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Receiving PHP contact form error (Please complete the form and try again. )

I am creating a contact form with 5 fields which will email the input details to a set e-mail but when the form is submitted i,m receiving error! Please complete the form and try again. here is php code, js and htm form.
Any help would be much appreciated.
html Form:
<form id="contact-form" action="mail.php" method="post">
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="name" id="comment-name" placeholder="Enter your name">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="email" placeholder="Your email">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="subject" placeholder="Subject">
</div>
<div class="single-input textarea">
<textarea cols="3" name="message" rows="3" placeholder="Write your message here"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<button type="submit" class="cr-btn cr-btn--sm cr-btn--transparent cr-btn--icon"><span>send</span></button>
</div>
</form>
PHP Code:
<?php
// Only process POST reqeusts.
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// Get the form fields and remove whitespace.
$name = strip_tags(trim($_POST["name"]));
$name = str_replace(array("\r","\n"),array(" "," "),$name);
$email = filter_var(trim($_POST["email"]), FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
$subject = trim($_POST["subject"]);
$phone = trim($_POST["phone"]);
$message = trim($_POST["message"]);
// Check that data was sent to the mailer.
if ( empty($name) OR empty($subject) OR empty($phone) OR empty($message) OR !filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
// Set a 400 (bad request) response code and exit.
http_response_code(400);
echo "Please complete the form and try again.";
exit;
}
// Set the recipient email address.
// FIXME: Update this to your desired email address.
$recipient = "akcent.chester#gmail.com";
// Set the email subject.
$subject = "New contact from $name";
// Build the email content.
$email_content = "Name: $name\n";
$email_content .= "Email: $email\n\n";
$email_content .= "Subject: $subject\n\n";
$email_content .= "Phone: $phone\n\n";
$email_content .= "Message:\n$message\n";
// Build the email headers.
$email_headers = "From: $name <$email>";
// Send the email.
if (mail($recipient, $subject, $email_content, $email_headers)) {
// Set a 200 (okay) response code.
http_response_code(200);
echo "Thank You! Your message has been sent.";
} else {
// Set a 500 (internal server error) response code.
http_response_code(500);
echo "Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't send your message.";
}
} else {
// Not a POST request, set a 403 (forbidden) response code.
http_response_code(403);
echo "There was a problem with your submission, please try again.";
}
?>
js/ajax-mail.js file:
$(function() {
// Get the form.
var form = $('#contact-form');
// Get the messages div.
var formMessages = $('.form-message');
// Set up an event listener for the contact form.
$(form).submit(function(e) {
// Stop the browser from submitting the form.
e.preventDefault();
// Serialize the form data.
var formData = $(form).serialize();
// Submit the form using AJAX.
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: $(form).attr('action'),
data: formData
})
.done(function(response) {
// Make sure that the formMessages div has the 'success' class.
$(formMessages).removeClass('error');
$(formMessages).addClass('success');
// Set the message text.
$(formMessages).text(response);
// Clear the form.
$('#contact-form input,#contact-form textarea').val('');
})
.fail(function(data) {
// Make sure that the formMessages div has the 'error' class.
$(formMessages).removeClass('success');
$(formMessages).addClass('error');
// Set the message text.
if (data.responseText !== '') {
$(formMessages).text(data.responseText);
} else {
$(formMessages).text('Oops! An error occured and your message could not be sent.');
}
});
});
});
<?php // Only process POST reqeusts.
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"]=="POST") {
// Get the form fields and remove whitespace.
$name=strip_tags(trim($_POST["name"]));
$name=str_replace(array("\r", "\n"), array(" ", " "), $name);
$email=filter_var(trim($_POST["email"]), FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
$phone=trim($_POST["phone"]);
$subject=trim($_POST["subject"]);
$message=trim($_POST["message"]);
// Check that data was sent to the mailer.
if ( empty($name) OR empty($subject) OR empty($phone) OR empty($message) OR !filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
// Set a 400 (bad request) response code and exit.
http_response_code(400);
echo "Please complete the form and try again.";
exit;
}
// Set the recipient email address.
// FIXME: Update this to your desired email address.
$recipient="example#gmail.com";
// Set the email subject.
$subject="New contact from $name";
// Build the email content.
$email_content="Name: $name\n";
$email_content .="Email: $email\n\n";
$email_content .="Phone: $phone\n\n";
$email_content .="Subject: $subject\n\n";
$email_content .="Message:\n$message\n";
// Build the email headers.
$email_headers="From: $name <$email>";
// Send the email.
if (mail($recipient, $subject, $email_content, $email_headers)) {
// Set a 200 (okay) response code.
http_response_code(200);
echo "Thank You! Your message has been sent.";
}
else {
// Set a 500 (internal server error) response code.
http_response_code(500);
echo "Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't send your message.";
}
}
else {
// Not a POST request, set a 403 (forbidden) response code.
http_response_code(403);
echo "There was a problem with your submission, please try again.";
}
?>
<form id="#contact-form" action="mail.php" method="post">
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="name" id="comment-name" placeholder="Enter your name">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="email" placeholder="Your email">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="phone" placeholder="Phone">
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<input type="text" name="subject" placeholder="Subject">
</div>
<div class="single-input textarea">
<textarea cols="3" name="message" rows="3" placeholder="Write your message here"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="single-input">
<button type="submit" class="cr-btn cr-btn--sm cr-btn--transparent cr-btn--icon"><span>send</span></button>
</div>
</form>

