[grace1004]

In the form, the method is defined as "post", so it's OK to use $_POST.
$_REQUEST will not improve as far as you do not correct typing error.
The typing error $surnname--you typed additional n before name--it's
an fatal error, as variable name is not correct one ($surname).

[grace1004]

Also, when testing your code, it's not displaying error message at all in case
I entered less than 3 characters and invalid email address format. So, please
try the following code and see if error message is displayed in the same case.

PHP Code:

<?php
define("EMAIL", "jock@jockitdesign.com");
 
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
 
  include('validate.class.php');
 
  //assign post data to variables
  $firstname = trim($_POST['firstname']);
  $surname = trim($_POST['surname']);
    $email = trim($_POST['email']);
    $contactnumber = trim($_POST['contactnumber']);
    $propertyprice = trim($_POST['propertyprice']);
    $propertylocation = trim($_POST['propertylocation']);
    $message = trim($_POST['message']);
 
  //start validating our form
  $v = new validate();
  $v->validateStr($firstname, "firstname", 3, 75);
  $v->validateStr($surname, "surname", 3, 75);
  $v->validateEmail($email, "email");
  $v->validateStr($contactnumber, "contactnumber", 3, 75);
  $v->validateStr($propertyprice, "propertyprice", 3, 75);
  $v->validateStr($propertylocation, "propertylocation", 3, 75);
  $v->validateStr($message, "message", 5, 500);  
 
  if(!$v->hasErrors()) {
        $header = "From: $email\n" . "Reply-To: $email\n";
        $subject = "CutmoreProperty.com | Contact Enquiry";
        $email_to = EMAIL;
 
        $emailMessage = "First Name: " . $firstname . "\n";
        $emailMessage .= "Surname: " . $surname . "\n\n";
        $emailMessage .= "Email: " . $email . "\n";
        $emailMessage .= "contactnumber: " . $contactnumber . "\n\n";
        $emailMessage .= "propertyprice: " . $propertyprice . "\n";
        $emailMessage .= "propertylocation: " . $propertylocation . "\n\n";
        $emailMessage .= $message;
 
    //use php's mail function to send the email
     $sent = mail($email_to, $subject ,$emailMessage ,$header );   
   
    if($sent) echo 
    '<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        // Print a message
        alert("Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.");
        // Redirect to some page of the site. You can also specify full URL, e.g. http://template-help.com
        window.location = "../contact.php";
    </script>';  
             
    } else {
    //set the number of errors message
    $message_text = $v->errorNumMessage(); 
    echo $message_text;      
 
    //store the errors list in a variable
    $errors = $v->displayErrors();
    echo $errors;
 
    //get the individual error messages
    $firstnameErr = $v->getError("firstname");
    $surnameErr = $v->getError("surname");
    $emailErr = $v->getError("email");
    $contactnumberErr = $v->getError("contactnumber");
    $propertypriceErr = $v->getError("propertyprice");
    $propertylocationErr = $v->getError("propertylocation");
    $messageErr = $v->getError("message");
  }//end error check
 }       
?>

[MusoFreak200]

Huzzah!

that fixed the script!

thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much

so do you think you could go step through step on how you defined the problem and redeveloped a solution?

[grace1004]

When finding problems, I do not read codes line by line. First, I change the code
in accordance with testing environment, e.g. in this case changed the defined Email
to mine, found the first error ($V) by displayed error message and the second error
($surnname) by entering invalid data. It's not easy to find typos by reading line
by line; testing is the best method in developing process. However, you need to
have an ability to interprete the error message displayed. To have such ability,
first of all, you have to master the basics of php/mysql/html/javascript.