Capture an email using PHP

Question

I have created a simple php file to capture emails from users who are signing up for a newsletter. The 'captured email' is not getting sent through to me. The email I receive is this 'Email: ' without the users email.

<?php

session_start();
//require_once('recaptchalib.php');
$privatekey = "6Ldni7wUAAAAAIMRGmqhTeehXqkx0ZC";
$publickey = "6Ldni7wUAAAAAKO37aO2hfy3kHyXTuN";

$email = $_POST['email'];

$admin_email = 'example@email.com';
$email_from = 'example@email.com';
$email_subject = "Newsletter Signup";
$email_body = "Email: $email \r\n";
$to = "$admin_email";
$headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";
$headers = "Reply-To: $email \r\n";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
header("Location: thankyou.html");
?>


HTML

<form method="POST" action="newsletter.php">
<input type="text" name="newsletter" title="" placeholder="Email Address..." required>
<button type="submit">Sign Up</button>
<div class="clearboth"></div>
<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="6Ldni7wUAAAAAKO37aO2hfy3kHyXTuN"></div>
<label><input name="consent" type="checkbox" class="input-name" required> 
<span class="captchaspan obligatorycheck"><!--Some text--></span>
</label>
</form>

You assign $_POST['email'] to $email variable, but you send $contact in $email_body instead — user11222393, Oct 15 '19 at 20:33
I have made the change and it still doesn't work even when I define $email — Ruin, Oct 15 '19 at 20:36
Check if $_POST['email'] is not empty. Maybe it is not passed from your form — user11222393, Oct 15 '19 at 20:41
`name="newsletter"` "newsletter" != "email". Either change the HTML field name or change the PHP `$_POST['email']`. Voting to close as a typo. — Patrick Q, Oct 15 '19 at 20:45
@PatrickQ That has worked perfectly. Thank you. Embarrassing mistake but thanks for that. — Ruin, Oct 15 '19 at 20:51

score -2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '19 at 20:32

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$email_body = "Email: $contact \r\n";

You have never defined $contact.

answered Oct 15 '19 at 20:32

Code Spirit

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Yeah that's my fault sorry. It should be $email not $contact. I will edit now but even when I define $email it still doesn't work. – Ruin Oct 15 '19 at 20:35
@Ruin Yeah, maybe that was the issue? – Code Spirit Oct 15 '19 at 20:36
No it still doesn't work even with $email defined – Ruin Oct 15 '19 at 20:38
@Ruin Does `$_POST["email"]` actually contain a value? – Code Spirit Oct 15 '19 at 20:39

Capture an email using PHP

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