Form POST wont transfer variables to PHP script - php

Question

I have this problem that I haven't been able to fix for days now and I am going crazy...
I have a HTML form and I am trying to pass those variables from the form over to my PHP script but for some reason they are not passing over.
HTML Form:
<div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12">
<a name="contactus"></a>
<div class="contact-form bottom">
<h2>Send a message</h2>
<form name="contact form" method="POST" action="sendemail_1.php" id="main-contact-form">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" id="names" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Name">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" id="emails" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="number" id="numbers" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Number">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="message" id="messages" required="required" class="form-control" rows="8" placeholder="Your text here"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-submit" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
Full PHP SCRIPT:
<?php
require 'PHPMailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php';
$mail = new PHPMailer;
$mail->isSMTP();
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = '*****#gmail.com';
$mail->Password = '****';
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->setFrom('*****#gmail.com', 'Test');
$mail->addReplyTo('****#gmail.com', 'Test');
$mail->addAddress("****#hotmail.com");
$mail->isHTML(false); // Set email format to HTML
$bodyContent = "test";
$name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'name');
$number = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'number');
$email = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'email');
$message = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'message');
$mail->Subject = 'Test';
$mail->Body = $bodyContent;
if(!$mail->send()) {
echo 'Message could not be sent.';
echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent';
}
error_reporting(E_ALL);
?>
The JS used
// Contact form
var form = $('#main-contact-form');
form.submit(function(event){
event.preventDefault();
var form_status = $('<div class="form_status"></div>');
$.ajax({
url: $(this).attr('action'),
beforeSend: function(){
form.prepend( form_status.html('<p><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> Email is sending...</p>').fadeIn() );
}
}).done(function(data){
form_status.html('<p class="text-success">Thank you for contact us. As early as possible we will contact you</p>').delay(3000).fadeOut();
});
});
I have also tried it with the $_POST('name') but it also does not work.
Any help is really appreciated! Thanks

Answer 1

Commenting is starting to grow too large and this is too large for a comment.
To test, use what follows instead of what you have now.
Change from:
$name = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'name');
$number = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'number');
$email = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'email');
$message = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'message');
To:
if(
!empty($_POST['name'])
&&
!empty($_POST['number'])
&&
!empty($_POST['email'])
&&
!empty($_POST['message'])
) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$number = $_POST['number'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
}
else{
echo "No empty fields please.";
exit; // This will STOP any further execution.
}
// the rest of your code below
I can't see this failing.
Note:
I see ID's everywhere and this suggests that you may be using additional Javascript to work with this.
Should this be the case, then you need to make sure that the syntax is correct.
This wasn't answered in my comment to you earlier.

Answer 2

okay found the issue - you need to pass submit button name as a submit not submited.
Try below code:
Your html file :
<form name="contact form" method="POST" action="sendemail_1.php" id="main-contact-form">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" id="names" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Name">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" id="emails" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Email">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="number" id="numbers" class="form-control" required="required" placeholder="Number">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="message" id="messages" required="required" class="form-control" rows="8" placeholder="Your text here"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-submit" value="Submit">
</div>
</form>
Your Php File
if(isset($_POST['submit']))
{
print_r($_POST);
}