Wokingtown11 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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