Contact form not working

[pensyd]

Hi Guys,

 

I am sure you will laugh at my coding attempt, but i need your help.

 

I have set up a contact form and a PHP process to send the email.

 

Everything appears to be working except the sending part.

 

All fields validate as they should, the form forward to a thank you page as it should.

But no emails are received either at my domain end or from the sender i am testing with.

 

Here is my form code:

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="emailform.php" onsubmit="window.setTimeout(function(){window.location='/thankyou.html'},20); return true;">
<p><span id="sprytextfield1">
<label for="name">Name: </label>
<input name="name" type="text" id="name" tabindex="10" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">Your name is required.</span><span class="textfieldMaxCharsMsg">No more than 50 characters in your Name.</span><span class="textfieldMinCharsMsg">Your Name must be atleast 4 characters long.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="sprytextfield2">
<label for="email">Email: </label>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email" tabindex="20" />
<span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">An Email Address is required.</span><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Invalid format.</span><span class="textfieldMaxCharsMsg">Exceeded maximum number of characters.</span></span></p>
<p><span id="spryselect1">
  <label for="state">State</label>
  <select name="state" id="state" tabindex="30">
    <option>ACT</option>
    <option>NSW</option>
    <option>Queensland</option>
    <option>Victoria</option>
    <option>Tas</option>
    <option>SA</option>
    <option>WA</option>
    <option>NT</option>
  </select>
  <span class="selectInvalidMsg">Please select a valid State.</span></span></p>
<p>What styles are you interested in doing? 
  <label for="styles"></label>
  <select name="styles" id="styles" tabindex="40">
    <option>Portraits</option>
    <option>Fashion</option>
    <option>Swimwear</option>
    <option>Lingerie</option>
    <option>Art Nude</option>
    <option>All Styles Possible</option>
    <option>Just Curious for Now</option>
  </select>
</p>
<p>Please leave any Message or Comments Below:</p>
<p><span id="sprytextarea1">
<label for="comments"></label>
<textarea name="comments" id="comments" cols="45" rows="5" tabindex="50"></textarea>
<span class="textareaRequiredMsg">Please enter your comments here.</span><span class="textareaMaxCharsMsg">Exceeded maximum number of characters.</span></span></p>
<p>
  <label for="submit"></label>
  <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Send Form" tabindex="50" />
</p>
    </form>

 

Here is the PHP Code:

<?php

/* Subject and variables */

$emailSubject = 'New Email Enquiry';
$webMaster = 'enquiry@davids-photography.com';


/* Gathering data variables */

$nameField = $_POST['name'];
$emailField = $_POST['email'];
$stateField = $_POST['state'];
$stylesField = $_POST['styles'];
$commentsField = $_POST['comments'];

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
State: $state <br>
Style: $style <br>
Comment: $comments <br>
EOD;

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);

?>

 

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. I am not looking for anything over the top, just something simple that works.

 

Thanks

 

David

[Birdmansplace]

I use pear and its email packages.  Best move i made.  I can see anything off hand thats causing it. try changing to this $HTTP_POST_VARS and not just post and see if that works.

[pensyd]

Thanks,

 

Just made that change, but still no go.

[Birdmansplace]

add this inside you php tags to find errors

 

ini_set("display_errors", "1");
error_reporting(E_ALL);

[PaulRyan]

Hey Pensyd, I think I know what why your script is not working.

 

I think the onSubmit function does not allow the form to actually post to the file you want.

 

Firstly change this

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="emailform.php" onsubmit="window.setTimeout(function(){window.location='/thankyou.html'},20); return true;">

 

To this

<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="emailform.php">

 

The use the following PHP code instead of your own

<?php

/* Subject and variables */
$emailSubject = 'New Email Enquiry';
$webMaster = 'enquiry@davids-photography.com';

/* Gathering data variables */
$nameField = $_POST['name'];
$emailField = $_POST['email'];
$stateField = $_POST['state'];
$stylesField = $_POST['styles'];
$commentsField = $_POST['comments'];

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
State: $state <br>
Style: $style <br>
Comment: $comments <br>
EOD;

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);

if($sucess) {
header("Location: /thankyou.html");
} else {
echo 'Put a nice error message here or redirect back to the form.';
}

?>

 

Thanks, Paul.

[pensyd]

Hi Guys,

 

Paul, i made the changes you suggested and it came up with the error message.

 

So i put in the error report as suggested and got this reply,

 

Notice: Undefined variable: name in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 18

 

Notice: Undefined variable: email in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 19

 

Notice: Undefined variable: state in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 20

 

Notice: Undefined variable: style in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 21

 

Notice: Undefined variable: comments in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 21

 

Notice: Undefined variable: email in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 24

 

Notice: Undefined variable: sucess in /home/davidsp3/public_html/emailform.php on line 28

The Form did not process properly, please go back and try again

 

Looks like its not liking the variable names in the script.

 

Any thoughts?

[pensyd]

These are the actual line numbers

 

Name: $name <br>  Line 17

Email: $email <br>    Line 18

State: $state <br>  Line 19

Style: $style <br>    Line 20

Comment: $comments <br>  Line 21

 

$headers = "From: $email\r\n";  Line 24

$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);

 

if($sucess) {  Line 28

header("Location: /thankyou.html");

} else {

echo 'The Form did not process properly, please go back and try again';

 

Thanks

 

[DavidAM]

Apparently there are some typos in your original code.  You retrieve the POST fields into variables, BUT then use different names for the variables in the form:

 

/* Gathering data variables */
$nameField = $_POST['name'];    // YOU CALLED THIS $name IN THE CODE BELOW
$emailField = $_POST['email'];    // YOU CALLED THIS $email IN THE CODE BELOW
$stateField = $_POST['state'];    // YOU CALLED THIS $state IN THE CODE BELOW
$stylesField = $_POST['styles'];    // YOU CALLED THIS $style IN THE CODE BELOW
$commentsField = $_POST['comments'];    // YOU CALLED THIS $comments IN THE CODE BELOW

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Name: $name <br>
Email: $email <br>
State: $state <br>
Style: $style <br>
Comment: $comments <br>
EOD;

 

There's also a missing "c" in the second $success reference.

 

[pensyd]

Thanks DavidAM and everyone else for you help.

 

It is working now.  I greatly appreciate your help.

 

I have just one more question sorry.  If i want to send and email to the person who filled out the form, with a small message in the subject line.

 

What should i put in the code?

 

Thanks