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PHP

Julian McNeill
Julian McNeill
9,445 Points
Posted by Julian McNeill
Julian McNeill
9,445 Points

Help! Form submit to sucess modal popup instead of page redirect

the email sends I just want the modal to stay up until pressing the close button. right now it flashes on screen and the page refreshes.

<?php

$EmailFrom = "julianmcneilldesign@gmail.com";
$EmailTo = "julianmcneilldesign@gmail.com";
$Subject = "Contact Form";
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name'])); 
$Tel = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel'])); 
$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Email'])); 
$Message = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message'])); 

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
  exit;
}

// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Tel: ";
$Body .= $Tel;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $Email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Message: ";
$Body .= $Message;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email 
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page 
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=contactthanks.php\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
}
?>

1 Answer

Kevin Granger
Kevin Granger
20,332 Points
Kevin Granger
Kevin Granger
20,332 Points

You should call this php from an ajax request to avoid the redirection.

Julian McNeill
Julian McNeill
9,445 Points
Julian McNeill
Julian McNeill
9,445 Points

I have no idea how to use ajax