Sending mail using PHP issue

Question

Having an issue being able to send mail using PHP I have looked through my code and can't find where I'm going wrong. Edited with my html instered.

<?php
if (isset($_POST['primaryemail'])){
    $first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
    $phone_number = $_POST['phone_number'];
    $phone_numbertwo = $_POST['phone_numbertwo'];
    $primaryemail = $_POST['primaryemail'];


    if (!empty($primaryemail)) {
        $to = 'testemail@gaming.com';
        $subject = 'Jobsite Form Submitted';
        $body = "Submitted by: " . $first_name . "Phone number: " . $phone_number . "Secondary phone number: " . $phone_numbertwo;
        $headers = 'From:' . $primaryemail;
        mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);   
    }
}
?>

<form name="jobsiteform" class="jobsiteform" method="POST" action="">
<h2>Contact Information</h2>
<h4>Primary Contact Information</h4>
<br>
    <label>Full Name: &nbsp;</label>
    <input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" maxlength="70" placeholder="First & Last" required>
    <br><br>
    <label>Phone Number: &nbsp;</label>
    <input type="text" name="phone_number" id="phone_number" class="phone" maxlength="13" placeholder="(xxx) xxx-xxxx" required>
    <br><br>
    <label>Secondary Phone Number: &nbsp;</label>
    <input type="text" name="phone_numbertwo" id="phone_numbertwo" class="phone" maxlength="13" placeholder="Optional">
    <br><br>
    <label>E-mail: &nbsp;</label>
    <input type="email" name="email" maxlength="100" id="primaryemail" placeholder="e.g. first.last@domain.com" required>
    <br>

Are you getting any error? how are you executing that script? — taxicala, Jul 02 '15 at 20:24
Your host likely has a help section dedicated to email that might help for their specific servers. — Jonathan Kuhn, Jul 02 '15 at 20:25
Check the below by @PatrickMurphy, that should resolve your issue. Also `isset($_POST['primaryemail']` then `!empty($primaryemail)` is a bit redundant why not just do a `!empty` check to begin with? — chris85, Jul 02 '15 at 20:31
Thanks @chris85 I too am confident that that will fix your issue. — Patrick Murphy, Jul 02 '15 at 20:32

Patrick Murphy · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-02T20:34:20.927

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Use `name=""` not `id=''` in your HTML

You need to modify your html you have the ID set to what the Name should be on your primary email field. The name parameter is used by the Post request to PHP not ID (often used by javascript).

<input type="email" name="primaryemail" maxlength="100" id="primaryemail" placeholder="e.g. first.last@domain.com" required>

Therefore your php script never executes due to this line beacuse the post value is set to the key $_POST['email'] not $_POST['primaryemail'] therefore it is not set.

if (isset($_POST['primaryemail'])){

That is why it is a good idea to do an else at the end of that and echo 'error: post email not sent';

edited Jul 02 '15 at 20:34

answered Jul 02 '15 at 20:28

Patrick Murphy

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Thanks for the tip and finding my error! – James Jul 02 '15 at 20:40
Thanks for accepting! – Patrick Murphy Jul 02 '15 at 20:41

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 02 '15 at 20:29

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Put your PHP code in an extern file, add the path to that file in your action="path to file" and add a submit button inside <form>. Example: <input type="submit" value="Send">.

answered Jul 02 '15 at 20:29

Gustaf Gunér

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It should work either way. – chris85 Jul 02 '15 at 20:29

Sending mail using PHP issue

2 Answers2

Use name="" not id='' in your HTML

Use `name=""` not `id=''` in your HTML