Trying to create a contact form with php in wordpress - php

Question

I have written code to submit a form and email in php and placed it in my wordpress custom page. I have included the php to send the email, but for some reason nothing gets sent. I am not sure where to start for debugging this thing.
Here is my code for the custom page
<?php
/*
Template Name: page-pickup.php
*/
?>
<?php include_once( ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/plugin.php' ); ?>
<? include_once(ABSPATH. 'wp-content/themes/fiftyfityNew/contact-form.php'); ?>
<?php add_post_meta(7, 'fruit', 'banana', true) or update_post_meta(7, 'fruit', 'banana'); ?>
<?php
get_header(); ?>
<?php
echo do_shortcode( '[contact-form-7 id="23" title="Contact form 1"]' );
?>
<?php
if(isset($GLOBALS["mail_message"])) {
echo "<p>".$GLOBALS["mail_message"]."</p>";
}
if(isset($_SESSION["mail_message"])) {
echo "<p>".$_SESSION["mail_message"]."</p>";
unset($_SESSION["mail_message"]);
}
?>
<form method="POST" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="form-name" value="contact" />
<div style="text-align:left; border: 1px solid #bbb; padding:10px;">
<div>
<label for="name">name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="email">email</label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
</div>
<div>
<label for="message">message</label>
<textarea name="message" id="message" style="width:250px; height:100px"></textarea>
</div>
<input type="submit" value="go" />
</div>
</form>
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Here is my code for the included contact-form.php
<?
function send_message()
{
$subject = "Test email form WordPress";
$body = $_POST['message'];
$recipient = "anderskitson#gmail.com";
$success = #wp_mail($recipient, $subject, $body);
if($success) {
session_start();
$_SESSION["mail_message"] = "Thank you. your message has been sent.";
header( 'Location: '.$_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] ) ;
}
else {
$GLOBALS["mail_message"] = "Euston, we have a problem.";
}
}
?>

Answer 1

Why are you using CF7 and creating your own form at the same time? CF7 does all the processing for you.