I am trying to create a very simple contact form for my personal website. This form worked perfect for another website I did so I'm not sure what the problem is here. I've spent the last few hours trying to figure it out and dipping into other form tutorials so its strayed from the original code. I guess the biggest difference between this and the other website is that this is in bootstrap.
I have three problems with this.
1) Is there anyway not to jump up to the top of the screen when I submit the form? I believe this has something for making the action the page itself.
2) Is there any way to not need the 'subject' variable for the mail function? I'd love to not have the subject input on my form.
3) The biggest problem is that while the form runs, I have not received any emails from the form.
The php before html on same doc:
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$human = intval($_POST['human']);
$from = 'Contact Form';
$to = 't*************@gmail.com';
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$body ="From: $name
E-Mail: $email
Message:
$message";
// Check if name has been entered
if (!$_POST['name']) {
$errName = 'Please enter your name';
}
// Check if email has been entered and is valid
if (!$_POST['email'] || !filter_var($_POST['email'],
FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$errEmail = 'Please enter a valid email address';
}
//Check if message has been entered
if (!$_POST['message']) {
$errMessage = 'Please enter your message';
}
//Check if simple anti-bot test is correct
if ($human !== 5) {
$errHuman = 'Your anti-spam is incorrect';
}
// If there are no errors, send the email
if (!$errName && !$errEmail && !$errMessage && !$errHuman) {
if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $from)) {
$result='<div class="alert alert-success">Thank You! I will be in
touch</div>';
} else {
$result='<div class="alert alert-danger">Sorry there was an error
sending your message. Please try again later.</div>';
}
}
}
?>
The html/form:
<form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post"
action="pauline.php">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name"
placeholder="First & Last Name" value="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']); ?>">
<?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errName</p>";?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="email" class="form-control" id="email"
name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com" value="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']); ?>">
<?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errEmail</p>";?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-
label">Subject</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="subject"
name="subject" placeholder="Message Subject" value="<?php echo
htmlspecialchars($_POST['subject']); ?>">
<?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errSubject</p>";?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-
label">Message</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message"><?php
echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);?></textarea>
<?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errMessage</p>";?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?
</label>
<div class="col-sm-10">
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="human"
name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
<?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errHuman</p>";?>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send"
class="btn btn-primary">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
<?php echo $result; ?>
</div>
</div>
</form>
