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Contact Form with Email PHP not working?

Mar 5, 2013 5:39 PM

Tags: #dreamweaver #email_form #contact_form

Hello !

 

Here is a link to my contact form:

http://bayareafacepainters.com/quote_face_painting.html

 

Here is the tutorial I am following to set up the Form to Email PHP

http://www.freecontactform.com/email_form.php

 

My form is not working. It is not sending me the email, and the "Thank you for contacting us page" is not showing up either. Is this a simple fix? I am not an expert coder, any help on what I am doing wrong or missing would be helpfull!

 

632 Views   9 Replies   Latest reply: bregent, Mar 6, 2013 5:04 PM
 
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  • Sudarshan Thiagarajan
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    1. Sudarshan Thiagarajan,
    Mar 5, 2013 8:07 PM   in reply to robyn jean
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    Robyn, We need to see your PHP code - which is something you need to copy and paste here. We cannot view PHP codes via the web URL you've posted as it is a server-side code and will not be shown on browsers.

     
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  • Ben Pleysier
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    2. Ben Pleysier,
    Mar 5, 2013 11:12 PM   in reply to robyn jean
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    When a form is submitted, the values of the inputs are stored in the name attribute and retrieved as follows

    $first_name = $_POST['first_name'];

    Here the value of the input with a name of first_name is given to the PHP first_name variable.

     

    There is also a hard and fast rule that the name attribute can only contain alphanumeric characters; but NO spaces

     

    Now have a look at

      <tr>

        <td class="form_table_tr_td"><p>Email:</p></td>

        <td> </td>

        <td><input name="" type="text" maxlength="35" /></td>

        <td> </td>

      </tr>

    No value will be passed on to your PHP script. Just name the name attribute.

     

    Also have a look at

      <tr>

        <td class="form_table_tr_td"><p>Phone (with area code):</p></td>

        <td> </td>

        <td><input name="Phone Number" type="text" maxlength="10" /></td>

        <td> </td>

      </tr>

    Your PHP script will not allow this. Add a dash as per "Phone_Number" or give it a name of "Phone"

     

    I have not gone through the rest of your markup, suffice to say, I'll leave that up to you.

     
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  • robyn jean
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    3. robyn jean,
    Mar 6, 2013 9:28 AM   in reply to Sudarshan Thiagarajan
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    thanks for the reply! here is the php:

     

    <?php

    if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

        

        // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED

        $email_to = "robynjean@healinghenna.com";

        $email_subject = "Face Painting Quote";

        

        

        function died($error) {

            // your error code can go here

            echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";

            echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";

            echo $error."<br /><br />";

            echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

            die();

        }

        

        // validation expected data exists

        if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['email']) ||

            !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||

            !isset($_POST['comments'])) {

            died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');     

        }

        

        $first_name = $_POST['first_name']; // required

        $last_name = $_POST['last_name']; // required

        $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required

        $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required

        $comments = $_POST['comments']; // required

        

        $error_message = "";

        $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';

      if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

        $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($comments) < 2) {

        $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {

        died($error_message);

      }

        $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

        

        function clean_string($string) {

          $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");

          return str_replace($bad,"",$string);

        }

        

        $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";

        

        

    // create email headers

    $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".

    'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .

    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

    @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

    ?>

     

    <!-- include your own success html here -->

     

    Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

     

    <?php

    }

    ?>

     
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  • robyn jean
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    4. robyn jean,
    Mar 6, 2013 9:29 AM   in reply to Ben Pleysier
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    Thanks so much! I fixed what you pointed out and uploaded the page again... I also included the php code below...

     

    http://www.bayareafacepainters.com/quote_face_painting.html

     
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  • Ben Pleysier
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    5. Ben Pleysier,
    Mar 6, 2013 3:21 PM   in reply to robyn jean
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    You missed this one

     

      <tr>

        <td class="form_table_tr_td"><p>How would you prefer we contact you?</p></td>

        <td> </td>

        <td><p>

          <label>

            <input type="checkbox" name="Contact Preference" value="checkbox" id="ContactPreference_0" />

            Email</label>

          <br />

          <label>

            <input type="checkbox" name="Contact Preference" value="checkbox" id="ContactPreference_1" />

            Phone</label>

          <br />

        </p></td>

        <td> </td>

      </tr>

    As far as the PHP page is concerned, have a look at

    if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['email']) ||

            !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||

            !isset($_POST['comments'])) {

    Where in your html-form will you find the above values? Your form has an input for Name, Email and Phone, just to name a few. The values are also case sensitive.

