Receive email through Gmail & php file

Question

Afternoon all, I am pulling my hair out over something that can only be a silly mistake but so silly i cant track it down. I receive no contact forms in my email of which i use Gmail. At present i am testing it on this page here http://www.theremotedoctor.co.uk/accbmw.html?scrollto=selection And on this item for sale on the right Virgin Chip ID44 Form is then shown on screen,customer completes & submits form. They are then taken to my thank-you page BUT i never receive email.

Here is my php code.

<?php

if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
    // EDIT THE 2 LINES BELOW AS REQUIRED
    $email_to = "*********gmail.com";
    $email_subject = "DR CONTACT FORM";

    function died($error) {
        // your error code can go here
        echo "We are very sorry, but there were error(s) found with the form you submitted. ";
        echo "These errors appear below.<br><br>";
        echo $error."<br><br>";
        echo "Please go back and fix these errors.<br><br>";
        die();

    }

    // validation expected data exists

    if(!isset($_POST['first_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['last_name']) ||
        !isset($_POST['email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['telephone']) ||
        !isset($_POST['post_code']) ||
        !isset($_POST['delivery_destination']) ||
        !isset($_POST['paypal_email']) ||
        !isset($_POST['part_number']) ||
        !isset($_POST['image_address']) ||
        !isset($_POST['comments'])) {
        died('We are sorry, but there appears to be a problem with the form you submitted.');       
    }

    $first_name = strtoupper($_POST['first_name']); // required
    $last_name = strtoupper($_POST['last_name']); // required
    $email_from = $_POST['email']; // required
    $telephone = strtoupper($_POST['telephone']); // not required
    $post_code = strtoupper($_POST['post_code']); //not required
    $delivery_destination = strtoupper($_POST['delivery_destination']); // required
    $paypal_email = $_POST['paypal_email']; //required
    $part_number = strtoupper($_POST['part_number']); //hidden
    $image_address = $_POST['image_address']; //hidden
    $comments = strtoupper($_POST['comments']); // required
    $error_message = "";
    $email_exp = '/^[A-Za-z0-9._%-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/';

  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br>';
  }
  if(!preg_match($email_exp,$paypal_email)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Paypal Email Address you entered does not appear to be valid.<br>';
  }

    $string_exp = "/^[A-Za-z .'-]+$/";

  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The First Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br>';
  }

  if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
    $error_message .= 'The Last Name you entered does not appear to be valid.<br>';
  }

  if(strlen($comments) < 2) {
    $error_message .= 'The Comments you entered do not appear to be valid.<br>';
  }

  if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
    died($error_message);
  }

   // $email_message = "FORM DETAILS BELOW.\n\n";
    function clean_string($string) {
      $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
      return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
    }

    $email_message .= '<html><body>';  
    $email_message .= '<table rules="all"  border="1"  cellpadding="10" style="width: 560px; margin: auto; border-collapse: collapse;">';
    $email_message .= '<tr><th colspan="2">FORM DETAILS</th</tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>FIRST NAME:</b> </td><td><b>' . clean_string($first_name) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>LAST NAME:</b> </td><td><b>' . clean_string($last_name) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>EMAIL:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($email_from) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>TELEPHONE:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($telephone) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>POST CODE:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($post_code) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>DELIVERY DESTINATION:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($delivery_destination) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>PAYPAL EMAIL:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($paypal_email) . '<b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>PART NUMBER:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($part_number) . '</b></td></tr>';
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>IMAGE ADDRESS FOR:</b></td><td><b><a href="' . $image_address . '" >' . clean_string($part_number) . ' IMAGE</a></b></td></tr>';    
    $email_message .= '<tr><td style="background-color: #eeeeee"><b>COMMENTS:</b></td><td><b>' . clean_string($comments) . '</b></td></tr>';        
    $email_message .= '</table>';  
    $email_message .= '</body></html>'; 

   // create email headers
   $headers = 'From: '.$email_from."\n".
   'Reply-To: '.$email_from."\n" .
   'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
   $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
   $headers .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1\n";//ISO-8859-1

   @mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers); 

   header('Location: http://www.theremotedoctor.co.uk/thank_you_page.html'); 
?>


<?php
}
?>

Please can you advise if you see anything wrong. Many Thanks.

Most likely your messages are filtered as SPAM. You'd have to check your http servers error log file. — arkascha, Feb 19 '17 at 15:11
Have you tested the mailer with a minimal test email? You are suppressing errors with @. How about checking for an error and letting us know. I always use https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer — mickmackusa, Feb 19 '17 at 15:14

Coffee coder · Answer 1 · 2017-02-19T18:37:51.347

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Try using PHP mail function

Your code will look like this:

replace this:

@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

with this:

mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

In gmail create a filter to filter all emails with the subject "DR CONTACT FORM" that will ensure that your email doesn't go to spam.

How to create filters:

In gmail go to settings > Filters and Blocked Addresses > Create new filter > leave all fields blank except for subject which you must add DR CONTACT FORM then click create new filter with this search (bottom left corner) and then click check box that says never send to spam > create filter and you're done!

edited Feb 19 '17 at 18:37

answered Feb 19 '17 at 15:11

Coffee coder

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abc is hard let alone this php as im doing this 3rd hand. You say SPAM is that before i even see it in my email or its sent to me but then spammed ? – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 18:14
sent to you but gmail puts in spam box.. did you try the using mail() ? – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 18:20
I will be honest mate this is all new to me so unable to follow however easy this might be – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 18:28
I understand I will edited my answer – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 18:31
Hi, Ive changed the code in the php as advise,ive completed and sent the form.Give it a few minutes now to see if i receive anything.Thanks for your input. – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 18:39
Hi, Okay cool, you're welcome. – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 18:42
Hi, Nothing at all received – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 18:47
could you open your error log please(in cpanel in the same directory there will be a file error_log) open and see whats the last error logged, also in the console is there any error ? – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 18:51
Ive had to look up cpanel etc as im new to this. I found on my remote site cpanel but nothing about error log at all just caches,datastore,nvdata, etc.I am also getting message on here about extended discussions,can i email you ? – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 18:59
inside file manager where the actual files for your website is located. – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 19:00
That is where i got that info,Filezilla,cpanel on my remote site – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 19:03
yes inside filzilla where you see the list of all the file you uploaded do you see an error_log file ? also check when you are submitting form keep your console open and see for any errors – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 19:15
In filezilla i see the cpanel folder,i have been through every folder within it but there is nothing like error file at all – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 19:21
Just saw now that $email_message is not defined, on the first one remove the . – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 19:38
Please advise line number or code that im looking for,then what i should do to it – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 19:51
this one: $email_message .= ''; – Coffee coder Feb 19 '17 at 19:53
ok but now do what with it – user3169014 Feb 19 '17 at 19:55
change to this: $email_message = ''; also go and enable errors so you can see what error you get on the page: http://stackoverflow.com/a/21429652/4285276 – Coffee coder Feb 20 '17 at 05:49

Receive email through Gmail & php file

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