Hi all,

 

It has been a while since iv done any php and im trying to make a simple textboook mail form but cant see what im doing wrong.

 

 

                <form action="" method="post">
                    Want us to call you? <input type="text" placeholder = "Please enter a contact number" class="callBackField" name="callBackField">
                    <input type="submit" value="Call me back" class="callBackSubmit">    
                </form>    
 

 

<?php


if (isset($_POST['callBackSubmit']))


{
$to = "dgeorge@live.co.uk";
$subject = "Call me back, Guild Bathrooms";
$message = $_POST['callBackField'];
$from = "mail.guildbathrooms.com";
mail($to,$subject,$message);
echo "Mail Sent.";
}


?>
 

the action field is left blank because the php is on the same page as the html, im pretty sure i have done something wrong in the php, any help would ne greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks for looking

 

Best regards

 

David

 

1. Although setting the form action to nothing will theoretically work I have found that not all servers will accept this. Setting the action to:

 

 

<?php echo htmlentities($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>
 

or

 

 

<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>
 

Will solve the issue.

 

Note: Most modern servers will default to one of these methods automatically if the action is set to

 

<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>

 

2. You are not setting any headers to the mail function.

 

Many servers will not allow a mail to send if it is not from an email on that domain:

 

You have a $from variable:

$from = "mail.guildbathrooms.com";
$headers = "From: $from";

Try

 

 

<?php


if (isset($_POST['callBackSubmit']))


{
$to = "xxxxxxx@livexxxx.co.uk";
$subject = "Call me back, Guild Bathrooms";
$message = $_POST['callBackField'];
$from = "mail.guildbathrooms.com";
$headers = "From: $from";
mail($to,$subject,$message;$headers);
echo "Mail Sent.";
}


?>
 

Edited January 3, 201412 yr by nfc212