We currently have a cause for concern system where staff send emails to the relevant people when they have a problem with the student. Is it possible to set up a resource that would automatically email it to the correct people

This would need

Year (select from list)

Student Name (select from list) – could this just be the students in the year

Teachers Initials (same links as the cover page)

Teachers Department:- (select from list) – Maths, English, Science, History, Geography, RS etc. and not in lesson

Date of Incident:- (select from list)

Time of Incident :- (Period 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Before School, Lunch, After School, Form Period)

Incident:- Blank Space

This would then email to

Head of Department (known from Teachers Department)

Tutor (known from tutor group attached to name)

Head of Year (known from year)

Admin person to log it (fixed name)

Could it also send an email to the teacher to say your report has been logged and sent to (head of department) for further action.

Whats the best ways of going about this???

Thanks!!

Woody

Yes, you could write a HTML page with a form containing all the pieces of information that you describe. Have that page post the information to a PHP script which would then issue the emails. The email addresses could be defined in the PHP script or you could have them retrieved from a database table.

Originally Posted by Kyrnt

Yes, you could write a HTML page with a form containing all the pieces of information that you describe. Have that page post the information to a PHP script which would then issue the emails. The email addresses could be defined in the PHP script or you could have them retrieved from a database table.

I havent done any PHP at all - ive done bits of asp is it possible to do it in this or is PHP the best way??

It really comes down to preference and availability. Which interpretter is installed on your system. If both, which do you preffer. They both have the capability of doing this.

Woody,

Captain Winky is right in that it really comes down to personal preference as to which scripting language you would like to use.

That said, check out the second post in this thread:
http://www.webmaster-talk.com/showthread.php?t=11008

There is an example HTML and PHP file there that provide a very simple example of how to have a form be processed by a PHP script and the information sent by email. Of course, you could modify it to meet your own needs.