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Need help finding a PHP solution.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 7:58 am
by scaryc
Hello,

I have a website for an apartment complex made simply in HTML and CSS. I would like to implement PHP rental application form that stores applications as PDF documents that either emails the applications to the leasing office, or just dumps them in a directory, I could even have the data entered into an excel file if it's easier.

I would be extremely grateful if someone could point me in the right direction for getting started with this.

Here is the basic format of the form I'm using: http://chantryvillage.com/online-application.php

I would love it if I could find a pre-coded script that I could use, I'm not good at coding PHP.

How should I go about doing this?

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:25 am
by miro_igov
Precoded script? Your requirement is too specific, do not search for ready solutions. Why not develop a script? If you can not do it yourself you can hire someone.

Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 8:27 am
by CoderGoblin
If I were you I would try to find a PHP Tutorial dealing with forms. Make sure you understand how it works and modify it to your form. Get the basic form working with validation. You never trust user input.

Once this is done you need to then look into what else you need afterwards. PDF creation etc. Some PDF information can be found at
http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php but again you probably want to use your favourite search engine to find a tutorial or something.

The alternative is to simply get someone to do it for you although you would have to pay for the person's time.