Web Form Factory

Web Form Factory is an open source web form generator which automatically generates the necessary backend PHP code to tie your form to a database.

All you need to do is follow these 5 simple steps:

1- Generate form from...

Webforms can be generated from HTML files. More types may be available in the future.


2- Choose your form type...

A database form or email form.


3- Choose your preferred language

Choose the PHP version running on your server.


4- Locate your file(s)...

• HTML form file:
• Thank you file:

5- Name your Form

Only alphanumeric characters and no spaces, thank you.

Done! The necessary backend code will then be added and the file returned to you within seconds.

Isn't it great?

Forms in e-mails

Forms in e-mails are a bad idea.
If you want to set up some kind of form, that form must reside somewhere in the web, because although forms will display most of the time in email, they usually don't work due to many email clients considering email forms to be a security risk.
While some email clients will simply warn you of potential danger, others will outright disable the forms.

Complete Results from CampaignMonitor

How Forms Perform in HTML Emails
Client	Form is displayed	Form is functional
.Mac
Yahoo! Mail
Yahoo! Mail Classic
AOL Webmail
Gmail
Windows Live Hotmail
Apple Mail
Thunderbird
Penelope (Eudora 8)
Outlook 2007
Outlook 2003
Outlook Express
Windows Live Mail
Lotus Notes 8
Entourage

Since there's no way we can segment out email addresses by known email clients, I'd rather recommend linking to a form on a website in an email rather than embedding it therein. This is the safest, most reliable solution to pairing an email message with a form. More people will see it and be able to use it, and as a result participation will increase.