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PHP

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Posted by Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Im trying to set up a contact form to send the form to a email, then say Thanks!

Ok so i'm stuck on the project where you make the contact form and it sends it to the email and then directs you to a Thank you page. But I have reached the end of the videos and when I send the form it just takes me to a blank page. I look for hours what could be wrong with my code and i cant find anything.

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"); exit;

} ?><?php include('inc/header.php'); ?>

<div class="section_page"> <div class="wrapper">

     <h1 class="contact">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 class="contact_note">I'd love you hear from you!  Leave a message, and I will be in touch very soon.</p>

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

           <table class="contact_form">
              <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 class="contact_btn" type="submit" Value="Send">
        </form>

        <?php } ?>

     </div>
     </div>
  </div>   
  <?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>

1 Answer

Joel Rivera
Joel Rivera
29,401 Points
Joel Rivera
Joel Rivera
29,401 Points

I found this site useful. http://myphpform.com/ It will show you step by step what to do. Hope it helps.

Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points
Trent Burkenpas
Trent Burkenpas
22,388 Points

Thanks for the response, I just had a whitespace error and that fixed it !