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[wolfslab]

I have this PHP code runnung on a web server and it does send an email to me but it doesnt show the message, name, or email from the user. Here is the code.

 

PHP:

<?php
    // Grabbing data sent from the form and assigning it to variables
    $field_name = $_POST['name'];
    $field_email = $_POST['email'];
    $field_message = $_REQUEST['msg'];
    
    foreach($_POST['check'] as $value) {
        $check_boxes .= $value." ";
    }
    
    $radio_button = $_POST['cf_radio_button'];
    $drop_down_item = $_POST['cf_drop_down'];
    
    // Composing body of the message
    $mail_to = 'example@example.com';
    $subject = 'Message from a site visitor '.$field_name;
    
    $body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
    $body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
    $body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message."\n";
    
    // Creating headers of the message
    $headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
    $headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";
    
    $mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);
    
    if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
history.back(1);
</script>
<?php
    }
    
    else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to austingazur@yahoo.com');
history.back(1);
</script>
<?php
    }
    ?>

HTML

<footer id="footer">
      <div class="inner">
    
            
            <h2>Contact Me</h2>
        
        <form action="contact.php" method="post">
         
 
            <div>
                <label for="name">Name:</label>
                <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="mail">E-mail:</label>
                <input type="email" id="mail" name="user_mail" />
            </div>
            <div>
                <label for="msg">Message:</label>
                <textarea id="msg" name="user_message"></textarea>
            </div>
            <div class="button">
                <button type="submit">Send your message</button>
            </div>
        </form>

 

[davidna2002]

where is the message not showing.  on a result page or in the email body of the sent message?

[davidna2002]

if it is the the result page the you need to enter a value= option in your <input> & <textarea> tags.

 

<input type="text" value="'.$php_field_value.'">

[Sergio45]

I have a stupid question. When you are validating a form with PHP, do you  put the PHP validation's on a different file and link it to the html file that needs the validating?

Again stupid question.

[unlock21]

// Grabbing data sent from the form and assigning it to variables
$field_name = $_POST['user_name'];
$field_email = $_POST['user_mail'];
$field_message = $_POST['user_message'];

You need to use the name attribute when calling over form submit.

 

As for a separate validation file, why not just use the same file? I don't see anything wrong with that. I suppose if you are making your validation function or a class to be callable elsewhere, sure if not I don't see the need. 

 

Hope it helps

[vorticalbox]

it's probably also due to the history.back I would create a php session that holds the error or success then redirects back to the form. On the top of the form page you have a if(isset($_session['name here']))

 

this will allow the message to display if it exists. Just unset the session inside the if when coming back to the page they don't see the message for a second time.

[wolfslab]

23 hours ago, davidna2002 said:

if it is the the result page the you need to enter a value= option in your <input> & <textarea> tags.

 

<input type="text" value="'.$php_field_value.'">

I've tried putting that in and it didn't work. On the email I receive, it just has this:

From: 
E-mail: 
Message: 

 

[wolfslab]

18 hours ago, Sergio45 said:

I have a stupid question. When you are validating a form with PHP, do you  put the PHP validation's on a different file and link it to the html file that needs the validating?

Again stupid question.

I just put in validation code in my HTML. Here is the code:

<script language="JavaScript">
// Code for validating the form
// Visit http://www.javascript-coder.com/html-form/javascript-form-validation.phtml
// for details
var frmvalidator  = new Validator("myemailform");
frmvalidator.addValidation("name","req","Please provide your name"); 
frmvalidator.addValidation("email","req","Please provide your email"); 
frmvalidator.addValidation("email","email","Please enter a valid email address"); 
</script>

 

[davidna2002]

did you get it working?

[wolfslab]

3 hours ago, davidna2002 said:

did you get it working?

No, not yet.

[Organized]

If you set the variables to a fixed value, do they then show up in the email? If they do, could you output a var_dump() of the variables and post it here?

[unlock21]

What about it are you still unable to get working?