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PHP Build a Simple PHP Application Adding a Contact Form Checking the Request Method

Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points
Posted by Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points

can't get the contact-thankyou.php page to show up after clicking the button. I am working on a server.

This is my code

<?php
if($_SERVER[“REQUEST_METHOD”] == "POST"){
$name = $_POST["name"];
$email = $_POST["email"];
$message = $_POST["message"];
$email_body = "";
$email_body =$email_body .  "Name: ".$name . "<br>";
$email_body =$email_body. "Email: ".$email . "<br>";
$email_body=$email_body."Message: ".$message;

//todo- send email

header("Location: contact-thankyou.php");
exit; 
}
?>
<form method="post" action="contact.php">
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points
Colin Marshall
Colin Marshall
32,861 Points

I fixed your code so it displays properly on the forum. Please read the Markdown Cheatsheet for instructions on how to post your code on the forum. You can also edit your original post to see what I did to fix it. Cheers!

Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points
Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points

thank you Colin. I didn't know how to format the post.

1 Answer

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Not sure if this is your specific issue but want to throw out a common problem with using php's header function:

NOTHING can be printed to the page before you call the header function. If you have a blank line or even just a space before your opening php tag, the header will fail.

You also have the wrong kind of quotes around REQUEST_METHOD (”), should be ("). It shows a syntax error in sublime so that might be an issue.

Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points
Kim Gee
Kim Gee
3,841 Points

Thank you Jeff. It is working now.