Question

i am posting to a mailer.php file.
mailer.php

<?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Contact via website";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);

} else {

echo "blarg!";

}
?>

here is my js code

$('.submit').click(function(){
            $('span.msg').css({'visibility': 'visible'}).text('Sending...');
            $.post("mailer.php", $(".contactPage").serialize(),
                function(data){
                    $('span.msg').text('Your Message has been received. Thank you').show();
                });

            return false;    
        });

I am getting message of success but email is not received. What i am doing wrong? How to get error detail from mailer.php file and showing in span.msg?

Answer 1

if(mail($to, $subject, $body)){
  echo "success";
}else{
  echo "fail";
}

JS:

$('.submit').click(function(){
            $('span.msg').css({'visibility': 'visible'}).text('Sending...');
            $.post("mailer.php", $(".contactPage").serialize(),
                function(data){
                    if(data == 'success'){
                      $('span.msg').text('Your Message has been received. Thank you').show();
                    }else{
                      $('span.msg').text('Your Message has failed. Thank you').show(); 
                    }                       
                });

            return false;    
       });