PHP email form not working for some reason

Alex · 12-10-2011, 07:57 AM

I am using WAMP and everything works fine on it (including other PHP files). When I fill out the form properly, I do get redirected to the right page, which says:
"Your message was sent
Your message was successfully sent! Thank you for contacting us, we will reply to your inquiry as soon as possible!"

However, for some reason, I am not receiving an email after completing the form.

Here are the files I'm using:
contact.htm: http://pastebin.com/nE18nkWZ
contact.php: http://pastebin.com/yQv6uHWy
thanks.htm: http://pastebin.com/L2Ln3fB8b

The exact same problem occurs with this set of files:
contactform.htm: http://pastebin.com/ED4eqCZ9
send_form_email.php: http://pastebin.com/m6T5LKtv

I did fill out my email properly in the PHP files.

Thanks a lot for any help

DHDdirect · 12-10-2011, 09:28 AM

You can put this in your code to show if there are any PHP errors:

Code:

// Report all PHP errors
error_reporting(-1);

That should hopefully lead you in the right directly of why it's failing.

Then you can put in a redirect for a faulted attempted. Such as:

Code:

 
if(mail($myemail, $subject, $message)) {
/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */
header('Location: thanks.htm');
exit();
} else {
/* Redirect visitor to the error page */
header('Location: failed.htm');
exit();
}

But if you are testing this on your local computer it may be failing because there isn't a mail server setup on your local machine for the mail() command to use. You can Google "PHP sendmail_from" and you should find ways to setup SMTP info in PHP.ini.

Hope that helps.

benjamin.morgan · 12-10-2011, 02:11 PM

Okay. You are using WAMP a local server. To get it to work upload it to a live website. Problem should be solved

Alex · 12-10-2011, 07:43 PM

Well turns out it does work on my website.. Thanks so much. and I'll remember the error reporting code too

12-10-2011, 07:57 AM	#1
Alex New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 15	PHP email form not working for some reason I am using WAMP and everything works fine on it (including other PHP files). When I fill out the form properly, I do get redirected to the right page, which says: "Your message was sent Your message was successfully sent! Thank you for contacting us, we will reply to your inquiry as soon as possible!" However, for some reason, I am not receiving an email after completing the form. Here are the files I'm using: contact.htm: http://pastebin.com/nE18nkWZ contact.php: http://pastebin.com/yQv6uHWy thanks.htm: http://pastebin.com/L2Ln3fB8b The exact same problem occurs with this set of files: contactform.htm: http://pastebin.com/ED4eqCZ9 send_form_email.php: http://pastebin.com/m6T5LKtv I did fill out my email properly in the PHP files. Thanks a lot for any help

12-10-2011, 09:28 AM	#2
DHDdirect Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Australia Posts: 369	You can put this in your code to show if there are any PHP errors: Code: // Report all PHP errors error_reporting(-1); That should hopefully lead you in the right directly of why it's failing. Then you can put in a redirect for a faulted attempted. Such as: Code: if(mail($myemail, $subject, $message)) { /* Redirect visitor to the thank you page / header('Location: thanks.htm'); exit(); } else { / Redirect visitor to the error page / header('Location: failed.htm'); exit(); } But if you are testing this on your local computer it may be failing because there isn't a mail server setup on your local machine for the mail() command to use. You can Google "PHP sendmail_from" and you should find ways to setup SMTP info in PHP.ini. Hope that helps. __________________ Jason H. DHDdirect.com Domains - Hosting - Design Last edited by DHDdirect; 12-10-2011 at 09:42 AM.*

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12-10-2011, 02:11 PM	#3
benjamin.morgan Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 187	Okay. You are using WAMP a local server. To get it to work upload it to a live website. Problem should be solved

12-10-2011, 07:43 PM	#4
Alex New Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 15	Well turns out it does work on my website.. Thanks so much. and I'll remember the error reporting code too