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I purchased several themes so that I could build two websites. the theme that I like the most comes with a non-functional contact form. I have tried to integrate the contact forms from the other themes into it but they will not work no matter what I do. I know that one of them works fine because I am using it on another site and it works with no issue. (for transparency the working form is being used in the theme that it came with.) is there a possibility that I am missing something?
I've copied and pasted the exact forms into the theme site and included the Js files that deal with the contact form and all I can get are errors when I try to test it live.
this is the code for the form:
<section id="contact" class="contact">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<h3 class="title-normal">Contact Form</h3>
<form id="contact-form" action="contact-form.php" method="post" role="form">
<div class="error-container"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Name</label>
<input class="form-control form-control-name" name="name" id="name" placeholder="" type="text" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Email</label>
<input class="form-control form-control-email" name="email" id="email" placeholder="" type="email" required>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-4">
<div class="form-group">
<label>Subject</label>
<input class="form-control form-control-subject" name="subject" id="subject" placeholder="" required>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label>Message</label>
<textarea class="form-control form-control-message" name="message" id="message" placeholder="" rows="10" required></textarea>
</div>
<div class="text-right"><br>
<button class="btn btn-primary solid blank" type="submit">Send Message</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
this is a copy of the php:
<?php
//Add your information here
$recipient = "info#domain.us";
//Don't edit anything below this line
//import form information
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$name=stripslashes($name);
$email=stripslashes($email);
$subject=stripslashes($subject);
$message=stripslashes($message);
$message= "Name: $name, Subject: $subject \n\n Message: $message";
/*
Simple form validation
check to see if an email and message were entered
*/
//if no message entered and no email entered print an error
if (empty($message) && empty($email)){
print "No email address and no message was entered. <br>Please include an email and a message";
}
//if no message entered send print an error
elseif (empty($message)){
print "No message was entered.<br>Please include a message.<br>";
}
//if no email entered send print an error
elseif (empty($email)){
print "No email address was entered.<br>Please include your email. <br>";
}
//mail the form contents
if(mail("$recipient", "$subject", "$message", "From: $email" )) {
// Email has sent successfully, echo a success page.
echo '<div class="alert alert-success alert-dismissable fade in">
<button type = "button" class = "close" data-dismiss = "alert" aria-hidden = "true">×</button>
<p>Email Sent Successfully! We Will get back to you shortly</p></div>';
} else {
echo 'ERROR!';
}
here is the Js
$('#contact-form').submit(function(){
var $form = $(this),
$error = $form.find('.error-container'),
action = $form.attr('action');
$error.slideUp(750, function() {
$error.hide();
var $name = $form.find('.form-control-name'),
$email = $form.find('.form-control-email'),
$subject = $form.find('.form-control-subject'),
$message = $form.find('.form-control-message');
$.post(action, {
name: $name.val(),
email: $email.val(),
subject: $subject.val(),
message: $message.val()
},
function(data){
$error.html(data);
$error.slideDown('slow');
if (data.match('success') != null) {
$name.val('');
$email.val('');
$subject.val('');
$message.val('');
}
}
);
});
return false;
});

Why cant ajax find php file when submitting form?

I have a form, making an ajax post request but it wont find the php file.Ive tried anything and read through so many posts here and tried everything suggested but nothing helps.
I tried to use an absolute path as that was suggested somewhere. Doesnt work.
relative path doesnt work either
I tried to put the submit button outside of my form in my html file (was suggested in another post) - doesnt work either.
Anyone knows why?
EDIT: Im getting a 404
file structure:
myApp/app/js/contact.js
myApp/app/mail/contact.php
myApp/app/index.html
html:
<section id="contact">
<form>
name:
<input id="name" type="text" name="name"> email:
<input id="email" type="text" name="email"> message:
<input id="message" type="text" name="message">
<button id="submit">send</button>
</form>
</section>
app/js/contact.js:
$('#submit').click(function (event) {
event.preventDefault() ;
var name = $("#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
console.log("name", name, email);
$.ajax({
url: "/app/mail/contact.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
name: name,
email: email,
message: message
}
})
});
mail/contact.php:
<?php
if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$from = 'Contact Form';
$to = 'myemail#yahoo.com';
$subject = 'Message from my page ';
if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $from)) {
$result='<div class="alert alert-success">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>';
}
}
?>

This isn't going to solve your issue, but this is a better ux
give your <form> a class or ID and execute your form submission on a form submit
so it would be
$('.formClassName').submit(function(event){
});
This will allow the form submission to fire off the AJAX event on the submit button click, as well as if the user hits the enter button.

