php contact form mistake in code? - php

Question

I am beginner in php and I tried to programe an easy contact form. My question is: whats wrong with my code? I cant seem to find any mistake with formating or anything... This is my code:
contact.php:
...page content...
<div class="contact">
<form action="send_mail.php" method="post">
<fieldset>
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="Enter your name" />
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="Enter your email address" />
<label for="message">Message:</label>
<textarea name="message" placeholder="What's on your mind?"></textarea>
<br>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send message" />
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
...page content...
send_mail.php:
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = 'From: My website';
$to = 'someone#email.cz';
$subject = 'My contact form message';
$body = "From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Message:\n $message";
if ($_POST['submit']) {
if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $from)) {
echo '<p>Your message has been sent!</p>';
} else {
echo '<p>Something went wrong, go back and try again!</p>';
}
}
?>
I am getting the "Something went wrong" message, which means taht mail() returned false but I dont know why. Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

This is a common problem with running scripts on your local computer. Most computers will not have an email server and be configured to send email from that server.
For the PHP mail function to work, your computer must have an email server set up.
You can either look at online hosting with email support or for local testing, install a test mail server.
There is a bit about non mac OS's at the end. I've had some luck with this in the past.
If your on windows, this is probably better: http://www.toolheap.com/test-mail-server-tool/

Answer 2

Your headers need to contain proper headers.
Using only From: My website stands at going to Spam.
Using an Email => From: $email\r\n will work better.
Give this a try, tested.
<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$to = 'your_email#somewhere.com';
$subject = 'My contact form message';
$body = "From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Message:\n $message";
if(empty($email)) {
die("Something went wrong, go back and try again!");
}
elseif (isset($_POST['email'])) {
mail($to,$email,$body,$headers);
echo "<p>Your message has been sent!</p>";
}
?>

Answer 3

1 . To made work this code.you should send your mail from any domain.
for example: you should have a live website thru that domain email id only send mail to
others
2 . use PHP-MAILER coding for sending mail.just download from net and make changes and use