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Email issue - name not showing in sent email


sher4

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Hi and thanks in advance if you are able to help me. 

I am new to php and using a tempate with the following code which sends me the email OK but the sent email does not show the name and I can't work put why..!

 

HTML FORM

<div class="contact-form">

          <form class="contact-form" method="post" action="/">

            <p class="contact-form-name">

              <label for="name">Name <span class="required">*</span></label>

              <input type="text" aria-required="true" size="30" value="" name="name" id="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Name">

            </p>

            <p class="contact-form-email">

              <label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label>

              <input type="email" aria-required="true" size="30" value="" name="email" id="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Your email">

            </p>

            <p class="contact-form-subject">

              <label for="subject">Subject</label>

              <input type="text" size="30" value="" name="subject" id="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Your Subject">

            </p>

            <p class="contact-form-message">

              <label for="message">Comment</label>

              <textarea aria-required="true" rows="8" cols="45" name="message" id="message" class="form-control" placeholder=""></textarea>

            </p>

            <p class="contact-form-submit">

              <input type="submit" value="Send Your Message" id="contact_form_submit" name="contact_submit" class="theme_btn">

            </p>

          </form>

        </div>

 

contact-form.php

<?php

 

//Specify default values

 

//Your E-mail

$your_email = 'email@mymail.com';

 

//Default Subject if 'subject' field not specified

$default_subject = 'From My Contact Form';

 

//Message if 'name' field not specified

$name_not_specified = 'Please type a valid name';

 

//Message if 'message' field not specified

$message_not_specified = 'Please type a vaild message';

 

//Message if e-mail sent successfully

$email_was_sent = 'Thanks, your message successfully sent';

 

//Message if e-mail not sent (server not configured)

$server_not_configured = 'Sorry, mail server not configured';

 

 

//Contact Form Processing

 

$errors = array();

if(isset($_POST['message']) and isset($_POST['name'])) {

               if(!empty($_POST['name']))

                              $sender_name  = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['name'])));

              

               if(!empty($_POST['message']))

                              $message      = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['message'])));

              

               if(!empty($_POST['email']))

                              $sender_email = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['email'])));

              

               if(!empty($_POST['subject']))

                              $subject      = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['subject'])));

 

 

               //Message if no sender name was specified

               if(empty($sender_name)) {

                              $errors[] = $name_not_specified;

               }

 

               //Message if no message was specified

               if(empty($message)) {

                              $errors[] = $message_not_specified;

               }

 

               $from = (!empty($sender_email)) ? 'From: '.$sender_email : '';

 

               $subject = (!empty($subject)) ? $subject : $default_subject;

 

               $message = (!empty($message)) ? wordwrap($message, 70) : '';

 

               //sending message if no errors

               if(empty($errors)) {

                              if (mail($your_email, $subject, $message, $from)) {

                                             echo $email_was_sent;

                              } else {

                                             $errors[] = $server_not_configured;

                                             echo implode('<br>', $errors );

                              }

               } else {

                              echo implode('<br>', $errors );

               }

}

?>

 

 

 

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The code does not post the senders name into the message body of the e-mail.

 

The line:

$message = stripslashes(strip_tags(trim($_POST['message'])));

sets the variable "$message" with the "Message" form field that has been sent from the form

 

Then, the line that sends the emal is:

if (mail($your_email, $subject, $message, $from)) {

notice it just passes that "$message" variable along.  No where in there is the persons name ever attached to the message.

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