Question
I have two problems with the following code. Firstly, my PHP script is not being called when Submit is clicked. Secondly, how do I pass the selected "Option" from the drop down menu to the mail function as the "from" parameter for the PHPMailer?
Thanks!
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23638377
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Russian <?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "STMP.BLAH.EDU"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = $email;
$mail->AddAddress("TEST.TEST.EDU"); //HOW TO TAKE OPTION FROM DROP DOWN?
$mail->Subject = $text;
$mail->Body = $message;
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Submit a New Request</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="styles.css" >
</head>
<body>
<form class="contact_form" action="" method="post" name="contact_form">
<ul>
<li>
<h2>Submit a New Request</h2>
<span class="required_notification">* Required</span>
</li>
<li>
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="student@iastate.com" required />
<span class="form_hint">Enter a valid e-mail address.</span>
</li>
<li>
<label for="name">Subject:</label>
<input type="text" required />
</li>
</li>
<li>
<label for="name">Contact:</label>
<select>
<option value="OPTION1">OP1</option>
<option value="OPTION1">OP2</option>
</select>
</li>
<li>
<label for="message">Body:</label>
<textarea name="message" cols="30" rows="6" required ></textarea>
</li>
<li>
<button class="submit" type="submit">Submit!</button>
</li>
</ul>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Solution
You're not naming any of your elements to PHP doesn't know what to do with it.
For your submit button:
<button class="submit" name="submit" type="submit">Submit!</button>
For other things you need to go into the tag and add the name to it like I did above there.
If I did this with a name "test1":
<input type="text" name="test1" />
and sent it, like you're doing through POST, it could be read in PHP as:
$_POST['test1']
OTHER TIPS
Change your button to input so your form will be submit, check this documentation
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit!" class="submit">
And your select is also not proper, name is always important,
<select name="option">
<option value="OPTION1">OP1</option>
<option value="OPTION1">OP2</option>
</select>
take it to $_POST['option']
<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
require("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host = "STMP.BLAH.EDU"; // SMTP server
$mail->From = $email; // ??
$mail->AddAddress($_POST['contact']); //HOW TO TAKE OPTION FROM DROP DOWN?
$mail->Subject = $_POST['subject'];
$mail->Body = $_POST['message'];
$mail->WordWrap = 50;
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo 'Mailer error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
echo 'Message has been sent.';
}
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Submit a New Request</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="styles.css" >
</head>
<body>
<form class="contact_form" action="" method="post" name="contact_form">
<ul>
<li>
<h2>Submit a New Request</h2>
<span class="required_notification">* Required</span>
</li>
<li>
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" name="email" placeholder="student@iastate.com" required />
<span class="form_hint">Enter a valid e-mail address.</span>
</li>
<li>
<label for="subject">Subject:</label>
<input type="text" required name="subject" id="subject" />
</li>
</li>
<li>
<label for="contact">Contact:</label>
<select name="contact" id="contact">
<option value="OPTION1">OP1</option>
<option value="OPTION1">OP2</option>
</select>
</li>
<li>
<label for="message">Body:</label>
<textarea name="message" cols="30" rows="6" required ></textarea>
</li>
<li>
<button class="submit" type="submit" name="submit">Submit!</button>
</li>
</ul>
</form>
</body>
</html>
