Need help with a bug in my contact form

PHP
1

Hi,

I updated a small form to add a little spam security. I have tried to implement a simple math question but I am getting loads of php errors, I’ve made mistakes somewhere but cant see where.

I now get bugs when I open the page in localhost. Any help would be much appreciated.

		<?php
            $name = $_POST['name'];
            $email = $_POST['email'];
            $company = $_POST['company'];
	   $phone = $_POST['phone'];
	   $message = $_POST['message'];
			
            $to = 'me@mydomain.com'; 
            $subject = 'User Mail';
            $human = $_POST['human'];
                    
            $body = "From: $name\
 
					 E-Mail: $email\
 
					 Company: $company\
 
					 Phone: $phone\
 
					 Message:\
 $message";
            
            $headers = "From: Website Visitor <someone_from@yourwebsite.com>";
        
                        
        if ($_POST['submit']) {
            if ($name != '' && $email != '' && $company != '' && $phone != '' && $message != '') {
                if ($human == '10') {				 
                    if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) { 
                    echo '<h2>Your message has been sent! :) We will get back to you very soon.</h2>';
                } else { 
                    echo '<h2>Something went wrong. Please try again.</h2>'; 
                } 
            } else if ($_POST['submit'] && $human != '10') {
                echo '<h2>You answered the anti-spam question incorrectly. Please try again.</h2>';
            }
            } else {
                echo '<h2>You need to fill in all the fields.  </h2>';
            }
        }
        
        ?>

   

   <form method="post" action="enquiry_form.php">
                  
              <div class="form_left">
                  <p>Name:<br>
                  <input type="text" name="name" size="24" autofocus="true" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
              </div>
         
         
               <div class="form_right">
                  <p>Email:<br>
                  <input type="email" name="email" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
              </div>
              
          
             
              <div class="form_left">
                  <p>Company Name:<br />
                  <input type="text" name="company" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
             </div>
         
         
               <div class="form_right">
                   <p>Phone Number:<br />
                  <input type="text" name="phone" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
              </div>
            
        
             <div class="form_left">
                    <p>Your Message:<br />
                     <textarea rows="6" name="message" cols="55" placeholder="Type Here" required="true"></textarea></p>
            
             </div>
             
             
              <div class="form_left">
                    <p>What is 7 + 3 (Anti Spam):<br />
                     <input type="text" name="human" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
             </div>
             
             
            
              <div class="send_callback">
              <p class="submit"><input type="submit" value="Send" name="submit" /></p>
             </div>


</form>
2

I was testing this in local host! Hmm.

I put it live and it seems to work no problem at all.

Do these forms not perform in localhost?

3

Mails are sent via mail server. If you local host did not set up one most likely it will not work.

I made some changes to your form where the form does not require re-input all the entries:

<?php
   $name = $_POST['name'];
   $email = $_POST['email'];
   $company = $_POST['company'];
   $phone = $_POST['phone'];
   $message = $_POST['message'];
			
   $to = 'me@mydomain.com';
   $subject = 'User Mail';
   $human = $_POST['human'];

   $body = "From: $name\
".
	     "E-Mail: $email\
".
	     "Company: $company\
".
	     "Phone: $phone\
".
	     "Message:\
 $message";

   $headers = "From: Website Visitor <someone_from@yourwebsite.com>";


   if ($_POST['submit'])
   {
	   if ($name != '' && $email != '' && $company != '' && $phone != '' && $message != '') {
		   if ($human == '10') {				
			   if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
				   echo '<h2>Your message has been sent! :) We will get back to you very soon.</h2>';
				   exit;
			   } else {
				   echo '<h2>Something went wrong. Please try again.</h2>';
			   }
		   } else if ($_POST['submit'] && $human != '10') {
			   echo '<h2>You answered the anti-spam question incorrectly. Please try again.</h2>';
		   }
	   } else {
		   echo '<h2>You need to fill in all the fields.  </h2>';
	   }
   }


echo '
<form method="post" action="enquiry_form.php">
   <div class="form_left">
      <p>Name:<br>
	 <input type="text" name="name" size="24" autofocus="true" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" value="'.$name.'"/></p>
   </div>
   <div class="form_right">
      <p>Email:<br>
	 <input type="email" name="email" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" value="'.$email.'" /></p>
   </div>
   <div class="form_left">
      <p>Company Name:<br />
	 <input type="text" name="company" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" value="'.$company.'" /></p>
   </div>
   <div class="form_right">
      <p>Phone Number:<br />
	 <input type="text" name="phone" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" value="'.$message.'" /></p>
   </div>
   <div class="form_left">
      <p>Your Message:<br />
	 <textarea rows="6" name="message" cols="55" placeholder="Type Here" required="true">'.$message.'</textarea></p>
   </div>
   <div class="form_left">
      <p>What is 7 + 3 (Anti Spam):<br />
	 <input type="text" name="human" size="24" placeholder="Type Here" required="true" /></p>
   </div>
   <div class="send_callback">
      <p class="submit"><input type="submit" value="Send" name="submit" /></p>
   </div>
</form>';
?>
4

Thanks for your reply, can you explain what you did please ? Am I right in thinking that the form will remember the details and keep them filled in should the user make a mistake?

I am still very much a php student.

5

Basically I changed the form to populate with the contents that have already been entered so if you enter an invalid anti-spam code you would not have to re-input everything; otherwise the form would show the placeholder texts again.

We all started as student. If you keep at it you will be a teacher soon enough.