Sent PHP Email has two blank fields - php

Question

I am a novice at PHP. I have a simple contact form. I got the code online, copy/pasted/tweaked. It will send the email fine, but 2 of the fields (email and state) are blank in the email. All the other fields are filled in. I have looked and I don't see any reason why. What am I missing? Thanks in advance for any help. Here is my code:
HTML
<form id="contactusForm" method="post" action="connect.php">
<div><blockquote>Please fill out this short form and we will respond as soon as possible. Nothing is required except your reason for contact and your message. Thank you for your time.</blockquote>
<br><br><br>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25" id="help-with">
<label for="reason">Reason</label>
</div><div class="col-75">
<select name="reason" id="reason" type="select" tabindex="1">
<option value="Prayer">Request For Prayer</option>
<option value="Information">More Information</option>
</select></div> </div> <br>
<br>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="name">Name</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" placeholder="Your name.." tabindex="2" title="Name" size="50" maxlength="50">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="phone">Phone</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<input name="phone" type="tel" id="phone" placeholder="Your phone number.." tabindex="3" title="Phone" size="30" maxlength="30">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="email">Email</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<input name="email" type="email" id="email" placeholder="Your email..." tabindex="4" title="Email" size="50" maxlength="50" >
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="state">State</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<select name="state" id="state" type="select" tabindex="5">
<option value="pick-a-state">Select your state...</option>
<option value="NA">N/A</option>
<option value="AL">Alabama</option>
<option value="AK">Alaska</option>
<option value="AZ">Arizona</option>
<option value="AR">Arkansas</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="country">Country</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<select name="country" id="country" type="select" tabindex="6">
<option value="">Select your country...</option>
<option value="United States">United States</option>
<option value="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-25">
<label for="message">Your Message:</label>
</div>
<div class="col-75">
<textarea name="message" type="text" maxlength="800" required="required" id="message" style="height:180px" placeholder="Type your message here..." tabindex="7"></textarea>
</div>
</div><br>
<br>
<input type="checkbox" name="contact_me_by_fax_only" value="1" style="display:none !important" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<div class="row">
<input type="submit" tabindex="10" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
PHP
<?php
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\PHPMailer;
use PHPMailer\PHPMailer\Exception;
require 'PHP/PHPMailer/vendor/autoload.php';
$reason = $_POST['reason'];
$name = filter_var($_POST['name'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$phone = filter_var($_POST['phone'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
$mailFrom = $_POST['email'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$country = $_POST['country'];
$message = filter_var($_POST['message'], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
//validation
if(empty($message)){
header("location: connect.html?nomessage");
}
$honeypot = FALSE;
if (!empty($_REQUEST['contact_me_by_fax_only']) && (bool) $_REQUEST['contact_me_by_fax_only'] == TRUE) {
$honeypot = TRUE;
log_spambot($_REQUEST);
# treat as spambot
} else {
# process as normal
$mail = new PHPMailer(true); // Passing `true` enables exceptions
try {
//Server settings
$mail->SMTPDebug = 0; // Enable verbose debug output
$mail->isSMTP(); // Set mailer to use SMTP
$mail->Host = 'smtp.dotster.com'; // Specify main and backup SMTP servers
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // Enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Username = 'test#missionlighthouse.org'; // SMTP username
$mail->Password = '1234567'; // SMTP password
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls'; // Enable TLS encryption, `ssl` also accepted
$mail->Port = 587; // TCP port to connect to
//Recipients
$mail->setFrom('test#missionlighthouse.org', 'MLC Website');
$mail->addAddress('myemail80#myhost.net', 'John Doe'); // Add a recipient
//Body Content
$body = "<p><strong>Hello</strong>, you have received a message submitted from the MLC Website.<br><br>
<br><strong>Message Topic:</strong><br>" . $reason.
"<br><br><strong>Name:</strong><br>" . $name.
"<br><br><strong>Phone:</strong><br>" . $phone.
"<br><br><strong>Email:</strong><br>" . $email.
"<br><br><strong>State:</strong><br>" . $state.
"<br><br><strong>Country:</strong><br>" . $country.
"<br><br><strong>Message:</strong><br>". $message."</p>";
//Content
$mail->isHTML(true); // Set email format to HTML
$mail->Subject = 'Email from MLC Website';
$mail->Body = $body;
$mail->AltBody = strip_tags ($body);
$mail->send();
header("Location: thankyou.html?sent");
} catch (Exception $e) {
echo 'Message could not be sent. Mailer Error: ', $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}

Answer 1

If you change the variable $mailFrom to $email, I believe your email field will show up as you expect. As for the state field, I'm not sure... Try changing both the locations of the variable $state to some other name such as $stateField