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Bootstrap Contact Form with PHP

Hello everyone,
I'm trying to create my first website. I've been working on it for a while and my last hurdle is to get the contact form working correctly. I downloaded an example from here but I can't get it to work.

I'm running it through a local server using XAMPP. I was able to get this really simple example to work so I think I have that part correct.

To run the form I enter this into the Nav bar of Firefox.

But when I do this here is what I get.

Like I said, this is my first website. I know nothing about PHP or local servers, or anything else for that matter. I've done a ton of googling but I can't seem to get this working. Please help!!!

My ContactForm.php file is attached.

Thanks,
Kyle
ContactForm.php

Ray Paseur

This is a technically incompetent PHP script. The Bootstrap part may be good, but the PHP is not. The Notice messages are only raised by PHP when error_reporting() is set to E_ALL, and that is not the default in most PHP installations. Most PHP installations suppress the Notice messages, and many novice programmers believe that this means you can use undefined variables as if they were FALSE, empty(), zero, etc. No professional PHP programmer would do that.

The problem comes up with statements like this value attribute from one of the form tags:

value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']); ?>"

When PHP sees that code, it first looks in the $_POST array to find the 'name' element. If there is no 'name' element defined in the $_POST array, PHP raises the Notice message you see, then it provides a context-appropriate default value since it needs something to send to the htmlspecialchars() function. In this case, it sends an empty string of zero length.

The easy fix is probably (untested) to suppress the Notice messages, but that would get you fired from a programming job, since it's the software equivalent of putting a piece of black electrical tape over the warning lights on your dashboard. You might try adding this statement to the top of the script:

error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);

The correct fix is to test to see if the POST input is defined, and if not, provide reasonable default values for the value= attributes in the HTML tags.

If you're new to PHP and want some good learning resources, this article can help. More importantly it will steer you away from the many simply terrible PHP code samples that litter the internet.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/Web_Development/Web_Languages-Standards/PHP/A_11769-And-by-the-way-I-am-new-to-PHP.html

This is my teaching example showing how to handle the external inputs. There are many ways to do this, but this one works and illustrates two important central principles, namely (1) Filter input and (2) Provide sensible default values.

<?php // demo/form_to_email.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

// REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED - CHANGE THESE FOR YOUR WORK
$from = 'NoReply@Your.org';
$subj = 'Contact Form';

// THIS IS AN ARRAY OF RECIPIENTS - CHANGE THESE FOR YOUR WORK
$to[] = 'You@Your.org';
$to[] = 'Her@Your.org';
$to[] = 'Him@Your.org';


// IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
if (!empty($_POST['e']))
{
    // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
    $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['e']);
    $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['n']);
    $safe_fone = clean_string($_POST['t']);
    $safe_idea = clean_string($_POST['i']);

    // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
    $content = NULL;
    $content .= "You have a New Query From $safe_name" . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
    $content .= "Tel No: $safe_fone" . PHP_EOL;
    $content .= "Email: $safe_mail" . PHP_EOL;
    $content .= "Idea: $safe_idea" . PHP_EOL;

    // SEND MAIL TO EACH RECIPIENT
    foreach ($to as $recipient)
    {
        if (!mail( $recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n"))
        {
            echo PHP_EOL . "<br/>MAIL FAILED FOR $recipient";
        }
        else
        {
            echo PHP_EOL . "<br/>MAIL WORKED FOR $recipient";
        }
    }

    // PRODUCE THE THANK-YOU PAGE
    echo '<p>THANK YOU</p>' . PHP_EOL;
    die('TASK COMPLETE');
}


// A FORM TO TAKE CLIENT INPUT FOR THIS SCRIPT
$form = <<<ENDFORM
<form method="post">
Please enter your contact information
<br/>Email: <input name="e" />
<br/>Phone: <input name="t" />
<br/>Name:  <input name="n" />
<br/>Ideas? <textarea name="i"></textarea>
<br/><input type="submit" />
</form>
ENDFORM;

echo $form;


// A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
function clean_string($str)
{
    // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
    $str = stripslashes($str);

    // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
    . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

    // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
    . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
    . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
    . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
    . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
    . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
    . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
    . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

    // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
    $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

    return trim($str);
}

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HTH, ~Ray

kgerb

ASKER

Hello Ray,
Thanks for the response. Instead of the electrical tape soluction I'll try to get a little foundation in PHP. There is a CodeAcademy course on it which is what I'll do now. When I finish hopefully I'll understand your answer better. Please give me a second and I'll come back with more questions. Thanks again for your response.

