Harshit Laddha
Reputation: 2124
How to submit a form to itself in wordpress
I have a wordpress theme i designed, i have a contact form at the address -
www.[website_name].com/contact
and i have a form definition in it which says -
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
and the way i am determining the post method using
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){ // followed by my code for the form
But, when i submit the form with this syntax i am redirected to
www.[website_name].com/index.php
By googling it, i found at several places to try out
<form method="post" action="<?php echo get_permalink(); ?>">
I get redirected to http://[website_name].com/contact/
but the form is not submitted in that case too.
I also tried absolute url -
www.[website_name].com/wp-content/themes/[theme-name]/contact.php
www.[website_name].com/contact.php
www.[website_name].com/contact
but all in vain, can anyone help me with this one? Sorry i used get_permalink before, but even the permalink is not working for me here is the full code i am using -
<?php
/*
Template Name: Contact
*/
?>
<?php
$errormsg="";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){
if (!empty($_POST["name"]))
$name=$_POST["name"];
if (!empty($_POST["number"]))
$number=$_POST["number"];
if (!empty($_POST["address"]))
$address=$_POST["address"];
if (!empty($_POST["purpose"]))
$purpose=$_POST["purpose"];
require_once('PHPMailer_5.2.4/class.phpmailer.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$body="test body2";
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "[email protected]"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "[password]"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom("[email protected]", 'Harshit Laddha');
$mail->AddReplyTo("[email protected]","First Last");
$mail->Subject = "subject";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$address = "[email protected]";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
if(!$mail->Send()) {
$errormsg="mail sent";
} else {
$errormsg="some error occurred, please contact webmaster at [email protected].";echo $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/animate-custom.css" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/styles/form.css?v3.1.1082"/>
<style type="text/css">
.form-label{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-label-left{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-line{
padding-top:12px;
padding-bottom:12px;
}
.form-label-right{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-all{
width:650px;
color:#FFFFFF !important;
font-family:'Verdana';
font-size:12px;
}
.form-radio-item label, .form-checkbox-item label, .form-grading-label, .form-header{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
<div class="content" style="top:0px" >
<div class="designs" style="color:#646464;">
<div id="wrapper" style="width:60%;margin-left:25%;text-align:left;">
<div id="login" class="animate form">
<form method="post" action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<h1><?php if (!empty($_POST["name"])) echo $errormsg; else echo "Connect with us!"?></h1>
<div class="form-all">
<ul class="form-section">
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="name">
Full Name<span class="form-required">*</span>
</label>
<div class="form-input"><span class="form-sub-label-container"><input class="form-textbox validate[required]" type="text" size="30" name="name" id="name" /></span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="number"> Phone Number </label>
<div class="form-input"><span class="form-sub-label-container"><input class="form-textbox" type="tel" name="number" id="number" size="10">
</span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" id="label_7" for="address">
Address
</label>
<div class="form-input">
<input id="address" class="form-textarea " name="address"/>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="textarea">
Purpose<span class="form-required">*</span>
</label>
<div class="form-input">
<textarea id="purpose" class="form-textarea validate[required]" name="purpose" cols="35" rows="6"></textarea>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<div class="form-input-wide">
<div style="margin-left:156px" class="form-buttons-wrapper">
<button id="submit" type="submit" class="form-submit-button">
Submit
</button>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li style="display:none">
Should be Empty:
<input type="text" name="website" value="" />
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/js/cbpTooltipMenu.min.js"></script>
<script>
var menu = new cbpTooltipMenu( document.getElementById( 'cbp-tm-menu' ) );
</script>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Upvotes: 4
Views: 8899
Answers (2)
Debakant Mohanty
Reputation: 825
You were having the name and id for : <input class="form-textbox validate[required]" type="text" size="30" name="your_name" id="your_name" /> as name="name" and id="name", I just changed the name and id values. Because the name attribute is a keyword itself, so that was generating the error.
<?php
/*
Template Name: Contact
*/
?>
<?php
$errormsg="";
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST"){
if (!empty($_POST["your_name"]))
$your_name=$_POST["your_name"];
if (!empty($_POST["number"]))
$number=$_POST["number"];
if (!empty($_POST["address"]))
$address=$_POST["address"];
if (!empty($_POST["purpose"]))
$purpose=$_POST["purpose"];
require_once('PHPMailer_5.2.4/class.phpmailer.php');
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$body="test body2";
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true; // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl"; // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host = "smtp.gmail.com"; // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port = 465; // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username = "[email protected]"; // GMAIL username
$mail->Password = "[password]"; // GMAIL password
$mail->SetFrom("[email protected]", 'Harshit Laddha');
$mail->AddReplyTo("[email protected]","First Last");
$mail->Subject = "subject";
$mail->AltBody = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test
$mail->MsgHTML($body);
$address = "[email protected]";
$mail->AddAddress($address, "John Doe");
if(!$mail->Send()) {
$errormsg="mail sent";
} else {
$errormsg="some error occurred, please contact webmaster at [email protected].";echo $mail->ErrorInfo;
}
}
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/style.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/animate-custom.css" />
<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/css/contact/css/styles/form.css?v3.1.1082"/>
<style type="text/css">
.form-label{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-label-left{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-line{
padding-top:12px;
padding-bottom:12px;
}
.form-label-right{
width:150px !important;
}
.form-all{
width:650px;
color:#FFFFFF !important;
font-family:'Verdana';
font-size:12px;
}
.form-radio-item label, .form-checkbox-item label, .form-grading-label, .form-header{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
<div class="content" style="top:0px" >
<div class="designs" style="color:#646464;">
<div id="wrapper" style="width:60%;margin-left:25%;text-align:left;">
<div id="login" class="animate form">
<form method="post" action="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<h1><?php if (!empty($_POST["name"])) echo $errormsg; else echo "Connect with us!"?></h1>
<div class="form-all">
<ul class="form-section">
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="name">
Full Name<span class="form-required">*</span>
</label>
<div class="form-input"><span class="form-sub-label-container"><input class="form-textbox validate[required]" type="text" size="30" name="your_name" id="your_name" /></span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="number"> Phone Number </label>
<div class="form-input"><span class="form-sub-label-container"><input class="form-textbox" type="tel" name="number" id="number" size="10">
</span>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" id="label_7" for="address">
Address
</label>
<div class="form-input">
<input id="address" class="form-textarea " name="address"/>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<label class="form-label-left" for="textarea">
Purpose<span class="form-required">*</span>
</label>
<div class="form-input">
<textarea id="purpose" class="form-textarea validate[required]" name="purpose" cols="35" rows="6"></textarea>
</div>
</li>
<li class="form-line">
<div class="form-input-wide">
<div style="margin-left:156px" class="form-buttons-wrapper">
<button id="submit" type="submit" class="form-submit-button">
Submit
</button>
</div>
</div>
</li>
<li style="display:none">
Should be Empty:
<input type="text" name="website" value="" />
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script src="<?php bloginfo('template_url');?>/js/cbpTooltipMenu.min.js"></script>
<script>
var menu = new cbpTooltipMenu( document.getElementById( 'cbp-tm-menu' ) );
</script>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
Upvotes: 4
Rajesh Paul
Reputation: 7009
replace the following:
<form method="post" action="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_SERVER["PHP_SELF"]);?>">
With the following:
<form method="post">
Actually action when not specified then the form is submitted to the current page.
Upvotes: 2
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