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2,003 PointsBlank page with form data shown after submitting
after filling in the data into the input fields i'm presented with a blank page and this:
Name: name Email: email@email.com Message: testmessage
What's wrong with my code?
<?php
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
echo "Name: " . $name . "</br>";
echo "Email: " . $email . "</br>";
echo "Message: " . $message;
//TODO: Send Email
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
}
?>
<?php
$pageTitle = "Contact Mike";
$section = "contact";
include ('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section page">
<div class="section page">
<div class="wrapper">
<h1>Contact</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") { ?>
<p>Thanks for the Email! Ill Be in touch shortly.</p>
<?php } else { ?>
<p>We would love to hear from you! Complete the form to send us an email.</p>
<form method="post" action="contact.php">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="name">Name</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="email">Email</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="message">Message</label>
</th>
<td>
<textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php
include ('inc/footer.php') ?>
2 Answers
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsI can't tell specifically because you lost some formatting when you pasted your code in... but is the exit command commented-out along with the header function? It should be. If not, you are exiting after echoing the name/email/message variables instead of continuing on to your page content (header/page/footer).
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsI agree with removing the exit.
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsTed Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsEdited to format code. Please select edit to see what I did for future reference.