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PHP

Posted by Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points

PHP redirecting after a form submission, Layout problem, footer comes up...

Hi! I'm having a problem with the layout in the build a simple php application. The footer comes up.. anyone who knows what the problem is? it's also happening in the shirts page...

<?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;

//TO DO: SEND EMAIL

$pageTitle = "Contact Mike"; $section = "contact"; include("inc/header.php");

?>

<div class="section page">
    <div class="wrapper">

        <h1>Contact </h1>
        <p> Thanks for the email! I&rsquo;ll be in touch shortly.</p>
    </div>
</div>

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

6 Answers

James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Ah, that's your answer, I think. There's no CSS or other formatting to "push" the footer down, so it floats up as high as it can. That's a good thing, because after you add content in the middle, the footer will float down.

James Gill
PLUS
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Diana,

First, make sure the footer.php is in the inc directory. If it is, then the problem's the format of the file link. forward slash before?

Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points
Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points

Hi James, thanks :)

Yes, it's inside the inc directory and the links are like this <?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>

James Gill
PLUS
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Diana, is the problem that the footer doesn't appear? can you clarify what the error message is?

Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points
Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points

there is no error message, it's only poorly located, right in the middle of the page.... looking fairly ugly. it's only happening in the (thank you) contact page and the shirts page because they have few text in them.

Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points
Diana Moura
Diana Moura
8,629 Points

ups :D I had thought about that but as in the video the footer was down I thought I had a code problem :D Thanks James! :)