I usually work in Rails and I'm trying out PHP for the first time. I'm using a Start Bootstrap template (Agency) and can't seem to get the Contact Me form to submit correctly. I defined a recipient email for submissions in the PHP file. When I run it locally, fill out the form, and click submit, I get the fail message from the contact_me.js file.
This StackOverflow question is similar and received no answers. Any suggestions on what I am doing wrong would be much appreciated. Thank you!
contact_me.php
<?php
// Check for empty fields
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 the email and send the message
$to = 'RemovedEmailForStackOverflow@gmail.com'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname@yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
$email_subject = "A guest has messaged yourname: $name";
$email_body = "You've received a message from your website contact form.\n\n" . "Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: noreply@gmail.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply@yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to, $email_subject, $email_body, $headers);
return true;
?>
contact_me.js
$(function() {
$("#contactForm input,#contactForm textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// additional error messages or events
},
submitSuccess: function($form, event) {
event.preventDefault(); // prevent default submit behaviour
// get values from FORM
var name = $("input#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message
// Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message
if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) {
firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' ');
}
$.ajax({
url: "././mail/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
name: name,
phone: phone,
email: email,
message: message
},
cache: false,
success: function() {
// Success message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
$('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append("<strong>Thank you! We'll be in touch very soon. If you'd like to make a reservation in the meantime, please find us on Expedia. </strong>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
error: function() {
// Fail message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>So sorry " + firstName + ", it seems that our mail server is not responding. Please call us while we resolve this issue. ");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
})
},
filter: function() {
return $(this).is(":visible");
},
});
$("a[data-toggle=\"tab\"]").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).tab("show");
});
});
/*When clicking on Full hide fail/success boxes */
$('#name').focus(function() {
$('#success').html('');
});
index.html
<!-- Contact Section -->
<section id="contact">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
<h2 class="section-heading">Contact Us</h2>
<h3 class="section-subheading text-contact">U.S. phone: (555) 555-5555</h3>
<h3 class="section-subheading text-contact">Panama phone: (555)-555-5555 </h3
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-12">
<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Name *" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Email *" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Phone *" id="phone" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Your Message *" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message."></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
<div id="success"></div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-xl">Send Message</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
