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PHP

kayesspea
kayesspea
8,907 Points
Posted by kayesspea
kayesspea
8,907 Points

Contact form data isn't showing in PHP email.

I've created a simple form to go on my website, and a simple PHP file to send the form to my email. Most variables show up when the email goes through, but two don't.

Here is the form:

<div class="form-group col-lg-4"> <label for="Name">Your Full Legal Name</label> <input type="text" class="form-control" id="Name" name="Name" required> </div> <div class="form-group col-lg-4"> <label for="FianceName">Your Fiance's Full Legal Name</label> <input type="text" class="form-control" id="FianceName" name="FianceName" required> </div> <div class="form-group col-lg-4"> <label for="Email">Your Email Address</label> <input type="email" class="form-control" id="Email" name="Email" required> </div> <div class="form-group col-lg-4"> <label for="Phone">Your Phone Number</label> <input type="tel" class="form-control" id="Phone" name="Phone" required> </div> <div class="form-group col-lg-4"> <label for="When">Ceremony Date</label> <input type="date" class="form-control" id="When" name="When" required> </div>

                        <div class="form-group col-lg-4">
                            <label for="City">City Where Ceremony Will Occur</label>
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="City" name="City" required>
                        </div>
                        <div class="form-group col-lg-4">
                            <label for="Venue">Ceremony Venue</label>
                             <select class="form-control" id="Venue" id="Venue" required>
                              <option class="option" value="" selected></option>
                              <option class="option" value="InHome">In Home</option>
                              <option class="option" value="InChurch">In Church</option>
                              <option class="option" value="EventVenue">Event Venue</option>
                              <option class="option" value="Unsure">Unsure</option>
                              <option class="option" value="Other">Other</option>
                             </select> 
                        </div>
                        <div class="form-group col-lg-4">
                            <label for="Rehearsal">Will the officiant be required for the rehearsal?</label>
                             <select class="form-control" id="Rehearsal" name="Rehearsal" required>
                              <option class="option" value="" selected></option>
                              <option class="option" value="Yes">Yes</option>
                              <option class="option" value="No">No</option>
                              <option class="option" value="Unsure">Unsure</option>
                             </select> 
                        </div>
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <div class="form-group col-lg-12">
                            <label>Additional Questions or Details</label>
                            <textarea class="form-control" rows="6" id="Message" name="Message" ></textarea>
                        </div>
                        <div class="form-group col-lg-12">
                            <input type="hidden" name="save" value="contact">
                            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-default" id="submit" name="submit" type="submit">Submit</button>

Here is the PHP:

<?php

if (isset($_POST['submit'])) { $to = 'keisha@kayesspeadesign.com'; // Use your own email address $subject = 'Someone emailed you about officiatins services';

$Name = $_POST['Name'];
$FianceName = $_POST['FianceName'];
$Email = $_POST['Email'];
$Phone = $_POST['Phone'];
$When = $_POST['When'];
$City = $_POST['City'];
$Venue = $_POST['Venue'];
$Rehearsal = $_POST['Rehearsal'];
$Message = $_POST['Message'];
$From = 'From: I Do Marry You';

$Body = $Name . " and " . $FianceName . " have sent you the following information regarding their wedding:" . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Location: " . "\r\n" . $City . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Phone Number: " . "\r\n" . $Phone . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Email: " . "\r\n" . $Email . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "When: " . "\r\n" . $When . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Location: " . "\r\n" . $City . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Venue: " . "\r\n" . $Venue . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Will the officiant be required to attend the rehearsal? " . "\r\n" . $Rehearsal . "\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Additional Questions and Details: " . "\r\n" . $Message;

$success = mail($to, $subject, $Body);

} ?>

The result is that the "Venue" and "Message" variables don't show up in the email. I'm very new to PHP and I'm sure there's some small detail I've missed. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Manav Misra
Manav Misra
11,778 Points

Not sure about the textarea issue, but for 'Venue', you don't have 'name' assigned correctly; From your code above: <select class="form-control" id="Venue" id="Venue" required>

You need to change one of those 'id=' to 'name='

kayesspea
kayesspea
8,907 Points
kayesspea
kayesspea
8,907 Points

Wow! Thanks! Good to get another set of eyes on it, because I didn't see that.

Thanks again, Manav!

1 Answer

Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
8,142 Points
Benjamin Payne
Benjamin Payne
8,142 Points

Hey Keisha, Try this code out. I verified that it works using your form. I went ahead and filtered the inputs from the form as well. You should always use some sort of filtering on inputs. Also, I changed the logic around a bit for checking the post method. This way you can programmatically return an error to the customer. Let me know if this fixes the textarea issue.

Thanks! Ben

<?php

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST') { return; }

$to = 'keisha@kayesspeadesign.com'; // Use your own email address

$subject    = 'Someone emailed you about officiating services';
$Name       = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Name', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$FianceName = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'FianceName', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$Email      = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Email', FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL);
$Phone      = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Phone', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$When       = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'When', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$City       = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'City', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$Venue      = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Venue', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$Rehearsal  = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Rehearsal', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$Message    = filter_input(INPUT_POST, 'Message', FILTER_SANITIZE_FULL_SPECIAL_CHARS);
$From       = 'From: I Do Marry You';

$Body  = "$Name and $FianceName have sent you the following information regarding their wedding:\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Location:\r\n $City \r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Phone Number: \r\n $Phone\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Email: \r\n $Email \r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "When: \r\n $When \r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Location: \r\n $City \r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Venue: \r\n $Venue \r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Will the officiant be required to attend the rehearsal?\r\n$Rehearsal\r\n\r\n";
$Body .= "Additional Questions and Details:\r\n$Message";

$success = mail($to, $subject, $Body);