Kyle

Ray Paseur

10-4, Kyle, we will be glad to help. CodeAcademy is pretty good, and so are the learning resource identified in the article!

Ray Paseur

FWIW, This script worked correctly for me. It uses the electrical tape "solution," but at least it gets useful results. I marked the changes with comments.

<?php // demo/temp_kgerb.php
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);  // ********************* ERROR REPORTING LOWERED
    if (isset($_POST["submit"])) {
        $name = $_POST['name'];
        $email = $_POST['email'];
        $message = $_POST['message'];
        $human = intval($_POST['human']);
        $from = 'Demo Contact Form';
        $to = 'Ray.Paseur@Gmail.com';  // ***************** EMAIL ADDRESS CHANGED
        $subject = 'Message from Contact Demo ';

        $body ="From: $name\n E-Mail: $email\n Message:\n $message";

        // Check if name has been entered
        if (!$_POST['name']) {
            $errName = 'Please enter your name';
        }

        // Check if email has been entered and is valid
        if (!$_POST['email'] || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
            $errEmail = 'Please enter a valid email address';
        }

        //Check if message has been entered
        if (!$_POST['message']) {
            $errMessage = 'Please enter your message';
        }
        //Check if simple anti-bot test is correct
        if ($human !== 5) {
            $errHuman = 'Your anti-spam is incorrect';
        }

// If there are no errors, send the email
if (!$errName && !$errEmail && !$errMessage && !$errHuman) {
    if (mail ($to, $subject, $body, $from)) {
        $result='<div class="alert alert-success">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>';
    } else {
        $result='<div class="alert alert-danger">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>';
    }
}
    }
?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
    <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
    <title>Bootstrap Contact Form With PHP Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
  </head>
  <body>
      <div class="container">
          <div class="row">
              <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                  <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['name']); ?>">
                            <?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errName</p>";?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com" value="<?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['email']); ?>">
                            <?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errEmail</p>";?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message"><?php echo htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);?></textarea>
                            <?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errMessage</p>";?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                            <?php echo "<p class='text-danger'>$errHuman</p>";?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                            <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                            <?php echo $result; ?>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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kgerb

ASKER

Okay, finished the CodeAcademy course. It was good. Now I know the syntax for associative arrays and other good stuff. However, It didn't deal with external inputs like _Post and _Get so I still don't understand those. Let me pour over your article for a while. Then I'll go over your teaching example. THEN, maybe I'll have intelligent question to ask.

Thanks for your patience.
Kyle

BTW, what is it with all these web dev languages and the { } [ ] brackets!!! My little finger has a cramp. I'll stick with VBA where all you need is a ".". :-)

Ray Paseur

Yeah, every PHP variable starts with the shift key.

kgerb

ASKER

Here goes. I may be headed down a terrible path but this is what I have so far. I removed all the PHP in the HTML body. I added warning messages to the HTML and set their display attribute to 'none'. I know inline styles are a bad thing but it's the only way I could get the style to take priority over the bootstrap CSS. My idea is have the PHP check all the fields in the form after the Submit button is clicked and then hide/unhide the warning elements accordingly using the display property. I looked online but all the examples I could find about how to hide/show a div from PHP had the PHP mixed up with the HTML. Maybe because that's the correct way to do it and I'm off in left field (not sure). Anway, obviously what I have now is not working but it's as far as I was able to get. Thanks for any ideas you have.

Also, I'm getting two warning messages telling me several of my variables are not good. I'm not sure what's wrong with them.

