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Contact form Ajax, php, Jquery:

I'm trying to make a contact form with Ajax, php and Jquery for my last study project (php with mvc architecture). I have some questions about it:
my contact form is ok: I receive emails! But I am not sure that is really an Ajax request even if I use the $.ajax() because in my terminal there is no XHR request...
I would like to show a message when email is send like "Thanks for your message" but the message appear only for one second and the page is refreished so all informations are cleaned. I tryed with a e.preventDefault() but when I use it, I don't receive the email.
Thanks for your answers and you help.
contat view:
<section class="form_container">
<form class="contact_form" id="contact_form" method="post" action="index.php?action=contact">
<input class="firstname form" type="text" name="firstname" placeholder="Nom" id="firstname" required>
<span class="error-message"></span><br/>
<input class="lastname form" type="text" name="lastname" placeholder="Prénom" id="lastname" required>
<span class="error-message"></span><br/>
<input class="email form" type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email" id="email" required>
<span class="error-message"></span><br/>
<input class="object form" type="text" name="object" placeholder="Objet" id="object" required>
<span class="error-message"></span><br/>
<textarea class="content form" name="content" placeholder="Votre message" id="content" cols="30" rows="10" required></textarea>
<span class="error-message"></span><br/>
<input class="envoyer form" type="submit" name="submit" value="Envoyer" id="submit"><br/>
</form>
<div id="msg-ok">Merci. Votre message a bien été envoyé.</div>
<div id="msg-notok">Merci de renseigner correctement tous les champs .</div>
</section>
contact_form.js:
// send messages with Ajax
'use strict';
$('#contact_form').submit(function() {
nom = $(this).find("#firstname").val();
prenom = $(this).find("#lastname").val();
email = $(this).find("#email").val();
object = $(this).find("#object").val();
message = $(this).find("#content").val();
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data: {
nom:nom,
prenom:prenom,
email:email,
object:object,
content:content
},
url: 'http://www.projet-5.pauline-superweb.com/index.php?action=contact',
success: function(data) {
$("#contact_form").hide();
$('#msg-ok').fadeIn();
},
error: function() {
$('#msg-notok').fadeIn();
}
})
});
});
php code in my controller:
function contact()
{
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$e = array();
$e['error'] = "Formulaire non valide";
if(isset($_POST['firstname']) && isset($_POST['lastname']) && isset($_POST['object']) && isset($_POST['content']) && !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$e['email_invalide'] = "email_invalide";
} else {
$e['error'] = 'Ok';
$nom = $_POST['firstname'];
$prenom = $_POST['lastname'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$object = $_POST['object'];
$content = $_POST['content'];
$to = 'contact.super.web#gmail.com';
$sujet = $object;
$message = $content;
$headers = 'From ' . $nom . ' ' . $prenom . ' ' . $email;
mail($to, $sujet, $message, $headers);
}
}
ob_start();
include('views/frontend/site/contactView.php');
$content = ob_get_clean();
require("views/frontend/site/template.php");
}

change this
<input class="envoyer form" type="submit" name="submit" value="Envoyer" id="submit">
to
<input class="envoyer form" type="button" name="submit" value="Envoyer" id="submit">
and change
$('#contact_form').submit(function() {
to
$('#submit').click(function() {

submitting content to a .txt using php and staying on the same page and not go to the php page

I wanna submit/write content to a .txt file and i have to used php to do it, but i don't wanna open the php page and wanna stay on the same page.
How can I do this?
Index.html
<form action="writer.php" method="POST">
<input name="field1" type="text" />
<input name="field2" type="text" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save Data">
</form>
writer.php
<?php
if(isset($_POST['field1']) && isset($_POST['field2'])) {
$data = $_POST['field1'] . '-' . $_POST['field2'] . "|| \n";
$ret = file_put_contents('mydata.txt', $data, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
if($ret === false) {
die('There was an error writing this file');
}
else {
echo " written to file";
}
}
else {
die('no post data to process');
}
?>`

You could simply use iframes, easier alternative to AJAX.
<iframe name="panel" style="display:none;"></iframe>
<form action="writer.php" method="POST" target="panel">
<input name="field1" type="text" />
<input name="field2" type="text" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save Data">
</form>
...and as everyone here is yelling, consider learning AJAX.

