php form displaying blank page?

lolkaykay · 10-04-2010, 12:55 AM

I'm new to PHP and I'm trying to create a very simple php email form. How do I get it so that the page does not reload to a blank white page with just a text thank you message?

Link: http://www.katieful.com/contact2.html

HTML Form:

HTML Code:

<form method="POST" name="form" onsubmit="return validate(this)" action="mail.php" accept-charset="utf-8">
                <div>
                    <label for="name">Name</label>
                    <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" maxlength="25" />
                </div>
                <div>
                    <label for="org">Organization</label>
                    <input type="text" name="org" id="org" value="" />
                </div>
                <div>
                    <label for="email">Email</label>
                    <input type="text" name="email" id="email" value="" />
                </div>
                <div style="height: 154px;">
                    <label for="message">Is there anything else you want to say?</label>
                    <textarea id="message" name="message" cols="5" rows="2"></textarea>
                </div>
                <input type="submit" class="submit" value="Submit!" style="width: 96px; float:left; margin-top: 8px;" onmouseover="this.className='submithover'" onmouseout="this.className='submit'" />
            </form>

And here's my mail.php:

Code:

<?php 
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$org = $_POST['org'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$formcontent="Hello Katie! You just got an email from Katieful! Happy new client dance! \n\nFrom:$name \nEmail: $email \nOrganization: $org \nMessage: $message";
$recipient = "katie@katieful.com";
$subject = "Katieful Message from $email";
$mailheader = "From: $email rn";
mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader) or die("Error!");
echo "";
?>

Thanks!

lolkaykay · 10-05-2010, 06:25 PM

Nevermind, I figured it out!

v2Media · 10-05-2010, 08:34 PM

I wouldn't use that script if I were you. Spambots will have a feast as it's easily exploited to send spam.

logoarena · 10-11-2010, 11:14 AM

you can redirect in any page using php function header:

header('Location: mypage.html');

better if you test the result of mail function, something like this:

if (mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader)) {
header('Location: my_success_page.html');
}
else {
header('Location: my_fault_page.html');
}

z0alexander · 10-13-2010, 06:11 PM

you can link it back to the contact form but since you guess it already it might be useful for other to know how'd you do it.

10-05-2010, 06:25 PM	#2
lolkaykay Bronze Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New York Posts: 93	Nevermind, I figured it out! __________________ http://www.katieful.com - Web Design Portfolio of Katie Chin. http://www.twitter.com/katiechin - Twitter

10-05-2010, 08:34 PM	#3
v2Media Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 119	I wouldn't use that script if I were you. Spambots will have a feast as it's easily exploited to send spam. __________________ I do Web Design, Brisbane - Gold Coast based. Spend a lot of time in PHP/MySQL Web Development. And Search Engine Optimisation chews up the rest.

10-13-2010, 06:11 PM	#5
z0alexander New Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 4	you can link it back to the contact form but since you guess it already it might be useful for other to know how'd you do it. __________________ See my DrePro's Web Articles for other web topics.

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10-11-2010, 11:14 AM	#4
logoarena New Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 7	you can redirect in any page using php function header: header('Location: mypage.html'); better if you test the result of mail function, something like this: if (mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader)) { header('Location: my_success_page.html'); } else { header('Location: my_fault_page.html'); }