<div class="single-input">
<input type="email" placeholder="Your email">
</div>
This input element is missing a "name" attribute!

Ajax not refreshing contact form (PHP and Bootstrap 4)

I have this exact code on another website and it works flawlessly but for some reason on this website it won't work. It sends the email but it refreshes the page and forwards it to a contact.php with a message.
I have read through everything I could find. I have gone over the code and nothing is different. I even changed the html button type from submit to button. Nothing is working. The last thing I tried was to copy and paste the code from the working website to this site, and still it refreshes the page.
The ajax codes is being loaded after the jquery.
html (index.html):
<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="contact.php" role="form">
<div class="messages">
</div>
<div class="controls">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_name">First Name *</label>
<input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" required="required"
<div class="help-block with-errors">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_lastname">Last Name *</label>
<input id="form_lastname" type="text" name="surname" class="form-control" required="required"
data-error="Lastname is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_email">Email *</label>
<input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" required="required"
data-error="Valid email is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_phone">Phone</label>
<input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control">
<div class="help-block with-errors">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_message">Message *</label>
<textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" rows="4" required="required"
data-error="Please,leave us a message."></textarea>
<div class="help-block with-errors">
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-send" value="Send message">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
php (contact.php)
<?php
/*
* CONFIGURE EVERYTHING HERE
*/
// an email address that will be in the From field of the email.
$from = 'Demo contact form <info#testing.com>';
// an email address that will receive the email with the output of the form
$sendTo = 'Demo contact form <info#testing.com>';
// subject of the email
$subject = 'New message from contact form';
// form field names and their translations.
// array variable name => Text to appear in the email
$fields = array('name' => 'Name', 'surname' => 'Surname', 'phone' => 'Phone', 'email' => 'Email', 'message' => 'Message');
// message that will be displayed when everything is OK :)
$okMessage = 'Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!';
// If something goes wrong, we will display this message.
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
/*
* LET'S DO THE SENDING
*/
// if you are not debugging and don't need error reporting, turn this off by error_reporting(0);
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
try
{
if(count($_POST) == 0) throw new \Exception('Form is empty');
$emailText = "You have a new message from your contact form\n=============================\n";
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
// If the field exists in the $fields array, include it in the email
if (isset($fields[$key])) {
$emailText .= "$fields[$key]: $value\n";
}
}
// All the neccessary headers for the email.
$headers = array('Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8";',
'From: ' . $from,
'Reply-To: ' . $from,
'Return-Path: ' . $from,
);
// Send email
mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, implode("\n", $headers));
$responseArray = array('type' => 'success', 'message' => $okMessage);
}
catch (\Exception $e)
{
$responseArray = array('type' => 'danger', 'message' => $errorMessage);
}
// if requested by AJAX request return JSON response
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) && strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
$encoded = json_encode($responseArray);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo $encoded;
}
// else just display the message
else {
echo $responseArray['message'];
}
?>
ajax (contact.js)
$(function () {
$('#contact-form').validator();
// when the form is submitted
$('#contact-form').on('submit', function (e) {
// if the validator does not prevent form submit
if (!e.isDefaultPrevented()) {
var url = "contact.php";
// POST values in the background the the script URL
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $(this).serialize(),
success: function (data)
{
// data = JSON object that contact.php returns
// we recieve the type of the message: success x danger and apply it to the
var messageAlert = 'alert-' + data.type;
var messageText = data.message;
// let's compose Bootstrap alert box HTML
var alertBox = '<div class="alert ' + messageAlert + ' alert-dismissable"><button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>' + messageText + '</div>';
// If we have messageAlert and messageText
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
// inject the alert to .messages div in our form
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
// empty the form
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
}
}
});
return false;
}
})
});
my javascript files are in the following order:
<script src="js/jquery-3.3.1.slim.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://stackpath.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.1.0/js/bootstrap.min.js"
integrity="sha384-uefMccjFJAIv6A+rW+L4AHf99KvxDjWSu1z9VI8SKNVmz4sk7buKt/6v9KI65qnm"
crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/mdb.min.js"></script>
<!--validator-->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/1000hz-bootstrap-validator/0.11.9/validator.min.js"></script>
<!--contact.js-->
<script src="contact.js"></script>

