I am sure this will end up being a silly question, but hear me out please.
I am a novice developer and i'm building a website with html, css (w/ Bootstrap) and since the website has to have a contact form page, i am using php there. Originally when I was developing the pages of the website including the front-end of the Contact page. all my pages were .html. Now, following a tutorial online, i have added the php to the contact.html to have the contact from content sent to an email of my choosing, i have changed the file name from contact.html to contact.php and i have placed ALL the website files into MAMP's htdocs folder in my C drive in order to test. However, since switching to contact.php, i cannot view the page! Instead i receive an http error 500. Note that all the .html files render as they should.
No doubt somewhere along the line i have made a rudimentary mistake, but any assistance in clearing this problem is very much appreciated.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<?php
$message_sent = 'false';
if(isset($_POST['email']) && $_POST['email'] != ''){
if( filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) ){
$userName = $_POST['name'];
$userEmail = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$messageMark = $_POST['mark'];
$to = "[email protected]";
$body = "";
$body . "From: ".$userName. "\r\n";
$body .= "Email: ".userEmail. "\r\n";
$body .= "Message: ".$message. "\r\n";
$body .= "Marketing: ".$messageMark. "\r\n";
mail($to, $body);
$message_sent = true;
}
}
?>
<html lang="en">
<main>
<?php
if($message_sent):
?>
<h2>Thank you, we shall be in touch soon.</h2>
<?php
else:
?>
<section id="contact">
<div >
<div >
<h1 >Contact Us</h1>
<hr>
<div >
<div >
<form name="form" autocomplete="off" method="POST" action="contactus.php">
<label for="name" style="color: white;">Name:</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" required>
<label for="email" style="color: white;">Email: <span data-tooltip="Please enter your email address">?</span></label>
<input id="email" type="email" placeholder="e.g. name:example.com" name="email" required>
<div >
<textarea id="query" name="message" style="height: 250px; overflow-y: visible;"></textarea>
<label for="query" >Type your message here: <span data-tooltip="Type your message here">?</span></label>
</div>
<div >
<textarea id="query" name="mark" style="height: 100px;"></textarea>
<label for="query" >How did you hear about us?:<span data-tooltip="Just a few words on how you found our website and heard about our club">?</span></label>
</div>
<p>
<!--Instert recaptcha here? -->
</p>
<div >
<button type="submit" id="conbtn" >Send Now!</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
</main
CodePudding user response：
Instead . you have to use .= in this line: $body . "From: ".$userName. "\r\n";
CodePudding user response：
UPD: the main issue here is mail function.
Look at the docs: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
It requires 3 arguements:
string $to,
string $subject,
string $message
But in your code only 2 argements are passed: mail($to, $body);
typos:
You can look at highlighted code and see that $body .= "Email: ".userEmail. "\r\n"; looks different rather than it's neighbors.
userEmail lacks it's $ to be a variable :)
$message_sent = 'false'; => $message_sent = false;
$body . "From: ".$userName. "\r\n"; => $body .= "From: ".$userName. "\r\n";
CodePudding user response：
For the sake of clarity, here is the entirety of the code from my contact.php page which is producing an HTTP ERROR 500 response through MAMP:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<?php
$message_sent = false;
if(isset($_POST['email']) && $_POST['email'] != ''){
if( filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) ){
$userName = $_POST['name'];
$userEmail = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$messageMark = $_POST['mark'];
$to = "[email protected]";
$body = "";
$body .= "From: ".$userName. "\r\n";
$body .= "Email: ".$userEmail. "\r\n";
$body .= "Message: ".$message. "\r\n";
$body .= "Marketing: ".$messageMark. "\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $body):
$message_sent = true;
}
}
?>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="images/LMRCupsc-removebg2.png">
<link
href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js">
</script>
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Beau Rivage&display=swap"
rel="stylesheet">
<link href='//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Signika Negative:300,400,600'
rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="CSS/contact.css">
<title>Largs Model Boat Club | Contact Us</title>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<nav >
<div >
<h1>Largs Model Boat Club</h1>
<a href="index.html"><img src="images/LMRCupsc-
removebg2.png" alt="Largs Model Boat Club Logo" style="width:200px;"></a>
<ul >
<li >
<a href="gallery.html">Gallery</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="history.html">History</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="news.html">News & Events</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="aboutlargs.html">About Largs</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="contactus.php">Contact
Us</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</header>
<main>
<?php
if($message_sent):
?>
<h2>Thank you, we shall be in touch soon.</h2>
<?php
else:
?>
<section id="contact">
<div >
<div >
<h1 >Contact Us</h1>
<hr>
<div >
<div >
<form name="form" autocomplete="off" method="POST"
action="contactus.php">
<label for="name" style="color:
white;">Name:</label>
<input id="name" type="text"
name="name" required>
<label for="email" style="color:
white;">Email Address: <span data-tooltip="Please enter your
email address">?</span></label>
<input id="email" type="email"
placeholder="e.g. name:example.com" name="email" required>
<label for="subject" style="color:
white;">Subject:</label>
<input id="subject" type="text"
name="subject">
<div >
<textarea id="query" name="message"
style="height: 250px; overflow-y: visible;"></textarea>
<label for="query" >Type your message
here: <span data-tooltip="Type your message here">?</span>
</label>
</div>
<div >
<textarea id="query" name="mark"
style="height: 100px;"></textarea>
<label for="query" >How did you hear
about us?:<span data-tooltip="Just a few words on how you
found our website and heard about our club">?</span></label>
</div>
<p>
<!--Instert recaptcha here? -->
</p>
<div >
<button type="submit" id="conbtn" >Send Now!</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longship"><img
src="images/vikinggif.gif" id="vikinganim" alt="row, row, row your boat"
style="width: 300px; margin-left: 425px; margin-right: auto;"></a>
</main>
<div ></div>
<footer>
<p id="foot_statement">Largs Model Boat Club © 2022 | Designed & Developed
by <a href="https://www.eassonweb.com" id="weblink"> EassonWeb.com</a></p><br>
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_maritime_signal_flags"><img
src="images/LMBC_alphapng.png" id="LMBC_flags" style="width: 400px;"></a>
<div >
<ul id="footer-menu">
<li >
<a href="gallery.html">Gallery</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="history.html">History</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="news.html">News & Events</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="aboutlargs.html">About Largs</a>
</li>
<li >
<a href="index.html">Home</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</footer>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js" integrity="sha384-ka7Sk0Gln4gmtz2MlQnikT1wXgYsOg OMhuP IlRH9sENBO0LRn5q 8nbTov4 1p" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</body>
</html>