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How to create a PHP form inside wordpress page

Asked by: I-Can

Recently I have installed wordpress version 2.6 in my site, now I want to create a page that includes a php  form to insert and retrieve data from a database, I know how to write the php code but I don't know how to integrate it with the wordpress page, Can any body help or give me a guidelines how to do it?

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2008-08-02 at 06:06:05ID23616159
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Answers

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 06:17:23ID: 22144245

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 06:19:29ID: 22144251

if you want to create custom form, create your php code in a file, have the form in wp page, and the form post to the php page and then redirect again to a success page

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 06:26:20ID: 22144268

Thanks dosth for your quick response, but the link you have posted is for  ready contact form, what I wanted is a procedure in how to integrate my own php form or page with the wordpress.

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 06:30:22ID: 22144280

Ok let see,
if you want to create custom form,
create your php code in a file, "I have created it and created form.php"
 have the form in wp page, "How?"
 and the form post to the php page
 and then redirect again to a success page

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 06:31:19ID: 22144283

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 07:03:21ID: 22144370

Dear Dosth,
I tried it but it seems it doesn't support my wordpress version 2.6, it support up to 2.5.

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 07:05:46ID: 22144374

:)

can you tell what you need, so i can see what we can do

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 07:18:39ID: 22144418

I have php file "form.php" it inserts and retrieves a data from a database "not wordpress database", I want to see this form inside my wordpress page and enable any visitor to use the form to inserts and retrieves  the data he needs. wordpress enable you to create a pages, but how I can integrate these pages with "form.php" ??

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 07:21:00ID: 22144421

it there is a way to edit the pages created by wordpress to add php code to it??

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 07:43:25ID: 22144516

why not, you have wp-admin right ?

if you want to modify core files, just go to your theme folder and you can change via FTP too

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 09:10:09ID: 22144762

Ok I will form my question in other way, before we install wordpress we used to have a web application developed in php, now after installing wordpress we want the visitor to access  and use the php application through the wordpress, in other word we want to integrate the previous application with the current wordpress.
hope this clear now.

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-02 at 09:34:58ID: 22144831

not sure, can you give me a link/url so i can see how your php application look like

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-02 at 10:34:12ID: 22145017

Ok on this link for example you will find contact form which is written in php, how you can place this form or integrate it on wordpress, so the user once he enters my blog he will find the contact form.

http://www.eopensource.org/contact.htm

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-04 at 03:34:37ID: 22151294

yes, you can do that, but you need to upgrade your wp editor

http://www.mkbergman.com/advancedTinyMCE

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-05 at 20:35:05ID: 22166953

Hi dosth,

your link is not working, any way I have found a way to do it, the key was in creating templates,you can find  the complete instructions on the following link:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/153949

Best regards

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-05 at 23:34:37ID: 22167593

i simply use HTML <table><table> inside my page and have the code page (PHP) seperate. i used Tiny Mce editor though with WP2.6

 

by: I-CanPosted on 2008-08-11 at 00:53:41ID: 31482740

That is also works, thanks a lot for your patient.

Best regards,

 

by: dosthPosted on 2008-08-11 at 01:01:23ID: 22202462

thanks for the points

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