Question

I am currently trying to send an email from an hmtl form using the following example:

http://www.freecontactform.com/email_form.php

When I click the submit button, it goes to the next page, but it all comes up as plain text, and nothing is done. Is there another step I am missing to make this php file? In my folder it says it is saved as a php file.

I have done exactly what the example tells to do and I come up with that problem. What am I not doing?

Or can you suggest a better way of doing what I am attempting?

Answer 1

The most likely issue is that your server is not configured to run PHP files. Maybe you don’t have PHP installed, or if you are using shared hosting then perhaps you don’t have PHP enabled.

Or you’re trying to run it from your own computer, which won’t work unless you install server software.