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Asked: 2026-05-31T12:21:14+00:00

I am just started with PHP and have a rather simple problem I can’t

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I am just started with PHP and have a rather simple problem I can’t seem to figure out. I have set up a basic PHP script with will send me the content from my sites contact page. The script itself is fine – and so is the validator. Now what I am trying to achieve is getting a simple popup (similar to an alert function in javascript). Here is my try:

if ($valid) {
        //*isUTF8($subject);
        //*isUTF8($formcontent);
        sendMail();
        $body = $successMarkup . $backMarkup;
        $title = "Form sent";
        @header("location:formsent.php");
    } else {
        $body = $errorMarkup . $errorMarkupEnd . $backMarkup;
        $title = "Form errors";
    }

The file formsent.php I am refering to here only includes basic html markup as well as an javascript alert which is executed as soon as you open the page:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Contact Success</title>
</head>

<body>
<script language="Javascript">
<!--
alert ("Thank you for your message! I will come back to you as soon as possible!")
//-->
</script>
</body>
</html>

Here my question:
After I send the filled out contactsheet via the send button I get a popup with the message shown above – BUT to do so it leaves the actual page I am on and shows me only a white screen.

How can I get that popup message implemented without leaving the page I am on?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try using this one: http://jquery.malsup.com/form/ with jQuery to make an Ajax form submit simple.
    The examples, shown on that page are quite enough to implement your type of a story.
    just put:

    <script>
$(document).ready(function(){ 
  $('form#form_id').ajaxForm(
     function(data){ 
       alert(data); 
     }
    )
})
</script>

    And so everything you need to do in your sendmail script is to echo the needed message, no redirecting required.

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