Get PHP Contact Form to Work

Question

I am creating my first ever website. I have created a PHP Contact Form. Right now, my html and php files are stored locally, and I do not have a web host yet.

When the Submit button is clicked, the PHP file is downloaded, rather than the email message being sent. How can I get the Contact Form to send an email? Do I need a web host, first, before I can do this?

Answer 1

Sounds like you are loading your HTML files in a web browser and when they submit to the PHP page it loads the page. This is because you need a web server to actually process the PHP script.

• If you're running Windows you can look into WAMPServer.

• There's also MAMP for Macs.

• And Xampp which works on Windows, Macs, and Linux.

There are lots of tutorials for using each f them so getting started should be easy to do.