PHP Form, please help!!!

reflex84 · November 8, 2011

Hi,

I recently downloaded a cool php (ajax) lightbox form but I want to add a captcha in the form and i'm struggling to get it working! I don't know too much about php and I would like to get this to work.

You can see lightbox form here: www.testing123.co.za/index.html

The error message "There was a problem sending your message. Please try again" comes up even when I put the correct captcha code in.

Now I know it must be something to do with my php process form:

<?php
// Define some constants
define( "RECIPIENT_NAME", "Joe Soap" );
define( "RECIPIENT_EMAIL", "JoeSoap@myemail.com" );
define( "EMAIL_SUBJECT", "Visitor Message" );
// Read the form values
$success = false;
$senderName = isset( $_POST['senderName'] ) ? preg_replace( "/[^\.\-\' a-zA-Z0-9]/", "", $_POST['senderName'] ) : "";
$senderEmail = isset( $_POST['senderEmail'] ) ? preg_replace( "/[^\.\-\_\@a-zA-Z0-9]/", "", $_POST['senderEmail'] ) : "";
$message = isset( $_POST['message'] ) ? preg_replace( "/(From:|To:|BCC:|CC:|Subject:|Content-Type:)/", "", $_POST['message'] ) : "";
session_start();
include("verification_image.class.php");
$image = new verification_image();
if (($image->validate_code($_POST['validate']) ? "true" : "false") == "false") {
  header('Location: http://www.testing123.co.za/fail.htm');
  exit;
}
// If all values exist, send the email
if ( $senderName && $senderEmail && $message ) {
  $recipient = RECIPIENT_NAME . " <" . RECIPIENT_EMAIL . ">";
  $headers = "From: " . $senderName . " <" . $senderEmail . ">";
  $success = mail( $recipient, EMAIL_SUBJECT, $message, $headers );
}
// Return an appropriate response to the browser
if ( isset($_GET["ajax"]) ) {
  echo $success ? "success" : "error";
} else {
?>
<html>
  <head>
        <title>Thanks!</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <?php if ( $success ) echo "<p>Thanks for sending your message! We'll get back to you shortly.</p>" ?>
  <?php if ( !$success ) echo "<p>There was a problem sending your message. Please try again.</p>" ?>
  <p>Click your browser's Back button to return to the page.</p>
  </body>
</html>
<?php
}
?>

Please if you could help I'd appreciate it!!

gristoi · November 9, 2011

I havent had a chance to look through your code lilne by line, but one thing that stands out as a possibility is your comparison operator:

<?php
($image->validate_code($_POST['validate']) ? "true" : "false") == "false")

try:

<?php
($image->validate_code($_POST['validate']) ? true : false) === false)

reflex84 · November 9, 2011

Hi,

Thanks for getting back to me...

I tried to form with the changes you asked me to do and I still have the same problem.

What I noticed too ... if the captcha is typed in wrong or right, then "sending message. Please wait" message comes up for a second and then the "There was a problem sending your message. Please try again".

I also receive the form submission too....

For your information there is also javascript included in the index.html page:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">

var messageDelay = 2000;  // How long to display status messages (in milliseconds)

// Init the form once the document is ready
$( init );


// Initialize the form

function init() {

  // Hide the form initially.
  // Make submitForm() the form's submit handler.
  // Position the form so it sits in the centre of the browser window.
  $('#contactForm').hide().submit( submitForm ).addClass( 'positioned' );

  // When the "Send us an email" link is clicked:
  // 1. Fade the content out
  // 2. Display the form
  // 3. Move focus to the first field
  // 4. Prevent the link being followed

  $('a[href="#contactForm"]').click( function() {
    $('#content').fadeTo( 'slow', .2 );
    $('#contactForm').fadeIn( 'slow', function() {
      $('#senderName').focus();
    } )

    return false;
  } );
  
  // When the "Cancel" button is clicked, close the form
  $('#cancel').click( function() { 
    $('#contactForm').fadeOut();
    $('#content').fadeTo( 'slow', 1 );
  } );  

  // When the "Escape" key is pressed, close the form
  $('#contactForm').keydown( function( event ) {
    if ( event.which == 27 ) {
      $('#contactForm').fadeOut();
      $('#content').fadeTo( 'slow', 1 );
    }
  } );

}


// Submit the form via Ajax

function submitForm() {
  var contactForm = $(this);

  // Are all the fields filled in?

  if ( !$('#senderName').val() || !$('#senderEmail').val() || !$('#message').val() || !$('#validate').val() ) {

    // No; display a warning message and return to the form
    $('#incompleteMessage').fadeIn().delay(messageDelay).fadeOut();
    contactForm.fadeOut().delay(messageDelay).fadeIn();

  } else {

    // Yes; submit the form to the PHP script via Ajax

    $('#sendingMessage').fadeIn();
    contactForm.fadeOut();

    $.ajax( {
      url: contactForm.attr( 'action' ) + "?ajax=true",
      type: contactForm.attr( 'method' ),
      data: contactForm.serialize(),
      success: submitFinished
    } );
  }

  // Prevent the default form submission occurring
  return false;
}


// Handle the Ajax response

function submitFinished( response ) {
  response = $.trim( response );
  $('#sendingMessage').fadeOut();

  if ( response == "success" ) {

    // Form submitted successfully:
    // 1. Display the success message
    // 2. Clear the form fields
    // 3. Fade the content back in

    $('#successMessage').fadeIn().delay(messageDelay).fadeOut();
    $('#senderName').val( "" );
    $('#senderEmail').val( "" );
    $('#message').val( "" );
$('#validate').val( "" );

    $('#content').delay(messageDelay+500).fadeTo( 'slow', 1 );

  } else {

    // Form submission failed: Display the failure message,
    // then redisplay the form
    $('#failureMessage').fadeIn().delay(messageDelay).fadeOut();
    $('#contactForm').delay(messageDelay+500).fadeIn();
  }
}

</script>

reflex84 · November 9, 2011

Also, to let you know.

To try adding the captcha (which is a captcha I usually use in other forms I have)

I just added this code in the php form above:

session_start();
include("verification_image.class.php");
$image = new verification_image();
if (($image->validate_code($_POST['validate']) ? "true" : "false") == "false") {
  header('Location: http://www.testing123.co.za/fail.htm');
  exit;
}

I highly doubted it would have worked but this is why I am needing help on this forum.

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