PHP form submit

Question

I have a problem with the form I'm trying to create. Basically, it does not allow me to send the email to the recipient, even though the PHP code is correct. Could it be the problem with TRIM PHP code?

<?php
    if ($_POST['submit']) {
        if (empty($_Post['name'])  || 
            empty($_POST['email']) || 
            empty($_POST['comments'])) {

            $error = true;
        } 
        else {

            $to = "linardsberzins@gmail.com";

            $name = trim($_POST['name']);
            $email = trim($_POST['email']);
            $comments = trim($_POST['comments']);

            $subject = "Contact Form";

            $messages =  "Name: $name \r\n Email: $email \r\n Comments: $comments";
            $headers = "From:" . $name;
            $mailsent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

            if ($mailsent) {
                $sent = true;
            }
        }
    }
?>

My HTML is:

<?php if($error == true){ ?>

    <p class="error">Text</p>

<?php } if($sent == true) { ?>

    <p class="sent">Text</p>

<?php } ?>

<div id="form">
    <form name="contact" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
        <fieldset>
            <h4>Contact Me!</h4>
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
                <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
                <label for="email"/>Email:</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
                <label for="comments" id="comments">Comments:</label>
                <textarea name="comments" id=""></textarea>
                <fieldset>
                    <input class="btn" type="submit" name="submit"   class="submit" value="Send email"/>
                    <input class="btn" type="reset" value="Reset"/>
                </fieldset>
        </fieldset>
    </form>

What's the value of $mailsent after you try and send? try var_dump($mailsent) and see what the result is. Also, are you sure that the mail isn't going into a junk folder? — Wayne Whitty, Aug 28 '12 at 11:26
There should be some php error message too when you try to submit. Paste that here . — Jasminder Pal Singh, Aug 28 '12 at 11:26
You have created a variable called `$messages` but are passing `$message` into the mail function. Is this how it is in your code or is that a typo only in the question? — Richard Parnaby-King, Aug 28 '12 at 11:27
`` will not submit itself even if you give it a `name`. So your `$_POST["submit"]` will always be empty. — Passerby, Aug 28 '12 at 11:28
So basically, OP's code isn't correct and he/she hasn't turned notices on. — Wayne Whitty, Aug 28 '12 at 11:29
Your form is incorrectly formed and your code will throw notices. — Wayne Whitty, Aug 28 '12 at 11:29

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 07 '17 at 10:38

Try this (I had to fix a number of things):

<?php
    $error = false;
    $sent = false;

    if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
        if(empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['comments'])) {
            $error = true;
        }
        else {
            $to = "linardsberzins@gmail.com";

            $name = trim($_POST['name']);
            $email = trim($_POST['email']);
            $comments = trim($_POST['comments']);

            $subject = "Contact Form";

            $message =  "Name: $name \r\n Email: $email \r\n Comments: $comments";
            $headers = "From:" . $name;
            $mailsent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

            if($mailsent) {
                $sent = true;
            }
        }
    }
?>

<?php if($error == true){ ?>
<p class="error">Text</p>
<?php } if($sent == true) { ?>
<p class="sent">Text</p>
<?php } ?>
<div id="form">
    <form name="contact" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
        <fieldset>
            <h4>Contact Me!</h4>
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
                <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
                <label for="email"/>Email:</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
                <label for="comments" id="comments">Comments:</label>
                <textarea name="comments" id=""></textarea>
                <fieldset>
                <input class="btn" type="submit" name="submit"  class="submit" value="Send email"/>
                <input class="btn" type="reset" value="Reset"/>
                </fieldset>
        </fieldset>
    </form>
</div>

Thank you for the effort – Linards Berzins Oct 26 '17 at 05:24 — Linards Berzins, Oct 26 '17 at 05:24

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 25 '15 at 10:02

<script>
    window.scroll(0,0);
    $('#table_content').dataTable( {
        "bJQueryUI": true,
        "bProcessing": true,
        "sPaginationType": "full_numbers",
        "sAjaxSource": "../gym_facility_v0/load_facility.php"
    });

    $("#men a").click( function (){
        var link = $(this);

        $.ajax({ url: "../"+link.attr("href"),
            dataType: 'html',
            data: {post_loader: 1},
            success: function(data){
                $("#content").html(data);
            }});
            return false;
    });
</script>

<div class="title"><h5> Gym Facility</h5></div>

<div class="table">
    <div class="head"  id="men"><h5 class="iAdd"><a class="open-add-client-dialog" href="gym_facility_v0/form_facility.php"><i class="icon-plus"></i>Add Facility</a></h5></div>
        <div class="dataTables_wrapper" id="example_wrapper">
        <div class="">
        <div class="dataTables_filter" id="example_filter">

            <!--<label>Search: <input type="text" placeholder="type here...">
            <div class="srch">
            </div>
            </label>-->

        </div>
    </div>
    <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="table_content">
        <thead>
            <tr>
            <th class="ui-state-default" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 2%;">
            <div class="DataTables_sort_wrapper">S.No
            </div></th>
            <th class="ui-state-default" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 227px;">
            <div class="DataTables_sort_wrapper">Gym Facility</div></th><th class="ui-state-default" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="width: 130px;">
            <div class="DataTables_sort_wrapper"> Action</div></th></tr>
        </thead>

        <tbody><tr class="gradeA odd">
                   <td colspan="5" class="gradeA">Loading data from server</td>
               </tr>
        </tbody>
    </table>

</div><!-- End of .content -->

It will probably help the questioneer if you could elaborate on what your code does, why it helps with the problem and how it should be implemented. — Jens, Aug 02 '14 at 18:15
Please improve your answer with some additional description, your currently answer might be unclear for future readers — frogatto, Aug 02 '14 at 18:32

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