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Stefan Bee
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July 19, 2017
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Problem PHP-Mailscript - mail arrives, but no content...

  • July 19, 2017
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Hi everyone,

for a contact form i have these two pages and code:

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contact.html:

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(...)

  <div class="row">

    <div class="text-justify col-sm-12">

        <form action="sendmail_test-2017-07-15.php" method="POST"  class="form-horizontal">   

           <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="inputfirstname"  class="control-label col-sm-2">First Name</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

            <input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  id="inputfirstname"  placeholder="Put in your First Name--here">

        </div>

    </div>

    <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="inputlastname"  class="control-label col-sm-2">Last Name</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

            <input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  id="inputlastname"  placeholder="Put in your Last Name">

        </div>

    </div>

  

    <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="inputsendermail"  class="control-label col-sm-2">e-mail</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

            <input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  id="inputsendermail"  placeholder="Put in your e-mail-address">

         </div>

    </div>  

   

    <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="inputcontactnumber"  class="control-label col-sm-2">Contact #</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

             <input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  id="inputcontactnumber"  placeholder="Put in your Contact Number">

        </div>

    </div>    

    <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="inputsubject"  class="control-label col-sm-2">Subject</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

             <input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  id="inputsubject"  placeholder="Put in your Subject">

        </div>

    </div> 

  

    <div  class="form-group">

        <label  for="message"  class="control-label col-sm-2">Message</label>

        <div  class="col-sm-10">

              <textarea rows="3" required class="form-control"  id="message" placeholder="Put in your Message"></textarea>

        </div>

    </div>

  

    <div class="form-group">

        <div class="col-sm-offset-2 col-sm-10">

            <!--  Du  Zuweisung  class="btn  btn-primary  macht  aus  der  Schaltflaeche  einen  schoenen  blauen  Button  --> 

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

        </div>

    </div>

</form>   

    </div>

<hr>

 

</div>

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sendmail_test-2017-07-15.php

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<?php

/* === Daten aus dem Formular auslesen und in Variablen speichern === */

  $vorname = $_POST&#91;'inputfirstname'&#93;;

  $nachname = $_POST&#91;'inputlastname'&#93;;

  $email = $_POST&#91;'inputsendermail'&#93;;

  $betreff = $_POST&#91;'inputsubject'&#93;;

  $nachricht = $_POST&#91;'message'&#93;;

  $name = $vorname.' '.$nachname;

/* === Empfängeradresse und Betreff === */

  $an = 'mail@stefan-bee.de'; //Hier Ihre E-Mail-Adresse eintragen

  $betreff = "Kontaktformularnachricht | $betreff | $name ";

{mail($an, $betreff, $nachricht, 'From:' . $email); //Mail versenden

      echo 'Ihre Kontaktnachricht wurde zugestellt. Sie werden bald möglichst eine Antwort erhalten.';

    }

?>

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Both files are saved in the same directory.

The E-Mail arrives, and the fixed parameters ("an" / "betreff") are okay - but the problem is: the variables won't arrive - means: no name, no sender-email, no message ("nachricht").

What is wrong with the script?

Thank you very much in advance!

Stefan

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Correct answer osgood_

First thing I can see is you have no name="" attributes in your form input tags (see in red below). php requires those to get the value from the form field.

<input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  name="inputfirstname" id="inputfirstname"  placeholder="Put in your First Name--here">

$vorname = $_POST['inputfirstname'];

PHP form processing script :

<?php

//get information from form fields

$vorname = $_POST['inputfirstname'];

$nachname = $_POST['inputlastname'];

$email = $_POST['inputsendermail'];

$betreff = $_POST['inputsubject'];

$nachricht = $_POST['message'];

//to email address/from email address and email subject

$an = "recipient_email_address.com';// change to email address you want information sent to

$email_from = 'your_server@yourdomain.com';// change to show email comes from your server

$email_subject = "Message from your website";

// You then need to build your email 'message'

$email_body = "You have received a new message.\n";

$email_body .= "First Name: $vorname\n";

$email_body .= "Last Name: $nachname\n";

$email_body .= "Email: $email\n";

$email_body .= "Message: $nachricht\n";

// additional headers

$headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";

$headers .= "Reply-To: $email \r\n";

//send the email

mail($an, $email_subject, $email_body, $headers);

?>

You should make a validation check on the supplied email at least. This is just an example of a basic form processing script.

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Stefan BeeAuthor
Participating Frequently
July 22, 2017

hey all, thank you for your great help!! I'll try to test it and give you further feedback asap.

Nancy OShea
Community Expert
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July 20, 2017

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osgood_Correct answer
Legend
July 19, 2017

First thing I can see is you have no name="" attributes in your form input tags (see in red below). php requires those to get the value from the form field.

<input  type="text" required  class="form-control"  name="inputfirstname" id="inputfirstname"  placeholder="Put in your First Name--here">

$vorname = $_POST['inputfirstname'];

PHP form processing script :

<?php

//get information from form fields

$vorname = $_POST['inputfirstname'];

$nachname = $_POST['inputlastname'];

$email = $_POST['inputsendermail'];

$betreff = $_POST['inputsubject'];

$nachricht = $_POST['message'];

//to email address/from email address and email subject

$an = "recipient_email_address.com';// change to email address you want information sent to

$email_from = 'your_server@yourdomain.com';// change to show email comes from your server

$email_subject = "Message from your website";

// You then need to build your email 'message'

$email_body = "You have received a new message.\n";

$email_body .= "First Name: $vorname\n";

$email_body .= "Last Name: $nachname\n";

$email_body .= "Email: $email\n";

$email_body .= "Message: $nachricht\n";

// additional headers

$headers = "From: $email_from \r\n";

$headers .= "Reply-To: $email \r\n";

//send the email

mail($an, $email_subject, $email_body, $headers);

?>

You should make a validation check on the supplied email at least. This is just an example of a basic form processing script.

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