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Javascript contact form with contact.php file not found or internal server error

I have a contact form on my test website, but when I send the message its providing me the following error
mail/contact_me.php 404 (Not Found)
But the file is on the server. I'm using Wordpress on the website. I tried to add different things but it still not working. How can I fix this? Check the code below
I tried just to put the contactform.js on my index file and change the link with template url but its still not working :(
JS
$(function() {
$("#contactForm input,#contactForm textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// additional error messages or events
},
submitSuccess: function($form, event) {
event.preventDefault(); // prevent default submit behaviour
// get values from FORM
var name = $("input#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message
// Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message
if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) {
firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' ');
}
$.ajax({
url: "../../mail/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
name: name,
phone: phone,
email: email,
message: message
},
cache: false,
success: function() {
// Success message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
$('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append("<strong>Thank you! We'll be in touch very soon. If you'd like to make a reservation in the meantime, please find us on Expedia. </strong>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
error: function() {
// Fail message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>So sorry " + firstName + ", it seems that our mail server is not responding. Please call us while we resolve this issue. ");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
})
},
filter: function() {
return $(this).is(":visible");
},
});
$("a[data-toggle=\"tab\"]").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).tab("show");
});
});
/*When clicking on Full hide fail/success boxes */
$('#name').focus(function() {
$('#success').html('');
});
PHP
<?php
// Check for empty fields
if (empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['phone']) || empty($_POST['message']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
echo "No arguments Provided!";
return false;
}
$name = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']));
$email_address = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']));
$message = strip_tags(htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']));
// Create the email and send the message
$to = 'test#YOURDOMAIN.com'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname#yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
$email_subject = "Website Contact Form: $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message from your website contact form.\n\n" . "Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: noreply#yourdomain.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply#yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to, $email_subject, $email_body, $headers);
return true;
?>
HTML
<form id="contactForm" name="sentMessage" novalidate>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control" id="name" type="text" placeholder="Your Name *" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control" id="email" type="email" placeholder="Your Email *" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control" id="phone" type="tel" placeholder="Your Phone *" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<textarea class="form-control" id="message" placeholder="Your Message *" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message."></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div class="col-lg-12 text-center">
<div id="success"></div>
<button id="sendMessageButton" class="btn btn-primary btn-xl text-uppercase" type="submit">Send Message</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>

Change your JS, and replace
url: "../../mail/contact_me.php",
with
url: "https://example.com/complete/path/to/mail/contact_me.php",
so that your form will be submitted to the correct place. Right now the URL of contact_me.php is relative to either your JS file or your page's URL (depending on whether the JS is inlined or not), and that's asking for trouble.
You could get away with a locally absolute uri aka
url: "/complete/path/to/mail/contact_me.php",
But that will come back to haunt you if you ever decide to put static files like JS, CSS and images onto another host like a CDN.

Contact form with dropdown of contacts

I am working on a site design for my son's school/church. They have 3 primary departments: Church, School and Daycare. They want users to be able to email each department using a dropdown menu in the contact form. I thought I had it working, but after testing it seems it is only emailing to the default email I have setup to email if nobody selects a department from the menu. So, the email form is being processed and sent, but it is only emailing to the default. Any ideas how I can get this to work? I am a web designer/graphic designer and do not have much experience with PHP.
Below is my code:
HTML:
<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Phone Number</label>
<input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone Number" id="phone" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Who do you wish to contact?</label>
<select class="form-control empty" id="selectDept" name="deptid" required data-validation-required-message="Please make a selection.">
<option>SELECT...</option>
<option value="church">Faith Lutheran Church</option>
<option value="school">K-5 School</option>
<option value="preschool">Touching Hearts Preschool</option>
</select>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Message</label>
<textarea rows="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Message" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter a message."></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<img id="captcha" src="/securimage/securimage_show.php" alt="CAPTCHA Image" />
<input type="text" name="captcha_code" size="10" id="captcha_code" maxlength="6" />
<span class="captchaImage"><i class="fa fa-refresh"></i></span>
<br>
<br>
<div id="success"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-lg">Send</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
PHP:
<?php
session_start();
$response = array('error' => true, 'message' => 'OK');
// Check for empty fields
if(empty($_POST['name']) ||
empty($_POST['email']) ||
empty($_POST['phone']) ||
empty($_POST['message']) ||
!filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
$response['message'] = "No arguments Provided!";
die(json_encode($response));
}
include_once $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . '/securimage/securimage.php';
$securimage = new Securimage();
if ($securimage->check($_POST['captcha_code']) == false) {
// the code was incorrect
$response['message'] = "The security code entered was incorrect.";
die(json_encode($response));
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
// Create the email and send the message
//$to = 'info#faithlutheran.org'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname#yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
switch ($_POST['deptid']) {
case "church":
$to = "church#domain.com";
break;
case "school":
$to = "school#domain.com";
break;
case "preschool":
$to = "preschool#domain.com";
break;
default:
$to = "info#domain.com";
break;
}
$email_subject = "General Question from Website: $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message from Faith Lutheran website contact form.\n\n"."Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: noreply#domain.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply#yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
$response['error'] = false;
die(json_encode($response));
?>
Javascript:
$(function() {
$("input,textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// additional error messages or events
},
submitSuccess: function($form, event) {
// Prevent spam click and default submit behaviour
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", true);
event.preventDefault();
// get values from FORM
var name = $("input#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
var captcha_code = $("input#captcha_code").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message
// Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message
if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) {
firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' ');
}
$.ajax({
url: "././mail/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
dataType: 'json',
data: {
name: name,
phone: phone,
email: email,
captcha_code: captcha_code,
message: message
},
cache: false,
success: function(response) {
if (response.error) {
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>The security code enstered was incorrect.");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
} else {
// Enable button & show success message
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", false);
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
$('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append("<strong>Your message has been sent. </strong>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
}
},
error: function() {
// Fail message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>Sorry " + firstName + ", it seems that my mail server is not responding. Please try again later!");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
})
},
filter: function() {
return $(this).is(":visible");
},
});
$("a[data-toggle=\"tab\"]").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).tab("show");
});
});
// When clicking on Full hide fail/success boxes
$('#name').focus(function() {
$('#success').html('');
});

