HTML Form with Sendemail

Question

I can’t figure out where the problem comes from! The mail() is working perfectly (I already tested it with a simple php file) but my form doesn’t send any email!

HTML

  <section id="contact">
    <div id="google-map" class="wow fadeIn" data-latitude="35.7777622" data-longitude="10.8285004" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="400ms"></div>
    <div id="contact-us" class="parallax">
      <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
          <div class="heading text-center col-sm-8 col-sm-offset-2 wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
            <h2>Contact</h2>
            <p>Send a message</p>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="contact-form wow fadeIn" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="600ms">
          <div class="row">
            <div class="col-sm-6">
              <form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="sendemail.php">
                <div class="row  wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
                  <div class="col-sm-6">
                    <div class="form-group">
                      <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" required="required">
                    </div>
                  </div>
                  <div class="col-sm-6">
                    <div class="form-group">
                      <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" required="required">
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                  <input type="text" name="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Sub" required="required">
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                  <textarea name="message" id="message" class="form-control" rows="4" placeholder="Type your message" required="required"></textarea>
                </div>                        
                <div class="form-group">
                  <button type="submit" class="btn-submit">Send</button>
                </div>
              </form>   
            </div>
            <div class="col-sm-6">                           
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>        
  </section><!--/#contact-->

main.js

// Contact form
var form = $('#main-contact-form');
form.submit(function(event){
    event.preventDefault();
    var form_status = $('<div class="form_status"></div>');
    $.ajax({
        url: $(this).attr('action'),
        beforeSend: function(){
            form.prepend( form_status.html('<p><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> Progress...</p>').fadeIn() );
        }
    }).done(function(data){
        form_status.html('<p class="text-success">Thanks for your message</p>').delay(3000).fadeOut();
    });
});

sendemail.php

<?php
$name       = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
$from       = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$subject    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['subject'])); 
$message    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['message'])); 
$to         = '[email protected]';

$headers   = array();
$headers[] = "MIME-Version: 1.0";
$headers[] = "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1";
$headers[] = "From: {$name} <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Reply-To: <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Subject: {$subject}";
$headers[] = "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

die;

Could you please help me figuring out the problem? When I add a simple mail('[email protected]', 'My Subject', 'message') to the sendemail.php file, every time the form is submitted, I receive an email! But I never receive the mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

Thank you very much

Don't use the error suppression operator (@) as it hides error messages that may be helpful in debugging your code. You should also always write your code so it does not generate any PHP errors including notices. — John Conde
– John Conde, Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 18:05

user149341 · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-08 22:15:42Z

1

You are spoofing the From header based on the user's input. Don't do this.

The From header of an email message must accurately represent the sender of the email message -- if you insert another value into this header, many mail servers will reject your mail or flag it as spam, as the resulting message will fail SPF and/or DMARC checks.

Use a From header which accurately represents the source of the message. For instance, if your web site is example.com, set the From header as From: [email protected]. Include the email address and name set by the user either in the body of the message, or in a Reply-To header.

answered Mar 8, 2017 at 22:15

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ThibaudJ Over a year ago

Thank you so much, this is working! Now I receive the email but unfortunately, I receive empty message and empty subject (although I am sure I have added one). Any ideas?

Zeroxja · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-08 21:45:06Z

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I think Headers needs to be a string.

$headers  = '';
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From: {$name} <{$from}>\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: <{$from}>\r\n";
$headers .= "Subject: {$subject}\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion() . "\r\n";

http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php

You should also filter $_POST

http://php.net/manual/en/function.filter-input.php

I think you also need to send the data through the ajax request.

$.ajax({
  url: $(this).attr('action'),
  type: "POST",
  data: $(this).serialize(),

edited Mar 8, 2017 at 21:45

answered Mar 8, 2017 at 15:10

Zeroxja

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ThibaudJ Over a year ago

Thanks a lot! But unfortunately I receive emails but empty emails, I tried your ajax request but it's still the same!

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