Why doesn't my form work ?

[certificates]

Well it works partially in that the form comes through, but the form is always blank. What have I done wrong.

Extract from HTML

<ul class="opendays">
 <li>
 <p><strong>Change of Peronal Details</strong></p>
 </li>
 </ul>




        <form action="send_contact.php" method="post">
        <ul class="opendays">
    
                  <li> <p>Your Name <required>*</required></p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                    
                  <li><p>Your Email <required>*</required></p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                    
                  <li><p>With Effect From <required>*</required></p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Telephone No </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                                        
                  <li><p>Mobile Number </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Adress Line 1 </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Adress Line 2 </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Adress Line 3 </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Adress Line 4 </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
                  
                  <li><p>Adress Line 5 </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>
            
                  <li><p>&nbsp</p><p><button type="submit" class="button">Submit</button></p></li>
                  </ul>
                  <br> <required> * (indicates that the information is required)
                                </form>

Extract from PHP

<?php

// Contact subject
 $subject ="$Contact Form"; 

// Details
 $message="$detail"; 


// Mail of sender
 $mail_from="$customer_mail"; 

// From 
$header="from: $detail <$mail_from>"; 


// Enter your email address
 $to ='antonylambert@c5d.co.uk'; 

$send_contact=mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);


 // Check, if message sent to your email 
// display message "We've recived your information"
 if($send_contact){
 echo "Thanks for sending this change of details. I shall update our records right away.";
 }
 else {
 echo "ERROR";
 }
 ?>

Please answer in words of one syllable please

Antony

[Rubble]

148 posts and you are not putting your code in code and php tags

How is the php code supposed to know what the telephone number is for example? There is no name set.

<li><p>Telephone No </p><p><input type="text" name="telephone"></p></li>

In the php page you need:

$telephone = $_POST['telephone']; 

There are other things I would change/improve but try this first.

[certificates]

Thanks, but where do I need it ?

I'm sorry but this is all new to me and I can't crack it. 148 posts and 2 relating to PHP

I've spent most of the day looking at web pages and a book, but just can't get it.

All I want is a simple change of address form !

Thanks

Antony

[Rubble]

The name is the variable used in the php section so all your fields in your form need a name.

For example:

<li><p>Telephone No </p><p><input type="text"></p></li>

Becomes

HTML Code:
<li><p>Telephone No </p><p><input type="text" name="telephone"></p></li>

The variable needs to be set on the php page and depending on the php version there are different options but I think this is the current method:

$telephone = $_POST['telephone']; 

The variable $telephone now contains the value from the telephone field in your form.

Then in your email you need to add all these variables together and add to your email.

It may be worth your while finding a form and modifying it to your needs; this is one I have used in the past:
Contact form

[certificates]

The thing I can't grasp is where do I put that $telephone = $_POST['telephone'];

I appreciate that you must think me stupid but I know nothing of PHP.

I want a simple contact form and was hoping to be able to do one myself. I think I shall have to stick with Jot-Form

Antony

[Rubble]

A simple email form without any error reporting or user input validation - you should add those when you get your form working. I always start simple and build on it as you can find any errors/problems as you go.you have.

This should show you where the different parts go. All on one page for the form and the php code.

<?php
// ********* If the Submit button was clicked do this.
if (!empty($_POST['Submit'])) {

// Put your post variables into varaibles
$email = $_POST['email'];
$name = $_POST['name'];

// Joins all the variables into one    
$message   = "email: $email \n";
$message  .= "Name: $name \n";

// Settings for sending the email
$headers   = "From: Email from website \n";
$headers  .= "Reply-To: $email";

mail( 'your_email_address','Email from website',$message,$headers );

exit( "<br /><center><h2>Email sent<br /><br /><br />Thank you for your email I will reply as soon as I can.<br /><br />Anthony<br /></h2><br /><br /><a href=\"index.php\">Return to the website index page</a></center>");
    }

// ***** Otherwise do this
echo "<h2> Please use this form to contact us</h2><br />";
?>

<form method="post" action="<?= $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" >

<p><input name="email" type="text" id="email" ><span class="required"> ( Required )</span></p>

<p><input name="name" type="text" id="name" ><span class="required"> ( Required )</span></p>

<p><input class="submitbutton" type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit" /></p>
</form>

I appreciate that you must think me stupid but I know nothing of PHP.

Sorry