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PHP

Posted by Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Contact Form header()

Hi,

I have problems with my contact form. After posting the information I get a blank page, as if the header function was not working properly.

Here is my code, can anyone help fixing it ?

Thanks!

<?php

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { $name = $_POST["name"]; $email = $_POST["email"]; $message = $_POST["message"]; $email_body = ""; $email_body = $email_body . "Name: " . $name . "\n"; $email_body = $email_body . "Email: " . $email . "\n"; $email_body = $email_body . "Message: " . $message;

// To do: send email

header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;

} ?>

<?php $pageTitle = "Contact Mike"; $section = "Contact"; include('inc/header.php'); ?>

<div class="section page">
    <div class="Wrapper"

        <h1>Contact</h1>

        <?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) and $_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>

        <p> Thanks for the email! I&rsquo;ll be in touch shortly.</p>

        <?php } else { ?>

            <p> I&rsquo;d love to hear from you! Complete the form to send me an email.</p>

            <form method="post", action = "contact.php">

                <table>
                    <tr> 
                        <th> 
                            <label for="name">Name</label> 
                        </th>
                        <td>

                            <input type="text" name="name" id="name">

                        </td>
                    </tr>

                      <tr> 
                        <th> 
                            <label for="email">Email</label> 
                        </th>
                        <td>

                            <input type="text" name="email" id="email">

                        </td>
                    </tr>

                    <tr> 
                        <th> 
                            <label for="message">Message</label> 
                        </th>
                        <td>

                            <textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea>

                        </td>
                    </tr>

                </table>
                <input type="submit" value="Send">
            </form>
        <?php } ?>    
    </div>
</div>

<?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Michael O'Malley
Michael O'Malley
4,293 Points
Michael O'Malley
Michael O'Malley
4,293 Points

I copied your text verbatim and it works for me..

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Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Thanks! I did the same with the code provided by Treehouse, replacing it little by little by mine. Until I discovered it then work out, without changing anything.

Do you think it's because I started coding on line 2 in the editor ?

Thanks!

Roxane

1 Answer

Nick Pettit
STAFF
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Roxane Castelein,

Just checking in on some unanswered forum posts. Were you able to figure this out?

Roxane Castelein
Roxane Castelein
2,215 Points

Yes, thanks. The code was fine, I don't know why it was not working. I just created a new 'contact.php' copied pasted the code and it suddenly worked. Do you have any idea why this happened ?

Thanks,

Roxane

Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher
Nick Pettit
Nick Pettit
Treehouse Teacher

I'm not really sure. Could have been any number of things with the code, the browser, the environment... Sometimes refreshing the page or starting a new file is all it takes. :)