Getting Selected Dropdown content to show in a form-generated email - php

Question

I have a small contact form:
<form method="post" action="contact.php" name="contactform" id="contactform">
<fieldset>
<legend>Please fill in the following form to contact us</legend>
<label for="name"><span class="required">*</span> Your Name</label>
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30" value="" />
<br />
<label for="company"><span class="required">*</span> Company</label>
<input name="company" type="text" id="name" size="30" value="" />
<br />
<label for="email"><span class="required">*</span> Email</label>
<input name="email" type="text" id="email" size="30" value="" />
<br />
<label for="phone"><span class="required">*</span> Phone</label>
<input name="phone" type="text" id="phone" size="30" value="" />
<br />
<label for="purpose"><span class="required">*</span> Purpose</label>
<select id="purpose" style="width: 300px; height:35px;">
<option value="I am interested in your services">I am interested in your services!</option>
<option value="I am interested in a partnership">I am interested in a partnership!</option>
<option value="I am interested in a job">I am interested in a job!</option>
</select>
<br />
<label for=comments><span class="required">*</span> Comments</label>
<textarea name="comments" cols="40" rows="3" id="comments" style="width: 350px;"></textarea>
<p><span class="required">*</span> Please help us control spam.</p>
<label for=verify accesskey=V> 3 + 1 =</label>
<input name="verify" type="text" id="verify" size="4" value="" style="width: 30px;" /><br /><br />
<input type="submit" class="submit" id="submit" value="Submit" />
</fieldset>
</form>
I want to send the results of the form in a php generated email. Everything is coming through except the selected contents of the "purpose" drop down.
Here is the PHP:
<?php
if(!$_POST) exit;
$name = $_POST['name'];
$company = $_POST['company'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$purpose = $_POST['purpose'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$verify = $_POST['verify'];
if(trim($name) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! You must enter your name.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($company) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter your company name.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($email) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter a valid email address.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($phone) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter a valid phone number.</div>';
exit();
} else if(!isEmail($email)) {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! You have enter an invalid e-mail address, try again.</div>';
exit();
}
if(trim($comments) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter your message.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($verify) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! Please enter the verification number.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($verify) != '4') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Attention! The verification number you entered is incorrect.</div>';
exit();
}
if($error == '') {
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$comments = stripslashes($comments);
}
// Configuration option.
// Enter the email address that you want to emails to be sent to.
// Example $address = "joe.doe#yourdomain.com";
$address = "myname#email.com";
// Configuration option.
// i.e. The standard subject will appear as, "You've been contacted by John Doe."
// Example, $e_subject = '$name . ' has contacted you via Your Website.';
$e_subject = 'You\'ve been contacted by ' . $name . '.';
// Configuration option.
// You can change this if you feel that you need to.
// Developers, you may wish to add more fields to the form, in which case you must be sure to add them here.
$e_body = "You have been contacted by $name.\r\n\n";
$e_content = "Comments: \"$comments\"\r\n\n";
$e_company = "Company: $company\r\n\n";
$e_purpose = "Reason for contact: $purpose\r\n";
$e_reply = "You can contact $name via email, $email or via phone $phone";
$msg = $e_body . $e_content . $e_company . $e_purpose . $e_reply;
if(mail($address, $e_subject, $msg, "From: $email\r\nReply-To: $email\r\nReturn-Path: $email\r\n")) {
// Email has sent successfully, echo a success page.
echo "<fieldset>";
echo "<div id='success_page'>";
echo "<h1>Email Sent Successfully.</h1>";
echo "<p>Thank you <strong>$name</strong>, your message has been submitted to us.</p>";
echo "</div>";
echo "</fieldset>";
} else {
echo 'ERROR!';
}
}
function isEmail($email) { // Email address verification, do not edit.
return(preg_match("/^[-_.[:alnum:]]+#((([[:alnum:]]|[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]-]*[[:alnum:]])\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i",$email));
}
?>
What am I missing? Thanks.

Answer 1

It looks like you have set an ID for your drop-down menu, but not a name. It should look like this:
<select name="purpose" id="purpose" style="width: 300px; height:35px;">
<option value="I am interested in your services">I am interested in your services!</option>
<option value="I am interested in a partnership">I am interested in a partnership!</option>
<option value="I am interested in a job">I am interested in a job!</option>
</select>

Answer 2

Select needs a name='purpose'

Answer 3

change:
<select id="purpose" style="width: 300px; height:35px;">
to:
<select id="purpose" name="purpose" style="width: 300px; height:35px;">

Answer 4

The "Purpose" dropdown element has an id but no name. The name controls what is sent in the POST request when the form is submitted -- items with no name are not posted.