Help processing a form & web hosting

I am soon going to be making a small website for my mum's workplace: A doctor's surgery.
There will be a service that allows people to order repeat prescriptions via the site. The user will fill out the form with details & drugs to be ordered, and will submit the form. I presume that the details submitted will then be forwarded somehow (an email) to the surgery for the doctor to make the prescription.
I've never had to make a page with a form on before, and although I know how to make a form, it's the processing of the data when it's submitted I'm new to. What language to process the form in? php asp??
So, should I do the site in php or asp or what??
Also, depending on that answer, I also need a host and domain name setting up. It's the first site I've done where it's not using some crappy free webspace, and I haven't a clue how to get it sorted.
Could the S-M writers & hosts help me here (you use sarcnet right)??
Of course the surgery is willing to pay money for hosting etc, so that's not a problem.
I know it's a lot to ask but can anyone help me please??
~Cyrix
There will be a service that allows people to order repeat prescriptions via the site. The user will fill out the form with details & drugs to be ordered, and will submit the form. I presume that the details submitted will then be forwarded somehow (an email) to the surgery for the doctor to make the prescription.
I've never had to make a page with a form on before, and although I know how to make a form, it's the processing of the data when it's submitted I'm new to. What language to process the form in? php asp??
So, should I do the site in php or asp or what??
Also, depending on that answer, I also need a host and domain name setting up. It's the first site I've done where it's not using some crappy free webspace, and I haven't a clue how to get it sorted.
Could the S-M writers & hosts help me here (you use sarcnet right)??
Of course the surgery is willing to pay money for hosting etc, so that's not a problem.
I know it's a lot to ask but can anyone help me please??
~Cyrix
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For hosting I use a company called www.34sp.com. It cost me £15 a year for hosting which includes php support and a MySql database.
If you need any help just give us a shout.
If you've coded in other languages like c++, java, or pretty much any other non-HTML language, you will find PHP to be much easier. All variables start with $ and they can be set to any value at any time. Most other languages have stricter rules about variables.
A healthy knowledge of HTML will also be important, because you will probably end up printing out HTML code with the PHP at some point.
Anyway, long story short: Visual Quickstart Guides.
http://www.boaddrink.com/projects/phpformmail/
~Cyrix
Well, I got my web hosting sorted (thanks hooj) and I'm so over the moon to have written my first ever php page.
I'll keep you up to date on the sites development, well I'll let you guys take a look when it's done
~Cyrix