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| − | <blockquote>I have a client that wants to receive information from a form and when they click | + | <blockquote>I have a client that wants to receive information from a form and when they click the submit button they want their viewer to be launched to a different site ... like a YouTube video. |
| − | the submit button they want their viewer to be launched to a different site ... like a | + | |
| − | YouTube video. | + | |
| − | I am using a bootstrap form that captures info and sends it to site owner via email. | + | I am using a bootstrap form that captures info and sends it to site owner via email. The clients intent is to track those that go to the video. |
| − | The clients intent is to track those that go to the video. | + | |
The form I am using utilizes a [[JavaScript|JS]] to capture and a [[PHP]] to send the info to the client.</blockquote> | The form I am using utilizes a [[JavaScript|JS]] to capture and a [[PHP]] to send the info to the client.</blockquote> | ||
Revision as of 13:53, 29 July 2015
Questions I have received about web design, and my advice.
Tracking web form submittal
Question:
I have a client that wants to receive information from a form and when they click the submit button they want their viewer to be launched to a different site ... like a YouTube video.I am using a bootstrap form that captures info and sends it to site owner via email. The clients intent is to track those that go to the video.
The form I am using utilizes a JS to capture and a PHP to send the info to the client.
Answer:
The web form submits to a PHP script; the PHP script sends an email to the site owner.
In the PHP script, after sending the email, do the following:
- Log the user's visit: write a line to a log file, or add a record to a database, with the user's IP address and time of visit.
- Redirect the user to YouTube using the header function.
