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Getting a contact form to work with php


rvandyke

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Hey guys! So far my website is looking great! Just trying to get this contact form to function. Wondering if everything lines up:

HTML code:

<!--contact-form------------------->
    <section id="contact-form">
    <form>
    <!--left--------------------------------------->
    <div class="contact-left">
    <h1 class="c-l-heading"><font style="border-bottom: 3px solid #1ED98B;">Writ</font>e Me</h1>
    <!--name-------->
    <div class="f-name">
    <font >Name</font>
    <input type="text" placeholder="Full Name"/>
    </div>
    <!--email-------->
    <div class="f-email">
    <font >Email</font>
    <input type="email" placeholder="Example@gmail.com"/>
    </div>
    </div>
    <!--right------------------------------------------->
    <div class="contact-right">
    <!--message-------->
    <div class="message">
    <font >Message</font>
    <textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="20" placeholder="Write Message..."></textarea>
    </div>
    <!--submit-btn------------>
    <button>submit</button>
    </div>
        
    </form>
    </section>

 

php:

?php
    $name = $_POST['name']; /*this will display the name of the users */
    $visitor_email = $_Post['email']; /*this will display the email of the user */
    $message = $_POST['message']; /*this will store the message */


    $email_from = 'Ryan-vand@outlook.com' /*I will receive this via this line of code */

    $email_subject = "new form submission";

    $email_body = "User Name: $name.\n"."User Email: $visitor_email.\n"."User Message: $message.\n";


    $to = "Ryan-vand@outlook.com";
    $headers = "From: $email_from\r\n";
    mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);

    header("Location: firstdraft.html");

?>

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Hi,

You need to add the identifier attributes to your form elements so your PHP code can capture the form data people enter.

Example:

<input type="text" id="nameFirst" name="nameFirst">

PHP needs the ID attribute for each form element that captures info. Please refer to the PHP course. 

 

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