I have just started learning how to build websites, and I have been experimenting by creating a contact form.
Here is what I currently have - can anyone suggest and recommend ways enhance my current contact form system?
JavaScript:
$("#contactForm").submit(function (event) {
/* stop form from submitting normally */
event.preventDefault();
/* get some values from elements on the page: */
var $form = $(this),
$submit = $form.find('button[type="submit"]'),
name_value = $form.find('input[id="name"]').val(),
email_value = $form.find('input[id="email"]').val(),
message_value = $form.find('textarea[id="message"]').val(),
url = $form.attr('action');
/* send the data using post */
var posting = $.post(url, {
name: name_value,
email: email_value,
message: message_value,
ajax: 1
});
posting.done(function (data) {
$form.find('span.error').remove();
if (data == "1") {
/*Change the button text.*/
$submit.text('Sent. Thank You!');
$submit.addClass("sent");
} else {
$submit.after('<span style="display: inline-block; padding: 20px 5px; color: #bd3d3d" class="error">Failed to send the message, please check your entries and try again.</span>');
/*Change the button text.*/
$submit.text('Try Again');
}
});
});
PHP
<?php
if(isset($_POST['name']) && $_POST['email'] && $_POST['message']) {
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "New Message From: $name";
$message .= "$messege";
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: '.$email . "\r\n";
$mailed = ( mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) );
if( isset($_POST['ajax']))
$response = ($mailed) ? "1" : "0";
else
$response = ($mailed) ? "<h2>Success!</h2>" : "<h2>Error! There was a problem with sending.</h2>";
echo $response;
}
else
{
echo "Form data error!";
}
?>
HTML:
<form id="contactForm" action="email.php" method="post" name="contactForm">
<div class="name">
<label>Your Name</label>
<input id="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter Name" required>
</div>
<div class="email">
<label>Email Address</label>
<input id="email" type="email" placeholder="Enter Email" required>
</div>
<div class="message">
<label>Message</label>
<textarea id="message" required></textarea>
</div>
<button id="submit" type="submit">Send</button>
</form>