Navigate to specific url on php form submission - php

Question

Not really familiar with PHP but I need to use it to submit a form.
However, I want it to navigate to a page after form submission.
Here's my code:
<?php
// configure
$from = 'Demo contact form <demo#domain.com>';
$sendTo = 'Demo contact form <demo#domain.com>';
$subject = 'New message from contact form';
$fields = array('name' => 'Name', 'email' => 'Email'); // array variable name => Text to appear in email
$okMessage = 'Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
try
{
$emailText = "You have new message from contact form\n=============================\n";
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
if (isset($fields[$key])) {
$emailText .= "$fields[$key]: $value\n";
}
}
mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, "From: " . $from);
$responseArray = array('type' => 'success', 'message' => $okMessage);
}
catch (\Exception $e)
{
$responseArray = array('type' => 'danger', 'message' => $errorMessage);
}
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
$encoded = json_encode($responseArray);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo $encoded;
}
else {
echo $responseArray['message'];
}
Right now, submitting the form takes me to a new page which just shows the $okMessage text
<form id="form" class="topBefore" method="post" role="form" action="contact.php">
<input id="name" name="name" type="text" placeholder="NAME">
<input id="email" name="email" type="text" placeholder="E-MAIL">
<input id="submit" type="submit" value="Send">

Answer 1

Use php header('Location: somepage.php');
if(mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, "From: " . $from))
{
header('Location: somepage.php');
}
Note: The php mail() function will return true if the message is accepted for delivery but doesn't guarantee that it will be delivered.
Edit: have a look at my simple email function with try catch statement. Compare with your answer maybe it will help you.
// configure
$from = 'Demo contact form <demo#domain.com>';
$sendTo = 'Demo contact form <demo#domain.com>';
$subject = 'New message from contact form';
$fields = array('name' => 'Name', 'email' => 'Email'); // array variable name => Text to appear in email
$okMessage = 'Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
//post varables from your form
//$name = $_POST['name'];
$name = 'John';
//$email = $_POST['email'];
$email = 'johndoe#blah.com';
//Email header
$header = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$header .= "Content-type: text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";
$header .= "From: $from" . "\r\n";
$header .= "Reply-To: ..." . "\r\n";
$emailText = "You have new message from contact form <br/> ============================ <br/> Name : $name <br/> Email : $email <br/>";
try
{
if (mail('demo#domain.com', $subject, $emailText, $header))
{
header('Location: somepage.php');
}
else
{
throw new Exception($errorMessage);
}
}
catch (Exception $ex)
{
echo 'Message: ' . $ex->getMessage();
}