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I'm completely new to HTML and PHP and am trying to build a simple contact form, so that users can send me a message on the contact page, which then gets directed to my email. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong here:
contact.html:
<section id="secondary">
<form action="contact.php" method="post" class="contactform">
Your Name<br>
<input type="text" maxlength="100" name="cf_name" style="width: 300px" class="contactboxes"><br>
Your E-mail<br>
<input type="text" maxlength="100" name="cf_email" style="width: 300px" class="contactboxes"><br>
The Reason for Contact<br>
<textarea name="cf_message" maxlength="500" style="width: 300px" class="contactboxes"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send" class="sendclearbutton">
<input type="reset" value="Clear" class="sendclearbutton">
</form>
</section>
contact.php:
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];
$mail_to = 'sharan#hotmail.co.uk';
$subject = 'Message from a site visitor '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to sharan#hotmail.co.uk.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>
It looks fine to me, as Lance said, the only reason I can think that it wont be working is that you don't have PHP installed. Download Apache or whatever suits your computer best or use web hosting online. Do say if other code is working, though.
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So I have published my website, but am making minor improvements to it as time progresses. Just a note: I am impatient and this is making me want to obliterate myself. Help!
So the question is the title. I have a contact form on my website which uses HTML and PHP.
Here is the form on HTML:
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
Name<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_name"><br>
E-Mail<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_email"><br>
Message<br>
<textarea name="cf_message"></textarea></br>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
And here is the PHP for it:
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];
$mail_to = 'amir#arshak.co.uk';
$subject = 'ALERT! Somebody has viewed your website!'.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thanks. I have recieved your message. I may reply to the given e-mail.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Sorry, your message failed to send. Send an email to amir#arshak.co.uk');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>
I can't figure out what is wrong with the code!
If the problem is that the email won't send...
You are allowing the from and reply-to addresses to be set to whatever is entered into the form.
A lot of mail servers will only allow an email to be sent where the from address matches the email address used to authenticate with the server.
This could possibly be causing your issue although it's hard to say without much more information.
I have tried looking in similar questions posted here, but cannot find an answer (got about 1900 questions popping up).
I have a contact form on a page at a site I am creating on the webpage hosting site
https://www.one.com/en/
Here is the form on the page contact/contact.shtml
<form action="contact/mail.php" method="post"><br>
Your name<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_name"><br>
Your e-mail<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_email"><br>
Message<br>
<textarea name="cf_message"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
Here is the content of the contact/mail.php file
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];
$mail_to = 'clashton#gmail.com';
$subject = ' Contact Form '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact.shtml';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to clashton#gmail.com');
window.location = 'contact.shtml';
</script>
<?php
}
?>
When I try to send a message a window pops up containing the error message "Message failed. Please, send an email to clashton#gmail.com". In other words the "else" action is happening.
If it seems that this question has a trivial answer, please keep in mind that I am completely new at this.
Thanks for any help.
I have three email forms, which is allowing the user to send a message to one of my three emails, without having to write their own email. The forms are working and is sending the email, the problem is that the information such as the email sender and the message for the email, only works on my "support" form but not for the two other forms ("business","other").
I am not sure what exactly is wrong.
Important note, the reason there is three forms like I have done it, is because I have made three buttons called "business" "support" "other" and then when you click one of the buttons, the specific form appears.
html script with forms inside.
<!-- SUPPORT CONTACT FORM START-->
<div class="contactSupportButton"><input type="image" src="supportContactButtonNew.png" id="contactSupportBut" alt="contact support button" style="height: 40px; width: 100px" onClick="showSupForm()"/>
<div id="contactSupportForm">
<form action="supFormSend.php" method="post" id="contactForms">
<div id="nameLabelForm">
<label for="name">Name:</label><br>
<input type="text" id="nameInput" name="nameInput"/>
</div>
<div id="emailLabelForm">
<label for="mail">E-mail:</label><br>
<input type="email" id="mailInput" name="mailInput"/>
</div>
<div id="messageLabelForm">
<label for="msg">Support Message:</label><br>
<textarea id="messageInput" name="messageInput"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="submitEmailButton">
<button type="submit" id="submitButton">Send message</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- SUPPORT CONTACT FORM ENDING-->
<!-- BUSINESS CONTACT FORM START-->
<div class="contactBusinessButton"><input type="image" src="businessContactButtonNew.png" id="contactBusinessBut" alt="contact business button" style="height: 40px; width: 110px" onClick="showBusForm()"/>
<div id="contactBusinessForm">
<form action="busFormSend.php" method="post" id="contactForms">
<div id="nameLabelForm">
<label for="name">Name:</label><br>
<input type="text" id="nameInput"/>
</div>
<div id="emailLabelForm">
<label for="mail">E-mail:</label><br>
<input type="email" id="mailInput" />
</div>
<div id="messageLabelForm">
<label for="msg">Business Message:</label><br>
<textarea id="messageInput"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="submitEmailButton">
<button type="submit" id="submitButton">Send message</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- BUSINESS CONTACT FORM ENDING-->
<!-- OTHER CONTACT FORM START-->
<div class="contactOtherButton"><input type="image" src="otherContactButtonNew.png" id="contactOtherBut" alt="contact other button" style="height: 40px; width: 110px" onClick="showOtherForm()"/>
<div id="contactOtherForm">
<form action="otherFormSend.php" method="post" id="contactForms">
<div id="nameLabelForm">
<label for="name">Name:</label><br>
<input type="text" id="nameInput"/>
</div>
<div id="emailLabelForm">
<label for="mail">E-mail:</label><br>
<input type="email" id="mailInput" />
</div>
<div id="messageLabelForm">
<label for="msg">Other Message:</label><br>
<textarea id="messageInput"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="submitEmailButton">
<button type="submit" id="submitButton">Send message</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<!-- OTHER CONTACT FORM ENDING-->
php script's which sends the message to my emails.