     
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  • robyn jean
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    6. robyn jean,
    Mar 6, 2013 3:41 PM   in reply to Ben Pleysier
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    Thank you for the suggestions... I cleaned up the names, and so I guess I am supposed to match the names in the form  to the PHP, so I changed the PHP to reflect the names of the fields in the form... it seems there may be more areas where I need to do this... What else does this need to work properly?

     

     

    http://www.bayareafacepainters.com/quote_face_painting.html

     

    <?php

    if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

        

        // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED

        $email_to = "robynjean@xxxxxx.xom";

        $email_subject = "Face Painting Quote";

        

        

        function died($error) {

            // your error code can go here

            echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";

            echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";

            echo $error."<br /><br />";

            echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

            die();

        }

        

        // validation expected data exists

        if(!isset($_POST['Name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Email']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Phone']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Contact_Preference']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Contact_Preference']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Date']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Time']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Location']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Guests']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Age']) ||

            !isset($_POST['comments'])) {

            died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');     

        }

        

        $Name = $_POST['Name']; // required

        $Email = $_POST['Email']; // required

        $Phone = $_POST['Phone']; // required

        $telephone = $_POST['telephone']; // not required

        $comments = $_POST['comments']; // required

        

        $error_message = "";

        $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';

      if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

        $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($comments) < 2) {

        $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {

        died($error_message);

      }

        $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

        

        function clean_string($string) {

          $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");

          return str_replace($bad,"",$string);

        }

        

        $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";

        

        

    // create email headers

    $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".

    'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .

    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

    @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

    ?>

     

    <!-- include your own success html here -->

     

    Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

     

    <?php

    }

    ?>

     
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  • bregent
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    7. bregent,
    Mar 6, 2013 4:30 PM   in reply to robyn jean
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    >if(isset($_POST['email'])) {

     

    Your form does not have a field named 'email'.

     
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  • robyn jean
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    8. robyn jean,
    Mar 6, 2013 4:52 PM   in reply to bregent
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    I  cleaned up the PHP a bit more... at least where I think I should and where you have pointed out... When you click the submit button it is now linking to error comments... but still not emailing me the form... more help please?

     

    <?php

    if(isset($_POST['Email'])) {

        

        // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED

        $email_to = "robynjean@xxxxxx.xom";

        $email_subject = "Face Painting Quote";

        

        

        function died($error) {

            // your error code can go here

            echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";

            echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";

            echo $error."<br /><br />";

            echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";

            die();

        }

        

        // validation expected data exists

        if(!isset($_POST['Name']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Email']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Phone']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Contact_Preference']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Contact_Preference']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Date']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Time']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Location']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Guests']) ||

            !isset($_POST['Age']) ||

            !isset($_POST['comments'])) {

            died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');     

        }

        

        $Name = $_POST['Name']; // required

        $Email = $_POST['Email']; // required

        $Phone = $_POST['Phone']; // required

        $Contact_Preference = $_POST['Contact_Preference']; // not required

        $Contact_Preference = $_POST['Contact_Preference']; // not required

        $Date = $_POST['Date']; // not required

        $Time = $_POST['Time']; // not required

        $Location = $_POST['Location']; // not required

        $Guests = $_POST['Guests']; // not required

        $Age = $_POST['Age']; // not required

        

        $error_message = "";

        $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';

      if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

        $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {

        $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($comments) < 2) {

        $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br />';

      }

      if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {

        died($error_message);

      }

        $email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";

        

        function clean_string($string) {

          $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");

          return str_replace($bad,"",$string);

        }

        

        $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";

        $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";

        

        

    // create email headers

    $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\r\n".

    'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\r\n" .

    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

    @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

    ?>

     

    <!-- include your own success html here -->

     

    Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.

     

    <?php

    }

    ?>

     
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  • bregent
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    9. bregent,
    Mar 6, 2013 5:04 PM   in reply to robyn jean
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    What are these variables used as arguments int he .clean_string function? These variables are not populated anywhere in your script

     

    $email_message .= "First Name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";

    $email_message .= "Last Name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";

    $email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";

    $email_message .= "Telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";

    $email_message .= "Comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";

     
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