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Kevin Dunn
6,623 PointsProblems with html/php contact form
Hi, I have a problem with my contact form that I have created. When the user clicks on the send email button, I receive the email, but I can't see the user's input. So basically I am not able to see the contents of $email and $message. What could be wrong?
<?php
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = "testemail@testemail.com";
$subject = "New Message!";
$body = "This is an automated message. Please do not reply to this email. \n\n $email \n\n $message";
mail($to, $subject, $body);
echo "Message Sent.";
?>
<form id="contact-me-form" action="contact.php" name="contact_form "method="post">
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email Address">
<textarea name="message" placeholder="Type Your Message Here"></textarea>
<input id="sendEmail" type="submit" name="submit" value="Send">
</form>
1 Answer
Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 PointsI believe I read somewhere you need to configure a local mail server with php in order to send mail through php contact forms to other persons
Kathryn Notson
25,941 PointsKathryn Notson
25,941 PointsKevin Dunn:
Look at your 1st form line. You typed: "method="post". You don't need the " before method. Be careful when you type. Small errors like that will cause you great frustration. Syntax is very specific.