Form data not going to email

sallen5280 · January 10, 2012

Hello, everyone. Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my post.

I know very little about php and created a contact form for my Web site through a tutorial that I found online. It ALMOST works. The only problem is that the actual data that is entered into the form is not being passed through to the email that is sent to me after the "Submit" button is clicked. On the email that comes through to me, it simply says:

First Name:

Last Name:

Email:

Phone:

Comments:

I'm thinking it must be a minor syntax error, but I can't find it. The URL of the contact form is http://www.scottallenresume.com/contact.html.

The code for the form processor is:

<?php

/* Subject and Email Variables */

$emailSubject = 'Scott Allen Resume Web Inquiry';

$webMaster = 'sallen5280@gmail.com';

/* Gathering Data Variables */

$first_nameField = $_POST['first_name'];

$last_nameField = $_POST['last_name'];

$email_fromField = $_POST['email_from'];

$telephoneField = $_POST['telephone'];

$commentsField = $_POST['comments'];

$body = <<<EOD

First Name: $first_name <br>

Last Name: $last_name <br>

Email: $email_from <br>

Phone: $telephone <br>

Comments: $comments <br>

EOD;

$headers = "From: $email_from\r\n";

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

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

/* Results Rendered as HTML */

$theResults = <<<EOD

<html>

<head>

<title>Resume of Scott S Allen, Search Engine Optimizer and Search Engine Marketer</title>

var _gaq = _gaq || [];

_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-28021886-1']);

_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);

(function() {

var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;

ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';

var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);

})();

</script>

</head>

<body>

<li><a href="about.html"><span>ABOUT</span></a></li>

<li><a href="services.html"><span>EXPERIENCE</span></a></li>

<li><a href="contact.html"><span>CONTACT</span></a></li>

</ul>

</div>

</div>

</div>

<p class="title">Online Resume of Scott Allen</p>

<h2>Seeking to make a difference in the world through my knowledge of Search Engine Marketing and Optimization.</h2>

</div>

</div>

</div>

<br />

<p class="thankyou">Thank you for taking the time to contact me.<br />

I sincerely hope that you have found my Web site useful. <br />

I will be getting back with you shortly. Thank you again.</p>

<br />

</div>

<li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>

<li><a href="services.html">Experience</a></li>

<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>

</ul>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

EOD;

echo "$theResults";

?>

Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!

Scott

Psycho · January 10, 2012

The problem looks pretty obvious to me. Here is where you define your variables from the POST data

   $first_nameField = $_POST['first_name'];
   $last_nameField = $_POST['last_name'];
   $email_fromField = $_POST['email_from'];
   $telephoneField = $_POST['telephone'];
   $commentsField = $_POST['comments'];

Here is where you define the body of the email

$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>

First Name: $first_name <br>
Last Name: $last_name <br>
Email: $email_from <br>
Phone: $telephone <br>
Comments: $comments <br>
EOD;

The variables you set from the POST data ($first_nameField, $last_nameField, $email_fromField, etc.) are not the variables you are using in the body of the email ($first_name, $last_name, $email_from, etc.) Try removing 'Field' at the end of all the variables you are setting from the POST data

sallen5280 · January 10, 2012

Of course. Thank you for your help. The form is working now.

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