Hey guys,
I'm Eric and I'm new at PHP coding...
I've followed many tutorials about forms in general and how to combine PHP and HTML when it
comes to forms.
The problem that I have is simple: My forms in general don't work.
I even tried to copy and paste an exact PHP code given on the internet and It still fell to work.
1. I know the basics of creating a form in Html, I've linked it to my PHP file:
<form name="htmlform" method="POST" action="html_form_send.php">
... the usual content ...
</form>
....
2. I've correctly put my e-mail on the PHP file with the entire code of course:
$email_to = "**********@*****.com"; (hidden for privacy)
But each time I click the Submit button from my Html page, it shows me the entire php code +
no content sent to my e-mail...
Can someone help me please?
Is it because I haven't put any of these files on a server yet?
Because I'm just trying to get the mistakes and they are none!
Thanks in advance!
PHP CODE:
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<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
// CHANGE THE TWO LINES BELOW
$email_to = "*********@******.com";
$email_subject = "INFO DUDE INFO";
function died($error) {
// your error code can go here
echo "We are vwry 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);
?>
<!-- place your own success html below -->
Thank you for contacting us. We will be in touch with you very soon.
<?php
}
die();
?>