If it only send to the default email address, I think the cause is here:
switch ($_POST['deptid']) {
case "church":
$to = "church#domain.com";
break;
case "school":
$to = "school#domain.com";
break;
case "preschool":
$to = "preschool#domain.com";
break;
default:
$to = "info#domain.com";
break;
}
Try to var_dump the $_POST['deptid'] variable, and check if it contains that you want.

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();
}

Getting Optional input values from a form?

I have modified a bootstrap form for my own usage. This email form collects Name, Email, Phone & Question inputs. The user hits the send button and it emails the information to a predetermined email address.
I'd like to have the ability to optionally capture the user's phone number. I've removed the required & data-validation-required-message tags and added name="phone".
Right now the below inputs will only send the email to the predetermined address IF there is a phone number in the phone input field... I'd like it to send the email regardless of a phone number or not.
What am I overlooking?
HTML Contact Form :
<div class="col-xs-12">
<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Phone Number</label>
<input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone Number" id="phone" name="phone">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Question? We've got answers!</label>
<textarea rows="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Message" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="Oops, tell us what's on your mind."></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div id="success"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="input-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-6">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-contact btn-sm hover">SEND</button>
JS :
$(function() {
$("input,textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// additional error messages or events
},
submitSuccess: function($form, event) {
// Prevent spam click and default submit behaviour
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", true);
event.preventDefault();
// get values from FORM
var name = $("input#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message
// Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message
if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) {
firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' ');
}
$.ajax({
url: "././mail/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
name: name,
phone: phone,
email: email,
message: message
},
cache: false,
success: function() {
// Enable button & show success message
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", false);
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
$('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append("<strong>Your message has been sent. </strong>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
error: function() {
// Fail message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>Sorry " + firstName + ", it seems that my mail server is not responding. Please try again later!");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
})
},
filter: function() {
return $(this).is(":visible");
},
});
$("a[data-toggle=\"tab\"]").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).tab("show");
});
});
// When clicking on Full hide fail/success boxes
$('#name').focus(function() {
$('#success').html('');
});
PHP :
<?php
// Check for empty fields
if(empty($_POST['name']) ||
empty($_POST['email']) ||
empty($_POST['phone']) ||
empty($_POST['message']) ||
!filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
echo "No arguments Provided!";
return false;
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
// Create the email and send the message
$to = 'info#example.com';
$email_subject = "Website Contact Form: $name";
$email_body = "Hey!! You have received a new message from your website contact form.\n\n"."Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nMessage:\n$message";
$headers = "From: info#example.com\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
return true;
?>

