How can i add email send event on form submit (from user email to admin email)

[rahulkast]

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(http://lecplems.infinityfreeapp.com/)

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How can i add email send event on form submit (from user email to admin email)`

<?php
if(isset($_GET['id']) && $_GET['id'] > 0){
    $qry = $conn->query("SELECT * from `leave_applications` where id = '{$_GET['id']}' ");
    if($qry->num_rows > 0){
        foreach($qry->fetch_assoc() as $k => $v){
            $$k=$v;
        }
    }
}
if($_settings->userdata('type') == 3){
	$meta_qry = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM employee_meta where meta_field = 'leave_type_ids' and user_id = '{$_settings->userdata('id')}' ");
	$leave_type_ids = $meta_qry->num_rows > 0 ? $meta_qry->fetch_array()['meta_value'] : '';
}
?>

<style>
	img#cimg{
		height: 25vh;
		width: 15vw;
		object-fit: scale-down;
		object-position: center center;
	}
	.select2-container--default .select2-selection--single{
		height:calc(2.25rem + 2px) !important;
	}
</style>
<div class="card card-outline card-info">
	<div class="card-header">
		<h3 class="card-title"><?php echo isset($id) ? "Update ": "Create New " ?> driver</h3>
	</div>
	<div class="card-body">
		<form action="" id="leave_application-form">
			<input type="hidden" name ="id" value="<?php echo isset($id) ? $id : '' ?>">
			<div class="row">
				<div class="col-6">
					<?php if($_settings->userdata('type') != 3): ?>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="user_id" class="control-label">Employee</label>
						<select name="user_id" id="user_id" class="form-control select2bs4 select2 rounded-0" data-placeholder="Please Select Employee here" reqiured>
							<option value="" disabled <?php echo !isset($user_id) ? 'selected' : '' ?>></option>
							<?php 
							
							$emp_qry = $conn->query("SELECT u.*,concat(u.lastname,' ',u.firstname,' ',u.middlename) as `name`,m.meta_value FROM `users` u inner join `employee_meta` m on u.id = m.user_id where m.meta_field='employee_id'");
							while($row = $emp_qry->fetch_assoc()):
							?>
								<option value="<?php echo $row['id'] ?>" <?php echo (isset($user_id) && $user_id == $row['id']) ? 'selected' : '' ?>><?php echo "[".$row['meta_value']."] ".$row['name'] ?></option>
							<?php endwhile; ?>
						</select>
					</div>
					<?php else: ?>
					<input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="<?php echo $_settings->userdata('id') ?>">
					<?php endif; ?>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="leave_type_id" class="control-label">Leave Type</label>
						<select name="leave_type_id" id="leave_type_id" class="form-control select2bs4 select2 rounded-0" data-placeholder="Please Select Leave  Type here" reqiured>
							<option value="" disabled <?php echo !isset($leave_type_id) ? 'selected' : '' ?>></option>
							<?php 
							$where = '';
							if(isset($leave_type_ids) && !empty($leave_type_ids))
							$where = " and id in ({$leave_type_ids}) ";
							$lt = $conn->query("SELECT * FROM `leave_types` where status = 1 {$where} order by `code` asc");
							while($row = $lt->fetch_assoc()):
							?>
								<option value="<?php echo $row['id'] ?>" <?php echo (isset($leave_type_id) && $leave_type_id == $row['id']) ? 'selected' : '' ?>><?php echo $row['code'] ?></option>
							<?php endwhile; ?>
						</select>
					</div>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="type" class="control-label">Day Type</label>
						<select id="type" name="type" class="form-control rounded-0">
							<option value="1" <?php echo (isset($type) && $type ==1)?'selected' : '' ?>>Whole Day</option>
							<option value="2" <?php echo (isset($type) && $type ==2)?'selected' : '' ?>>Half Day</option>
						</select>
					</div>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="date_start" class="control-label">Date Start</label>
						<input type="date" id="date_start" class="form-control form" required name="date_start" value="<?php echo isset($date_start) ? date("Y-m-d",strtotime($date_start)) : '' ?>">
					</div>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="date_end" class="control-label">Date End</label>
						<input type="date" id="date_end" class="form-control form" required name="date_end" value="<?php echo isset($date_end) ? date("Y-m-d",strtotime($date_end)) : '' ?>">
					</div>
					<div class="form-group">
						<label for="leave_days" class="control-label">Days</label>
						<input type="number" id="leave_days" class="form-control form" name="leave_days" value="<?php echo isset($leave_days) ? $leave_days : 0 ?>" readonly>
					</div>
					<div class="form-group">
							<label for="reason">Reason</label>
							<textarea rows="3" name="reason" id="reason" class="form-control rounded-0" style="resize:none !important" required><?php echo isset($reason) ? $reason: '' ?></textarea>
						</div>
				</div>
			</div>
			
