SCForm: Simple Contact Form

SCForm is a simple contact form written in PHP.

Yeah, there are a lot of "contact form" type scripts out there. But after looking at all I could find, and even installing and testing a few, I found that none of them offered just the mix of simplicity and functionality I desired. Basically, I wanted something that was both fairly simple and that was secure (including the hiding of recipients' email addresses!). So I wrote my own. Yes, I'm afraid it's: Yet Another Contact Form ;).

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Copyright, License, and Disclaimer

All of the programs, applications, and utilities (hereinafter referred
to as "programs") on this page are Copyright (C) 1998-2004 James S. Seymour.

These programs are free software; you can redistribute them and/or
modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

These programs are distributed in the hope that they will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You may receive a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with these programs; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307,
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An on-line copy of the GNU General Public License can be found
here.

SCForm: Simple Contact Form

• Single simple, secure, straight-forward processing script
  • Clean, structured coding style
  • Liberally commented throughout
• Flexible configuration
  • Only two easy configuration items for a "vanilla" install
  • Web form, response pages, and configuration files separated from processing code, making future updates easy even if you've customized these for your site.
• Host and IP tracking, even through HTTP proxies in most cases
• Doesn't require that PHP's register_globals be on
• Contact list email addresses are completely hidden, thus foiling web-page-scraping, scum-sucking, dirtbag spammers
  • Easy to add new recipients to the list with just a text editor
  • Uses format similar to common "aliases" style recipient email address lists
  • Contact list shared between web form and form processing
• Optional check for banned email addresses and remote hosts
  • Ban list easily edited with common text editor
  • Can ban by:
    • Sender email address, host and domain
    • Host name and domain
    • Host IP address or range of IP addresses, including CIDR notation
  • Option for mis-direction that allows banned senders to *think* they're getting through (heh heh heh)
• Optional CAPTCHA (http://www.captcha.net) support (Rel. 1.2.4 and later)
• Includes generic "works out-of-the-box" web form and response pages, liberally-commented example contact and ban lists, and thorough README documentation.

SCForm was originally written and tested in the following environment:

• Operating System: Sun Sparc Solaris 7
• Web Server: Apache 1.3.27
• PHP Version: 4.2.3

NOTE: SCForm uses PHP's mail() function. Thus it requires there be working mail server software on the host upon which SCForm is installed and that php.ini be properly configured to use it.

Source & Docs: Production Version

There is no "production" version yet. Hasn't been out long enough.

Source & Docs: Beta-Test Version

Beta versions are initial releases or releases incorporating significant enhancements. While believed to produce correct results (and often improved results over prior releases), they remain designated as Beta until they've received sufficient real-world use to inspire confidence in their correctness and stability. Feedback, particularly bug reports, is always welcome.

Beta versions are thoroughly regression-tested. Deviations, if any, are noted in the ChangeLog--as are the reasons for them.

• README [http download]
• ChangeLog [http download]
• FAQ [http download] (same as production version)
• Tarball
  • SCForm-1.2.9.tar.gz [http download] [ftp download]
  • SCForm-1.2.9.tar.gz.asc [http download] [ftp download] (PGP signature)
  • SCForm-1.2.9.tar.gz.md5 [http download] [ftp download] (MD5 signature)
• Zip
  • SCForm-1.2.9.zip [http download] [ftp download]
  • SCForm-1.2.9.zip.asc [http download] [ftp download] (PGP signature)
  • SCForm-1.2.9.zip.md5 [http download] [ftp download] (MD5 signature)

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Related Pages at Athena

My Unix Utilities page has some more stuff you might be able to use.

Comments or Questions?

Created: 23 Nov, 2002 / Last updated: 13 Aug, 2026