send email through php - php

Question

First time here for me
I have 2 files (index.html , sendemail.php)
At index.html I have the code for my form
<section id="contact">
<div id="contact-us" class="parallax">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="heading text-center col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2 wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
<h2>Contact Us</h2>
<p>Request a service , learn about our services</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="contact-form wow fadeIn" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="600ms">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="sendemail.php">
<div class="row wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" required="required">
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" name="email" id="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" required="required">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Subject" required="required">
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="message" id="message" class="form-control" rows="4" placeholder="Enter your message" required="required"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn-submit" name="submit" id="submit">Send Now</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
<div class="contact-info wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
<p></p>
<ul class="address">
<li><i class="fa fa-phone"></i> <span> Phone:</span> [phone] </li>
<li><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i> <span> Email:</span> info#mydomain.com</li>
<li><i class="fa fa-globe"></i> <span> Website:</span> www.mydomain.com</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
At sendemail.php I have the code
$msg = 'Name: ' .$_POST['name'] ."\n"
.'Email :' .$_POST['email'] ."\n"
.'Subject: ' .$_POST['subject'] ."\n"
.'Message: ' .$_POST['message'] ."\n";
mail('info#mydomain.com','You have one message from mydomain.com', $msg);
I get an email when i send this form but with no values into it like this
Name:
Email :
Subject:
Message:
Where is the problem with this code ?
Thanks

Answer 1

try change enctype in your form tag
<form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" enctype="application/x-www-form-urlencoded" action="sendemail.php">
also, you can print post data:
print(file_get_contents('php://input'));

Answer 2

If you are working on local then
you have to use library to send mail such as PHPMailer.
Check your firewall settings blocking or what.
Check any other service is using the ports (25,465,587).
If you are working on Live then
check your hosting provider allowing you to send mail.
(for this you can send test mail script directly using mail function)
If you are using library then you have to confirm with hosting
provider that they allow ports opened for send mail.