Having issues with php form
I have a contact form that is using a Send Form php file to validate and then send an email with the form contents. The area I am having issues is debugging an error, I believe it is coming from the dropdown selection in my form. The page can be viewed at Click Here
Here is the code from my php file:
function died($error) {
// your error code can go here
echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
echo "These errors appear below.<br /><br />";
echo $error."<br /><br />";
echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br /><br />";
die();
}
// validation expected data exists
if(!isset($_POST['name']) ||
!isset($_POST['email']) ||
!isset($_POST['phone']) ||
!isset($_POST['help'])) {
died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');
}
$name = $_POST['name']; // required
$email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
$phone = $_POST['phone']; // not required
$help = $_POST['help']; // required
$error_message = "";
$email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';
if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
$error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br />';
}
$string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";
if(!preg_match($string_exp,$name)) {
$error_message .= 'You need to enter your name.<br />';
}
if(strlen($help) < 2) {
$error_message .= 'You did not select how we can help.<br />';
}
if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
died($error_message);
}
$email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";
function clean_string($string) {
$bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}
$email_message .= "Name: ".clean_string($name)."\n";
$email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
$email_message .= "Phone: ".clean_string($phone)."\n";
$email_message .= "Help: ".clean_string($help)."\n";
I am still a beginner at php, can anyone point out what is causing the form to not successfully send? Thank you in advance!!
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mgn2683
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@mgn2683
Where is your <form> </form>?
I want to see not just the php script but the form too, so I can see the problem.
LastMitch
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The form select name is 'select' in your form, and in code you are looking for 'help' name.
so change your name to 'help'
change following line in your contact.htm
<select name='select'>
to
<select name='help'>
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Question Answered as of 8 Months Ago by
urtrivedi
and
LastMitch