Help with php contact form

Question

I built a form in Dreamweaver CS4 which looks and seems to work fine both in IE and FF. I then wrote the PHP script and uploaded it to my hosting site. When I fill in the form on the web, I get my "thank you" email stating I will contact them in 24 - 48 hours. I also get this from the hosting site - This email was sent using the PHP mail() function. If you received this email than the PHP mailer is working fine. With all that said my problem is that I do not get a copy of the form details. On the properties section in Dreamweaver, I have the Form ID as contactus and Action connecting to my folder - ../Contactform.php, but I have the target blank. What would it be - blank, parent or self or should it just be black?
Thanks in advance for any help. 

Answer 1

target="_blank" opens a page in a new window. It is not used for forms processing.
For a form, when you begin it, you need to tell it what's going to happen:
<form method="post" action="Contactform.php">
(And, actually, I don't recommend the use of upper and lower-case characters in any file that is to be called by a web server, bu that is not related to your issue.)
Then, you will have an action button at the bottom of your form:
<input type="submit" value=" Contact Me" />
When that action button (or submit button) is activated on your web page, it should query the form for what to do. In the case that I'm outlining here, the action is to run the php file you have called Contactform.php.
At that point, your php code takes over and will do something.
In your php, do you have something like this?
$subject = Contact_from_your_webpage;
$notes = stripcslashes($notes);
$message = " $todayis [EST] \n
Message: $notes \n
From: $visitor ($visitormail)\n
Telephone: $visitorphone ($visitorphone)\n
From: $visitor ($visitormail)\n
Address: $address1 ($address1)\n
Address: $address2 ($address2)\n
From: $city $state  $zip\n
$from = "From: $visitormail\r\n";
mail("[email protected]", $subject, $message, $from);
This should send you an email with all of the stuff you put in your form to send
Please understand that, in this case, I am using form fields that may be different from yours (you didn't provide us with a link, so I don't know what your form fields are). My fields are as follows:
visitor
visitormail
visitorphone
address1
address2
city
state
zip
notes
I am going to hazard a guess that, either you didn't tell your form to do the right thing or your php is wrong.
-Mark