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slippers · 05-03-2010, 14:50

Can someone please tell me why my contact form is sending blank emails? Iv posted my php for anyone that has time to help. due having not hitting the magic 15 posts yet i taken out my url and email. thanks

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



/* Subject and email variables */ 



$emailSubject = 'contactformprocess';

$webMaster = 'MY EMAIL';





/* Gathering data variables */ 



$emailfield = $_POST['email'];

$namefield = $_POST['name'];

$phonefield = $_POST['phone'];

$messagefield = $_POST['message'];



$body = <<<EOD

<br><hr><br>

Name: $namefield <br>

Email: $emailfield <br>

Phone Number: $phonenumberfield <br>

Your Message: $yourmessagefield <br>

EOD;



$headers = "From: $emailfield\r\n";

$headers = "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers); 





/* Results rendered as HTML */



$theResults = <<<EOD

<html>

<head>

<title>sent message</title>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=http://MY WEBSITE">

<style type="text/css">

<!--

body {

background-color: #9BCB3B;

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 15px;

font-style: normal;

line-height: normal;

font-weight: normal;

color: #fff;

text-decoration: none;

padding-top: 200px;

margin-left: 15%;

margin-right: 15%;

text align: center

width: 800px;

}



-->

</style>

</head>

<div align="center">Your email will be answered as soon as possible!

You will be returned to RJF Design in a few seconds !</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

EOD;

echo "$theResults";

?>

.sleep · 05-03-2010, 15:14

Is there no body to the email at all or just the fields are showing up empty?

Also, your $headers var is overwriting the From field. Need to have .=

slippers · 05-03-2010, 15:17

Yeah i get a email saying

name:
email:
phone number:
your message:

but obviously when testing it i have been filling the fields in yet im still just getting that in my email.

jon · 05-03-2010, 15:23

I don't use <<<EOD very often, but maybe you can't stick variables in them.

Try:

Code:

$body = 'Form post '."\n";
$body.= 'Name: '.$namefield."\n";
$body.= 'Email: '.$emailfield."\n";
$body.= 'Phone Number: '.$phonenumberfield."\n";
$body.= 'Your Message: '.$yourmessagefield."\n";

slippers · 05-03-2010, 15:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by jon

I don't use <<<EOD very often, but maybe you can't stick variables in them.

Try:

Code:

$body = 'Form post '."\n";
$body.= 'Name: '.$namefield."\n";
$body.= 'Email: '.$emailfield."\n";
$body.= 'Phone Number: '.$phonenumberfield."\n";
$body.= 'Your Message: '.$yourmessagefield."\n";

Afraid that dosnt work either.

could it hav anything to do with this?

HTML Code:

 <div id="blog">
  <form action="contactformprocess.php" methods="post" name="form" id="form1">
  <p>Name<br />
  <input name="name" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Email<br />
  <input name="email" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Phone Number<br />
  <input name="Phone Number" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Your Message<br />
  <textarea name="comments" cols="22" rows="5"></textarea>
  <br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="send email" />
  <input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="clear" />
  </form></div>

fasterthanlight · 05-03-2010, 17:40

in your HTML,

your <input name="xxxxx"> needs to match what you are looking for in the POST.

Code:

 <div id="blog">
  <form action="contactformprocess.php" methods="post" name="form" id="form1">
  <p>Name<br />
  <input name="name" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Email<br />
  <input name="email" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Phone Number<br />
  <input name="Phone Number" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Your Message<br />
  <textarea name="comments" cols="22" rows="5"></textarea>
  <br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="send email" />
  <input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="clear" />
  </form></div>

(note: your <input name="Phone Number"> should be rewritten without spaces)

Everything I've bolded from the above code needs to match whats here (bolded):

Code:

/* Gathering data variables */ 

$emailfield = $_POST['email'];
$namefield = $_POST['name'];
$phonefield = $_POST['phone'];
$messagefield = $_POST['message'];

which, most don't.

also a couple lines further you've renamed your variables again.

Code:


Phone Number: $phonenumberfield <br>
Your Message: $yourmessagefield <br>

$phonenumberfield should actually be $phonefield
and
$yourmessagefield should be $messagefield

Zod · 05-03-2010, 17:42

the names on your form don't match your $_POSTs (phone number, comments)and having a 2 word name will break the form anyway - change name="phone number" to name="phone" and name="comments" to name="message" then try again

Doh! Beaten to it

slippers · 05-03-2010, 19:34

I think iv tryed what you guys suggested but im still recieving a email with no info.

name:
email:
phone number:
your message:

HTML Code:

<div id="blog">
  <form action="contactformprocess.php" methods="post" name="form" id="form1">
  <p>Name<br />
  <input name="name" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Email<br />
  <input name="email" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Phone Number<br />
  <input name="phone" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" />
  Your Message<br />
  <textarea name="message" cols="22" rows="5"></textarea>
  <br />
  <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="send email" />
  <input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="clear" />
  </form></div>

PHP Code:


		
			
<?php



/* Subject and email variables */ 



$emailSubject = 'contactformprocess';

$webMaster = 'slippersfisher@hotmail.com';





/* Gathering data variables */ 



$namefield = $_POST['name'];

$emailfield = $_POST['email'];

$phonefield = $_POST['phone'];

$messagefield = $_POST['message'];



$body = <<<EOD

<br><hr><br>

Name: $namefield <br>

Email: $emailfield <br>

Phone Number: $phonefield <br>

Your Message: $messagefield <br>

EOD;



$headers = "From: $emailfield\r\n";

$headers = "Content-type: text/html\r\n";

$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers); 





/* Results rendered as HTML */



$theResults = <<<EOD

<html>

<head>

<title>sent message</title>

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=http://www.rjf-design.co.uk">

<style type="text/css">

<!--

body {

background-color: #9BCB3B;

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;

font-size: 15px;

font-style: normal;

line-height: normal;

font-weight: normal;

color: #fff;

text-decoration: none;

padding-top: 200px;

margin-left: 15%;

margin-right: 15%;

text align: center

width: 800px;

}



-->

</style>

</head>

<div align="center">Your email will be answered as soon as possible!

