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Bjorn Decock
610 PointsEmail form after validation
I just read this article about php form validation http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_validation.asp Everything is working fine. Here's the form (don't mind the css, it's not finished yet): http://svwevelgemcity.be/herman/index-mail.php
I've tried several solutions for emailing the input, but there is always a struggle and I can't figure it out. I stripped the form so it is working again. It does all the validation en returns the input on the page. How can I make it work to send the information through email?
This is the markup so far: http://svwevelgemcity.be/herman/index-mail.txt
4 Answers
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsI suggest you take this track. It will cover all of that and more. It is difficult for me to answer your question because I cannot tell if made your code a .txt file to post it and it is really a .php file or if it is really .txt. As you go through that course, it will teach you how to protect yourself from various threats.
Bjorn Decock
610 PointsIt is all just in .php files. I just got stuck after these steps. The validation is working, but just cannot make it work properly to send the email,
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsIs it on a live site or a development server? Most development servers do not support sending the email.
Bjorn Decock
610 PointsIt's on a live server, so sending emails should work. I only made the .txt to make it easy to show my code.
The code for sending the email itself is not written yet. I'm looking for some help to make it work. So I have the form and the validation, but not the PHP code for sending the email (because I always make mistakes).