Sending data from the website feedback form to Telegram

Creating a Telegram Bot:

• Find BotFather in Telegram and create a new bot by following his instructions.
• Get the bot's API key.
• Enable the bot by opening it in Telegram and clicking "Start."

Setting up the PHP Script:

Create a PHP script to handle form data and send it to Telegram.

In the PHP script, do the following:

• Get the form data ($_POST or $_GET).
• Format the message to be sent to Telegram.
• Use the file_get_contents or cURL function to send a request to the Telegram Bot API.

Configuring Telegram:

Find the chat_id for the chat where you want to send messages. You can use @userinfobot in Telegram to get this information.

You can send messages either to a channel or to yourself as a direct message. Here's how to do it in each case:

Sending Messages to Yourself:

Find your user_id:

• Open Telegram and find the @userinfobot.
• Send him the /start command.
• He will reply with a message containing your user_id.

Sending Messages to a Channel:

Create a Channel:

1. Open Telegram and create a new channel if you don't have one.
2. Remember its name or @username.

Add the Bot to the Channel:

• Add your bot (created via BotFather) to the channel as an administrator. To do this, open the channel settings, go to "Administrators," and add the bot.

Find the Channel's chat_id:

• You can find the chat_id using a special service or by messaging the bot directly. The channel's chat_id usually starts with -100.

Now you can send messages both to yourself and to the channel.

Complete Example:

When the user fills out the form and submits it, the data will be sent to send_form.php, which will process this data and send the message to Telegram. Here is what the final HTML and PHP code looks like:

HTML (Form):

<form id="feedbackForm" method="post" action="/send_form.php" accept-charset="UTF-8">
    <input type="text" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" required="">
    <input type="tel" placeholder="Phone" class="form-control" id="phone" name="phone" required="">
    <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Message" id="message" name="message" rows="5" required=""></textarea>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lb">SEND</button>
</form>

PHP (send_form.php):

<?php
// Replace <YOUR_BOT_TOKEN--> with your bot's API key
$botToken = "<your_bot_token>";
// Replace <your_user_id> with your user_id
$chatId = "<your_user_id>";

// Get the form data
$name = $_POST['name'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

// Format the message for Telegram
$telegramMessage = "New message from the form:\n\n";
$telegramMessage .= "<b>Name:</b> $name\n";
$telegramMessage .= "<b>Phone:</b> $phone\n";
$telegramMessage .= "<b>Message:</b> $message";

// Telegram API URL
$telegramApiUrl = "https://api.telegram.org/bot$botToken/sendMessage?chat_id=$chatId&text=" . urlencode($telegramMessage) . "&parse_mode=HTML";

// Send the request to the Telegram API
$response = file_get_contents($telegramApiUrl);

// Check the response (you can add error handling)
if ($response) {
    echo "Message successfully sent to Telegram!";
} else {
    echo "Error sending message to Telegram.";
}
?>

Follow these steps, and you will be able to send form data to Telegram successfully. If you have any questions or need further assistance, feel free to ask!