resetting form after php submit - php

Question

I am using a simple html form as a contact, and when fields and submitted the form does not clear the fields.
this is my php
I read online in few places and I've learned that I have to use the .reset , but I am not familiar with php a lot. I am not sure where would I add the .reset and how.
<?
$name = $_REQUEST["name"];
$email = $_REQUEST["email"];
$msg = $_REQUEST["msg"];
$to = "example#example.com";
if (isset($email) && isset($name) && isset($msg)) {
$subject = "Message / Closure Film";
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type:text/html;charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n";
$headers .= "From: ".$name." <".$email.">\r\n"."Reply-To: ".$email."\r\n" ;
$msg = "Name: $name:<br/> Email: $email <br/> Message: $msg";
$mail = mail($to, $subject, $msg, $headers);
if($mail)
{
echo 'success';
}
else
{
echo 'failed';
}
}
?>
my html
<div id="contact">
<div class="container">
<div class="row-fluid PageHead">
<div class="span12">
<h3>CONTACT US<span> <img src="images/underline.png" alt="______"></span></h3>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row-fluid ContactUs">
<div class="span6 offset3">
<form class="form-horizontal" id="phpcontactform">
<div class="control-group">
<input class="input-block-level" type="text" placeholder="Full Name" name="name" id="name">
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<input class="input-block-level" type="email" placeholder="Email" name="email" id="email">
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<textarea class="input-block-level" rows="10" name="message" placeholder="Your Message" id="message"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<p>
<input class="btn btn-danger btn-large" type="submit" value="Send Message">
</p>
<span class="loading"></span> </div>
</form>
</div>
added this to the head of my html, but didnt get any result
<script type="javascript">
$('#phpcontactform').trigger("reset");
</script>

Answer 1

Try:
<script type="javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#phpcontactform')[0].reset();
});
</script>
I'm not sure if you're trying to do an ajax submit and keep the user on the page, or just submit the form. But the line you're looking for is $("#phpcontactform")[0].reset();, you could wrap that in a $(document).ready() if you needed to!