create a php file with following in it.
<?php
if(isset($_POST['SubmitButton'])){ //check if form was submitted
$input = $_POST['inputText']; //get input text
file_put_contents('mydata.txt', $input, FILE_APPEND | LOCK_EX);
$message = "Success! You entered: ".$input;
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<form action="" method="post">
<?php if(isset($message)) echo $message; ?>
<input type="text" name="inputText"/>
<input type="submit" name="SubmitButton"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

submit button post not sent after using javascript

I have 3 separate forms each with their own submit buttons (removed all other lines of form code as not required):
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicSub" id="postingTopicSub" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="button" name="submittopic" id="submittopic" value="Submit" onclick="topicPostSubmit();"/>
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicReply" id="postingTopicReply" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="button" name="submitreply" id="submitreply" value="Submit" onclick="replyPostSubmit();"/>
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicEdit" id="postingTopicEdit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="button" name="submitedit" id="submitedit" value="Submit" onclick="editPostSubmit();"/>
I am using Javascript to verify the form data is filled in before submitting however because using JavaScript the POST data from the button is not being sent.
JavaScript submit for each form:
document.getElementById("postingTopicSub").submit();
document.getElementById("postingTopicReply").submit();
document.getElementById("postingTopicEdit").submit();
On my data page I use isset to make the SQL queries run are for the correct form:
// User meets all conditions and posts a topic
if (isset($_POST['topicID'], $_POST['subject'], $_POST['post_text'], $_SESSION['username'], $_POST['submittopic']) && !isset($_POST['forumID'])) {
// User meets all conditions and posts a reply
if (isset($_POST['topicID'], $_POST['post_text'], $_SESSION['username'], $_POST['submitreply'], $_POST['forumID'], $_POST['subject'])) {
// User meets all conditions and edits a post
if (isset($_POST['topicID'], $_POST['post_text'], $_SESSION['username'], $_POST['submitedit'], $_POST['forumID'], $_POST['postID'], $_POST['subject'])) {
My questions:
Is there a way to keep my method of keeping the 3 SQL queries separate
to the specific forms
Is there a way to sent the POST of the submit even though it is being
submitted through JavaScript?
Is there another way that I just haven't seen.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT:
Full form (without bbcodes)
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicSub" id="postingTopicSub" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="topicID" id="topicID" value="<?php echo $topicID ?>"/>
<div class="post-subject">
Subject:
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" />
</div>
<div class="post-textarea">
<textarea name="post_text" id="post_text" cols="100" rows="30"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="post-button">
<input type="button" name="submittopic" id="submittopic" value="Submit" onclick="topicPostSubmit();"/>
</div>
</form>
Full JS for form validation:
function forumssubmit()
{
var subject = document.getElementById("subject").value;
var text = document.getElementById("post_text").value;
if(subject=="" || text=="")
{
alert('Please fill in the subject and text');
return false;
}
return true;
}
function topicPostSubmit()
{
if(forumssubmit())
{
document.getElementById("postingTopicSub").submit();
}
}
EDIT2::
New js:
function forumssubmit()
{
var subject = document.getElementById("subject").value;
var text = document.getElementById("post_text").value;
if(subject=="" || text=="")
{
alert('Please fill in the subject and text');
return false;
}
return true;
}
function topicPostSubmit()
{
if(forumssubmit())
{
//document.getElementById("postingTopicSub").submit();
return true;
}
}
New button:
<input type="button" name="submittopic" id="submittopic" value="Submit" onclick="return topicPostSubmit();"/>

If you're really just "using Javascript to verify the form data is filled" you can add a return to the onclick's of your submit buttons. You'll then be able to use those for submitting the form instead of Javascript.
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicSub" id="postingTopicSub" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="submit" name="submittopic" id="submittopic" value="Submit" onclick="return topicPostSubmit()"/>
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicReply" id="postingTopicReply" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="submit" name="submitreply" id="submitreply" value="Submit" onclick="return replyPostSubmit()"/>
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicEdit" id="postingTopicEdit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="submit" name="submitedit" id="submitedit" value="Submit" onclick="return editPostSubmit()"/>
Then in the javascript if you have a bad state return false.
function editPostSubmit(){
if(data == 'bad')
return false;
return true;
}
I also want to make sure you're doing data validation on the backend. We don't want to allow SQL injection on your page.
Edit:
Updated your modified code.
<form action="<?php echo esc_url($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); ?>" method="post" name="postingTopicSub" id="postingTopicSub" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="topicID" id="topicID" value="<?php echo $topicID ?>"/>
<div class="post-subject">
Subject:
<input type="text" name="subject" id="subject" />
</div>
<div class="post-textarea">
<textarea name="post_text" id="post_text" cols="100" rows="30"></textarea>
</div>
<div class="post-button">
<input type="submit" name="submittopic" id="submittopic" value="Submit" onclick="return forumssubmit();"/>
</div>
</form>

