How to set PHP variables in email TO header? - php

Question

I'm trying to send an email using PHP mail(). I created a form that allows the user to input their information and press a submit button to send the email.
What I'm trying to do is to grab $email and set it to the $to header to send to the receiver. Everything else works perfectly, $name and $contact outputs just missing $email.
<form action="#" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Your Name"><br/>
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Your Email"><br/>
<input type="text" name="contact" placeholder="Your Mobile"><br/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "Welcome: ". $_POST['name']. "<br />";
echo "Your Email is: ". $_POST["email"]. "<br />";
echo "Your Mobile No. is: ". $_POST["contact"];
?>
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$contact = $_POST['contact'];
$to = $email;
$subject = "Test Email";
$message = 'Hello '.$name.', contact: '.$contact.', this is a test email';
$headers = "From: Me <". strip_tags('test#mail.com') . ">\r\n";
mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
?>
Any tips would be appreciated

Answer 1

Solution:
<?php
if (!array_key_exists('Submitted',$_POST))
{
?>
<form method="post" action="#">
<input type="hidden" name="Submitted" value="true"><form action="#"
method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Your Name"><br/>
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Your Email"><br/>
<input type="text" name="contact" placeholder="Your Mobile"><br/>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<?php
echo "Welcome: ". $_POST['name']. "<br />";
echo "Your Email is: ". $_POST["email"]. "<br />";
echo "Your Mobile No. is: ". $_POST["contact"];
?>
<?php
}
else
{
$name = $_POST['name'];
$contact = $_POST['contact'];
$to = $_POST['email'];
$subject = "Test Email";
$message = 'Hello '.$name.',<br /> contact #: '.$contact.', this is a test
email';
$headers = "From: Me <". strip_tags('test#mail.com') . ">\r\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\r\n";
if(mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers))
{
echo "Message Sent";
}
else
{
echo "Message Not Sent";
}
}
?>