Save Contact Form's Messages in Server

Question

How to save contact form's messages in server? I used PHP to save messages, but it doesn't work and got an "HTTP ERROR 405" error.

My HTML code:

<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="POST">
    <p>Name</p><input type="text" name="name">
    <p>Email</p><input type="text" name="email">
    <p>Message</p><textarea name="message" rows="6" cols="25"></textarea><br/>
    <input type="submit" value="Send"><input type="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
</body>

My PHP Code

<?php
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$myfile = fopen("textfile.txt", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
fwrite($myfile, $name);
fwrite($myfile, $email);
fwrite($myfile, $message);
fclose($myfile);
?>

Or is there an easier way to save messages in server?

that is probably the easiest (and least practical) way to store data on teh server. the problem is your server is not configured to handle POST requests. Either enable POST or use GET instead. — I wrestled a bear once., Apr 06 '18 at 16:44
HTTP 405 errors are "method not allowed". What kind of a host are you running on? — j08691, Apr 06 '18 at 17:13

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '18 at 17:24

405 Method Not Allowed is shown because POST is not supported by your server. Try GET method

<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="GET">
    <p>Name</p><input type="text" name="name">
    <p>Email</p><input type="text" name="email">
    <p>Messages</p><textarea name="messages" rows="6" cols="25"></textarea><br/>
    <input type="submit" value="Send"><input type="reset" value="Clear">
</form>
</body>

php

<?php
$name = $_GET['name'];
$email = $_GET['email'];
$message = $_GET['message'];
$myfile = fopen("messages.txt", "a") or die("Unable to open file!");
fwrite($myfile, $name);
fwrite($myfile, $email);
fwrite($myfile, $message);
fclose($myfile);
?>

I can use the GET method, but it doesn't save messages in the message.txt file. — Sunchi, Apr 06 '18 at 17:35

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '18 at 20:59

The issue was solved after the following process.

Re-install LAMP (instruction video)
Modified the apache2.conf file (instruction)
set AllowOverride of the directory /var/www
Change the permission for /var/www/html folder (instruction1, instruction2)
Put your html and php files in the /var/www/html folder

Finally, go to http://localhost/contact.html, the contact form can save messages in a text file.

Save Contact Form's Messages in Server

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