Browser loads up my PHP file rather than sending an email

Question

I want the form to send the contents to my email, instead it's just displaying my php code in a new window, can anyone help? here is the code:

Index

<form action="send.php" method="POST">
  Name: <br><input type="text" name="name"><br><p>
  Request: <br><textarea name="request"></textarea><p>
  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send!">
</form>

PHP:

<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$request = $_POST['request'];

$to = "myemail@email.co.uk";
$subject = "It's just a test";
$body = "This is just a test to see if things are working okay \n\n $request";

mail ($to,$subject,$body);

echo "Message sent!"
?>

Replace quotes before first `
` tag and after last `
` tag. Also, remove (or comment) `**PHP**`. — Ivan Kalita, Oct 28 '17 at 14:43
vicbyte - what do you mean? tell me more about that please. I'm new to this so treat me like an idiot haha. — Kieran Lythgoe, Oct 28 '17 at 14:45
Is that `**PHP**` supposed to be a comment in your post or does it actually exist in the php file? Do the quotes around the `form` actually exist in your code or are thay an attempt to post us a code fragment — RiggsFolly, Oct 28 '17 at 14:48
Try reading https://stackoverflow.com/help/formatting Fix what I assume are Woopsies in your question, and then we can get down to business — RiggsFolly, Oct 28 '17 at 14:49
let me have a wild guess you are running this code in localhost?? — xitas, Oct 28 '17 at 14:49

xitas · Answer 1 · 2017-11-01T14:19:05.217

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Few tips for beginners

First Configure your Xampp form send email How to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost?
Check if the data is coming to send.php by print_r($_POST)
Follow this tutorial for sending email from here

edited Nov 01 '17 at 14:19

answered Oct 28 '17 at 14:55

xitas

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not a proper answer but this will help you. after that any query you can ask me in comment – xitas Oct 28 '17 at 14:55
okay so what will happen if i replace the email address with a file on my computer, will it send the data there? I am just using sublime text, are there any other programs I need? – Kieran Lythgoe Oct 28 '17 at 15:01
i don't think so email is different protocol and sending data into file is different. – xitas Oct 28 '17 at 15:08
if you want write data into file you can use this https://www.w3schools.com/php/php_file_create.asp – xitas Oct 28 '17 at 15:09
using good practice is another debate that i am going into – xitas Oct 28 '17 at 15:11
`print_f($_POST)` ???? DO you mean `print_r()` – RiggsFolly Oct 28 '17 at 16:11
@riggsfolly yes my bad – xitas Oct 28 '17 at 16:39
@KieranLythgoe update if not solved – xitas Nov 01 '17 at 14:19

Browser loads up my PHP file rather than sending an email

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