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PHP

Posted by Christopher Nelson
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Christopher Nelson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 13,162 Points

Email form not sending

I am new to PHP and am attempting to set up a form that will send an email when the submit button is pressed. I am completely lost on how to do this. The code below is how I have attempted this task but it doesn't submit an email.

<?php

$emailSubject = 'Photography Inquiry';
$webMaster =  'example@gmail.com';


$Name = $_POST['name'];

$Email = $_POST['email'];

$Type = $_POST['type'];

$Message = $_POST['message'];


$body = <<<EOD
<br><hr><br>
Email: $Email <br>
Name: $Name <br>
Type: $Type <br>
Message: $Message <br>
EOD;




$headers = "From: $Email\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html\r\n";
$success = mail($webMaster, $emailSubject, $body, $headers);


$theResults = <<<EOD
<html><body>

<h1 > This Page is currently under maintenance<br>Email me at example@gmail.com </h1>
</body>
</html>
EOD;


echo "$theResults";


?>

1 Answer

Jacob McKinney
Jacob McKinney
6,796 Points
Jacob McKinney
Jacob McKinney
6,796 Points

I'd like to point out that you're telling the email that you're providing it with text/html content.

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

But you aren't providing any html. Additionally, there are more headers you should be adding to any email being sent. A failure to do so can end up with your email bouncing to most email providers. The headers you set are dependent on the content of your email, you should check out the mail page on php.net's website to see more about them: http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php