Question

I have a problem with the form I’m trying to create. Basically, it does not allow me to send the email to the recipient, even though the PHP code is correct. Could it be the problem with TRIM PHP code?

<?php
    if ($_POST['submit']) {
        if (empty($_Post['name'])  || 
            empty($_POST['email']) || 
            empty($_POST['comments'])) {

            $error = true;
        } 
        else {

            $to = "[e-mail]";

            $name = trim($_POST['name']);
            $email = trim($_POST['email']);
            $comments = trim($_POST['comments']);

            $subject = "Contact Form";

            $messages =  "Name: $name \r\n Email: $email \r\n Comments: $comments";
            $headers = "From:" . $name;
            $mailsent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

            if ($mailsent) {
                $sent = true;
            }
        }
    }
?>

My HTML is:

<?php if($error == true){ ?>

    <p class="error">Text</p>

<?php } if($sent == true) { ?>

    <p class="sent">Text</p>

<?php } ?>

<div id="form">
    <form name="contact" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
        <fieldset>
            <h4>Contact Me!</h4>
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
                <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
                <label for="email"/>Email:</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
                <label for="comments" id="comments">Comments:</label>
                <textarea name="comments" id=""></textarea>
                <fieldset>
                    <input class="btn" type="submit" name="submit"   class="submit" value="Send email"/>
                    <input class="btn" type="reset" value="Reset"/>
                </fieldset>
        </fieldset>
    </form>

Answer 1

Try this (I had to fix a number of things):

<?php
    $error = false;
    $sent = false;

    if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
        if(empty($_POST['name']) || empty($_POST['email']) || empty($_POST['comments'])) {
            $error = true;
        }
        else {
            $to = "[e-mail]";

            $name = trim($_POST['name']);
            $email = trim($_POST['email']);
            $comments = trim($_POST['comments']);

            $subject = "Contact Form";

            $message =  "Name: $name \r\n Email: $email \r\n Comments: $comments";
            $headers = "From:" . $name;
            $mailsent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

            if($mailsent) {
                $sent = true;
            }
        }
    }
?>

<?php if($error == true){ ?>
<p class="error">Text</p>
<?php } if($sent == true) { ?>
<p class="sent">Text</p>
<?php } ?>
<div id="form">
    <form name="contact" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post">
        <fieldset>
            <h4>Contact Me!</h4>
            <label for="name">Name:</label>
                <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
                <label for="email"/>Email:</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" id="email"/>
                <label for="comments" id="comments">Comments:</label>
                <textarea name="comments" id=""></textarea>
                <fieldset>
                <input class="btn" type="submit" name="submit"  class="submit" value="Send email"/>
                <input class="btn" type="reset" value="Reset"/>
                </fieldset>
        </fieldset>
    </form>
</div>