HTML form is not sending data using POST?-CodePudding

Below is the PHP code I deleted some of the PHP mailer code because stack overflow refused to allow me to submit the code saying the code was too long and that I needed more explanation for the problem at hand.

<?php             
    if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
        $mail->addAddress($_POST['email']);
        // $mail->addReplyTo($_POST['email'], $_POST['name']);
        $mail->isHTML(true);    
        $mail->Subject = $_POST['subject'];
        $mail->Body = $_POST['message'];
        $mail->addAttachment($_POST['attachment']);
        try {
            $mail->send();
            echo 'Your message was sent successfully!';
        } catch (Exception $e) {
            echo "Your message could not be sent! PHPMailer Error: {$mail->ErrorInfo}";
        }
    } 
    else {
        echo "There is a problem with the contact.html document!";
    }
?>

Below is the HTML form. I have tried submitting the form data to be processed by the PHP code but it refuses to be submitted. I have posted the PHP code above and the HTML code below.

<form method="POST" role="form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <div class="row">
    <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
      <input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email">
    </div>
    <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
      <input type="text" class="form-control" name="subject" id="subject">
    </div>
    <div class="mb-3">
      <textarea class="form-control" rows="5" name="message" id="message"></textarea>
    </div>
    <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
      <input type="file" class="form-control" name="attachment" id="attachment">
    </div>
  </div>
</form>
<button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send mail</button>

CodePudding user response：

You have to add submit button under form tag.

<form method="POST" role="form" enctype="multipart/form-data">
          <div class="row">
            <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
              <input type="email" class="form-control" name="email" id="email">
            </div>
            <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
              <input type="text" class="form-control" name="subject" id="subject">
            </div>
            <div class="mb-3">
              <textarea class="form-control" rows="5" name="message" id="message"></textarea>
            </div>
            <div class=" col-md-6 mb-3">
              <input type="file" class="form-control" name="attachment" id="attachment">
            </div>
          </div>
<button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send mail</button>
        </form>

Thanks

CodePudding user response：

Your submit button is not inside the form tag.. That is the issue Please put the submit button inside the form tag. before the closing tag

CodePudding user response：

You should keep the submit button inside form tags.

<form><button name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send mail</button></form>