Why doesn't my Contact Form work??

austin1988 · **Why doesn't my Contact Form work?? -** 07-04-2010, 04:31 PM

Hi,

I've been having serious difficulty trying to get my contact form to work. I am very inexperienced with PHP, so I'd imagine this is a simple question.

I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.

URL: http://www.austinlindsay.com/contact.html

Here's the code:

contact.html:

<div id="contact_form"><form method="POST" action="contact.php">
Fields marked (*) are required

<p>Email From:* <br>
<input type="text" name="EmailFrom">
<p>Subject: <br>
<input type="text" name="Subject">
<p>Name:<br>
<input type="text" name="Name">
<p>YourMessage:<br>
<textarea name="YourMessage"></textarea>
<p><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
<p>


Created by <a target="_blank"
href="http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/">Contact
Form Generator</a></div>

contact.php:

<?php
// Website Contact Form Generator
// http://www.tele-pro.co.uk/scripts/contact_form/
// This script is free to use as long as you
// retain the credit link

// get posted data into local variables
$EmailFrom = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['EmailFrom']));
$EmailTo = "jlindsay101@aol.com";
$Subject = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Subject']));
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$YourMessage = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['YourMessage']));

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (Trim($EmailFrom)=="") $validationOK=false;
if (!$validationOK) {
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
exit;
}

// prepare email body text
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "YourMessage: ";
$Body .= $YourMessage;
$Body .= "\n";

// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

// redirect to success page
if ($success){
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=ok.htm\">";
}
else{
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
}
?>

Ranga · 07-04-2010, 06:04 PM

just a wild guess here but i believe it is because ur giving the ($Body .) to many variables, u might want to try to bracket them, EG.
$Body = ("","Name: ",$Name,"\n", "YourMessage: ",$YourMessage, "\n");
and i would possibly check the variables you have given it,it doesnt make sense to me.

but considering this looks kinda like a email couldnt you put something like

$body = "<body>(something to insert text here)</body>"

austin1988 · 07-04-2010, 06:08 PM

Hey, thanks for your response.

I don't understand any of the code. I just found a website that generated the code for me.

Bad Karma[CORE] · 07-04-2010, 06:29 PM

Instead of using the above use this one ->One PHP contact form works. Another does not. Can you tell me why?

What´s the problem with the script above anyway? Any error message ?

austin1988 · 07-04-2010, 07:09 PM

I'm having more luck with this one - the form submits but I do not receive the email, despite changing the email to: $my_email = "jlindsay101@aol.com";

Any idea where I'm going wrong?

Also, is there a way to remove the box around the text fields?

Thanks.

Bad Karma[CORE] · 07-04-2010, 07:13 PM

not sure what you mean with border around the text fields. If you mean the background behind the text fields just change

HTML Code:

<table border="0" style="background:#ececec" cellspacing="5">

to

HTML Code:

<table border="0" cellspacing="5">

Did you check your spam folder and/or made sure that mail from 000webhost.com servers isn´t blocked?

austin1988 · 07-04-2010, 07:19 PM

Thanks, the background thing worked.

But yeah, I've checked my spam folder and I know that my mail from 000webhost isn't blocked because I receive a notification when a forum post has been made.

Is it definitely an issue with email accounts, or could it be something else?

Bad Karma[CORE] · 07-04-2010, 07:21 PM

have you got an alternative email account that you could try with? I know it works as i used googlemail.com and outlaw-forum.info when testing that script, as well as the mail address of my free hosting account here. Everything worked just fine....but then you have aol hehe

austin1988 · 07-04-2010, 07:28 PM

I know. It's not the best email provider! But I've tried a different email address and it still doesn't work.

But it could be something else, maybe? I've placed it in a div tag, if that matters?

Bad Karma[CORE] · 07-04-2010, 07:35 PM

not really, placing it in a div tag shouldn´t matter (as long as you put the HTML part in a div container, not the php code in the contact.php file. Can you post the entire contents of your contact.php file please?