n. 1. the inherit form in every MySQL table. 2. the php script that makes it happen.

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<?PHP

include("Formitable.class.php");
$newForm = new Formitable( mysql_connect("server","user","pass"),"db","formitable_time" );

//turn off suto submit
$newForm->autoSubmit false;

//up the character count for normal text inputs
$newForm->strField_toggle 130;

//turn off default error messages
$newForm->msg_insertSuccess $newForm->msg_insertFail '';

//set a different opening tag for errors
$newForm->err_pre '<span class="errfield">';

//set field breaks to empty string
$newForm->setFieldBreak('');

//set up a validation method, set a few fields to validate
$newForm->registerValidation('required','.+','Input is required.');
$newForm->validateField('subject','required');
$newForm->validateField('email','required');
//set validation feedback method
$newForm->feedback='line';

//test the submitted form to provide custom feedback
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    if(!isset(
$_POST['comments']) || $_POST['comments'] == ""){
        
$error 'Comments field is empty.';
    } else if ( 
$newForm->submitForm() == -){
        
$error 'Fix the errors noted above.';    
    } else if ( 
$newForm->submitForm() ){
        
$error 'Your comments were sent.';    
    } else 
$error 'Error sending email. Please send through SourceForge.';
    
$error '<p class="err">'.$error.'</p>';
}

//print form using a file template
$newForm->printFromTemplate('contact.tpl');

?>

Template

<h2>Contact</h2>
<center><div class="box" style="width:460px;" id="contact">
{open_form}
<table width="460" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 border=0>
    <tr>
        <td width="50%">{setBreak:label:<br/>}{regarding}</td>
        <td>{email,disabled="true"}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr><td colspan=2>{subject}</td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan=2>{comments}</td></tr>
    <tr><td colspan=2 align="right" valign="center">
        {php:error}{close_form,Send Comments,class="plain",,}
    </td></tr>
</table></form>
</div></center>

MySQL Table

CREATE TABLE `contacts` (
  `ID` tinyint(3) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `regarding` enum('General','Site Feedback','Documentation','Examples','Bug Report',
  		'Security Suggestion','Feature Request') NOT NULL default 'General',
  `email` varchar(50) NOT NULL default '',
  `subject` varchar(120) NOT NULL default '',
  `comments` text NOT NULL,
  `time` timestamp NOT NULL default CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`ID`)
);