I'm new to Bootstrap (apologies in advance) and what I want to do is quite simplistic. Capture details from FORM in HTML > call javascript on submit > call php to initiate POST > send email to my mail server.
My code to achieve this works in isolation, but when I embed these elements it into my main HTML/JS/PHP environment, I keep getting 'Sorry..mail server not responding' message from my PHP script.
This question is similar in nature to a previous thread but differs as my script always returns an error.
Here is the HTML handling FORM:
<div class="container">
<div id="contacts">
<div class="row">
<!-- Alignment -->
<div class="col-sm-offset-3 col-sm-6">
<!-- Form itself -->
<form name="sentMessage" class="well" id="contactForm" novalidate>
<legend>Contact Us v0.1</legend>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" class="form-control"
placeholder="Name" id="name" required
data-validation-required-message="Please enter your name" />
<p class="help-block"></p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<input type="email" class="form-control"
placeholder="Email" id="email" required
data-validation-required-message="Please enter your email" />
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<input type="text" class="form-control"
placeholder="Mobile No (Optional)" id="mobile"/>
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
<div class="controls">
<textarea rows="10" cols="100" class="form-control"
placeholder="Message" id="message" required
data-validation-required-message="Please enter your message" minlength="5"
data-validation-minlength-message="Min 5 characters"
maxlength="999" style="resize:none"></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div id="success"> </div> <!-- For success/fail messages -->
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary pull-right">Send</button><br />
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Core JavaScript Files -->
<script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jqBootstrapValidation.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.easing.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.scrollTo.js"></script>
<script src="js/wow.min.js"></script>
<!-- Custom Theme JavaScript -->
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<script src="js/contact_me.js"></script>
Here is contact_me.js
/*
Jquery Validation using jqBootstrapValidation
example is taken from jqBootstrapValidation docs
*/
$(function() {
$("input,textarea").jqBootstrapValidation(
{
preventSubmit: true,
submitError: function($form, event, errors) {
// something to have when submit produces an error ?
// Not decided if I need it yet
},
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 mobile = $("input#mobile").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: "./bin/contact_me.php",
type: "POST",
data: {name: name, email: email, mobile: mobile, 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>Your message has been sent to dont.reply@cheerful.com. </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...</strong> Could you please email me directly to <a href='mailto:dont.reply@cheerful.com?Subject=Message_Me from dontreply.com'>dont.reply@cheerful.com</a> ? Sorry for the inconvenience!");
$('#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() {
$('#success').html('');
});
Here is contact_me.php
<?php
// check if fields passed are empty
if(empty($_POST['name']) ||
empty($_POST['email']) ||
empty($_POST('mobile']) ||
empty($_POST['message']) ||
!filter_var($_POST['email'],FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
{
echo "No arguments Provided!";
return false;
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$mobile = $_POST['mobile'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
// create email body and send it
$to = 'dont.reply@cheerful.com'; // put your email
$email_subject = "Contact form submitted by: $name";
$email_body = "Hi, you have received a new message. \n\n".
"Here are the details:\n \nName: $name \n ".
"Mobile: $mobile \n ".
"Email: $email_address\n Message \n $message";
$headers = "From: Contact_Form_v1\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
return true;
?>
my index.html is at root level, the contact_me.js is in folder root/js and my contact_me.php is in folder root/bin. Not sure if there is an issue with the php script not being found. My Host provide uses Linux servers.
Any help much appreciated.
