PHP Mail Form Generating PDF attachment
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:40 pm
Hi I am new to the board and need help, i am a graphic designer not a programmer and am helping a friend with a website addition.
The client/friend wants an email form that works like a shopping cart where users will manually fill in the items, qty, & price of the items they want to order
and it tabulates price subtotals and total, using a kaosweaver javascript & php novice form I made this work, here is the url:
http://www.ryot.com/volo/catalog.html
the problem is the email orders are difficult to read, here is an example of what he receives:
The form below was submited by haywood.thomas@charter.net from Ip address: 68.117.219.8 on 02/14/2008 at 02:33 am
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
company; old guard graphics
name; haywood thomas
phone; 706 549 4505
email; haywood.thomas@charter.net
address; 260 cleveland ave
city; athens
state; GA
zip; 30601
payment; pay with check
shipping; ship ground
confimation_phone; confirmation by phone
notes; volo form test 2.8 windows XP / ie7
item_1; OB
size_1;
color_1;
qty; 24
price; 7
sub; 168.00
item_2; 1905 WM 2
size_2;
color_2;
qty_2; 24
price_2; 8.00
sub_2; 192.00
item_3;
size_3;
color_3;
qty_3;
price_3;
sub_3; 0.00
item_4;
size_4;
color_4;
qty_4;
price_4;
sub_4;
item_5;
size_5;
color_5;
qty_5;
price_5;
sub_5; 0.00
item_6;
size_6_;
color_6_;
qty_6;
price_6;
sub_6; 0.00
item_7;
size_7_;
color_7_;
qty_7;
price_7;
sub_7; 0.00
item_8;
size_8_;
color_8_;
qty_8;
price_8;
sub_8; 0.00
item_9;
size_9_;
color_9;
qty_9;
price_9;
sub_9; 0.00
item_10;
size_10;
color_10;
qty_10;
price_10;
sub_10; 0.00
item_11;
size_11;
color_11;
qty_11;
price_11;
sub_11; 0.00
item_12;
size_12;
color_12;
qty_12;
price_12;
sub_12; 0.00
item_13;
size_13;
color_13;
qty_13;
price_13;
sub_13;
item_14;
size_14;
color_14;
qty_14;
price_14;
sub_14;
item_15;
size_15_;
color_15;
qty_15;
price_15;
sub_15;
item_16;
size_16_;
color_16;
qty_16;
price_16;
sub_16;
item_17;
size_17_;
color_17;
qty_17;
price_17;
sub_17;
item_18;
size_18_;
color_18;
qty_18;
price_18;
sub_18; 0.00
item_19;
size_19_;
color_19;
qty_19;
price_19;
sub_19;
item_20;
size_20_;
color_20;
qty_20;
price_20;
sub_20;
item_21;
size_21;
color_21;
qty_21;
price_21;
sub_21; 0.00
item_22;
size_22;
color_22;
qty_22;
price_22;
sub_22; 0.00
item_23;
size_23;
color_23;
qty_23;
price_23;
sub_23; 0.00
item_24;
size_24;
color_24;
qty_24;
price_24;
sub_24; 0.00
total; 360.00
SUBMIT; PLACE ORDER NOW
obviously this is not the most efficient method. What he would like is the site to automatically create a pdf or xls file based on the form info that is easier to interperet, and have it automatically emailed to him.
I either need someone to spell out an easy way for me to do this with minimal programming or someone who wants to program this on a contract basis for me.
Sorry for being so long winded and thanks in advance for any help.
-haywood
The client/friend wants an email form that works like a shopping cart where users will manually fill in the items, qty, & price of the items they want to order
and it tabulates price subtotals and total, using a kaosweaver javascript & php novice form I made this work, here is the url:
http://www.ryot.com/volo/catalog.html
the problem is the email orders are difficult to read, here is an example of what he receives:
The form below was submited by haywood.thomas@charter.net from Ip address: 68.117.219.8 on 02/14/2008 at 02:33 am
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
company; old guard graphics
name; haywood thomas
phone; 706 549 4505
email; haywood.thomas@charter.net
address; 260 cleveland ave
city; athens
state; GA
zip; 30601
payment; pay with check
shipping; ship ground
confimation_phone; confirmation by phone
notes; volo form test 2.8 windows XP / ie7
item_1; OB
size_1;
color_1;
qty; 24
price; 7
sub; 168.00
item_2; 1905 WM 2
size_2;
color_2;
qty_2; 24
price_2; 8.00
sub_2; 192.00
item_3;
size_3;
color_3;
qty_3;
price_3;
sub_3; 0.00
item_4;
size_4;
color_4;
qty_4;
price_4;
sub_4;
item_5;
size_5;
color_5;
qty_5;
price_5;
sub_5; 0.00
item_6;
size_6_;
color_6_;
qty_6;
price_6;
sub_6; 0.00
item_7;
size_7_;
color_7_;
qty_7;
price_7;
sub_7; 0.00
item_8;
size_8_;
color_8_;
qty_8;
price_8;
sub_8; 0.00
item_9;
size_9_;
color_9;
qty_9;
price_9;
sub_9; 0.00
item_10;
size_10;
color_10;
qty_10;
price_10;
sub_10; 0.00
item_11;
size_11;
color_11;
qty_11;
price_11;
sub_11; 0.00
item_12;
size_12;
color_12;
qty_12;
price_12;
sub_12; 0.00
item_13;
size_13;
color_13;
qty_13;
price_13;
sub_13;
item_14;
size_14;
color_14;
qty_14;
price_14;
sub_14;
item_15;
size_15_;
color_15;
qty_15;
price_15;
sub_15;
item_16;
size_16_;
color_16;
qty_16;
price_16;
sub_16;
item_17;
size_17_;
color_17;
qty_17;
price_17;
sub_17;
item_18;
size_18_;
color_18;
qty_18;
price_18;
sub_18; 0.00
item_19;
size_19_;
color_19;
qty_19;
price_19;
sub_19;
item_20;
size_20_;
color_20;
qty_20;
price_20;
sub_20;
item_21;
size_21;
color_21;
qty_21;
price_21;
sub_21; 0.00
item_22;
size_22;
color_22;
qty_22;
price_22;
sub_22; 0.00
item_23;
size_23;
color_23;
qty_23;
price_23;
sub_23; 0.00
item_24;
size_24;
color_24;
qty_24;
price_24;
sub_24; 0.00
total; 360.00
SUBMIT; PLACE ORDER NOW
obviously this is not the most efficient method. What he would like is the site to automatically create a pdf or xls file based on the form info that is easier to interperet, and have it automatically emailed to him.
I either need someone to spell out an easy way for me to do this with minimal programming or someone who wants to program this on a contract basis for me.
Sorry for being so long winded and thanks in advance for any help.
-haywood