In your html file, put your scripts before </body> tag
<section id="contact">
<form>
name:
<input id="name" type="text" name="name"> email:
<input id="email" type="text" name="email"> message:
<input id="message" type="text" name="message">
<button id="submit">send</button>
</form>
</section>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/app/js/contact.js"></script>
</body>

Instead of using
url: "/app/mail/contact.php",
use:
url: "mail/contact.php",

Form submission success message not displaying

I have a fully working html contact page, with a php email script, with recaptcha 2 - all of these work perfectly.
Previously, the form redirected to the php file, which showed a basic success message. Again, this worked fine.
I've tried incorporating a contact.js file onto the page, and the form submission still works, but the success message in the PHP script isn't being displayed.
I'm an idiot when it comes to JS so that's probably the issue, but any help would be gratefully received.
Here's the HTML, PHP and JS:
<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="#" role="form">
<div class="messages"></div>
<div class="controls">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-7">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_name">Name *</label>
<input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your name *" required="required" data-error="Name is required">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_email">Email *</label>
<input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your email address *" required="required" data-error="A valid email is required">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_phone">Telephone</label>
<input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter a contact telephone number (optional)">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_message">Message *</label>
<textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your message *" rows="4" required="required" data-error="Please enter your message"></textarea>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
<p><div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="xxxxxx"></div></p>
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-send" value="Submit" onClick="window.location = '#formstart'"></p>
<br><p class="text-muted"><strong>*</strong> These fields are required.</p>
</form>
PHP:
<?php
$sendTo = "email#email.com";
$subject = "New message from email.com";
$headers .= 'From: <enquiries#email.com' . "\r\n";
$name = #$_POST['name'];
$phone = #$_POST['phone'];
$email = #$_POST['email'];
$message = #$_POST['message'];
$okMessage = 'Thank you for your message. One of the team will be in touch as soon as possible.';
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';$url = 'https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api/siteverify';
$privatekey = "XXXXX";
$response = file_get_contents($url."?secret=".$privatekey."&response=".$_POST['g-recaptcha-response']."&remoteip=".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
$data = json_decode($response);
$emailText = "Name: $name \n Phone: $phone \n Email: $email \n Message: $message";
if (isset($data->success) AND $data->success==true) {
mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, $headers);
$responseArray = $okMessage;
}
else
{
//verification failed
$responseArray = $errorMessage;
}
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
$encoded = json_encode($responseArray);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo $encoded;
}
else {
echo $responseArray;
}
JS:
$(function () {
$('#contact-form').validator();
$('#contact-form').on('submit', function (e) {
if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) {
var url = "contact.php";
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $(this).serialize(),
success: function (data)
{
var messageAlert = 'alert-' + data.type;
var messageText = data.message;
var alertBox = '<div class="alert ' + messageAlert + ' alert-dismissable"><button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>' + messageText + '</div>';
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
grecaptcha.reset();
}
}
});
return false;
}
})
});
Any help greatly appreciated!

Would:
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
grecaptcha.reset();
}
this not clear the message you are trying to invoke?
since the class messages is the first child on "#contact-form" would it not always reset the messages you put in immediately, after putting in the data in the line before?
Also, why aren't you just toggling a modal or a popup instead of injecting an entire div dynamically? this seems like a lot of work, for something that could be done more easily with pre-loaded html? Or am I missing something obvious?
I am assuming of course that the alert, is the "success" message. But why call it an alert in your code? Why not call it successmessage? Using proper terminology will help yourself and others read your code later ;)
There is an option in the ajax method to have seperate functions for failures and successes.
I hope I helped, even if I am wrong about why you don't see your text.
try adding
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
alert("Test");
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
grecaptcha.reset();
}