Take out these changes:
Contact.php
// if requested by AJAX request return JSON response
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;
exit();
}
After echoing your json encoded array, it is important that you exit() the script else you won't end up with a proper JSON string on the client side;.
Contact.js
<script>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.btn-send').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
$('#contact-form').validator(); //Just make sure this works because I didn't work with it.
let url = "contact.php";
let formData = $("#contact-form").serialize();
// POST values in the background the the script URL
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: formData, //You shouldn't use `this` inside this ajax scope if you are trying to refer to your form. It's better you call the form element by it's `id` here or reassign `this` before entering the ajax call scope.
success: function (data) {
// we recieve the type of the message: success x danger and apply it to the
let messageAlert = 'alert-' + data.type;
let messageText = data.message;
// let's compose Bootstrap alert box HTML
let alertBox = '<div class="alert ' + messageAlert + ' alert-dismissable"><button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>' + messageText + '</div>';
// If we have messageAlert and messageText
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
// inject the alert to .messages div in our form
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox);
// empty the form
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
}
}
});
return false;
})
});
</script>
index.html
Everything thing is fine here. Just edit these lines:
<form id="contact-form" method="post" role="form">
<div class="col-md-12">
<input type="button" class="btn btn-send" value="Send message">
</div>

Bootstrap Alert Message not working

First - Im not an expert in PHP, but just know how to make some basic changes within contact form using PHP.
On this contact form when I filled in the required textfields and hit the submit button it redirects to the contact.php with a Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon! message instead of displaying the message inside the <div class="messages"></div> on request-interpreter.html
HTML (form)
<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="contact.php" role="form">
<div class="messages"></div> <----- displays alert messages
<div class="controls">
<div class="row-form">
<div class="col-md-6">
<p class="text-req"><strong>*</strong> These fields are required. </p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row-form">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="First name *" required="required" data-error="First name is required." tabindex="1">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email *" required="required" data-error="Your email address is required." tabindex="3">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row-form">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input id="form_lastname" type="text" name="surname" class="form-control" placeholder="Last name *" required="required" data-error="Last name is required." tabindex="2">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone *" required="required" data-error="Your phone number is required." tabindex="4">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row-form">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Leave a message for us *" rows="4" required="required" data-error="Your important message is required." tabindex="5"></textarea>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-send" value="Send Request" tabindex="6">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
contact.php
<?php
// an email address that will be in the From field of the email.
$from = 'Contact form';
// an email address that will receive the email with the output of the form
$sendTo = $_POST['email'];
// subject of the email
$subject = 'New message from contact form';
// form field names and their translations.
// array variable name => Text to appear in the email
$fields = array('name' => 'Name', 'surname' => 'Surname', 'phone' => 'Phone', 'email' => 'Email', 'message' => 'Message');
// message that will be displayed when everything is OK :)
$okMessage = 'Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!';
// If something goes wrong, we will display this message.
$errorMessage = 'There was an error while submitting the form. Please try again later';
// if you are not debugging and don't need error reporting, turn this off by
error_reporting(0);
error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);
try
{
if(count($_POST) == 0) throw new \Exception('Form is empty');
$emailText = "You have a new message from your contact form\n=============================\n";
foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) {
// If the field exists in the $fields array, include it in the email
if (isset($fields[$key])) {
$emailText .= "$fields[$key]: $value\n";
}
}
// All the neccessary headers for the email.
$headers = array('Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8";',
'From: ' . $from,
'Reply-To: ' . $from,
'Return-Path: ' . $from,
);
// Send email
mail($sendTo, $subject, $emailText, implode("\n", $headers));
$responseArray = array('type' => 'success', 'message' => $okMessage);
}
catch (\Exception $e)
{
$responseArray = array('type' => 'danger', 'message' => $errorMessage);
}
// if requested by AJAX request return JSON response
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) &&
strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
$encoded = json_encode($responseArray);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo $encoded;
}
// else just display the message
else {
echo $responseArray['message'];
}
Alert message AJAX
$(function () {
// init the validator
// validator files are included in the download package
// otherwise download from http://1000hz.github.io/bootstrap-validator
$('#contact-form').validator();
// when the form is submitted
$('#contact-form').on('submit', function (e) {
// if the validator does not prevent form submit
if (e.isDefaultPrevented()) {
var url = "contact.php";
// POST values in the background the the script URL
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: url,
data: $(this).serialize(),
success: function (data)
{
// data = JSON object that contact.php returns
// we recieve the type of the message: success x danger and apply it to the
var messageAlert = 'alert-' + data.type;
var messageText = data.message;
// let's compose Bootstrap alert box HTML
var alertBox = '<div class="alert ' + messageAlert + ' alert-dismissable"><button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>' + messageText + '</div>';
// If we have messageAlert and messageText
if (messageAlert && messageText) {
// inject the alert to .messages div in our form
$('#contact-form').find('.messages').html(alertBox); <------ it should display the alert message, but its not working.
// empty the form
$('#contact-form')[0].reset();
}
}
});
}
})
});