Double form will not submit second form

Hi I have two HTML forms when the one is submit a JavaScript function submits the second the one form works but the second doesn't I'm not sure if it is the forms or the post pages can any one help.
The one form sends an email this is sending the email correctly sending the correct data to the correct email address.
The second form is meant to upload a file it doesn't seem to be doing anything at all there are now errors displayed to the screen I have done a try catch and nothing is displayed i have also looked into the logs and nothing is displayed I'm
HTML
<div id="loginborder">
<form id ="upload" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="upload_logo.php" method="POST">
<input name="userfile" type="file" />
<input type="submit" onsubmit="alert()" value="dont press" disabled>
</form>
<div id="login">
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?>">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Can you create me a Contributors account">
<input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" placeholder="Name">
<input type="text" name="company" id="company" placeholder="Company Name">
<input type="checkbox" id="tc" onclick= "checkbox()">
<input type="submit" id="submit" onsubmit="alert()" name="submit" value="Register" disabled>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
else
// the user has submitted the form
{
// Check if the "subject" input field is filled out
if (isset($_POST["subject"]))
{
sleep(5);
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$first = $_POST["first_name"];
$company = $_POST["company"];
$therest = "First name= $first" . "\r\n" . "Company= $company" . "\r\n";
}
echo "$therest <br>";
$first = wordwrap($first, 70);
mail("careersintheclassroom01#gmail.com",$subject,$name,$therest,"subject: $subject\n");
echo "Thank you for sending us feedback";
header( "refresh:5;url=index.php" );
}
?>
</body>
</html>
javascript
<script type="text/javascript">
function alert()
{
document.getElementById("upload").submit();
}
function checkbox(){
if (document.getElementById("tc").checked == true)
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = false;
else
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = true;
}
$('input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder]').placeholder();
</script>
Upload_Logo.php
<html>
<head>
</head>
</html>
<?php
$uploaddir = "./images/";
echo $uploaddir;
mkdir($uploaddir, true);
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
echo "<br />";
echo " <b>Your media has been uploaded</b><br /><br /> ";
?>
the <?php echo $_SERVER["PHP_SELF"];?> on the second form calls the php at the bottom of the page this is the one that is working it is the upload_logo.php that is not currently working any help would be much appreciated

You're trying to submit 2 forms at once. That can't work, as your browser can only be directed to 1 page at a time, so your attempt to submit the upload form with JavaScript is cancelled by the contact form being submitted. I'd suggest that you move the file input into the same form as the contact fields, and handle them both in your "the user has submitted the form" section.
Something like this should do the trick:
<?php
if (!isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
?>
<div id="loginborder">
<div id="login">
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="POST">
<input name="userfile" type="file" />
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Can you create me a Contributors account">
<input type="text" name="first_name" id="first_name" placeholder="Name">
<input type="text" name="company" id="company" placeholder="Company Name">
<input type="checkbox" id="tc" onclick="checkbox()">
<input type="submit" id="submit" name="submit" value="Register" disabled>
</form>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
else
// the user has submitted the form
{
// Check if the "subject" input field is filled out
if (!empty($_POST["subject"]))
{
sleep(5);
$subject = $_POST["subject"];
$first = $_POST["first_name"];
$company = $_POST["company"];
$therest = "First name= $first" . "\r\n" . "Company= $company" . "\r\n";
echo "$therest <br>";
$first = wordwrap($first, 70);
mail("careersintheclassroom01#gmail.com",$subject,$name,$therest,"subject: $subject\n");
echo "Thank you for sending us feedback";
header( "refresh:5;url=index.php" );
}
if (isset($_FILES['userfile']['name'])) {
$uploaddir = "./images/";
if (!file_exists($uploaddir)) {
mkdir($uploaddir, true);
}
$uploadfile = $uploaddir . basename($_FILES['userfile']['name']);
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile);
echo "<br />";
echo " <b>Your media has been uploaded</b><br /><br /> ";
}
}
?>
</body>

try this after $uploadfile = ...
move_uploaded_file($_FILES['userfile']['tmp_name'], $uploadfile);

when you submit 2nd form e-mail would be generated becausue it triggers if(isset($_POST["subject"])) condition and the code will follow the next commands.
But when you submit 1st form, it will call onsubmit="alert(); function and that function again submits the same form because of these.
function alert()
{
document.getElementById("upload").submit();
}
so you are just triggering a never ending loop.
My solution is
<script type="text/javascript">
function alert()
{
function checkbox(){
if (document.getElementById("tc").checked == true)
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = false;
else
document.getElementById("submit").disabled = true;
}
}
$('input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder],input[placeholder]').placeholder();
</script>
I'am not 100% sure about your requirement. hope you can get the point what i'am making. gl!

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';
}