<?php // demo/form_to_email.php
    error_reporting(E_ALL);

    // SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

    // REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED
    $from = 'NoReply@Your.org';
    $subj = 'Contact Form';

    // THIS IS THE RECIPIENT
    $recipient = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';

    // This will tell us if the forms are filled out correctly and we can proceed with sending the email
    $GoodToGo = true;

    // Test the form fields
    if (!empty($_POST['name'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnName
        }      
    
    if (!empty($_POST['email']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnEmail
        }    
    
    if (!empty($_POST['message'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnMessage
        }    
    
    if ($_POST['human'] !== 5) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnHuman
        }    

    // IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
    if ($GoodToGo) {

        // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
        $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['name']);
        $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['email']);
        $safe_message = clean_string($_POST['message']);

        // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
        $content = NULL;
        $content .= "You have a new message from " . $safe_name . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Email address: " . $safe_mail . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Message: ". $safe_message . PHP_EOL;

        // SEND MAIL TO RECIPIENT
        if (!mail($recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n")) {
            //Show #Failure
        }
        else {
            //Show #Success
        }
    }

    //A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
    function clean_string($str){
        // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
        $str = stripslashes($str);

        // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
        $rgx
        = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
        . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
        . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
        . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
        ;
        $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

        // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
        $rgx
        = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
        . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
        . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
        . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
        . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
        . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
        . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
        . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
        . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
        . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
        . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
        ;
        $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

        // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
        $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

        return trim($str);
    }

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
        <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
        <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
        <title>Bootstrap Contact Form With PHP Example</title>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
    </head>

    <body>
        <div class="container">
            <div class="row">
                <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                    <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                    <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                        <div class="form-group">
                            <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name">
                            <p id="warnName" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The name field cannot be empty</p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com">
                            <p id="warnEmail" class='text-danger' style="display: none">This is not a valid email address</p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message"></textarea>
                            <p id="warnMessage" class='text-danger' style="display: none">What would you like to say?</p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                        <div class="col-sm-10">
                            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                            <p id="warnHuman" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The answer is not correct</p>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                            <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                        </div>
                    </div>
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                            <div id:="Success" class="alert alert-success" style="display: none">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>
                            <div id:="Failure" class="alert alert-danger" style="display: none">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </form>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

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Ray Paseur

A few changes that may help move on to the next step. It looks like the logic is backwards in places. For example, if $_POST['name'] is filled in, the script will set $GoodToGo to FALSE. I don't think that's how you want it.

<?php // demo/temp_kgerb.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

// REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED
$from = 'NoReply@Your.org';
$subj = 'Contact Form';

// THIS IS THE RECIPIENT
$recipient = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
// $recipient = 'ray.paseur@gmail.com'; // *********** TESTING

// This will tell us if the forms are filled out correctly and we can proceed with sending the email
$GoodToGo = true;

// ******************* IF THE FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, SHOW ITS CONTENTS, THEN RUN THE ACTION SCRIPT
if (!empty($_POST))
{
    var_dump($_POST);

    // Test the form fields
    if (!empty($_POST['name'])) { // ******************** PROBABLY BACKWARDS LOGIC
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnName
        }

    if (!empty($_POST['email']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnEmail
        }

    if (!empty($_POST['message'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnMessage
        }

    if ($_POST['human'] != 5) {  // **************** TEST FOR EQUAL, NOT IDENTICAL
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnHuman
        }

    // IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
    if ($GoodToGo) {
        echo PHP_EOL . 'MAIL WILL BE SENT'; // ************** SEND A SIGNAL TO THE BROWSER

        // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
        $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['name']);
        $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['email']);
        $safe_message = clean_string($_POST['message']);

        // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
        $content = NULL;
        $content .= "You have a new message from " . $safe_name . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Email address: " . $safe_mail . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Message: ". $safe_message . PHP_EOL;

        // SEND MAIL TO RECIPIENT
        if (!mail($recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n")) {
            //Show #Failure
        }
        else {
            //Show #Success
        }
    }
}

//A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
function clean_string($str){
    // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
    $str = stripslashes($str);

    // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
    . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

    // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
    . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
    . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
    . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
    . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
    . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
    . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
    . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

    // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
    $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

    return trim($str);
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
    <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
    <title>Bootstrap Contact Form With PHP Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name">
                        <p id="warnName" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The name field cannot be empty</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com">
                        <p id="warnEmail" class='text-danger' style="display: none">This is not a valid email address</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message"></textarea>
                        <p id="warnMessage" class='text-danger' style="display: none">What would you like to say?</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                        <p id="warnHuman" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The answer is not correct</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <div id:="Success" class="alert alert-success" style="display: none">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>
                        <div id:="Failure" class="alert alert-danger" style="display: none">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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kgerb

ASKER

Ray,
Thanks. You're right. The logic was backwards. I corrected it and now the $GoodToGo check seems to be working properly. I added an echo to tell me if the mail function was completing and it says that it is successfully sending the mail.

I have two problems left:

Even though the mail function says the message was sent successfully, I'm not receiving any of the test messages

How do I show/hide the warning elements

<?php // demo/temp_kgerb.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

// REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED
$from = 'NoReply@Your.org';
$subj = 'Contact Form';

// THIS IS THE RECIPIENT
$recipient = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
// $recipient = 'ray.paseur@gmail.com'; // *********** TESTING

// This will tell us if the forms are filled out correctly and we can proceed with sending the email
$GoodToGo = true;

// ******************* IF THE FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, SHOW ITS CONTENTS, THEN RUN THE ACTION SCRIPT
if (!empty($_POST)) {

    var_dump($_POST);

    // Test the form fields
    if (empty($_POST['name'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnName
        }

    if (empty($_POST['email']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnEmail
        }

    if (empty($_POST['message'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnMessage
        }

    if ($_POST['human'] != 5) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
            //Show #warnHuman
        }

        var_dump($GoodToGo);

    // IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
    if ($GoodToGo) {
        echo PHP_EOL . 'Passed GoodToGo Check'; // ************** SEND A SIGNAL TO THE BROWSER

        // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
        $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['name']);
        $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['email']);
        $safe_message = clean_string($_POST['message']);

        // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
        $content = NULL;
        $content .= "You have a new message from " . $safe_name . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Email address: " . $safe_mail . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Message: ". $safe_message . PHP_EOL;

        // SEND MAIL TO RECIPIENT
        if (!mail($recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n")) {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was not successful";
            //Show #Failure
        }
        else {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was sent successfully";
            //Show #Success
        }
    }
}

//A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
function clean_string($str){
    // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
    $str = stripslashes($str);

    // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
    . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

    // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
    . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
    . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
    . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
    . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
    . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
    . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
    . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

    // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
    $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

    return trim($str);
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
    <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
    <title>Bootstrap Contact Form With PHP Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name">
                        <p id="warnName" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The name field cannot be empty</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com">
                        <p id="warnEmail" class='text-danger' style="display: none">This is not a valid email address</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>
                        <p id="warnMessage" class='text-danger' style="display: none">What would you like to say?</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                        <p id="warnHuman" class='text-danger' style="display: none">The answer is not correct</p>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <div id:="Success" class="alert alert-success" style="display: none">Thank You! I will be in touch</div>
                        <div id:="Failure" class="alert alert-danger" style="display: none">Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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kgerb

ASKER

This post is dragging on so I only have one more question. I took your example for hiding/showing divs with PHP and this is what I came up with. It seems to work except for a couple of things...

The hide/show seems to work for all the warning messages except for Email. Why is that

Now the Message textarea is hidden. Why would the PHP affect another element like that?

Here's what I get when I load the page.

Here's my code.

