php index problems, doens't send email

Question

so I'm making a website for a customer and he wants me to make a contact us page, now I'm trying to make it say in the email message: "You have been contacted by $name $name2 and his email is $from. \n The message he wanted to say was in the subject of $message and the message is $message2" help?

my html code:

<form action="contactus.php" method="post">
<div  class="form-group">
    <label for="Subject">Subject*</label>
    <input name="subject" class="form-control" id="subject1" placeholder="Subject">
</div>
<label for="sabject">Why do you want to contact us?</label>
    <br>
    <select name="select">

        <option value="General Inquiry">General Inquiry</option>
        <option value="hampion Guide Request">Champion Guide Request</option>
        <option value="League of Legends Show(s) Request">League of Legends Show(s) Request</option>
        <option value="Podcast - League of Legends">Podcast - League of Legends</option>
    </select>
    <label for="fname">First Name*</label>
    <input type="text" name="firstname" class="form-control" id="namef" placeholder="First Name">

    <label for="lname">Last Name</label>
    <input type="text" name="lastname" class="form-control" id="namel" placeholder="Last Name">
    <label for="email_adress">Email Adress*</label>
    <input type="email" name="email_adress" class="form-control" id="email_adress" placeholder="Email Adress">
    <label for="message">Message*</label>
    <input name="message2" class="form-control" id="message" placeholder="message">
    <input style="margin-top: 50px;" value="Send Form" name="submit" type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>

php:

    <html>
    <head>
        <title> PHP script</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <?php
        $to ="sudaiguy1@gmail.com";
        $from = isset($_POST['email_adress']) ? $_POST['email_adress'] : '';
        $email_subject = isset($_POST['subject']) ? $_POST['subject'] : '';
        $message = isset($_POST['select']) ? $_POST['select'] : '';
        $message2 = isset($_POST['message2']) ? $_POST['message2'] : '';
        $name = isset($_POST['firstname']) ? $_POST['firstname'] : '';
        if (empty($name)||empty($from))
        {
            echo "Name and email are mandatory!";
            exit;
        }
        elseif (empty($email_subject)||empty($message)) {
            echo "Your email or subject are blank, please write something in them";
            exit;
       }
       elseif (empty($name)||empty($message2)) {
          echo "Your name or message are empty";
         exit;
       }
       $name2 = isset($_POST['lastname']) ? $_POST['lastname'] : '';
       $email_from = "sudaiguy1@gmail.com";
       $body = $_POST['You have been contacted by $name $name2 and his email is $from. \n The message he wanted to say was in the subject of $message and the message is $message2'];
       $headers = "From: $body";
       mail($to , $email_subject , $body ,$headers);
       ?>
       </body>
       </html>

My problem is that it says unidentified variables index or something like that

Could you provide us with your PHP? It would help to see how you are obtaining the form values — Daniel_ZA, Nov 30 '16 at 14:25
yea it said I didn't indent properly so I had to re-indent sry — guy, Nov 30 '16 at 14:26
added the php script BTW im using the xampp localhost thingie — guy, Nov 30 '16 at 14:26
`$body = $_POST['You have been contacted by....`, why is that wrapped in a `$_POST`? — Qirel, Nov 30 '16 at 14:29
Should just be `$body = 'You have....';` (as a string). And if you're on localhost, did you install a mailserver? — Qirel, Nov 30 '16 at 14:30
I used xampp's one, but can I make something that will check if it was sent? — guy, Nov 30 '16 at 14:32
`$_POST['You have...']` yeah, that's invalid, as is this `$headers = "From: $body";` Mail expects an email, not a message body as a `From`. — Funk Forty Niner, Nov 30 '16 at 14:33
I'm still not getting the email. im not sure if I actually have the "webserver" I followed a guide on youtube and it worked for him, do you want me to send it? maybe it's outdated idk — guy, Nov 30 '16 at 14:37

Daniel_ZA · Answer 1 · 2016-11-30T16:21:05.197

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The undefined index comes from $body = $_POST['You have be..]

Try this for $body:

$body = 'You have been contacted by ' . $name . ' ' . $name2 . ', and his email is ' . $from . 'The message he wanted to say was in the subject of' .  $message . ' and the message is ' . $message2;

edited Nov 30 '16 at 16:21

answered Nov 30 '16 at 14:34

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