Support form (supFormSend.php):
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['nameInput'];
$field_email = $_POST['mailInput'];
$field_message = $_POST['messageInput'];
$mail_to = 'support#myemail.com';
$subject = 'Message regarding support from '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to support#myemail.com');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
header('Location: index.html');
exit;
?>
Business form (busFormSend.php):
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['nameInput'];
$field_email = $_POST['mailInput'];
$field_message = $_POST['messageInput'];
$mail_to = 'business#myemail.com';
$subject = 'Message regarding business from '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to business#myemail.com');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
header('Location: index.html');
exit;
?>
Other form (otherFormSend.php):
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['nameInput'];
$field_email = $_POST['mailInput'];
$field_message = $_POST['messageInput'];
$mail_to = 'other#myemail.com';
$subject = 'Message regarding other from '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to other#myemail.com');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
header('Location: index.html');
exit;
?>
HTML forms rely on the name attribute to post the data to the backend (in this case PHP).
When you reference the variable $_POST['nameInput'] in PHP, it's value will take the value of the field in the form where the name attribute is 'nameInput'. For example,
<input type="text" id="nameInput" name="nameInput"/>.
Your form #contactSupportForm is working because the name attributes are set for the the values you are referencing in your PHP.
To get the other two forms working add the name attribute to all your inputs in the HTML (and make sure the value of the name attribute matches what you reference in your PHP) just like you did in the contactSupportForm.
Jon Stirling gave the answer to your problem. Additionally, if the forms are on one page, you should change the id values of all the different html elements. An id should be unique on a page. It doesn't have to give you an error, but it's wrong and if you start using jquery/javascript it might lead to problems in the future.
For example you have three times id="nameInput"
Since you set the From: to be from your visitor, your webserver will originate an email with a From: for just about any address out there.
This is a problem as the anti-spam measures in place will prevent messages from getting delivered if your email server or service checks SPF records.
Better to send the email from a noreply#example.com and have those that would want to react use the reply-to: header ... (not that hard).
The main difference: now it's your domain's SPF record that matters and more importantly, the originating domain won't start to complain about bounces they get for mail they didn't originate.
Use "name" on all your forms to identify input fields, ie not "id"
correct in first form:
<input type="text" id="nameInput" name="nameInput"/>
incorrect in other forms:
<input type="email" id="mailInput" />
I'm trying to get a 'contact us email form' to work on my website but when I press the 'send' button, it doesnt send the email and it shows the entire contents of the .php file thats supposed to make it send? Can anybody help me please? my html page i called 'Contact_Us.html' and the PHP file is called 'contact.php".
Here is the HTML
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
Your name<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_name"><br>
Your e-mail<br>
<input type="text" name="cf_email"><br>
Message<br>
<textarea name="cf_message"></textarea><br>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
<input type="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
and here is the .PHP
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];
$mail_to = 'user#domain.com';
$subject = 'Message from a visitor on The New Moston Club Wesbite '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you, we have received your message. We will contact you shortly!');
window.location = 'Contact_Us.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to thenewmostonclub#outlook.com sorry for any inconvenience');
window.location = 'Contact_Us.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>
does it show in your browsers URL bar c:/user/.../yourscript.php if yes then try localhost/yourscript.php
I'm trying to add a contact form to my website but each time I click send it takes me to a black window and the address bar says contact.php. Also it doesn't redirect back.
My website is hosted as an application using the google app engine.
I tried literally everything but I can't get it to work.
Below is my HTML code:
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
<p>Your name</p>
<input type="text" name="name"/>
<p>Your e-mail</p>
<input type="text" name="email"/>
<p>Message</p>
<textarea name="message"></textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Send"/>
<input type="reset" value="Clear"/>
</form>
and here is my PHP code:
<?php
$field_name = $_POST['name'];
$field_email = $_POST['email'];
$field_message = $_POST['message'];
$mail_to = 'email#here.com';
$subject = 'Message from a site visitor '.$field_name;
$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;
$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed.');
window.location = 'contact.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>
You need a mail server, PHP doesn't sent mails by itself. Install one first. And yea, text area is missing close tag.
You're missing the closing textarea tag in your form. I tried the code as contact.php on my server and it works. I agree with itachi, you need to turn on error reporting.
Why not make contact.php a full page and get rid of the redirect altogether?
Working fine for me. Your if else condition is not working properly if fields has no values then still it gives thank you message.