Best form processing scripts?

[Neverwhere]

Hi web developers,

I have been using form mail to process all my forms on my websites. http://www.formmail.com/

I've been testing my forms vigorously and getting other people to test the form on various platforms and browsers. I find that every now and then, the form will appear to have been submitted correctly (it takes you to the thank you page etc.) but I don't receive the email. Obviously this is problematic. Any idea why this could be happening? Any suggestions for an alternative (more reliable) script?

 

[guest2013-1]

Custom

Why rely on anyone else's scripts if you could do the same with 5 lines of code?

 

[Neverwhere]

I know there are several ways to process form data. I know of: CGI scripts, javascript and the mailto action. Mailto: sends the form data without any formatting so it's hard to read, so I won't bother with that. Javascript won't work for users that have javascript disabled, so I used the cgi script that my web host provides which is basically a version of form mail. Can you elaborate on the 5 lines of code? I want to receive a nicely formatted email containing the form data as I will not be the only one reading the emails.

 

[chriscapetown]

you will like http://www.wufoo.com - its brilliant!

 

[Murdoc]

Has any1 ever encountered a user who has javascript disabled?
My god am having IE6 flash backs thinking of that

 

[GreGorGy]

Has any1 ever encountered a user who has javascript disabled?
My god am having IE6 flash backs thinking of that

At the risk of offending some, only luddites and crackpots disable JS. And I for one do not want to deal with them professionally because they will just end up being too needy!

That said, a public consumption web store front whose sales processes rely solely on one or another technology (js, java, flash) that a user could disable is a little short-sighted.

 

[Fuma]

That said, a public consumption web store front whose sales processes rely solely on one or another technology (js, java, flash) that a user could disable is a little short-sighted.

You can say that again. I am dealing with a very complex public web-based system and data verification is solely dependent on javascript and it only properly works on IE. It doesn't work propperly on FF, and Chrome.

 

[Murdoc]

strange JS should be constant between browsers

and well said GreGorGy