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Stephanie Bercht
911 PointsPHP header not redirecting and not sending mail either... Help?
Hi,
Problem: The page doesn't redirect me anywhere, but it goes blank once I complete the form and submit. Mail does not get sent.
Context: Using PHPMailer and Gmail as SMTP.
I had this working before where it sent me to the right place and sent the mail. I had to move files around and must have lost something on the way... I can't find out what went wrong. Please help?
Here's the code it calls for form validation and email sending:
<?php
if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == "POST") {
$firstname = trim($_POST["firstname"]);
$lastname = trim($_POST["lastname"]);
$clinicname = trim($_POST["clinicname"]);
$member = trim($_POST["member"]);
$email = trim($_POST["email"]);
$message = trim($_POST["message"]);
$subject = trim($_POST["subject"]);
//validating form
if ($firstname == "" OR $lastname == "" OR $email == "" OR $message == "") {
echo "You must provide a first name, an email address and message.";
exit;
}
foreach( $_POST as $value ){
if( stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE ){
echo "There was a problem with the information you entered.";
exit;
}
}
//Spam bots filters
if ( $_POST["address"] != "") {
echo "your form submission has an error.";
}
require_once("inc/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
if (!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){
echo "Please use a valid email address.";
exit;
}
//message in email to be sent
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body . "First name: " . $firstname . " " . $lastname . "<br>";
$email_body = $email_body . "Clinic name: " . $clinicname . "<br>";
$email_body = $email_body . "Email: " . $email . "<br>";
$email_body = $email_body . "Member: " . $member . "<br>";
$email_body = $email_body . "Subject: " . $subject . "<br>";
$email_body = $email_body . "Message: " . $message;
//mail server set up
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";
$mail->Username = "my username"; // SMTP account username
$mail->Password = "my pw"; // SMTP account password
$mail->SetFrom($email, $name);
$mail->Subject = "Hability Contact form | " . $lastname . ", Subject: " . $subject ;
$mail->MsgHTML($email_body);
$address = "steph@hability.net";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "Contact Form");
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "There was a problem sending the email: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
}
?>
And here's the contact form:
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>
<div class="container">
<div style="text-align:center;" class="row">
<h2 class="featurette-heading" style="text-align:center; padding:0px"><b>
Thanks!</h2></b>
<p> We'll get in touch with you shortly.</p>
</div>
<div style="padding-top:30px" class="row">
<div class="col-sm-offset-4 col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4" style="text-align:center">
<p style="padding-top:20px;"><a href="http://www.hability.net/blog" class="blue-link"><i class="fa fa-pencil-square fa-lg"></i> Check out the Hability blog.</a></p>
<p style="padding-top:20px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=HabilityPT" class="blue-link"><i class="fa fa-twitter-square fa-lg"></i> Follow us on Twitter @habilitypt</a></p>
</div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
</div><!-- /.row -->
</div><!--End Contact -->
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="container">
<div style="text-align:center;" class="row">
<h2 class="featurette-heading" style="text-align:center; padding:0px"><b>Comment or question, we'd love to hear from you.</h2></b>
</div>
<div style="padding-top:30px" class="row">
<div class="col-sm-1"></div>
<div class="col-sm-4 col-md-4 col-lg-4">
<p style="padding-top:20px;">
<a href="mailto:info@hability.net" class="blue-link">
<i class="fa fa-envelope-square fa-lg"></i> <b>Email us</b> at info@hability.net</a>
</p>
<p style="padding-top:20px;"><a class="blue-link"><i class="fa fa-comments fa-lg"></i> <b>Text us</b> at 203.856.2419</a></p>
<p style="padding-top:20px;"><a class="blue-link"><i class="fa fa-phone-square fa-lg"></i> <b>Or call</b>, 203.856.2419</a></p>
<p style="padding-top:20px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/user?screen_name=HabilityPT" class="blue-link"><i class="fa fa-twitter-square fa-lg"></i> Follow us on Twitter @habilitypt</a></p>
</div><!-- /.col-lg-4 -->
<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-6 col-lg-6">
<form method="post" action="contactform.php" class="form-horizontal" id="contactForm">
<legend><b>Send us a message:</b></legend>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="firstname" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Your Name</label>
<div class="col-sm-4">
<input type="text" name="firstname" class="form-control inputName" placeholder="First Name" >
</div>
<div class="col-sm-5">
<input type="text" name="lastname" class="form-control inputName" placeholder="Last Name" >
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="clinicname" class="col-sm-3 control-label inputName">Clinic</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="text" class="form-control" name="clinicname" id="ClinicName" placeholder="Clinic Name">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Email Address</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" id="inputEmail" placeholder="Email">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="member" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Are you a Hability Member?</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<label class="radio-inline" id="member" name="member" >
<input type="radio" name="member" id="memberYes" value="Yes"> Yes
</label>
<label class="radio-inline" name="member">
<input type="radio" name="member" id="memberNo" value="No"> No
</label>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="subject" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Subject</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<select class="form-control" name="subject">
<option>Sales</option>
<option>General Inquiry</option>
<option>Support</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="message" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Message</label>
<div class="col-md-9">
<textarea class="form-control" name="message" id="message" rows="3"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<!--SPAM bot filter-->
<div class="form-group" style="display:none">
<label for="address" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Address</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<p>Humans, please leave this blank!<p/>
<input type="address" name="address" class="form-control" id="inputEmail" placeholder="Address">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-offset-9 col-sm-3" >
<button type="submit" value="send" class="btn pull-right">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div><!-- /.row -->
</div><!--End Contact -->
<?php } ?>
1 Answer
Stephanie Bercht
911 PointsProblem solved. I had the wrong class.smpt.php in the wrong folder, I guess.