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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Working with Get Variables

Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,684 Points
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,684 Points

I want to display the input name in the thanks message, but the echo command only works with string, not with variables

Hi!! I want to display the user name in the <p> tag for the thanks message.

This works:

<?php if ( isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks"){ ?>
                <p>thanks for your email, <?php echo "dani"; ?> ! I&rsquo;ll be in touch shortly</p>
            <?php } else { ?>

This doesn't work, only displays a blank space instead of the name:

<?php if ( isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks"){ ?>
                <p>thanks for your email, <?php echo $name; ?> ! I&rsquo;ll be in touch shortly</p>
            <?php } else { ?>

2 Answers

Marcus Parsons
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Hey Omahr,

It looks like you are setting status to "gracias" and not "thanks" when you change the header. So, when you're testing to see if status is equal to "thanks" it's going to fail each time because it's equal to "gracias". You can do a couple different things to get the expected result.

You should either change the header location to have a status of "thanks":

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

Or change the if-statement to check to see if status is "gracias":

<?php if ( isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "gracias"){ ?>
Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Hi, Marcus! I have two documents, one with variables in spanish and one in english! I cross the code when copying and pasting to this forum... I apoligize for this!! I've updated my code!!

Thanks!

Marcus Parsons
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Well, I'm just glad I could help out and provide a good answer for you :) Happy Coding, Omahr!

Ryan Field
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Ryan Field
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Hi, Omahr. The way you have your code written, it should work as long as $name is set to something before that. If it's just returning a single space, then it's likely that $name contains no value, so you might want to check over your code again.

Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Omahr B. Carpinteyro
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Hi, Ryan! My $name variable is working fine through all the exercise

<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST" ) {
        header("Location: contacto.php?status=gracias");
        $name = $_POST["name"];
        $email = $_POST["email"];
        $message = $_POST["message"];
        $bodymail = "Name: " . $name . "\n" . "Email: " . $email  . "\n" . "Message: " . $message;

        echo $bodymail;
    }  
?>


<div>           
            <?php if ( isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "gracias") { ?>
                <p>thanks for your email, <?php echo $name; ?> ! I&rsquo;ll be in touch shortly</p>
            <?php } else { ?>


                        <form method="post" action="contacto.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="enviar">

                        </form>

                <?php } ?>
</div>