You are echoing it (printing it) instead of returning the response, change it like this in your Contact.php
if (!empty($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) &&
strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']) == 'xmlhttprequest') {
$encoded = json_encode($responseArray);
header('Content-Type: application/json');
return $encoded;
}
// else just display the message
else {
return $responseArray['message'];
}

Modal window closes on submit

I have a form in a bootstrap modal window and what is happening, is when I click the 'send' button, the modal closes and a white page displays the result of my action call to contact-form.php and shows the error message for blank field but thid should be showing in the message div in the form in the the modal window.
I am obviously doing something fundementally wrong and would appreciate any help you can offer. I wouls have done a snippet but couldn't see how to include php code.
Many thanks
Bootstrap V3.3.7
UPDATE: The form works fine if i use as normal form outside of the modal
window.
<!-- Modal -->
<div class="modal fade" id="myModal" role="dialog">
<div class="modal-dialog modal-lg">
<!-- Modal content-->
<div class="modal-content">
<div class="modal-header">
<button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="modal">×</button>
<h2 class="modal__title"><div style="color: white; margin-top: -14px; margin-left: 36px;">Contact Us</div></h2>
<div style="color: white; margin-left: 36px; margin-bottom: 20px;">If you need to contact us, please use this form and we shall respond as soon as possible. Thanks</div>
</div>
<div class="modal-body">
<div class="content-block contact-3">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-9">
<div id="contact" class="form-container">
<div id="message"></div> <-ERROR SHOULD BE DISPLAYED HERE
<form method="post" action="js/contact-form.php" name="contactform" id="contactform">
<div class="form-group">
<input name="name" id="name" type="text" value="" placeholder="Name" class="form-control" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input name="email" id="email" type="text" value="" placeholder="Email" class="form-control" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input name="phone" id="phone" type="text" value="" placeholder="Phone" class="form-control" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<textarea name="comments" id="comments" class="form-control" rows="3" placeholder="Message" id="textArea"></textarea>
<div class="editContent">
<p class="small text-muted"><span class="guardsman">* All fields are required.</span> Once we receive your message we will respond as soon as possible.</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button class="btn btn-default" type="button" class="modal" data-dismiss="modal">Close</button>
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" id="cf-submit" name="submit">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<!-- /.form-container -->
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.row -->
</div>
<!-- /.container -->
</div>
<!--// END Contact 3-1 -->
</div>
<div class="modal-footer">
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
contact-form.php
<?php
if(!$_POST) exit;
// Email address verification, do not edit.
function isEmail($email) {
return(preg_match("/^[-_.[:alnum:]]+#((([[:alnum:]]|[[:alnum:]][[:alnum:]-]*[[:alnum:]])\.)+(ad|ae|aero|af|ag|ai|al|am|an|ao|aq|ar|arpa|as|at|au|aw|az|ba|bb|bd|be|bf|bg|bh|bi|biz|bj|bm|bn|bo|br|bs|bt|bv|bw|by|bz|ca|cc|cd|cf|cg|ch|ci|ck|cl|cm|cn|co|com|coop|cr|cs|cu|cv|cx|cy|cz|de|dj|dk|dm|do|dz|ec|edu|ee|eg|eh|er|es|et|eu|fi|fj|fk|fm|fo|fr|ga|gb|gd|ge|gf|gh|gi|gl|gm|gn|gov|gp|gq|gr|gs|gt|gu|gw|gy|hk|hm|hn|hr|ht|hu|id|ie|il|in|info|int|io|iq|ir|is|it|jm|jo|jp|ke|kg|kh|ki|km|kn|kp|kr|kw|ky|kz|la|lb|lc|li|lk|lr|ls|lt|lu|lv|ly|ma|mc|md|me|mg|mh|mil|mk|ml|mm|mn|mo|mp|mq|mr|ms|mt|mu|museum|mv|mw|mx|my|mz|na|name|nc|ne|net|nf|ng|ni|nl|no|np|nr|nt|nu|nz|om|org|pa|pe|pf|pg|ph|pk|pl|pm|pn|pr|pro|ps|pt|pw|py|qa|re|ro|ru|rw|sa|sb|sc|sd|se|sg|sh|si|sj|sk|sl|sm|sn|so|sr|st|su|sv|sy|sz|tc|td|tf|tg|th|tj|tk|tm|tn|to|tp|tr|tt|tv|tw|tz|ua|ug|uk|um|us|uy|uz|va|vc|ve|vg|vi|vn|vu|wf|ws|ye|yt|yu|za|zm|zw)$|(([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5])\.){3}([0-9][0-9]?|[0-1][0-9][0-9]|[2][0-4][0-9]|[2][5][0-5]))$/i",$email));
}
if (!defined("PHP_EOL")) define("PHP_EOL", "\r\n");
