form to mail script not sending data - php

Question

I have a simple form with 3 fields, contact_name contact_email & contact_message when i submit this, the data entered into the form is not emailed to me. however if i check what is being posted i can see an array is posted:
Array
(
[contact_name] => paul
[contact_email] => test#test.com
[contact_message] => D;LKF'DSKF;LSDKF
)
Here is my form code:
<form role="form" name="form1" action="send_form_email.php" method="post">
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group">
<label for="name">Name</label>
<input class="form-control" type="text" name="contact_name" placeholder="Name" id="contact_name">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group">
<label for="email">Email Address</label>
<input class="form-control" type="email" name="contact_email" placeholder="Email Address" id="contact_email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group">
<label for="message">Message</label>
<textarea name="contact_message" placeholder="Message" class="form-control" rows="5" id="contact_message"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-success">Send</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
And here is the php script:
<?php
// Contact subject
$subject ='Message from Leeds Computers';
// Details
$message="$contact_message";
// Mail of sender
$mail_from="$contact_email";
// From
$header="from: $contact_name <$mail_from>";
// Enter your email address
$to ='test#gmail.com';
$send_contact=mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);
// Check, if message sent to your email
// display message "We've recived your information"
if($send_contact){
echo "We've received your contact information";
}
else {
echo "ERROR";
}
?>
<? echo '<pre>';
print_r($_POST);
echo '</pre>';
?>
Any help would be much appreciated

Answer 1

You probably have to modify it to look at POST:
// Details
$message=$_POST["contact_message"];
// Mail of sender
$mail_from=$_POST["contact_email"];
// From
$header="from: " . $_POST["contact_name"] . " <$mail_from>";