Contact Form text area is limiting and the form wont center

[REELHERO]

Finally trying my hand at a contact form -

https://pitchlab.net/contact/

before I dive into server side I need to make sure it works properly and there are two issues- minor but annoying:

first issue is the textarea for "Message" is behaving like an input in that it is limiting the width you can type.. a text area should allow you to type all the way across..

and finally-

the form div wont center - I used a parent container flexbox for the columns and a div wrapping the  form and it wont center.. 

my parent:

.contact_flex_container {
width:100%;
height:100%;
display: flex;
justify-content:center;
align-items: center;
padding-top: 10vh;
}

my form div:

.form_container{
justify-content: center;
}

any help would be appreciated!

[REELHERO]

ok I did it from scratch and created a log:

// Log suspicious activity
$logFile = '../attempts.log';
function logAttempt($reason) {
global $logFile;
$entry = date('Y-m-d H:i:s') . " - IP: " . $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] . " - Reason: $reason\n";
file_put_contents($logFile, $entry, FILE_APPEND);
}

So i will assume it will create a log file on my server in the "connect" aka my contact form folder?

[L e n a]

Exactly, in fact, a file named “attempts.log” will be created in a folder above the folder containing the PHP file with the code fragment :

// Log suspicious activity

If you want to place the log in the same folder, then remove ../ from the declaration

$logFile = "attempts.log";

Then make fraudulent attempts, or regularly monitor this file via FTP, it will tell you what happened on the server when your form was unexpectedly filled out, when and how.

If you still receive spam, it means that the traps are not working, at least through the flaw that will then be exploited and will need to be corrected.

[REELHERO]

Great.. I tested it w a fruadlent attempts and it it didnt submite and shows in the attemps log..

fingers crossed!

[L e n a]

Great.. I tested it w a fruadlent attempts and it it didnt submite and shows in the attemps log..

fingers crossed!

By @REELHERO

So it should work as expected... unless a robot or competitor has selected you and is trying to really spam you... :)

Just monitor your email and check your log from time to time...

However, if your log becomes verbose, you will need to take the necessary measures. For now, just keep an eye on it, and keep us informed 🙂

[REELHERO]

will do!