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SimpleContactForm Version 2.2 ( using PHPMailer )
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SimpleContactForm Version 2.2 ( using PHP mail function )
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Quick setup guide

  • Once your download has finished extract the contents of the zip file.
    It should contain a directory called php and a file called index.php.

  • Copy the entire php directory to the same directory as the web page that will display the contact form.
    The index.php file can be ignored.

  • Make sure that the web page you are going to include the contact form on has a .php extension.
    eg. contact-us.html => contact-us.php

  • Open the web page in a text editor and make the following modifications :

    • First you need to include, initialize and create the contact form.
      The following lines do this and should be added at the very top of the file, usually above the <!DOCTYPE> declaration.

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      <?php
      include_once 'php/SimpleContactForm/SimpleContactForm.php';
      SimpleContactForm::initialize();
      $contactForm = new SimpleContactForm('default');
      ?>
      <!DOCTYPE ...>
      ...

    • Next add the following line between the <head> tags.
      This line will include the Javascript and CSS files needed to display the contact form.

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      <head>
          ...
          <?php SimpleContactForm::includeHeadHTML(); ?>
          ...
       
                  

    • The following line will display / output the form.
      Add it anywhere between the <body> tags of your web page

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      <body>
          ...
          <?php $contactForm->includeFormHTML(); ?>
          ...
      </body>

  • Open the configuration file from the following location
    php/SimpleContactForm/SimpleContactForm.configuration.php
    in a text editor.

  • Find the following line :

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    $config['website']          = '__WEBSITE__';

    Delete the part that says __WEBSITE__ and replace it with the name of your website,
    making sure that you keep the single quotes.

  • Find the following lines :

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    $config['useSmtpServer']    = true;
    $config['smtpServer']       = 'mail.domain.com';
    $config['smtpUsername']     = 'user@domain.com';
    $config['smtpPassword']     = 'password';
    $config['smtpPort']         = 25;

    If you do not have an SMTP server change where it says true on the first line to false and then ignore the rest.

    If you will be using an SMTP server leave the first line as is and and fill in the details for your server host , email , password and port again making sure that you do not delete the single quotes.

  • Find the following lines :

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    $config['from']             = array('user@domain.com', $config['website'] . ' Enquiry Form');
    $config['to']               = array('recipient@domain.com', $config['website']);

    Change the part where it says user@domain.com to the address that the email will be sent from and change the part that says recipient@domain.com to the address that you want the form to be sent to.

  • If an error occurs trying to send an email, this script will attempt to write it to an error log. The error log is located in the script root : php/SimpleContactForm/ and is name error.log.
    To allow the script to create you may need to change the script file (php/SimpleContactForm/SimpleContactForm.php) permissions using your server file manager or FTP software.

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