    <input type='submit' name='send' value='Submit'></form>";
    //You can change these values or whatever, have fun.

} //End the last else.
?>

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Oh btw please don't claim you made this if you use it :)

Edited by Invent (Forum Moderator): Please do not double post.

I can already see errors in it like you not closing off strings...

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Originally Posted by Source

I can already see errors in it like you not closing off strings...

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Works fine when I submit an email on my server. All strings are closed or php would return a nasty error.

dw I only skimmed over it, just saw you broke it up over 2 lines. My bad.

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Originally Posted by Source

dw I only skimmed over it, just saw you broke it up over 2 lines. My bad.

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Haha no worries, over the $msg string?

Quick edit: With the first script when you looked at the emails all the details were messed up, heres the edit! MOD merge if you will :0

PHP Code:

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<?php
if(isset($_POST['send'])) { //Checks if the applicant has submitted the form.

    if((!$_POST['email']) || (!$_POST['name']) || (!$_POST['sub']) || (!$_POST['job'])) { //Make sure they have filled in all fields.

        echo "Some fields have been left blank, please go back and refill them!"; //Display the error.
    } //End the check on the fields.
    
    else //Maybe..
    
    {
        $email = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email'])); //Removes the slashes.
        $name = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']));
        $sub = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['sub']));
        $job = addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['job']));

        $mail = "[email protected]"; //Change this to the the email you want the message to go to.
        $subject = "$name has applied for the $job job!"; //Displays the name and the job in the email subject.
        $mess = "Heres their details:
        Name: $name
        Email: $email
        Job: $job
        Message:
        $sub";
        
        mail("$mail","$subject","$mess"); //We use the mail(); function to send the email.

        echo "Your application has been sent, we will reply within 2-3 working days!"; //Hooharr! Success!
    } //End the else.
} // End the post.

else //Form time!

{
     
    echo "<form method='post' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>
    Email:<br>
    <input type='text' name='email' size='30'><br>
    Name:<br>
    <input type='text' name='name' size='30'><br>
    Job:<br>
    <select name='job' size='1'>
    <option value='Radio manager' value='Radio manager'>Radio manager</option>
    <option value='DJ' value='DJ'>DJ</option>
    <option value='News team' value='News team'>News team</option>
    <option value='Graphics team' value='Graphics team'>Graphics team</option>
    <option value='Forum MOD' value='Forum MOD'>Forum MOD</option>
    <option value='Alterations team' value='Alterations team'>Alterations team</option>
    <option value='Forum Manager' value='Forum Manager'>Forum Manager</option>
    </select><br>
    Message:<br>
    <textarea name='sub' cols='45' rows='6'></textarea><br>
    <input type='submit' name='send' value='Submit'></form>";
    //You can change these values or whatever, have fun.

} //End the last else.
?>

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It'll still be messed up, as you forgot line breaks.

I suggest next time you read php.net for the actual process of using mail()

mail(e-mail to, subject, message, headers);

You didn't do that.

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Originally Posted by BOX!

It'll still be messed up, as you forgot line breaks.

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No no, the script itself works 100% fine, the coding isn't as clean as it could be though.

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Originally Posted by Dentafrice

I suggest next time you read php.net for the actual process of using mail()

mail(e-mail to, subject, message, headers);

You didn't do that.

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Thanks for the tip :)

PHP Code:

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addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email'])) 


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Not keen on that, I'd have something along the lines of..

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function streetcleaner($string) { 

$string = htmlspecialchars( $string );
$string = addslashes( $string );
$string = mysql_real_escape_string( $string );
$string = stripslashes( $string );

return $string;
}

streetcleaner($_POST["email"]); 


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It doesn't matter that much calon as its only doing into a mail functions and no databases are present so it would be relativly hard to hack it. Unless they were trying to run the system command to run a shell or something.

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Originally Posted by Calon

PHP Code:

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addslashes(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email'])) 


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Not keen on that, I'd have something along the lines of..

PHP Code:

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function streetcleaner($string) { 

$string = htmlspecialchars( $string );
$string = addslashes( $string );
$string = mysql_real_escape_string( $string );
$string = stripslashes( $string );

return $string;
}

streetcleaner($_POST["email"]); 


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I'd probably use that if my script was a lot more bigger and was using databases as it's much more secure than addslashes and specialchars :p Thanks though :)

just do htmlentities and mysql_real_escape_string even though it isn't going into a database.

Should make it pretty secure ;)

Oh, right.. Never noticed :P

You should make them log within the database or something then. :P