Bootstrap Contact Form server not responding

Question

I am trying to get my contact form to work, but when I fill out the form, it throws out a server not responding error.

You can view the JSFiddle here: JS & HTML contact form code

The contact_me.php code:

<?php

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

// check if fields passed are empty
if(empty($_POST['name'])        ||
   empty($_POST['email'])       ||
   empty($_POST['phone'])       ||
   empty($_POST['message'])     ||
   !filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
   {
    echo "No arguments Provided!";
    return false;
   }

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

// create email body and send it    
$to = 'trisha@trishajohnson.net'; // put your email
$email_subject = "Contact form submitted by:  $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message. \n\n".
                  " Here are the details:\n \nName: $name \n ".
                  "Email: $email_address\n Phone: $phone\n Message: \n $message";
$headers = "From: no-reply@trishajohnson.net\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address"; 
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
return true;            
?>

I don't see any errors in any of the code, so I'm not quite sure what the issue is.

Try adding error reporting to the top of your file(s) right after your opening ` — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 03 '14 at 01:11
Plus, far as I can see, your form has no action (form defaults to self when omitted) and no method. Form defaults to GET when omitted. — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 03 '14 at 01:13
@Fred-ii- I have added the error reporting tag to my contact_me.php, and I also added action="assets/contact_me.php" to my form.. it is still not working. — Trisha, Dec 03 '14 at 01:27
@Fred-ii-, yes, `method="post"` is inside `
`.. I just reuploaded the files to server, refreshed page, and it seems to have sent. I checked my email, and it is there. — Trisha, Dec 03 '14 at 01:37
Your form's elements are also missing names. I.e.: `` - `` etc. — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 03 '14 at 01:39
Errr... you're welcome. Usually, the person who helped you should be the one putting in an answer ;) — Funk Forty Niner, Dec 03 '14 at 01:49
@Fred-ii-, I wasn't trying to steal your thunder, I will delete the answer so that you can add it yourself if you like. — Trisha, Dec 04 '14 at 06:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 13:42

When I visited your page, I noticed the following were missing from the form:

The form's action. Forms default to GET when omitted.
Missing name elements.

Solution:

Add method="post" inside the form.
Add the name attribute to the inputs, i.e.: <input type="text" name="name">

Your PHP contains POST variables and POST relies on the name attribute in order to process the form's data.

Sidenote: Your original question did not contain the error reporting, which should be used to check for errors.

Add error reporting to the top of your file(s) which will help find errors.

<?php 
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set('display_errors', 1);

// rest of your code

Sidenote: Error reporting should only be done in staging, and never production.

Bootstrap Contact Form server not responding

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