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PHP

Posted by Milton Centeno
Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points

contact.php on Shirts 4 Mike not working

I am following along with the "Shirts 4 Mike" PHP track and coding my php exactly like the instructor yet my page does not redirect to the "Thanks for the email!" portion of the php file. The instructor makes no mention of any special editing that needs to be done on apache or php. How can I get it to work. Thanks. Below is my contact.php code.

<?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;

// TODO: Send Email

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

} ?>

<?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="name">Email</label> 
                        </th>
                        <td>
                            <input type="text" name="email" id="email">
                        </td>
                    </tr>
                        <tr>
                        <th>
                            <label for="name">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'); ?>

6 Answers

Victor Saltanov
Victor Saltanov
2,226 Points

ok so i got home and checked my code, now i see your problem, in the $_SERVER function you typed - $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == $_POST but it should be like this $_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST". and as befor the header function should stay the same just type - exit; after it.

Victor Saltanov
Victor Saltanov
2,226 Points
Victor Saltanov
Victor Saltanov
2,226 Points

From what i can see after the header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks"); there is no escape code and you are missing a " after the status in the header - header(location: contact.php?status="thanks") but you have status=thanks". After you fix that ype exit; after the header function and it should work, i hope =P.

Milton Centeno
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Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points
Milton Centeno
Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points

The instructor has like this in the video and it works for him header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");

I tried like you suggested which is this header(Location: contact.php?status="thanks");

But it causes an error in that line Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ':' in C:\wamp\www\shirts4mike\contact.php on line 15

Victor Saltanov
Victor Saltanov
2,226 Points
Victor Saltanov
Victor Saltanov
2,226 Points

oops my bad .... leave it like it was... forgot for a sec how the header function works... but just type exit; after the header function.

Milton Centeno
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Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points
Milton Centeno
Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points

OK. Here is an even simpler code that still doesn't work. Page1.php and page2.php. Page1 code below. Page1 will not redirect to page for some reason. What is wrong? Thanks.

<?php if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == $_POST) { header("Location: page2.php");
exit; } ?>

<html>

<form action="page1.php" action="post">
    <input type="submit" value="go to page two">
</form>

</html>

Milton Centeno
PLUS
Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points
Milton Centeno
Milton Centeno
Courses Plus Student 7,940 Points

Thanks Victor.