Create PHP Email Submission

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I'm trying to create a page that allows visitors to enter their email address to be added to a mailing list. I was going to just use the HTML <form>, but the 'mailto:' code keeps forcing email programs open, something that is messy and I don't want. Because of this I've elected to go with a PHP script instead.

Here is the code I have for the form itself:

PHP Code:

<?php

# This block must be placed at the very top of page.
# --------------------------------------------------
require_once( dirname(__FILE__).'/form.lib.php' );
phpfmg_display_form();
# --------------------------------------------------



function phpfmg_form( $sErr = false ){
        $style=" class='form_text' ";

?>

<form name="frmFormMail" action='' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data' onsubmit='return fmgHandler.onsubmit(this);'>
<input type='hidden' name='formmail_submit' value='Y'>
<div id='err_required' class="form_error" style='display:none;'>
    <label class='form_error_title'>Please check the required fields</label>
</div>

            
            
<ol class='phpfmg_form' >

<li class='field_block' id='field_0_div'><div class='col_label'>
    <label class='form_field'>Email</label> <label class='form_required' >*</label> </div>
    <div class='col_field'>
    <input type="text" name="field_0"  id="field_0" value="<?php  phpfmg_hsc("field_0", ""); ?>" class='text_box'>
    <div id='field_0_tip' class='instruction'>Please enter your email address</div>
    </div>
</li>


<li class='field_block' id='phpfmg_captcha_div'>
    <div class='col_label'><label class='form_field'>Security Code:</label> <label class='form_required' >*</label> </div><div class='col_field'>
    <?php phpfmg_show_captcha(); ?>
    </div>
</li>


            <li>
            <div class='col_label'>&nbsp;</div>
            <div class='form_submit_block col_field'>
    
                <input type='submit' value='Submit' class='form_button'>
                <span id='phpfmg_processing' style='display:none;'>
                    <img id='phpfmg_processing_gif' src='<?php echo PHPFMG_ADMIN_URL . '?mod=image&amp;func=processing' ;?>' border=0 alt='Processing...'> <label id='phpfmg_processing_dots'></label>
                </span>
            </div>
            </li>
            
</ol>
            
            


</form>




<?php
            
    phpfmg_javascript($sErr);

} 
# end of form




function phpfmg_form_css(){
?>
<style type='text/css'>

body{
    margin-left: 18px;
    margin-top: 18px;
}

body{
    font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    font-size : 13px;
    color : #474747;
    background-color: transparent;
}

select, option{
    font-size:13px;
}

ol.phpfmg_form{
    list-style-type:none;
    padding:0px;
    margin:0px;
}

ol.phpfmg_form li{
    margin-bottom:5px;
    clear:both;
    display:block;
    overflow:hidden;
    width: 100%
}


.form_field, .form_required{
    font-weight : bold;
}

.form_required{
    color:red;
    margin-right:8px;
}

.field_block_over{
}

.form_submit_block{
    padding-top: 3px;
}

.text_box, .text_area, .text_select {
    width:300px;
}

.text_area{
    height:80px;
}

.form_error_title{
    font-weight: bold;
    color: red;
}

.form_error{
    background-color: #F4F6E5;
    border: 1px dashed #ff0000;
    padding: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

.form_error_highlight{
    background-color: #F4F6E5;
    border-bottom: 1px dashed #ff0000;
}

div.instruction_error{
    color: red;
    font-weight:bold;
}

hr.sectionbreak{
    height:1px;
    color: #ccc;
}

#one_entry_msg{
    background-color: #F4F6E5;
    border: 1px dashed #ff0000;
    padding: 10px;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}

<?php phpfmg_text_align();?>    



</style>

<?php
}
# end of css
 
# By: formmail-maker.com
?>

I've tried putting this in a PHP Direct Evaluation page as well as a Static Page, but I just get errors.

I've tried creating a vB page as documented here but either the form php script is ignored or I get errors. Here is the vB page I created (called newslettersubscription.php):

PHP Code:

<?php

// ####################### SET PHP ENVIRONMENT ###########################
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

// #################### DEFINE IMPORTANT CONSTANTS #######################

define('THIS_SCRIPT', 'newslettersubscription');
define('CSRF_PROTECTION', true);  
// change this depending on your filename

// ################### PRE-CACHE TEMPLATES AND DATA ######################
// get special phrase groups
$phrasegroups = array();

// get special data templates from the datastore
$specialtemplates = array();

// pre-cache templates used by all actions
$globaltemplates = array('newsletter_subscription',
);

// pre-cache templates used by specific actions
$actiontemplates = array();

// ######################### REQUIRE BACK-END ############################
// if your page is outside of your normal vb forums directory, you should change directories by uncommenting the next line
// chdir ('/path/to/your/forums');
require_once('./global.php');

// #######################################################################
// ######################## START MAIN SCRIPT ############################
// #######################################################################

$navbits = construct_navbits(array('' => 'Newsletter Subscription'));
$navbar = render_navbar_template($navbits);

// ###### YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE #####
$pagetitle = 'Newsletter Subscription';

// ###### NOW YOUR TEMPLATE IS BEING RENDERED ######

$templater = vB_Template::create('newsletter_subscription');
$templater->register_page_templates();
$templater->register('navbar', $navbar);
$templater->register('pagetitle', $pagetitle);

print_output($templater->render());

?>

The form code I list previously I put in this page under YOUR CUSTOM CODE GOES HERE.

And with this file it calls a template, one I created called newsletter_subscription:

{vb:stylevar htmldoctype}
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" dir="{vb:stylevar textdirection}" lang="{vb:stylevar languagecode}" id="vbulletin_html">
  <head>
    <title>{vb:raw vboptions.bbtitle} - {vb:raw pagetitle}</title>
    {vb:raw headinclude}
    {vb:raw headinclude_bottom}
  </head>
  <body>
    
    {vb:raw header}
    
    {vb:raw navbar}
    
    <div id="pagetitle">
      <!-- <h1>{vb:raw pagetitle}</h1> -->
    </div>
    
    <center><h2 class="blockhead">Newsletter Subscription</h2></center>
    <div class="blockbody">
      <div class="blockrow">

      </div>
    </div>

    {vb:raw footer}
  </body>
</html>

So any ideas what's going on? Either it doesn't display the form at all, or I get an error message, usually stating that an unknown command < is on such-a-such line.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.