Web design form processing

[Wokingtown11]

Hi,

I have a (simple) website and I have a 'contact me' page where its a basic form, name / email address / comments. and the necessary validation using JS.

I have done all this on Notepad++. The site (I think) looks good, and is responsive.

But now I want to be able to process the form, where I get the form content emailed to myself.

 

Is PHP the way to go?

Do I really need a server?

 

I have tried google search, watched multiple videos but I dont know if I need to download eclipse with the PHP plug in / XAMPP? Is this overkill for a form with 3 fields?

 

Totally confused!

 

Any help appreciated.

[justsomeguy]

You do need a web server. PHP is probably the most popular option for that, but skip the built-in mail function and look up the PHPMailer class once you have PHP working.

 

Is this overkill for a form with 3 fields?

No, you're using a web server to process request data and then communicate with a mail server. It's not overkill.