Comments on: Secure PHP Contact Form http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/ PHP, WordPress and Business Ramblings Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:31:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-3/#comment-21057 Sarah Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:13:18 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-21057 Hi Ben, you could use an anchor link instead to jump back to the form. So where the error message is to be displayed, add an id to the ul tag, and then change the form action to include #id-name on the end of it, where id-name is the name of the ID. Hope that makes sense :) Hi Ben, you could use an anchor link instead to jump back to the form. So where the error message is to be displayed, add an id to the ul tag, and then change the form action to include #id-name on the end of it, where id-name is the name of the ID. Hope that makes sense :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-3/#comment-20934 Ben Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:04:20 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20934 Hi Sarah, Apologies if there is a really simple solution to this - I'm a bit of a PHP dufus. Is it possible to avoid the 'return to top of page' behaviour when incorrect details are entered into the form? I have a contact form that is quite a long way down a page and it would be preferable if the warning message was immediately visible when the user presses 'submit'. Thanks in advance and keep up the good work... Ben :) Hi Sarah,

Apologies if there is a really simple solution to this – I'm a bit of a PHP dufus.

Is it possible to avoid the 'return to top of page' behaviour when incorrect details are entered into the form?

I have a contact form that is quite a long way down a page and it would be preferable if the warning message was immediately visible when the user presses 'submit'.

Thanks in advance and keep up the good work…

Ben :)

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20698 Sarah Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:40:04 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20698 Hi Mandy, I've taken a look at that page and there's no opening HTML or anything around the form? It's looking very incomplete. I've put up a completepage version of the form at http://pastie.org/private/ny6dzdhn8c00vnaefr8n7w for you to copy and try. I've made one minor modification which may fix your problem too. Let me know if that works :) PS Steve you're welcome to give that a try. If not drop me a link to your form and I'll take a look for you :) Hi Mandy, I've taken a look at that page and there's no opening HTML or anything around the form? It's looking very incomplete.

I've put up a completepage version of the form at http://pastie.org/private/ny6dzdhn8c00vnaefr8n7w for you to copy and try. I've made one minor modification which may fix your problem too.

Let me know if that works :)

PS Steve you're welcome to give that a try. If not drop me a link to your form and I'll take a look for you :)

]]> By: Steve http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20693 Steve Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:41:30 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20693 Mandy, I have had a similar issue with the contact form on my site, and have searched diligently for an improper character to no avail. The form functions fine and redirects on my development server, but fails to redirect (although it sends the email) on my actual site. The only difference I can find is that the website runs an older version of PHP than my computer. I finally gave up and just accepted that everyone was going to email me twice before giving up. Steve Mandy,

I have had a similar issue with the contact form on my site, and have searched diligently for an improper character to no avail. The form functions fine and redirects on my development server, but fails to redirect (although it sends the email) on my actual site. The only difference I can find is that the website runs an older version of PHP than my computer. I finally gave up and just accepted that everyone was going to email me twice before giving up.

Steve

]]> By: Mandy http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20690 Mandy Thu, 28 Jul 2011 21:05:14 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20690 Hi Sarah, I tried to view the source code, but you can't see the PHP once it gets to the browser. I pulled the page off of the server and opened it in notepad and there is nothing before that opening line. I really appreciate your attention to my issue. If you get a chance, the url is http://www.advancedairsystems.net/contact-form-4.0.php. I do get the emails, it just won't redirect. I'm just not sure what i'm doing wrong here. Thanks!! Mandy Hi Sarah,

I tried to view the source code, but you can't see the PHP once it gets to
the browser. I pulled the page off of the server and opened it in notepad
and there is nothing before that opening line. I really appreciate your
attention to my issue. If you get a chance, the url is
http://www.advancedairsystems......rm-4.0.php. I do get the
emails, it just won't redirect. I'm just not sure what i'm doing wrong
here. Thanks!!

Mandy

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20688 Sarah Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:15:05 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20688 Hi Mandy, according to your error there is output of some kind on line 1. This may be a whole blank line, a dot before the opening php tag, just anything. This isn't a server issue as the error is saying that output has already started. You need to ensure that nothing at all is before that opening PHP tag. Possibly the upload is somehow corrupting? Can you check it on the server via a control panel file editor? If so I would do that too. Also, if the error still appears, open up the source code and see what is showing before the PHP error comes up as you may see either a character or space there. Hi Mandy, according to your error there is output of some kind on line 1. This may be a whole blank line, a dot before the opening php tag, just anything. This isn't a server issue as the error is saying that output has already started.

You need to ensure that nothing at all is before that opening PHP tag. Possibly the upload is somehow corrupting? Can you check it on the server via a control panel file editor? If so I would do that too.

Also, if the error still appears, open up the source code and see what is showing before the PHP error comes up as you may see either a character or space there.

]]> By: Mandy http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20686 Mandy Thu, 28 Jul 2011 20:01:15 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20686 Maybe it's a server issue, because I put both versions of your form up, unchanged except for my email, thank you page and subject. They both do the same thing. Strange :/ Thanks for the suggestions! Maybe it's a server issue, because I put both versions of your form up, unchanged except for my email, thank you page and subject. They both do the same thing. Strange :/

Thanks for the suggestions!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20685 Sarah Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:38:48 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20685 Hi Mandy, You'll be getting that error if something is being output on the page before all of the PHP processing occurs. So you need to make sure that there is no HTML or whitespace of any kind before the opening PHP tag. Let me know if that solves your problem :) Hi Mandy,

You'll be getting that error if something is being output on the page before all of the PHP processing occurs. So you need to make sure that there is no HTML or whitespace of any kind before the opening PHP tag.

Let me know if that solves your problem :)

]]> By: Mandy http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-20665 Mandy Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:45:39 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-20665 Hi Sarah, Thank you for all of your hard work! I am getting this error after submitting: Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/d/v/advanced1720/html/testingform.php:1) in /home/content/a/d/v/advanced1720/html/testingform.php on line 97. Looks like it has to do with the redirect to the thank you page. Any ideas? Hi Sarah,

Thank you for all of your hard work! I am getting this error after submitting: Warning: Cannot modify header information – headers already sent by (output started at /home/content/a/d/v/advanced1720/html/testingform.php:1) in /home/content/a/d/v/advanced1720/html/testingform.php on line 97.

Looks like it has to do with the redirect to the thank you page. Any ideas?

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/comment-page-2/#comment-17560 Sarah Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:13:50 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2008/03/19/secure-php-contact-form/#comment-17560 Hi Chris, Yes you could just add cfsubmit to the end as you suggested. I keep Remy Sharp's jQuery API lookup bookmarked and it's a great way to get a syntax reminder and/or examples - http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/ just look under P and you'll find examples of the $.post If you're using a made up email address then possibly your server is designed to look and see if that email address exists. If you look at my reply to Dustin above (about 2 or 3 comments up) you'll see my explanation on this. Best option is to use real email addresses, and then if something doesn't work, look into why. There's an example in that comment to test your mail() function, if that works then the email should send :) Hi Chris,

Yes you could just add cfsubmit to the end as you suggested.

I keep Remy Sharp's jQuery API lookup bookmarked and it's a great way to get a syntax reminder and/or examples – http://remysharp.com/jquery-api/ just look under P and you'll find examples of the $.post

If you're using a made up email address then possibly your server is designed to look and see if that email address exists. If you look at my reply to Dustin above (about 2 or 3 comments up) you'll see my explanation on this. Best option is to use real email addresses, and then if something doesn't work, look into why. There's an example in that comment to test your mail() function, if that works then the email should send :)

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