Ultimate newbie needs PHP email form help

[jedikimgirl]

So, I'm trying to do a form for a website I have been hired to make. It looks like it sends it okay, but then I NEVER get the email. What the heck!? Can any of you much much much smarter people than me take a look at what I have done to see maybe if it's just a stupid mistake I'm making? Thanks.

Here's the form:
 

<form name="contactform" method="post" action="send_form_email1.php" id="contactform"">
 
<table width="600px">
 
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="full_name">Full Name *</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="full_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="telephone">Telephone Number *</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="30" size="30">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
 <tr>
 
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="email">Email Address *</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="email" maxlength="80" size="30">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
 
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="day"> Day You Would like Your Massage </label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <select name="day"><option value=""></option>
<option value="1">1</option> <option value="2">2</option> <option value="3">3</option> <option value="4">4</option> <option value="5">5</option> <option value="6">6</option> <option value="7">7</option> <option value="8">8</option> <option value="9">9</option> <option value="10">10</option> <option value="11">11</option> <option value="12">12</option> <option value="13">13</option> <option value="14">14</option> <option value="15">15</option> <option value="16">16</option> <option value="17">17</option> <option value="18">18</option> <option value="19">19</option> <option value="20">20</option> <option value="21">21</option> <option value="22">22</option> <option value="23">23</option> <option value="24">24</option> <option value="25">25</option> <option value="26">26</option> <option value="27">27</option> <option value="28">28</option> <option value="29">29</option> <option value="30">30</option> <option value="31">31</option></select>
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="month"> Month You Would like Your Massage </label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
<select name="month"><option value=""></option>
<option value="January">January</option> <option value="February">February</option> <option value="March">March</option> <option value="April">April</option> <option value="May">May</option> <option value="June">June</option> <option value="July">July</option> <option value="August">August</option> <option value="September">September</option> <option value="October">October</option> <option value="November">November</option> <option value="December">December</option></select>
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="time"> Time you'd like your massage*</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="time" maxlength="10" size="15">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="how_many"""> Number of people</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
 <input type="radio" name="how_many" value="1">1 | 
<input type="radio" name="how_many" value="2">2
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="type"> Type of Massage </label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
<select name="type"><option value="Couples massage">Couples massage</option> <option value="Deep tissue, Swedish, sports or prenatal massage">Deep tissue, Swedish, sports or prenatal massage</option> <option value="Cupping massage">Cupping massage</option> <option value="Cranial sacral massage">Cranial sacral massage</option> <option value="Hot stone massage">Hot stone massage</option> <option value="Triggerpoint">Triggerpoint</option> <option value="Other">Other</option></select>
 </td>
 
</tr>
 <tr>
 <td valign="top"">
 
  <label for="credit_card_number"> Credit Card Number*</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="credit_card_number" maxlength="50" size="30">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top"">
 
  <label for="credit_card_expiration"> Credit Card Expiration (MM/YY)*</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <input  type="text" name="credit_card_expiration" maxlength="5" size="10">
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <label for="comments">Comments *</label>
 
 </td>
 
 <td valign="top">
 
  <textarea  name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="25" rows="6"></textarea>
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
<tr>
 
 <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center">
 
  <input type="submit" value="Submit"> 
 
 </td>
 
</tr>
 
</table>
 
</form>

And here is the PHP file that handles the request:
 

<?php
$full_name = $_POST['full_name'];
$telephone = $_POST['telephone'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$day = $POST['day'];
$month = $POST['month'];
$time = $_POST['time'];
$how_many = $POST['how_many'];
$type = $POST['type'];
$credit_card_number = $_POST['credit_card_number'];
$credit_card_expiration = $_POST['credit_card_expiration'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$formcontent="From: $name \n phone number: $telephone Date of massage: $month $day @ $time for $how_many individual(s). They'd like a $type massage. Credit card number is: $credit_card_number which expires $credit_card_expiration Message: $comments";
$recipient = "vk1@Gmail.com";
$subject = "Contact Form";
$mailheader = "From: $email \r\n";
mail($recipient, $subject, $formcontent, $mailheader) or die("Error!");
echo "Thank You!";
?>

Thanks in advance for any type of help.

[mac_gyver]

the following forum post addresses much of what you should be doing in your code - http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/296742-hello-pretty-simple-php-form-i-broke-itplease-assist/?hl=%2Bsending&do=findComment&comment=1513725

 

pay particular attention to item #8 (the smiley) about the From: email header.

 

edit: i also notice that you have $POST used in some of your code. it's $_POST. if you had php's error_reporting set to E_ALL and display_errors set to ON, you would be getting undefined error messages alerting you to the incorrect variable names.

Edited June 25, 2015 by mac_gyver

[jedikimgirl]

Thanks so much for the response. I wasn't sure why $_POST and $POST were different from each other, as I basically just copied this script from "how to do it" site and then customized. I've already fixed the other stuff with posting and sending through the settings on my server (option number eight). So, unless it magically got undone somehow, it should be okay. Thanks so much for the input and for the link. :-)

[jedikimgirl]

It's still not sending to my email, and I am at a total loss as to why. You can see the form at the following link:
https://garden-springs-massage.com/booking_example.htm

[jedikimgirl]

Weirdly, I haven't done anything new to the form, but it is suddenly working. Yay!