| Re: My contact form is not emailed to me [message #173509 is a reply to message #173508] |
Sat, 16 April 2011 14:36   |
nathanir
Messages: 3
Registered: April 2011
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On Apr 16, 7:04 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> On 4/16/2011 3:36 AM, nathanir wrote:
>
>
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>> I have a contact form on my contact page.I can fill in the form and
>> when I click the submit button, I am redirected to the success page
>> but I dont receive an email. I did a test with a simple php mail test
>> form and that works! I have been at it for some time trying to find
>> the error. Please help
>> The relevant code is: (for the contact form)
>> <form action="process-form.php" method="post" enctype="application/x-
>> www-form-urlencoded" target="_blank" id="formMail">
>> <span id="textNameField">
>> <label for="name"></label>
>> <input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
>> <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required..</
>> span><span class="textfieldMinCharsMsg">Minimum number of characters
>> not met.</span><span class="textfieldMaxCharsMsg">Exceeded maximum
>> number of characters.</span></span><span id="textEmailField"><br />
>> <br />
>> <label for="email"></label>
>> <input type="text" name="email" id="email" />
>> <span class="textfieldRequiredMsg">A value is required..</
>> span ><span class="textfieldInvalidFormatMsg">Invalid format.</
>> span><span class="textfieldMinCharsMsg">Minimum number of characters
>> not met.</span><span class="textfieldMaxCharsMsg">Exceeded maximum
>> number of characters.</span></span>
>> </p>
>> <p> </p>
>> <p><span id="SelectionText">
>> <label for="select">Purpose</label>
>> <select name="select" id="select">
>> <option value="Appointment" selected="selected">Appointment</
>> option>
>> <option value="Comment">Comment</option>
>> <option value="Question">Question</option>
>> </select>
>> <span class="selectRequiredMsg">Please select an item.</span></
>> span></p>
>> <p><span id="textinput">
>> <textarea name="textinput" id="textinput" cols="45"
>> rows="5"></textarea>
>> <span id="countsprytextarea1"> </span><span
>> class="textareaRequiredMsg">A value is required.</span><span
>> class="textareaMinCharsMsg">Minimum number of characters not met.</
>> span><span class="textareaMaxCharsMsg">Exceeded maximum number of
>> characters.</span></span></p>
>> <p>
>> <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit"
>> value="Submit" />
>> <input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="Reset" /
>
>> </p>
>> <p> </p>
>> </form>
>> the processing php form has this code
>
>> <?php
>> // Pick up the form data and assign it to variables
>> $name = check_input($_POST['name']);
>> $email = check_input($_POST['email']);
>> $select = $_POST['select'];
>> $textinput = check_input($_POST['textinput']);
>
>> // Build the email (replace the address in the $to section with your
>> own)
>> $ToEmail = 'raj...@childsurgeon.com';
>> $Emailsubject = "New message: $select";
>> $MESSAGE_BODY = "$name said: $textinput";
>> $mailheader = "From: $email";
>
>> // Send the mail using PHPs mail() function
>> mail($ToEmail, $EmailSubject, $MESSAGE_BODY, $mailheader);
>
>> // Redirect
>> header("Location: success.html");
>
>> function check_input($data)
>> {
>> $data = trim($data);
>> $data = stripslashes($data);
>> $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
>> return $data;
>> }
>> ?>
>
> Your code is very unsafe and can make your site a spam relay. Email
> forms are nothing to play with; if you don't know what you're doing, you
> are much better getting something like phpmailer, which has at least has
> some protection built into it.
>
> And why are you using stripslashes() and htmlspecialchars()?
>
> As for why it's failing - there are lots of possibilities. What does
> mail() return? Do you have an MTA on your machine (if Linux) or another
> machine (if Windows)? Does the MTA require a login before sending?
>
> Did you check the data you're using? i.e. echo the $ToEmail, etc., to
> ensure they have what you expect? What does your PHP error log show?
>
> There are lots of possibilities here.
>
> --
> ==================
> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================
Thanks Jerry for your reply. Well I am a newbie setting up my first
website in Dreamweaver. Everywhere I turned, I was instructed on how
essential it was to have one contact form. Further research revealed
http://myphpform.com/final-form.php Since I already had my form on my
contact page, I picked up the necessary php script and tested it out.
I obviously goofed and am in deeper water than what I intended to
tread. However if you will point me to the right path, I am more than
willing to learn.
BTW when I tested this script on my webpage it did send out an email
to me. This one also came from the same site.
<?php
mail('rajesh(at)childsurgeon(dot)com','Test mail','The mail function is
working!');
echo 'Mail sent!';
?>
Rajesh Nathani
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