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
if(trim($name) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Please enter your name.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($email) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Please enter a valid email address.</div>';
exit();
} else if(trim($phone) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Please enter a valid phone number.</div>';
exit();
} else if(!is_numeric($phone)) {
echo '<div class="error_message">Phone number can only contain digits and no spaces.</div>';
exit();
} else if(!isEmail($email)) {
echo '<div class="error_message">You have entered an invalid e-mail address, try again.</div>';
exit();
}
if(trim($comments) == '') {
echo '<div class="error_message">Please enter your message.</div>';
exit();
}
if(get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
$comments = stripslashes($comments);
}
// Configuration option.
// Enter the email address that you want to emails to be sent to.
// Example $address = "yourname#yourdomain.com";
$address = "yourname#yourdomain.com";
// Configuration option.
// i.e. The standard subject will appear as, "You've been contacted by John Doe."
// Example, $e_subject = '$name . ' has contacted you via Your Website.';
$e_subject = 'You\'ve been contacted by ' . $name . '.';
// Configuration option.
// You can change this if you feel that you need to.
// Developers, you may wish to add more fields to the form, in which case you must be sure to add them here.
$e_body = "You have been contacted by $name from your website, their message is as follows." . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
$e_content = "\"$comments\"" . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
$e_reply = "You can contact $name by email, $email or by phone $phone";
$msg = wordwrap( $e_body . $e_content . $e_reply, 70 );
$headers = "From: $email" . PHP_EOL;
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email" . PHP_EOL;
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0" . PHP_EOL;
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8" . PHP_EOL;
$headers .= "Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable" . PHP_EOL;
if(mail($address, $e_subject, $msg, $headers)) {
// Email has sent successfully, echo a success page.
echo "<fieldset>";
echo "<div id='success_page'>";
echo "<h2>Email Sent Successfully.</h2>";
echo "<p>Thank you <strong>$name</strong>, your message has been sent to us.</p>";
echo "</div>";
echo "</fieldset>";
} else {
echo 'ERROR!';
}
?>
sendmail.js
jQuery(document).ready(function () {
$('#contactform').submit(function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var action = $(this).attr('action');
$("#message").fadeOut(500, function () {
$('#message').hide();
$.post(action, {
name: $('#name').val(),
email: $('#email').val(),
phone: $('#phone').val(),
comments: $('#comments').val(),
},
function (data) {
document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = data;
$('#message').slideDown('slow');
$('#submit').removeAttr('disabled');
if (data.match('success') != null) {
$('#contactform').fadeOut('slow');
$("#message").delay(3000).fadeOut();
$("#contactform").delay(4000).fadeIn();
$("#contactform").css("margin-top", "40px !important");
$("#contactform").trigger("reset");
}
}
);
});
return false;
});
});

I can't test you code but in my opinion i would not do the submit action with $(form).submit().... also if you are doing a event.preventDefault(), i explain better, you are doing an ajax call and with different errors you have differents answers, so in your place i would delete the action in the html at on click of the send button i would do an ajax call and manage the answer.Try in this way, because i think that if you use the submit in that way the browser interpret the submit form also because you are using the action url to send the call.
$('#cf-submit').click(function(){
name = $('#name').val();
email = $('#email').val();
phone = $('#phone').val();
comments = $('#comments').val();
$.ajax({
url : 'js/contact-form.php',
type : 'POST',
data : {
name : name,
email : email,
phone : phone,
comments : comments,
},
dataType : 'html',
success : function(response){
$('#message').html(response);
}
});
});

I think you forget to put exit(); at the end of file contact-form.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();
}