PHP form sends blank variables

[connie murray]

Hi, I'm really new to PHP so please be gentle. I have created a contact form for a friend but when I submit the form - it goes to the right address but all of the variables are blank.
I'm totally stuck - can anyone help?

php code is

<?php
 
$EmailFrom = "[e-mail]";
$EmailTo = "[e-mail]";
$Subject = "online form";
$Name = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Name']));
$Email = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Email']));
$Tel = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Tel']));
$Message = trim(stripslashes($_POST['Message']));
// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
  echo "please check your details";
  header("Location: http://govandentalcare.co.uk/contactjan.php");
  exit;
}
 
// prepare email body text
 
$Body = "";
$Body .= "Name: ";
$Body .= $Name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Tel: ";
$Body .= $Tel;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Email: ";
$Body .= $Email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "Message: ";
$Body .= $Message;
$Body .= "\n";
 
// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");
 
// redirect to success page
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;URL=thanks.html\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;URL=index.php\">";
}
?>

[Rabbit]

I don't see a form in your code.

[connie murray]

Sorry - here's the html - thanks for any help you can give me

  <form action="contactjan.php" method="post">
 
      <p>
        <input type="text" name="name" 
 value="Your Name" size="20" 
 onFocus="this.value=''">
        <input type="text" name="email" 
 value="Email Address" size="20" 
 onFocus="this.value=''">
        <input type="text" name="telephone" 
 value="Telephone Number" size="20" 
 onFocus="this.value=''">
      </p>
      <p>
        <textarea name="message" cols="25" rows="2" onfocus="this.value=''">Your Message</textarea>
      </p>
      <p><br />
        <input name="send" type="submit" class="formbox" id="send" value="Submit" />
      </p>
    </form>
 

[zorgi]

Now its obvious why it doesn't work.

When you submit your form with input field like this:

<input type="text" name="email">

to retrieve submitted value in php you should do:

$_POST['email']

instead of

$_POST['Email']

input field name and $_POST key must match.

[connie murray]

Thanks Zorgi for your super quick response but I think I must still hjave something wrong as it's still not working - It emails back just this

name:
tel:
email:
message:


HTML is

  <form action="contactjan.php" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="name" class="formbox" onfocus="this.value=''" value="name" />
 
      <input type="text" name="tel" class="formbox" onfocus="this.value=''" value="tel" />
            <input type="text" name="email" class="formbox" onfocus="this.value=''" value="email" />
<textarea rows="3" name="message" class="formbox" onfocus="this.value=''">message</textarea>
      <p><br />
        <input name="send" type="submit" class="formbox" id="send" value="Submit" />
      </p>
    </form>
 

and PHP

<?php
 
$EmailFrom = "[e-mail]";
$EmailTo = "[e-mail]";
$Subject = "contactform";
$Name = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['name']));
$Email = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));
$Tel = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['tel']));
$Message = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['message']));
// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
  echo "please check your details";
  header("Location:http://govandentalcare.co.uk/contactjan.php");
  exit;
}
 
// prepare email body text
 
$Body = "";
$Body .= "name: ";
$Body .= $name;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "tel: ";
$Body .= $tel;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "email: ";
$Body .= $email;
$Body .= "\n";
$Body .= "message: ";
$Body .= $message;
$Body .= "\n";
 
// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");
 
// redirect to success page
if ($success){
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;URL=thanks.html\">";
}
else{
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;URL=thanks.html\">";
}
?>
 

which is saved from Notepad.

Sorry to be a pain but this is driving me mad
Thanks
CX

[connie murray]

Oh wait - now I see what you mean! Thanks so much - got it sorted and would never have managed it without your help.