PHPformGenerator Review – Easy to Use PHP Form Creator
So last night, I was in a bit of a bind. I created a form by hand that sent all of the results via email, and that’s it. One of my clients said that they needed an area to manage the form submissions, and they also wanted the form to send via email for notification. Keep in mind, this is not a difficult task to pull off, it’s actually very easy to do; however, when your crunched for time, you want to cut corners, but not quality. That’s when I found PHPformGenerator.
So, PHPformGenerator is currently on release version 3.0 beta, but I used an older, simpler version (2.06 stable). The script was insanely easy to install. It was a total of 3 clicks. Once I installed the script, I went in to the configuration area, created a simple contact form with required fields, and tidooow! A simple HTML for was exported. Not only was the form exported, it also created an admin panel that did not require MySQL. It actually created a file that holds the info, and you can edit the info straight from the file. Very simple.
The PHPformGenerator script is 100% open source. It is way better than services that create HTML forms for you, and it is better than a lot of the commercial form software. The latest version allows you to validate the form, create logins and reservation systems, and is really awesome. The latest version was an overkill for what I needed, but I will definitely try it out in the near future on some of my own stuff.
By the way, if you use Fantastico, I guess they have an auto install of an older version that should work pretty good. I don’t trust automated installations, but if you are not familiar with installing PHP scripts, you may want to go that route. Otherwise, if you are completely unsure, you can contact me, and I can do it for you (for a small price)…
Try it out here on their online demo!
2. Right-Click then Copy
3. Paste the HTML code into your webpage