<?php // demo/temp_kgerb.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

// REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED
$from = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
$subj = 'Contact Form';

//Initialize variables for display of warning messages
$dispName = 'none';
$dispEmail = 'none';
$dispMessage = 'none';
$dispHuman = 'none';
$dispFailure = 'none';
$dispSuccess = 'none';

// THIS IS THE RECIPIENT
$recipient = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
// $recipient = 'ray.paseur@gmail.com'; // *********** TESTING

// This will tell us if the forms are filled out correctly and we can proceed with sending the email
$GoodToGo = true;

// ******************* IF THE FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, SHOW ITS CONTENTS, THEN RUN THE ACTION SCRIPT
if (!empty($_POST)) {

    // Test the form fields
    if (empty($_POST['name'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispName = 'block';
        }

    if (empty($_POST['email']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispEmail = 'block';
        }

    if (empty($_POST['message'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispMessage = 'block';
        }

    if ($_POST['human'] != 5) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispHuman = 'block';
        }

        echo $dispMessage;

    // IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
    if ($GoodToGo) {
        // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
        $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['name']);
        $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['email']);
        $safe_message = clean_string($_POST['message']);

        // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
        $content = NULL;
        $content .= "You have a new message from " . $safe_name . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Email address: " . $safe_mail . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Message: ". $safe_message . PHP_EOL;

        //Construct the header
        // $mailheader .= "Reply-To: Some One <someone@mydomain.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Return-Path: Some One <someone@mydomain.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "From: Some One <mydomain@myhost.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Organization: My Organization\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"; 

        // SEND MAIL TO RECIPIENT
        if (!mail($recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n")) {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was not successful";
            $dispFailure = 'block';
        }
        else {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was sent successfully";
            echo PHP_EOL . $dispMessage;
            $dispSuccess = 'block';
        }
    }
}

//A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
function clean_string($str){
    // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
    $str = stripslashes($str);

    // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
    . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

    // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
    . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
    . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
    . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
    . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
    . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
    . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
    . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

    // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
    $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

    return trim($str);
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
    <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
    <title>Gerber Engineering</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispName'>The name field cannot be empty</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispEmail>This is not a valid email address</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispMessage'>What would you like to say?</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispHuman'>The answer is not correct</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <?php echo "<div class='alert alert-success' style='display: $dispSuccess'>Thank You! I will be in touch</div>";?>
                        <?php echo "<div class='alert alert-danger' style='display: $dispFailure'>Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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kgerb

ASKER

Never mind! Ahhhh! I forgot the end quote in the email element PHP statement.

Now it's working correctly.
Here's the final version. I'm still not receiving any emails but that's another question.

<?php // demo/temp_kgerb.php
error_reporting(E_ALL);

// SEND MAIL FROM A FORM

// REQUIRED VALUES ARE PREPOPULATED
$from = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
$subj = 'Contact Form';

//Initialize variables for display of warning messages
$dispName = 'none';
$dispEmail = 'none';
$dispMessage = 'none';
$dispHuman = 'none';
$dispFailure = 'none';
$dispSuccess = 'none';

// THIS IS THE RECIPIENT
$recipient = 'kyletgerber@gmail.com';
// $recipient = 'ray.paseur@gmail.com'; // *********** TESTING

// This will tell us if the forms are filled out correctly and we can proceed with sending the email
$GoodToGo = true;

// ******************* IF THE FORM HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, SHOW ITS CONTENTS, THEN RUN THE ACTION SCRIPT
if (!empty($_POST)) {

    // Test the form fields
    if (empty($_POST['name'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispName = 'block';
        }

    if (empty($_POST['email']) || !filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispEmail = 'block';
        }

    if (empty($_POST['message'])) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispMessage = 'block';
        }

    if ($_POST['human'] != 5) {
        $GoodToGo = false;
        $dispHuman = 'block';
        }

        echo $dispMessage;

    // IF THE DATA HAS BEEN POSTED (AT LEAST SOMETHING IN THE EMAIL INPUT CONTROL)
    if ($GoodToGo) {
        // CLEAN UP THE POTENTIALLY BAD AND DANGEROUS DATA
        $safe_name = clean_string($_POST['name']);
        $safe_mail = clean_string($_POST['email']);
        $safe_message = clean_string($_POST['message']);

        // CONSTRUCT THE MESSAGE THROUGH STRING CONCATENATION
        $content = NULL;
        $content .= "You have a new message from " . $safe_name . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Email address: " . $safe_mail . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL;
        $content .= "Message: ". $safe_message . PHP_EOL;

