I am new to php and having trouble setting up a php email form

[FencingFreak]

I can't seem to get the email to go through. Here is what I have coded so far, but I don't know enough to trouble shoot. Any one have some pointers? It is saved as a mailform.php

 

<?php

function spamcheck($field)

  {

  //filter_var() sanitizes the e-mail

  //address using FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL

  $field=filter_var($field, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);

 

  //filter_var() validates the e-mail

  //address using FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL

  if(filter_var($field, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))

    {

    return TRUE;

    }

  else

    {

    return FALSE;

    }

  }

 

if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))

//if "email" is filled out, send email

  {

  //send email

  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

  $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;

  $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

  mail( "myemail@gmail.com", "Subject: $subject",

  $message, "From: $email" );

  echo "Thank you for using our mail form";

  }

else

//if "email" is not filled out, display the form

  {

  echo "<form method='post' action='mailform.php'>

  Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />

  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />

  Message:<br />

  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>

  </textarea><br />

  <input type='submit' />

  </form>";

  }

 

?>

[Maq]

Please use

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You don't have a button named 'email' so it's never being submitted...

 

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Also, if you're using the post method why not use it?  Replace all of the '$_REQUEST' with '$_POST'.

[Presto-X]

You could use something like this:

 

<?PHP
// CHECK TO SEE IF THE FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED
if($_POST['validate'] != $_POST['frodo']){echo "<h3>Please go back and check the validation!</h3>";}else{
if (isset($_POST['submit'])&&($_POST['validate'] == $_POST['frodo'])){
  // GET SUBMITTED FORM INFORMATION
  $sender = $_POST['email'];
  $message = $_POST['message'];
  $name = $_POST['name'];
  // WHO YOU WANT TO RECEIVE THE EMAIL
  $to = "myemail@gmail.com";
  // YOUR EMAILS SUBJECT
  $subject = "Message from Example.com";
  // WHO THE MESSAGE IS FROM
  $header = "From: $sender";
  // SEND THE MESSAGE
  mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
  // THANK THE USER FOR USEING YOUR FORM
  echo "Thank you, ".$name .". Your message has been sent.";
}else{
$random = rand(80000, 90000);
?>
<form action="<?PHP echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" value="<?PHP echo $random; ?>" name="frodo" />
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0">
  <tr>
    <td width="80" align="right"><label for="name">Name:</label></td>
    <td><input type="text" id="name" name="name" value="<?PHP echo $_POST['name'];?>" style="width:200px;" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"><label for="email">Email:</label></td>
    <td><input type="text" id="email" name="email" value="<?PHP echo $_POST['email'];?>" style="width:200px;" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"><label for="message">Message:</label></td>
    <td><textarea id="message" name="message" style="width:200px;"><?PHP echo $_POST['message']; ?></textarea></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"><label for="validate">Validate:</label></td>
    <td><div style="display:block; border:1px solid #DDDDDD; background-color:#EFEFEF; color:#666666; font-weight:bold; width:200px; padding:4px;"><?PHP echo $random; ?></div>
    <input id="validate" type="text" name="validate" id="validate" style="width:200px; border:1px solid #990000;" /></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td align="right"> </td>
    <td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" /></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</form>
<?PHP }} ?>