PHP mail to, help?

[weblover1984]

Hi,
I'm trying to find a solution to my php contact form. It seems I cannot get the form to send to my email address and I need some help please.

This is my contact form:-

<h3>Drop a line</h3>

<form action="#" id="contact_form">

<input type="text" id="name" value="Your name" />

<input type="email" id="email" value="Your e-mail" />

<div class="clearfix"></div>

<div class="textarea"><textarea cols="30" id="comment" rows="10"></textarea></div>

<input type="submit" value="Submit" />

<span class="status"></span>

</form>
<script src="js/script.js"></script>

and this is the php within script.js:-

/* Contact form */
$('#contact_form').submit(function () {
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: 'contact.php',
data: {
name: $('#contact_form input[type=text]').val(),
email: $("#contact_form input[type=email]").val(),
text: $("#contact_form textarea").val()
},
success: function(data) {
if ( data == 'sent' ) {
$('#contact_form .status').html('Your message is sent!');
} else if ( data == 'invalid' ) {
$('#contact_form .status').html('Your name, email or message is invalid.');
} else {
$('#contact_form .status').html('Your message could not be sent.');
}
},
error: function () {
$('#contact_form .status').html('Your message could not be sent.');
}
});
return false;
});

What do I need in contact.php in order to have the form information sent to my email address?

[goldensona]

http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_mail_mail.asp


refer this for mail function. just get your email address and pass that to the mail function

[weblover1984]

Contact.php:-

<?php
$to = "MY EMAIL ADDRESS HERE";
?>

It does not work, it displays "Your message could not be sent."
Sorry but PHP isn't my forte, any other ideas?

[goldensona]

did you use the same example like in w3 schools ?

[weblover1984]

Yea, but I don't need the rest such as:

subject = "My subject";
$txt = "Hello world!";
$headers = "From: webmaster@exam ple.com" . "\r\n" .
"CC: somebodyelse@exam ple.com";

etc, I only need a php with my email address.

[goldensona]

can you tell what you want to do? post your code so better to guide.

use the required field and try with that.

[weblover1984]

This seems to work:

<?php

// Enter your e-mail address.
$to = 'example@exam ple.com';

// Go to your-site.com/contact.php?test to send a testing email.
if ( isset($_GET['test']) ) {
mail($to, 'Message from contact form', 'It\'s working!', 'From: ' . $to . "\r\n");
die('Testing e-mail has been sent.');
}

function isValidEmail( $email = null )
{
return preg_match( "/^
[\d\w\/+!=#|$?%{^&}*`'~-]
[\d\w\/\.+!=#|$?%{^&}*`'~-]*@
[A-Z0-9]
[A-Z0-9.-]{0,61}
[A-Z0-9]\.
[A-Z]{2,6}$/ix", $email );
}

if ( !empty($_POST['name']) && isValidEmail($_POST['email']) && !empty($_POST['text'])) {

$message = $_POST['text'];
$headers = 'From: ' . $_POST['name'] . ' <' . $_POST['email'] . '>' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: ' . $_POST['email'];

if ( mail($to, 'Message from contact form', $message, $headers) ) echo 'sent';

} else {
echo 'invalid';
}

[weblover1984]

I need a action.php file for this:

<form action="action.php" method="post">
<input type="text" name="name" value="Name" class="placeholder" />
<input type="text" name="email" value="E-mail" class="placeholder" />
<textarea name="message" class="placeholder">Message</textarea>
<div class="status">email was sent<br/>successfully</div>
<div class="button mouse-events"><div>Send email</div></div>
</form>

Any ideas?