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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Redirecting After a Form Submission

Posted by Adam Shockley
Adam Shockley
3,911 Points

My PHP header refuses to redirect. Help!

<?php

$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:coctact-thanks.php');

?>

No echo statements beforehand.. I have looked in the contact page and the index page as well as the header and footers. I'm at a complete loss here.

3 Answers

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

Hi Adam,

You have a typo in your file name "coctact-thanks.php"

Adam Shockley
Adam Shockley
3,911 Points

I actually progressed a little further and found that the redirect is replaced and it works fine now. I did fix that typo and still couldn't get it to open 'contact-thanks.php' though.

so weird.

The conditional is a much more streamlined solution anyways I suppose.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Yes, later on you end up doing everything within "contact.php"

I wonder if you had a blank line or any whitespace before your opening php script. That also prevents the redirect from happening.

Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

If I remember correctly, the instructor used a conditional statement to redirect the header. Checking if it had a method of post or not (or get). I would rewatch the video.

Also it could be because of "coctact" when it should say contact. header("Location: contact-thanks.php");

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Ricardo,

I believe he's at an earlier version before that.

Adam Shockley
Adam Shockley
3,911 Points
Adam Shockley
Adam Shockley
3,911 Points

Wow, I scoured so many pages removing echo statements in the includes and really just wracking my brain. Of course it was a typo. Thanks so much for the quick reply gentleman.