Sending Email in php from html form

Question

I have created one web page in html form which contains only 3 fields name, email and message and one button.Second page of php for sending mail named status.php.but when i click on send mail button it does not redirect to status.php instead it downloads that page.why this is happening.Anybody can tell.. here is the code:

<form method="post" action="status.php">
    <ol>
      <li>
        <label for="name">Name (required)&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</label>
        <input id="name" name="name" />
      </li>
      <br /><li>
        <label for="email">Email Address (required)&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</label>
        <input id="email" name="email" />
      </li>
      <br /><li>
        <label for="message">Your Message&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</label>
        <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="8" cols="50"></textarea>
      </li>
      <br /><li>
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Email"/>
      </li>
    </ol>
</form>

PHP Code :

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['submit']))
    {
        $to = 'jafar.nadaf@ajinkyatechnologies.com';
        $subject = 'Email Test';
    }
    $status = 'Name: ' .$_POST['name']. "\r\n\r\n";
    $status .= 'Email: ' .$_POST['email']. "\r\n\r\n";
    $status .= 'Message: ' .$_POST['message'];
    echo $status;
?>

You should execute file using Absolute path for eg. http://localhost/first.html if you are using relative path eg.file:///var/www/html/first.html then file get downloaded — Domain, Mar 17 '16 at 06:16
^^ haven't thought of that lol. if @WisdmLabs solution doesn't work.. Maybe your server does not support php? — Severino Lorilla Jr., Mar 17 '16 at 06:22
add your html on the php file... and submit on the same page. — Severino Lorilla Jr., Mar 17 '16 at 06:25
Possible duplicate of [PHP code is not being executed, instead code shows on the page](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5121495/php-code-is-not-being-executed-instead-code-shows-on-the-page) — miken32, Jun 06 '16 at 18:55

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 06:30

If you want to do all functionality in same page and refer following:

index.php

<?php
    if(isset($_POST['submit']))
        {
            $to = 'jafar.nadaf@ajinkyatechnologies.com';
            $subject = 'Email Test';
        }
        $status = 'Name: ' .$_POST['name']. "\r\n\r\n";
        $status .= 'Email: ' .$_POST['email']. "\r\n\r\n";
        $status .= 'Message: ' .$_POST['message'];
        echo $status;
    ?>

    <form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
      <ol>
          <li>
            <label for="name">Name (required)&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</label>
            <input id="name" name="name" />
          </li>
          <br /><li>
            <label for="email">Email Address (required)&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp;</label>
            <input id="email" name="email" />
          </li>
          <br /><li>
            <label for="message">Your Message&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp</label>
            <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="8" cols="50"></textarea>
          </li>
          <br /><li>
                <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Send Email"/>
          </li>
        </ol>
    </form>

oops.. now you need to check your server if it supports php. — Severino Lorilla Jr., Mar 17 '16 at 06:54

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 17 '16 at 06:48

Make sure you set up a server on your local machine, e.g. LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) or XAMPP when running a windows machine and try running your script with

http://localhost/path/to/your/script

Your file needs to be located in the 'htdocs' directory of your server (unless you did some more configuration and changed that path)

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