Forgive me if this is a stupid question, but I am pretty new to PHP and I am running into some issues. I am trying to build a contact form with HTML, CSS, and PHP, but I can't seem to get my PHP form to send the contents of the form to my email address. This is what the code looks like for the HTML:
<div id="contact-form">
<ul>
<li><button id="quote" class="button1">Project Quote</button></li>
</ul>
<form class= "emai" action="mailer.php" method="post">
<p>Have a project in mind? Fill in the form for a quote!</p>
<div>
<p><label for="name">What can I call you? <span>*</span></label></p>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name">
</div>
<div>
<p><label for="email">What is your email? <span>*</span></label></p>
<input type="email" name="email" id="email">
</div>
<div>
<p><label for="type">Type of Project? <span>*</span></label></p>
<select id="type" name="type">
<option value="logo">Logo Design</option>
<option value="web dev">Website/WebApp Dev</option>
<option value="other">Other</option>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<p><label for="purpose">What is the main purpose of your project? <span>*</span></label></p>
<textarea id="purpose" name="purpose"></textarea>
</div>
<div>
<p><label for="features">Any extra features?</label></p>
<textarea id="features" name="features"></textarea>
</div>
<input class="button1" type="submit" value="submit">
</form>
</div>
And in a separate doc called "mailer.php" this is what the code looks like:
<?php
/* Set e-mail recipient */
$myemail = "christopher.kenrick@gmail.com";
$subject = "Project Request";
/* Check all form inputs using check_input function */
$name = check_input($_POST['name'], "Enter your name");
$email = check_input($_POST['email']);
$type = check_input($_POST['type'], "Select a type of project");
$purpose = check_input($_POST['purpose'], "What is the purpose of your project?");
/* If e-mail is not valid show error message */
if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email))
{
show_error("E-mail address not valid");
}
/* Let's prepare the message for the e-mail */
$message = "
Name: $name
E-mail: $email
Type: $type
Purpose: $purpose
Features: $features
Message:
$message
";
/* Send the message using mail() function */
mail($myemail, $subject, $message);
/* Redirect visitor to the thank you page */
header('Location: thanks.html');
exit();
/* Functions we used */
function check_input($data, $problem='')
{
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0)
{
show_error($problem);
}
return $data;
}
function show_error($myError)
{
?>
<html>
<body>
<p>Please correct the following error:</p>
<strong><?php echo $myError; ?></strong>
<p>Hit the back button and try again</p>
</body>
</html>
<?php
exit();
}
?>
Here is a link to my website if it will help. Can someone tell me what it is I am doing wrong?