How do I force form submit with Jquery

Wish you all a happy 2015!
I have a simple contact us php form. I am validating it with parsley.js. The validation works fine but I am receiving a lot of spam mails.
I believe if I can force the form to be submitted only if Jquery is enabled, then it should solve my problem (right?).
I'm not an expert with PhP/ Jquery and any help will be appreciated.
Here is my PHP code
<?php
// Define Variables i.e. name tag, as per form and set to empty
$contact_name = $contact_email = $contact_phone = $contact_message = "";
// Sanitize data and use friendly names
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
$name = test_input($_POST["contact_name"]);
$email = test_input($_POST["contact_email"]);
$phone = test_input($_POST["contact_phone"]);
$message = test_input($_POST["contact_message"]);
}
function test_input($data) {
$data = trim($data);
$data = stripslashes($data);
$data = htmlspecialchars($data);
return $data;
}
// Set values
$to = 'info#foryourservice.in';
$subject = 'New Message from Website';
$headers = 'From: info#domainname.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: info#domainname.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
// Set Email content
$emailcontent = "A new message has been submitted from the website.
\n
Name : $name
Email : $email
Phone : $phone
Message : $message";
// Mail function
$send_contact=mail($to,$subject,$emailcontent,$headers);
if($send_contact){
header('Location: index.php#contactusform');
}
else {
echo "<script type='text/javascript'>alert('We encountered an ERROR! Please go back and try again.');</script>";
}
?>
Here is my HTML ( Im using Twitter Bootstrap)
<form role="form" method="POST" action="contactusform.php" id="contactusform" data-parsley-validate>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<div class="form-group" style="margin-bottom: -5px">
<label for="input1"></label>
<input type="text" name="contact_name" class="form-control" id="input1" placeholder="Name*" required data-parsley-required-message="Please enter your name">
</div>
<div class="form-group" style="margin-bottom: -5px">
<label for="input2"></label>
<input type="email" name="contact_email" class="form-control" id="input2" placeholder="Email Address*" data-parsley-trigger="change" required data-parsley-required-message="Please enter a valid Email address">
</div>
<div class="form-group" style="margin-bottom: -5px">
<label for="input3"></label>
<input type="tel" name="contact_phone" class="form-control" id="input3" placeholder="Phone Number*" required data-parsley-type="digits" data-parsley-minlength="10" data-parsley-maxlength="10" data-parsley-required-message="Please enter a 10 digit number">
</div>
<br>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" id="contactbutton" class="btn btn-primary" style="background-color: #A8B645; border-color: transparent">Submit</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-xs-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="input4"></label>
<textarea name="contact_message" class="form-control" rows="7" id="input4" placeholder="Message*" required required data-parsley-required-message="Say something!"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
</form>
This is what the Spam Email looks like :
A new message has been submitted from the website.
Name : お買い得アナスイ ミロード大壳り出しランキング
Email : rsilau#gmail.com
Phone : お買い得アナスイ ミロード大壳り出しランキング
Message : Shoppers takes the boast on bag
お買い得アナスイ ミロード大壳り出しランキング http://www.frkapaun.org/dyqfmnwg/ysl-annasuixmraAekm.asp

Add a hidden field to your form:
<input type="hidden" value="0" id="botcheck" name="botcheck" />
Then with jQuery set the value to 1:
$("#botcheck").val("1");
Then server-side check the value of $_POST["botcheck"].

You might want to check if your form is submitted using ajax:
if(!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
//Process form here
}
For further explanation

Need help adding Email Validation and hiding form after submit

I am new to PHP and am having trouble with adding email validation and then hiding the form after pressing the submit button. I have an error.php, thankyou.php and formmail.php. The PHP code below is that of formmail.php. I just don't know what to write for email validation for this specific code. I've tried copying some PHP codes from other sites but it just doesn't match up with my code. And as far as hiding the form after submit, I really don't know what to do with that.
Here is my HTML:
<div id="contact">
<div id="contact-left">
<form id="ajaxsubmit" action="formmail.php" method="post">
<div class="form">
<div class="formblock">
<h2>Name</h2>
<input name="name" type="text" class="required txt" id="name" />
</div>
<div class="formblock">
<h2>Email</h2>
<input name="email" class="required txt" type="text" id="email" />
</div>
<div class="formblock">
<h2>Message</h2>
<textarea name="comments" cols="" rows="" id="comments"></textarea>
</div>
<input name="Submit" type="submit" class="subbtn" value="Submit" />
<div id="message"></div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
Here is my PHP:
<?php
// Insert your email/web addresses and correct paths
$mailto = 'myemail#email.com' ;
$from = "http://website.com" ;
$formurl = "http://website.com/formmail.php" ;
$errorurl = "http://website.com/error.php" ;
$thankyouurl = "http://website.com/thankyou.php" ;
// Place Your Form info here...
$firstname = ($_POST['name']);
$email_from = ($_POST['email']);
$comments = ($_POST['comments']);
// Check If Empty
if (empty($firstname)) {
header( "Location: $errorurl" );
exit ;
}
// Add more Validation/Cleaning here...
// Place your Corresponding info here...
$message =
"Name: $firstname\n\n" .
"Email: $email_from\n\n" .
"Comment: $comments\n\n"
;
// Leave Alone
mail($mailto, $from, $message,
"From: \"$name\" <$email>" . $headersep . "Reply-To: \"$name\" <$email>" . $headersep );
header( "Location: $thankyouurl" );
exit ;
?>
Please let me know if you can assist me or need any other information from my html.
Thanks in advance!

To validate email in php, follow this link,
if (filter_var($email_from, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
echo "This ($email_from) email address is considered valid.";
}
To hide the form, using jquery,
$(document).on('submit', '#ajaxsubmit',function(){
$(this).hide();
});
or using pure javascript,
Change HTML,
<form id="ajaxsubmit" action="formmail.php" method="post" onsubmit="myFunction()">
and JS
function myFunction(){
var form = document.getElementById("ajaxsubmit");
form.style.display = 'none';
}