		</form>
	</div>
	<div class="card-footer">
		<button class="btn btn-flat btn-primary" form="leave_application-form">Submit</button>
		<a class="btn btn-flat btn-default" href="?page=leave_applications">Cancel</a>
	</div>
</div>
<script>
	function displayImg(input,_this) {
	    if (input.files && input.files[0]) {
	        var reader = new FileReader();
	        reader.onload = function (e) {
	        	$('#cimg').attr('src', e.target.result);
	        	_this.siblings('.custom-file-label').html(input.files[0].name)
	        }

	        reader.readAsDataURL(input.files[0]);
	    }
	}

	function calc_days(){
		var days = 0;
		if($('#date_start').val() != ''){
			var start = new Date($('#date_start').val());
			var end = new Date($('#date_end').val());
			var diffDate = (end - start) / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24);
			days = Math.round(diffDate);
		}
		if($('#type').val() == 2)
			$('#leave_days').val('.5')
		else
			$('#leave_days').val(days +1)

	}
	$(document).ready(function(){
		$('.select2').select2();
		$('.select2-selection').addClass('form-control rounded-0')
		$('#type').change(function(){
			if($(this).val() == 2){
			console.log($(this).val())
				$('#leave_days').val('.5')
				$('#date_end').attr('required',false)
				$('#date_end').val($('#date_start').val())
				$('#date_end').closest('.form-group').hide('fast')
			}else{
				$('#date_end').attr('reqiured',true)
				$('#date_end').closest('.form-group').show('fast')
				$('#leave_days').val(1)
			}
			calc_days()
		})
		$('#date_start, #date_end').change(function(){
			calc_days()
		})
		$('#leave_application-form').submit(function(e){
			e.preventDefault();
var _this = $(this)
            var _this = $(this)
			 $('.err-msg').remove();
			start_loader();
			$.ajax({
				url:_base_url_+"classes/Master.php?f=save_application",
				data: new FormData($(this)[0]),
                cache: false,
                contentType: false,
                processData: false,
                method: 'POST',
                type: 'POST',
                dataType: 'json',
				error:err=>{
					console.log(err)
					alert_toast("An error occured",'error');
					end_loader();
				},
				success:function(resp){
					if(typeof resp =='object' && resp.status == 'success'){
						location.href = "./?page=leave_applications";
					}else if(resp.status == 'failed' && !!resp.msg){
                        var el = $('<div>')
                            el.addClass("alert alert-danger err-msg").text(resp.msg)
                            _this.prepend(el)
                            el.show('slow')
                            $("html, body").animate({ scrollTop: 0 }, "fast");
                            end_loader()
                    }else{
						alert_toast("An error occured",'error');
						end_loader();
                        console.log(resp)
					}
				}
			})
		})
	})
</script>

[Frank419]

I’m pretty much sure there’s no email here at this hosting, so

1. Get PHPMailer. You might have to setup composer on your local PC and it can be a little bit tricky.
2. Setup SMTP on your personal email like GMail. Try to google for this one, I cannot simply throw a guide to you.
3. Use the PHPMailer to send the mail over SMTP. There’s an example code on PHPMailer’s page so it shouldn’t be hard.
4. Implement these codes into your current page. Now everything should be fine.

[Herbert]

I am quite not sure what you specifically ask for, but if you want to receive emails from users, you can use the PHP mail function to achieve this. But like @Frank419 mentioned, I’m also not sure whether freehosting supports mailing.

<?php
if(isset($_POST['form_dat'])){
    $user_subject = $_POST['subject']; 
    $user_message = $_POST['user_msg'];

    $adminEmail = '[email protected]';
    $subject = $user_subject;
    $message = $user_message;

    $headers = 'From: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .
        'Reply-To: [email protected]' . "\r\n" .;

    mail($adminEmail, $subject, $message, $headers);
}

?>

And the provided code is just the basic way of sending an Email, if you are going to use this in your product, you need to consider security aspects and many other things before publishing it!

[Frank419]

@Herbert

freehosting supports mailing.

We didn’t. And PHP mail() won’t work.

[Oxy]

As far as I understand, some emails work, but they are for confirming user accounts and similar on someone’s website not for email correspondence

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