Question

I have this AJAX:

function sendMail () {
        $.post('php/sendMail.php', function(result){
            alert(result);
        })
    }

$('#submitContact').click(function(){
        sendMail();
    })

and this PHP:

<?php

$trimmed = array_map('trim', $_POST);

$message = $trimmed['message'];
$email = $trimmed['email'];
$name = $trimmed['name'];

if (empty($message)) {
    $message = FALSE;
}

if (empty($email)) {
    $message = FALSE;
}

if (empty($name)) {
    $message = FALSE;
}

if ($message && $email && $name){

    $body = "From: $name.\n \n $message";

    mail(/*some email*/, 'Website Contact Form Submission', $body, "From: $email");

    echo ('success');

}

echo($message.' '.$email.' '.$name);

?>

All the html elements defined exist. When I run it all that returns is a blank alert box (meaning that the PHP script did not print out success). Any idea why it is not sending the mail?

Answer 1

You don’t appear to be sending any data with your POST.

If you’re trying to submit a form, try this:

$.post('php/sendMail.php',$('form').serialize(), function(result){
        alert(result);
    })

Edit: As Tomalak rightly points out in the comments, you’ll need to specify which form you are serializing. I’d normally give the form an id and use that:- $('#myform').serialize()