Adding a Checkbox to an existing Contact Form

I have an existing Contact Form that I got through the StartBoostrap template called Freelancer... It uses Javascript and sends that information via PHP file to my email.
EDIT : For the record I am not experienced in what I am about to do.
I want to add a checkbox option so people can let me know if they'd like to be put on a newsletter list... I am not a JS/PHP person, strictly front end.... I've gone through this and this but I can't seem to get them to work within my existing constraints and have the email show if the box was checked or not.
Here is my HTML :
<form name="sentMessage" id="contactForm" novalidate>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" id="name" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input type="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" id="email" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email address.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>Phone Number</label>
<input type="tel" class="form-control" placeholder="Phone Number" id="phone" required data-validation-required-message="Please enter your phone number.">
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row control-group">
<div class="form-group col-xs-12 floating-label-form-group controls">
<label>You've got questions, we've got answers!</label>
<textarea rows="5" class="form-control" placeholder="Message" id="message" required data-validation-required-message="We will answer your questions ASAP!"></textarea>
<p class="help-block text-danger"></p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<div id="success"></div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-xs-6">
<button type="submit" class="btn-contact btn-lg hover">SEND</button>
<div class="checkbox-inline">
<label><input type="checkbox" id="mail_list_checkbox">Join our mailing list!</label>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Here is my JS :
$(function() {
$("input,textarea").jqBootstrapValidation({
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// additional error messages or events
},
submitSuccess: function($form, event) {
// Prevent spam click and default submit behaviour
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", true);
event.preventDefault();
// get values from FORM
var name = $("input#name").val();
var email = $("input#email").val();
var phone = $("input#phone").val();
var message = $("textarea#message").val();
var firstName = name; // For Success/Failure Message
// Check for white space in name for Success/Fail message
if (firstName.indexOf(' ') >= 0) {
firstName = name.split(' ').slice(0, -1).join(' ');
var checkbox = $("#mail_list_checkbox").val();
$('#mail_list_checkbox').val();
if ($('#mail_list_checkbox').is(":checked"))
{
// it is checked
}
}
$.ajax({
url: "././mail/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
data: {
name: name,
phone: phone,
email: email,
message: message,
checkbox: checkbox
},
cache: false,
success: function() {
// Enable button & show success message
$("#btnSubmit").attr("disabled", false);
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-success'>");
$('#success > .alert-success').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append("<strong>Your message has been sent. </strong>");
$('#success > .alert-success')
.append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
error: function() {
// Fail message
$('#success').html("<div class='alert alert-danger'>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').html("<button type='button' class='close' data-dismiss='alert' aria-hidden='true'>×")
.append("</button>");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append("<strong>Sorry " + firstName + ", it seems that my mail server is not responding. Please try again later!");
$('#success > .alert-danger').append('</div>');
//clear all fields
$('#contactForm').trigger("reset");
},
})
},
filter: function() {
return $(this).is(":visible");
},
});
$("a[data-toggle=\"tab\"]").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).tab("show");
});
});
// When clicking on Full hide fail/success boxes
$('#name').focus(function() {
$('#success').html('');
});
Here is the PHP :
<?php
// Check for empty fields
if(empty($_POST['name']) ||
empty($_POST['email']) ||
empty($_POST['phone']) ||
empty($_POST['message']) ||
empty($_POST['checkbox']) ||
!filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
echo "No arguments Provided!";
return false;
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$message = $_POST['checkbox'];
// Create the email and send the message
$to = 'me#mywebsite.com'; // Add your email address inbetween the '' replacing yourname#yourdomain.com - This is where the form will send a message to.
$email_subject = "Website Contact Form: $name";
$email_body = "Hey!! You have received a new message from your website contact form.\n\n"."Here are the details:\n\nName: $name\n\nEmail: $email_address\n\nPhone: $phone\n\nMessage:\n$message\n\nDo they want to join the mailing list: $checkbox";
$headers = "From: me#mywebsite.com\n"; // This is the email address the generated message will be from. We recommend using something like noreply#yourdomain.com.
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
return true;
?>
Thank you for your time.

1) Your checkbox doesn't have a unique identifier. You need to add an ID or Class like the other inputs have (eg. the name input has an id="name" identifier which allows you to target it within JavaScript/PHP.)
2) Your JS file has the right idea with "checkbox: checkbox", but unfortunately, you're missing the checkbox variable. You forgot to get a value for the checkbox (see the lines below "// get values from FORM" -- you need to add a "var checkbox" and pull the data from the checkbox.val.) See Get checkbox value in jQuery for more information on how to do this.
3) Your PHP file, like the JS file, is missing checkbox information. Since there's no information for the checkbox being posted, you don't have a means to call the value. You need to define a checkbox variable that is tied to the POST data of the checkbox. No information is currently being pulled for the checkbox, and no information is being displayed in the body content that ties to the checkbox.
JavaScript/jQuery is considered front-end, so you should put a little more effort into figuring this out! Any seasoned front-end developer should be comfortable in simple jQuery tasks like this IMO.
The PHP script you're using is an extremely simple one, as well, and you can easily read through it to figure out how elements are being called, how they're showing up in emails that are being sent, etc.
Hope this helps.