HTML Module Help

[Flash04jv]

Can I just use HTML to send a form? Maybe I'm on the wrong track. I found an HTML tutorial that has an option to email the data submissions.

[Flash04jv]

I am a super duper novice at HTML rules and what not, so I have no clue what works and what doesn't. But for the most part, I can get enough good out of google to get me there.

[Flash04jv]

You're trying to put a PHP script in a Static HTML Module? Do I understand this correctly?

Yes, is this doable?

[In Omnibus]

You're trying to put a PHP script in a Static HTML Module? Do I understand this correctly?

[Flash04jv]

And I realize the two do not match up yet. Just trying to see if it will work before I get too into it.

[Flash04jv]

And this is the html table I have in right now:

<center>
<h2 style="font-size: 120%; color: #9b3c25;">State Record Application Form</h2>
<form name="htmlform" method="post" action="html_form_send.php">
<table width="450px">
</tr>
<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="first_name">First Name</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top"">
  <label for="last_name">Last Name</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">Street Address or PO Box</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="address" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">City</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="city" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">Zip</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="zip" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Phone Number</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="phone" maxlength="30" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="email">Email</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="email" maxlength="80" size="30">
 </td>
 </tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Fishing Permit #</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="fish_permit" maxlength="30" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Species of Fish</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="species" maxlength="30" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Length - to nearest 1/8th inch</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="length" maxlength="30" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td valign="top">
  <label for="telephone">Date Caught</label>
 </td>
 <td valign="top">
  <input  type="text" name="date" maxlength="30" size="30">
</td>
</tr>

<tr>
 <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
  <input type="submit" value="Submit">   ( <a href="https://www.freecontactform.com/html_form.php">HTML Form</a> )
 </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

[Flash04jv]

I guess all I am trying to figure out right now is how to make a php script work. I have fields I want users to fill out, then I want the data emailed to me. Still working on it, but right now I can't figure out how to make this work on the HTML module, or where to place it. I do have the html table up and it functions fine, minus getting the data sent to me.

This is the script I'm using, and am told it should work once I fill in my email and a few other touch-ups. But I have no clue where it goes yet.

 <?php
  if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
       
      // CHANGE THE TWO LINES BELOW
      $email_to = "[email protected]";
       
      $email_subject = "website html form submissions";
       
       
      function died($error) {
          // your error code can go here
          echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
          echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
          echo $error."<br /><br />";
          echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
          die();
      }
       
      // validation expected data exists
      if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
          !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
          !isset($_POST['email']) ||
          !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
          !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
          died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
      }
       
      $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required
      $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required
      $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
      $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required
      $comments = $_POST['comments']; // required
       
      $error_message = "";
      $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
    if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
      $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
      $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
    if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
      $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
      $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(strlen($comments) < 2) {
      $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';
    }
    if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
      died($error_message);
    }
      $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";
       
      function clean_string($string) {
        $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
        return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
      }
       
      $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
      $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
      $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
      $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
      $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";
       
       
  // create email headers
  $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".
  'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
  'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
  @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);  
  ?>
   
  <!-- place your own success html below -->
   
  Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
   
  <?php
  }
  die();
  ?>

[Flash04jv]

I created a new page, and only added an HTML module to it. Is there a tutorial section on using that module? I have been using VisualStudio to create some basic stuff and have a page that looks ok, but very basic for now. I'd like to know what I can and can't do, or get a basic understanding of what I can do with the module. I don't know why, but its feel like I can't create a full on webpage with it.