HTML PHP Form does not send data to Email

Question

As an mildly-intermediate web developer, I have never actually implemented a contact form until now. The problem is that I can't get the email to actually go through.

HTML:

<form action="php/handleFormSubmit.php" id="contact-form" role="form" method="POST">
    <div class="ajax-hidden">
        <div class="form-group wow fadeInUp">
            <label class="sr-only" for="c_name">Name</label>
            <input type="text" id="c_name" class="form-control" name="c_name" placeholder="Name">
        </div>
        <div class="form-group wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay=".1s">
            <label class="sr-only" for="c_email">Email</label>
            <input type="email" id="c_email" class="form-control" name="c_email" placeholder="E-mail">
        </div>
        <div class="form-group wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay=".2s">
            <textarea class="form-control" id="c_message" name="c_message" rows="7" placeholder="Message"></textarea>
        </div>
        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-block wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay=".3s">Send Message</button>
    </div>
    <div class="ajax-response"></div>
</form>

PHP:

<?php

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

  $name = $_POST['c_name'];
  $visitor_email = $_POST['c_email'];
  $message = $_POST['c_message'];

  $email_from = "email@email.com";

  $email_subject = "New Form submission";

  $email_body = "You have received a new message from the user $name.\n".
                            "Here is the message:\n $message".

  $to = "email@email.com";

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

  $headers .= "Reply-To: $visitor_email \r\n";

  mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);

}

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

    $res['sendstatus'] = 1;
    $res['message'] = 'Form Submission Successful';
    echo json_encode($res);
}

?>

I know the if(isset($_POST['submit'])) gets rid of the annoying email when refreshing/landing but my submit does not go to my email.

Help? I appreciate it.

I'm not sure what your email software you have that PHP connects to but Have you tried appending a `\n\n` to the email message body to denote the end of message? — Mike -- No longer here, Aug 01 '15 at 04:43
`mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);` add $res : `$res = mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);` then do a var dump to check if $res is true or not — zeflex, Aug 01 '15 at 04:44
I am linking to gmail. It's funny because I receive an email when I didn't include the " if(isset($_POST['submit'])) { " in the beginning. I would repeatedly receive emails for either refreshing or landing on the page; however not when I actually submit. I'm on a server, host gator. My CSS is probably a little funky and I do have js linked to the form. — NKReza, Aug 01 '15 at 04:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 04:48

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Check the first line, it says if $_POST['submit'] is set then do this{}. but your html form doesn't have that field.

ADD this field in your form:

<input type="hidden" name="submit">

answered Aug 01 '15 at 04:48

Crunch Much

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I included this but it wouldn't work. Can it be it's on separate line below the button or does it have to be included in the tag? – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 16:13
@NKReza include this line before button – Crunch Much Aug 01 '15 at 16:56
@NKReza edit the following line as mentioned. you missed `;` and an extra `.` at the end of line `$email_body = "You have received a new message from the user $name.\n". "Here is the message:\n $message"`; – Crunch Much Aug 01 '15 at 17:03
I just tried but no change. I placed it as it's own separate tag right above the button tag. Do i have to make any changes? – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 17:04
@NKReza check comment above – Crunch Much Aug 01 '15 at 17:05
I replaced with ; but it gave me an error. – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 17:32
@NKReza what is the error? – Crunch Much Aug 01 '15 at 17:33
created an updated form - will post shortly. – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 19:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 04:55

Code for sending Mails via Ajax

<?php
    if($_POST)
    {
        $to_email       = "er.shakun90@gmail.com"; //Recipient email, Replace with own email here

        //check if its an ajax request, exit if not
             if(!isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) AND strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) != 'xmlhttprequest') {

            $output = json_encode(array( //create JSON data
                'type'=>'error', 
                'text' => 'Sorry Request must be Ajax POST'
            ));
            die($output); //exit script outputting json data
             } 

        //Sanitize input data using PHP filter_var().
        $user_name      = filter_var($_POST["user_name"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
        //$user_email       = filter_var($_POST["user_email"], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
        //$country_code = filter_var($_POST["country_code"], FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
        $phone_number   = filter_var($_POST["user_phone"], FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_INT);
        //$subject      = filter_var($_POST["subject"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);
        $message        = filter_var($_POST["msg"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING);

        //additional php validation
        if(strlen($user_name)<4){ // If length is less than 4 it will output JSON error.
            $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Name is too short or empty!'));
            die($output);
        }


        if(!filter_var($phone_number, FILTER_SANITIZE_NUMBER_FLOAT)){ //check for valid numbers in phone number field
            $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Enter only digits in phone number'));
            die($output);
        }


        if(strlen($message)<3){ //check emtpy message
            $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Too short message! Please enter something.'));
            die($output);
        }

              $user_email = 'contact@sanktik.net';

        //email body
        $message_body = $message."\r\n\r\n-".$user_name."\r\nPhone Number :". $phone_number ;

              $sunject = "New enquiry from wesbite";

        //proceed with PHP email.
        $headers = 'From: '.$user_name.'' . "\r\n" .
        'Reply-To: '.$user_email.'' . "\r\n" .
        'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

        $send_mail = mail($to_email, $subject, $message_body);

        if(!$send_mail)
        {
            //If mail couldn't be sent output error. Check your PHP email configuration (if it ever happens)
            $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Could not send mail! Please check your PHP mail configuration.'));
            die($output);
        }else{
            $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'message', 'text' => 'Hi '.$user_name .' Thank you for your interest.Our Team Member will get in touch with you shortly'));
            die($output);
        }
    }
    ?>

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 05:17

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Change your button code to:

<button type="submit" name="Submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-block wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay=".3s">Send Message</button>

and your php file first line to:

if(isset($_POST['Submit']))

answered Aug 01 '15 at 05:17

Al Amin Chayan

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 01 '15 at 05:20

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Don't check if the button exists in the POST array. It makes sense if you click the button or submit the form via Enter press! I think by submitting via Enter press, the submit button doesn't exist!

Solution below is insensitive:

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST')
{
    // sent

Important things:

Check if form is real posted (see above)
Validate your input
Sanatize your input

After that, you can do your actions, e.g. mail or saving to database.

answered Aug 01 '15 at 05:20

schellingerht

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I tried this at both ends of my PHP but it didn't work... – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 17:00
What did not work? Error? No result? Please post your updated code. – schellingerht Aug 01 '15 at 17:47
I made an updated form - will post shortly. – NKReza Aug 01 '15 at 19:22

HTML PHP Form does not send data to Email

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