Sending form data to email

I have a form on my website (like an error report form) and I want it to submit the information entered to me in an email. I know how to make the form, and I've used free forms before where it automatically sends it to my email, but I'd like to know how to make it myself.

Can someone point me in the right direction for information? I'm not sure what kind of coding it uses - I've seen ones using ASP but I don't know anything about that code. Can I do it using PHP? I would search for information myself but my biggest problem right now is I don't know what to search for. If someone could give me a link to a guide or something, or even what this is called that I'm trying to learn (then I could search myself), that would be excellent. Thanks!

You'll want to use PHP's mailto() function, which can send arbitrary e-mails, and insert the data from the form into the text you send. A very quick Googling gives me this, but be advised that this is only part one of a more complete tutorial and you need to go on to read at least the "How to prevent e-mail injection" bit it links to.

also ensure that you have a valid mailserver that it isn't on any of the significant blacklists. many hosts don't configure one, and those who do are freuently on blacklists due to abusive users.

and please do not try to de-evil your data blindly.

Thanks guys! I'll read through those and keep that in mind.