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Posted by William Schott
William Schott
1,624 Points

Creating Input Fields & Contact Form in PHP

Hello:

my contact-process.php:

<?php

//echo "I have infromation from a form. Now What?";

var_dump($_POST);

?>

returns:

array(0) { }

I would like it to return an array with the form variables. Here is my contact.php code:

<?php

if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {

$firstName = $_POST["firstName"];
$lastName = $_POST["lastName"];
$addressLine1 = $_POST["addressLine1"];
$addressLine2 = $_POST["addressLine2"];
$city =  $_POST["city"];
$stateProvRegion =  $_POST["stateProvRegion"];
$zip =  $_POST["zip"];
$email =  $_POST["email"];
$phoneNumber =  $_POST["phoneNumber"];
$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");
exit;

} ?><?php $pageTitle = "Local Art Comissions"; $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>We look forward to starting the comission process with you. Please fill out the contact form and Farber Art Services will get back to you about scheduling your free in-house consultation. If you have any specific questions/concerns or comments, be sure to leave a message in the field below. </p>

        <form method="post" action="contact-process.php">

            <table>
                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="firstName">firstName</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"firstName" id="firstName">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="lastName">lastName</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"lastName" id="lastName">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="addressLine1">addressLine1</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"addressLine1" id="addressLine1">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="addressLine2">addressLine2</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"addressLine2" id="addressLine2">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="city">city</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"city" id="city">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="stateProvRegion">StateProvenceRegion</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"stateProvRegion" id="stateProvRegion">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="zip">zip</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"zip" id="zip">
                    </td>
                </tr>

                <tr>
                    <th>
                        <label for="email">email</label> 
                    </th>
                    <td>
                        <input type="text" name"email" id="email">
                    </td>
                </tr>

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

1 Answer

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi William,

It looks like you are missing an equal sign after each of your "name" attributes. Also, with the value attribute on your submit button.