You will be returned to RJF Design in a few seconds !</div>

</div>

</body>

</html>

EOD;

echo "$theResults";

?>

.sleep · 05-03-2010, 20:29

I don't think methods="post" is valid. It should be method="post" should it not?

Also, you still have not fixed the $headers variable.

slippers · 06-03-2010, 06:28

By changing methods= to method= has resulted in it working now. thanks for all your help everyone.

Zod · 06-03-2010, 06:42

Well spotted!

05-03-2010, 14:50	#1 (permalink)
slippers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21	contact form sending blank email? Can someone please tell me why my contact form is sending blank emails? Iv posted my php for anyone that has time to help. due having not hitting the magic 15 posts yet i taken out my url and email. thanks PHP Code: <?php /* Subject and email variables / $emailSubject = 'contactformprocess'; $webMaster = 'MY EMAIL'; / Gathering data variables / $emailfield = $_POST['email']; $namefield = $_POST['name']; $phonefield = $_POST['phone']; $messagefield = $_POST['message']; $body = <<<EOD <br><hr><br> Name: $namefield <br> Email: $emailfield <br> Phone Number: $phonenumberfield <br> Your Message: $yourmessagefield <br> EOD; $headers = "From: $emailfield\r\n"; $headers = "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; $success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers); / Results rendered as HTML */ $theResults = <<<EOD <html> <head> <title>sent message</title> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=http://MY WEBSITE"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-color: #9BCB3B; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 200px; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%; text align: center width: 800px; } --> </style> </head> <div align="center">Your email will be answered as soon as possible! You will be returned to RJF Design in a few seconds !</div> </div> </body> </html> EOD; echo "$theResults"; ?>

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.sleep Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: california Posts: 572	Is there no body to the email at all or just the fields are showing up empty? Also, your $headers var is overwriting the From field. Need to have .= __________________ Portfolio \| Personal

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.sleep Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: california Posts: 572	I don't think methods="post" is valid. It should be method="post" should it not? Also, you still have not fixed the $headers variable. __________________ Portfolio \| Personal

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05-03-2010, 15:17	#3 (permalink)
slippers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21	Yeah i get a email saying name: email: phone number: your message: but obviously when testing it i have been filling the fields in yet im still just getting that in my email.

05-03-2010, 15:23	#4 (permalink)
jon Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: York, UK Posts: 21	I don't use <<<EOD very often, but maybe you can't stick variables in them. Try: Code: $body = 'Form post '."\n"; $body.= 'Name: '.$namefield."\n"; $body.= 'Email: '.$emailfield."\n"; $body.= 'Phone Number: '.$phonenumberfield."\n"; $body.= 'Your Message: '.$yourmessagefield."\n";

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Zod Ruler of Planet Houston Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 139	the names on your form don't match your $_POSTs (phone number, comments)and having a 2 word name will break the form anyway - change name="phone number" to name="phone" and name="comments" to name="message" then try again Doh! Beaten to it

05-03-2010, 19:34	#8 (permalink)
slippers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21	I think iv tryed what you guys suggested but im still recieving a email with no info. name: email: phone number: your message: HTML Code: <div id="blog"> <form action="contactformprocess.php" methods="post" name="form" id="form1"> <p>Name<br /> <input name="name" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" /> Email<br /> <input name="email" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" /> Phone Number<br /> <input name="phone" type="text" size="25" maxlength="40" /> Your Message<br /> <textarea name="message" cols="22" rows="5"></textarea> <br /> <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="send email" /> <input type="reset" name="reset" id="reset" value="clear" /> </form></div> PHP Code: <?php /* Subject and email variables / $emailSubject = 'contactformprocess'; $webMaster = 'slippersfisher@hotmail.com'; / Gathering data variables / $namefield = $_POST['name']; $emailfield = $_POST['email']; $phonefield = $_POST['phone']; $messagefield = $_POST['message']; $body = <<<EOD <br><hr><br> Name: $namefield <br> Email: $emailfield <br> Phone Number: $phonefield <br> Your Message: $messagefield <br> EOD; $headers = "From: $emailfield\r\n"; $headers = "Content-type: text/html\r\n"; $success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers); / Results rendered as HTML */ $theResults = <<<EOD <html> <head> <title>sent message</title> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5;URL=http://www.rjf-design.co.uk"> <style type="text/css"> <!-- body { background-color: #9BCB3B; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; line-height: normal; font-weight: normal; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; padding-top: 200px; margin-left: 15%; margin-right: 15%; text align: center width: 800px; } --> </style> </head> <div align="center">Your email will be answered as soon as possible! You will be returned to RJF Design in a few seconds !</div> </div> </body> </html> EOD; echo "$theResults"; ?>

06-03-2010, 06:28	#10 (permalink)
slippers Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21	By changing methods= to method= has resulted in it working now. thanks for all your help everyone.

06-03-2010, 06:42	#11 (permalink)
Zod Ruler of Planet Houston Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 139	Well spotted!

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