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PHP

Posted by Noah A
Noah A
4,144 Points

Send email in same file -- not sending (code included)

Code

if ($_POST["update"]
{
    mail("test@test.com", "A Test Subject", "A Test Message");
}

Form Submission

<input type="submit" name="update" value="Some Value">

I have the Code included at the top of the file, and the form submission is towards the very bottom. Also, the form is method="post"

My understanding is that $_POST[#{name}] gets matches the value of any submit input, and matches the name of the input; therefore, using an if statement checking if ($_POST[#{name}) matches the name of the submit input, then it'll execute whatever is inside.

In the end, my email is not sending. Any feedback, Treehouse community PHPers? Thanks!

1 Answer

Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points
Matthew Bilz
Matthew Bilz
15,829 Points

Does your production code at the top have the closing parenthesis on 

if ($_POST["update"]

? That would cause a fatal error.