Attempting to create Automated Email Form with Visual Studio and PHP - php

Question

I am building a website that has a form that when the submit button is selected it is supposed to send an automated email. I have been able to get the HTML portion of the form to send properly. The verification also works. The issue is no physical email is being sent. How should I error test this?
The form is built in Visual Studio using html. Here is the code for the form
<div class="one_half">
<form action="demo-contact.php method="post" id="sky-form" class="sky-form">
<h2 class="uppercase"><strong>Contact Form</strong></h2>
<fieldset>
<div class="row">
<section class="col col-6">
<label class="label">Name</label>
<label class="input"> <i class="icon-append icon-user"></i>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name">
</label>
</section>
<section class="col col-6">
<label class="label">E-mail</label>
<label class="input"> <i class="icon-append icon-envelope-alt"></i>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email">
</label>
</section>
</div>
<section>
<label class="label">Subject</label>
<label class="input"> <i class="icon-append icon-tag"></i>
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject">
</label>
</section>
<section>
<label class="label">Message</label>
<label class="textarea"> <i class="icon-append icon-comment"></i>
<textarea rows="4" name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</label>
</section>
<section>
<label class="checkbox">
<input type="checkbox" name="copy" id="copy">
<i></i>Send a copy to my e-mail address</label>
</section>
</fieldset>
<footer>
<button type="submit" class="button">Send message</button>
</footer>
<div class="message"> <i class="icon-ok"></i>
<p>Your message was successfully sent!</p>
</div>
</form>
</div>
Additonally there is a error check in
$(function()
{
// Validation
$("#sky-form").validate(
{
// Rules for form validation
rules:
{
name:
{
required: true
},
email:
{
required: true,
email: true
},
message:
{
required: true,
minlength: 10
}
},
// Messages for form validation
messages:
{
name:
{
required: 'Please enter your name',
},
email:
{
required: 'Please enter your email address',
email: 'Please enter a VALID email address'
},
message:
{
required: 'Please enter your message'
}
},
// Ajax form submition
submitHandler: function(form)
{
$(form).ajaxSubmit(
{
success: function()
{
$("#sky-form").addClass('submited');
}
});
},
// Do not change code below
errorPlacement: function(error, element)
{
error.insertAfter(element.parent());
}
});
});
The issue I am experiencing is with the php code.
<?php
if( isset($_POST['name']) )
{
$from = "Sender <postmaster#skyvantagemedia.com>";
$to = "Recipient <skyvantage#outlook.com>";
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = $_POST['message'] . "\n\n" . 'Regards, ' . $_POST['name'] . '.';
$host = "mail.skyvantagemedia.com";
//IMPORtANT: This email MUST be same as your FROM address.
$username = "postmaster#skyvantagemedia.com"; //IMPORtANT: This email MUST be same as your FROM address.
//IMPORtANT: This email MUST be same as your FROM address.
$password = "*********";
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['name'] . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
'To' => $to,
'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
array ('host' => $host,
'auth' => true,
'username' => $username,
'password' => $password));
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if( $_POST['copy'] == 'on' )
{
mail($_POST['email'], $subject, $message, $headers);
}
}
?>
Currently the HTML works but no email is being sent. Any advice on how to error trap the problem would be appreciated.

Answer 1

I am not sure if this will help or work, but here is the default/original PHP that comes with SkyPro.
<?php
session_start();
if( isset($_POST['name']) && strtoupper($_POST['captcha']) == $_SESSION['captcha_id'] )
{
$to = 'example#someEmail.com'; // Replace with your email
$subject = 'Message from website'; // Replace with your $subject
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['email'] . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $_POST['email'];
$message = 'Name: ' . $_POST['name'] . "\n" .
'E-mail: ' . $_POST['email'] . "\n" .
'Subject: ' . $_POST['subject'] . "\n" .
'Message: ' . $_POST['message'];
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if( $_POST['copy'] == 'on' )
{
mail($_POST['email'], $subject, $message, $headers);
}
}
?>
Maybe try replacing yours with back to the original and give it a shot. Cheers!