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Mini Sini Pi
Mini Sini Pi

Reputation: 137

Submit Input Through <DIV>

Hi I've checked stack overflow for duplicates but can't find any or just can't specify it correctly so here I am...

I have these inputs and I am trying to get them e-mailed to me with PHP

<div id="inputBox">
 <input class="input" type="text" name="email" value="Email address" onfocus="if (this.value=='Email address') this.value='';">
 <input id="passPut" class="input" type="text" name="password" value="Password" onfocus="if (this.value=='Password') this.value='';">
</div>

They're not in any form tags as you can see anyways, here's the button I want to use to submit this information:

<div id="logIn"><strong>Send</strong></div>

So the question is how do I get the PHP below to send WHEN the button is clicked...

<?php

  $email = $_POST ['email'];
  $password = $_POST ['password'];

  $to = "[email protected]";
  $subject = "Submission Acquired";

  mail ($to, $subject, , "From " . $email . $password);

  ?>

I really don't know if there's anything wrong here as this is the best I know but if there are alternatives please let me know.

PLEASE NOTE: I am using a div as a button as I have a design for it so I am better off avoiding button tags.

Thanks to everyone in advance!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 77

Answers (2)

nomistic
nomistic

Reputation: 2962

This is a fairly basic question, and you should probably start with a php tutorial, but here's a starter.

Your form would do something like this:

<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="submit" />

</form>

and the php (in its simplest form) would look like this:

<?php
  if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {

  $email = $_POST ['email'];
  $password = $_POST ['password'];

  $to = "[email protected]";
  $subject = "Submission Acquired";

  $msg  = "this is the email text";

  mail ($to, $subject, $msg, 'From:' . $email );
  }
  ?>

you should be able to figure out the rest yourself.

Edit: You can still use the system you are using, but instead of div tags, you would just use a <button> tag, but it would need to live inside the from tags to work. this can be styled however you like using css. must make sure your tag is something like <button id="submit" name="submit">submit</button> and you can style it off the id, and still check to see whether it has been clicked with similar methods. Here's a good example PHP form example

Upvotes: 1

tash
tash

Reputation: 189

Firstly, you're going through way too much trouble for a place holder. Instead of that value="Email Address" onfocus="..." Simply put placeholder="Email Address". About your question, you need a form to submit to PHP. Code:

index.php: 

<?php 

if(isset($_POST['submitButton')){
    if(isset($_POST['myInput') && !empty($_POST['myInput') && isset($_POST['passwordInput']) && !empty($_POST['passwordInput'])){
mail(); //Enter parameters  
    }
}
?>

<form method="POST"    action="index.php"> 

<input type="text" name="myInput" placeholder="Email Address"> 
<input type="password" name="passwordInput" placeholder="Password">
<input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submitButton">

</form>

Edit: Added more details in terms of post.

Upvotes: 0

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