        //Construct the header
        // $mailheader .= "Reply-To: Some One <someone@mydomain.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Return-Path: Some One <someone@mydomain.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "From: Some One <mydomain@myhost.com>\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Organization: My Organization\r\n"; 
        // $mailheader .= "Content-Type: text/plain\r\n"; 

        // SEND MAIL TO RECIPIENT
        if (!mail($recipient, $subj, $content, "From: $from\r\n")) {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was not successful";
            $dispFailure = 'block';
        }
        else {
            echo PHP_EOL . "Mail was sent successfully";
            echo PHP_EOL . $dispMessage;
            $dispSuccess = 'block';
        }
    }
}

//A FUNCTION TO CLEAN UP THE DATA - AVOID BECOMING AN OPEN-RELAY FOR SPAM
function clean_string($str){
    // IF MAGIC QUOTES IS ON, WE NEED TO REMOVE SLASHES
    $str = stripslashes($str);

    // REMOVE EXCESS WHITESPACE
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '\s'               // MATCH THE WHITESPACE CHARACTER(S)
    . '\s+'              // MORE THAN ONE CONTIGUOUS INSTANCE OF WHITESPACE
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, ' ', $str);

    // REMOVE UNWANTED CHARACTERS
    $rgx
    = '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . '['                // START OF A CHARACTER CLASS
    . '^'                // NEGATION - MATCH NONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN THIS CLASS
    . 'A-Z0-9'           // KEEP LETTERS AND NUMBERS
    . '"'                // KEEP DOUBLE QUOTES
    . "'"                // KEEP SINGLE QUOTES
    . '@&+:?_.,/\-'      // KEEP SOME SPECIAL CHARACTERS (ESCAPED HYPHEN)
    . ' '                // KEEP BLANKS
    . ']'                // END OF THE CHARACTER CLASS
    . '#'                // REGEX DELIMITER
    . 'i'                // CASE-INSENSITIVE
    ;
    $str = preg_replace($rgx, NULL, $str);

    // REMOVE EXCESSIVE INPUT
    $str = substr($str, 0, 255);

    return trim($str);
}

?>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <meta name="description" content="Bootstrap contact form with PHP example by BootstrapBay.com.">
    <meta name="author" content="BootstrapBay.com">
    <title>Gerber Engineering</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/css/bootstrap.min.css">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
                <h1 class="page-header text-center">Contact Form Example</h1>
                <form class="form-horizontal" role="form" method="post" action=""><!-- ***************** REMOVED ACTION ATTRIBUTE -->
                    <div class="form-group">
                        <label for="name" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Name</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="name" name="name" placeholder="First & Last Name">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispName'>The name field cannot be empty</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="email" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Email</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="email" class="form-control" id="email" name="email" placeholder="example@domain.com">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispEmail'>This is not a valid email address</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="message" class="col-sm-2 control-label">Message</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <textarea class="form-control" rows="4" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message here"></textarea>
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispMessage'>What would you like to say?</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <label for="human" class="col-sm-2 control-label">2 + 3 = ?</label>
                    <div class="col-sm-10">
                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="human" name="human" placeholder="Your Answer">
                        <?php echo "<p class='text-danger' style='display: $dispHuman'>The answer is not correct</p>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary">
                    </div>
                </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                    <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-2">
                        <?php echo "<div class='alert alert-success' style='display: $dispSuccess'>Thank You! I will be in touch</div>";?>
                        <?php echo "<div class='alert alert-danger' style='display: $dispFailure'>Sorry there was an error sending your message. Please try again later.</div>";?>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </form>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

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kgerb

ASKER

Thank you sooooo much! Thanks for your patience. Thanks for encouraging me to get a foundation in the language and not just spoon feeding me (which is what I originally wanted). Thanks for not flaming me even though I a brand newbie. I really appreciate your help.

Kyle

Ray Paseur

Glad things are pointed in the right direction! All the best, ~Ray