Issues with HTML PHP Mailer - php

Question

i I've been trying to get a .php that works with this HTML code for my website (template), I tried using my old .php from my old website and changing the details but that sadly lead to no avail.
I am clueless when it comes to .php and would really appreciate your help!
What would my .php have to contain?
<form action="#" id="contact-form">
<div id="success"></div>
<ul>
<li class="input-name">
<input type="text" id="name" class="required" placeholder="Name">
</li> <!-- END input-name -->
<li class="input-email">
<input type="text" id="email" class="email" placeholder="Email Address">
</li> <!-- END input-name -->
<li class="input-subject">
<input type="text" id="subject" placeholder="Subject">
</li> <!-- END input-name -->
<li class="input-subject">
<textarea rows="7" cols="50" id="message" class="required" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
</li> <!-- END input-name -->
</ul> <!-- END #contact -->
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg pull-right">Send Message</button>
</form>

Answer 1

if you are not using ajax then write php file name in form action attribute currently there is #. then you php file will be called.

Answer 2

Change the below code
<form action="#" id="contact-form">
to
<form action="mailer.php" method="post" id="contact-form">
hope this will help.

Answer 3

You have to include the in action="#" the php file. example: action="contactForm.php". That's how the HTML code knows where to send the parameters.
Also, make sure your server supports the 'mail' function.
AND!
I have a good standard example for you of a well written mailing php file that I used. So you can check yourself for syntax issues.
<?php
require_once "Mail.php";
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
$email = $_POST['email']; //this is how you get your variables from the HTML file. 'edit' is the id of the element.
$email_to = "yourEmail#example.com";
$host = "ssl://smtp.gmail.com:465"; //use your email host - this example is gmail based. (you can search for your own email host via google).
$username = 'username#example.pro';
$password = 'yourPass';
$email_subject = "You have a new email from $email via example.com website";
$message = $_POST['text'];
$headers = array ('From' => $email, 'To' => $email_to,'Subject' => $email_subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
$mail = $smtp->send($email_to, $headers, $message);
if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
echo($mail->getMessage());
} else {
echo("Message successfully sent!\n");
}
}
In case of sending emails with ajax - it's an other thing.. and I can help you with that too.