25 Sep 2008
And here are the code snippets I used in this screencast:
pageDefault
/** * pageDefault * * @param mixed $inPath * @access public * @return void */ function pageDefault($inPath) { // You may usually want the following line, but for our demo we don't // $this->zoneRedirect("login"); global $sGlobals; global $gui; //this is for gets. It displays the page $gui->display("contact-form.tpl"); }
postDefault
/** * postDefault * * @param mixed $inPath * @access public * @return void */ function postDefault($inPath) { global $sGlobals, $gui; //this is for posts, it handles when forms get submitted. $post = getPost(); $from = $post['address']; $to = 'justin@mailinator.com'; $cc = null; $subject = $post['subject']; $body = $post['message']; $msg = new message(); $msg->sendTextEmail($from, $to, $cc, $subject, $body); $gui->assign('message', 'Thanks for contacting us!'); $gui->display('message.tpl'); }
Note: It's not a good practice to actually display things in the post handlers. As a general rule, you should do your emailing and form handling in the post handler, then redirect to a page function to display feedback. Something like this:
/** * postDefault * * @param mixed $inPath * @access public * @return void */ function postDefault($inPath) { global $sGlobals; //this is for posts, it handles when forms get submitted. $post = getPost(); $from = $post['address']; $to = 'justin@mailinator.com'; $cc = null; $subject = $post['subject']; $body = $post['message']; $msg = new message(); $msg->sendTextEmail($from, $to, $cc, $subject, $body); zoneRedirect('thanks'); } /** * pageThanks * * @param mixed $inPath * @access public * @return void */ function pageThanks($inPath) { global $sGlobals, $gui; $gui->assign('message', 'Thanks for contacting us!'); $gui->display('message.tpl'); }
Contact form template
{include file="head.tpl"} <body> <h1>Contact Me!</h1> <p>Fill out the form below to contact me.</p> <form method="POST"> <div> <label for="name">Name:</label> <input name="name" id="name" type="text" /> </div> <div> <label for="address">Email address:</label> <input name="address" id="address" type="text" /> </div> <div> <label for="subject">Subject:</label> <input name="subject" id="subject" type="text" /> </div> <div> <label for="message">Message:</label> <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea> </div> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Message" /> </form> </body></html>