PHP form won't pass value to email anyone?

Question

For some odd reason, the business input value won't submit to the email... it's always blank.. can someone tell me what's wrong? Thank you!

<?php
// Check for empty fields
if(isset(empty($_POST['submit'])      ||
   empty($_POST['email'])     ||
   empty($_POST['phone'])     ||
   empty($_POST['business'])  ||
   empty($_POST['message'])   ||
   !filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
   {
   echo "No arguments Provided!";
   return false;
   }

$name = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']));
$email_address = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']));
$phone = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['phone']));
$business = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['business']));
$message = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']));

// Create the email and send the message
$to = 'somekoreanguy@gmail.com'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname@yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
$email_subject = "Website Contact Form:  $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message from your website contact form.\n\n"."Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nBusiness: $business\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: noreply@yourdomain.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply@yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";   
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
return true;         
?>

And here's my HTML:

<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate method="post">
                    <div class="row">
                        <div class="col-md-6">
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Name *" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
                                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                            </div>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Email *" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
                                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                            </div>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Phone *" id="phone" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
                                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                            </div>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Business Name *" id="business" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your business name.">
                                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                            </div>
                            <div class="col-md-6">
                                <div class="form-group">
                                    <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Your Message *" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message."></textarea>
                                    <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                                </div>
                            </div>
                        <div class="clearfix"></div>
                        <div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
                            <div id="success"></div>
                            <button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-xl">Send Message</button>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>

For some reason, when I put that "empty($_POST['business']) ||" in there, nothing comes in to the email. When I remove "type="text" from my business html section the email goes through but nothing as a value. it'll just say Business: and blank....

@nogad I don't see POST or GET on my form... =/ where can I find it? — Jason Han, Apr 06 '17 at 02:48
@mkaatman I don't see any error log... I tried attaching ini_set('display_errors', 1); ini_set('display_startup_errors', 1); error_reporting(E_ALL); to my code but nothing. I can't find PHP.ini file on my server to turn it on.. — Jason Han, Apr 06 '17 at 02:48
its get by default you need to set the action `action="POST"` — , Apr 06 '17 at 02:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '17 at 02:57

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you did not define method="post"

<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate>

so it will be like

<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate method="post">

give name for

<button type="submit" name ="submit" class="btn btn-xl">Send Message</button>

So your code will be

if(isset($_POST['submit']){
//set your code here
}

answered Apr 06 '17 at 02:57

Putra L Zendrato

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After doing what you posted it shows me a message saying that the mail service is not responding, please try later when I click the submit button. – Jason Han Apr 06 '17 at 03:07
I've updated the PHP and HTML code now to your changes. – Jason Han Apr 06 '17 at 03:11
The submit code is working now, the another problem is in your PHP mail code, I recommend you can use email plugin to handle your mail services PHP mailer - https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer – Putra L Zendrato Apr 06 '17 at 03:24
I'm still learning PHP and when I see a plugin, it doesn't process fully to me yet so when I learn a bit more I'll look into the plugins. Thank you. – Jason Han Apr 07 '17 at 05:25

Abed Putra · Answer 2 · 2017-04-10T01:57:03.957

It's always blank, because no name="" in your input form, name="" to reference form data after a form is submitted. Add name="" to your input like this..

<?php
// Check for empty fields
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
if(trim($_POST['email'])== ''  || trim($_POST['phone'])== ''   || trim($_POST['business'])== ''  || trim($_POST['message'])== ''  || !filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
echo "No arguments Provided!";
}else{
$name = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']));
$email_address = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']));
$phone = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['phone']));
$business = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['business']));
$message = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']));

// Create the email and send the message
$to = 'somekoreanguy@gmail.com'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname@yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
$email_subject = "Website Contact Form:  $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message from your website contact form.\n\n"."Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nBusiness: $business\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: noreply@yourdomain.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply@yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";   
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>     
<body>
    <form name="contactForm" novalidate method="POST">
    <div class="row">
        <div class="col-md-6">
            <div class="form-group">
                <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Name *" name="name" id="name" data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name." required>
                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Email *" name="email" id="email" data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address." required>
                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Phone *" name="phone" id="phone" data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number." required>
                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
            </div>
            <div class="form-group">
                <input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Business Name *" name="business" id="business" data-validation-required-message="Please enter your business name." required>
                <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
            </div>
            <div class="col-md-6">
                <div class="form-group">
                    <textarea class="form-control" placeholder="Your Message *" name="message" id="message" data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message." required></textarea>
                    <p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
                </div>
            </div>
        <div class="clearfix"></div>
        <div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
            <div name="success"></div>
            <button type="submit" name ="submit" class="btn btn-xl">Send Message</button>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Thank you but may I ask a question? what made you change the ID's to name? I would like to know the reason behind the decision you've made? Im still learning PHP.. Thank you! — Jason Han, Apr 07 '17 at 05:24
Also, is it okay to give two names at the very top? sentMessage and contactForm? — Jason Han, Apr 07 '17 at 05:59
After the changes, nothing happens when I press the submit button =/ — Jason Han, Apr 07 '17 at 15:42
You can use both id and name. for more information about id and nama : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7470268/html-input-name-vs-id — Abed Putra, Apr 10 '17 at 00:12

PHP form won't pass value to email anyone?

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