Can't receive message from html-php contact form

Question

// Java script
var form = $('#main-contact-form');
form.submit(function(event){
 event.preventDefault();
 var form_status = $('<div class="form_status"></div>');
 var $form = $( this );
 $.ajax({
  type: 'POST',
       url: "sendemail.php",
    data:{
    Name:$form.find( "input[name='name']" ).val() , 
    Subject:$form.find( "input[name='subject']" ).val() , 
    Email:$form.find( "input[name='email']" ).val() , 
    message: $form.find("textarea[name=message]").val(),
  },
  beforeSend: function(){
   form.prepend( form_status.html('<p><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i> Email is sending...</p>').fadeIn() );
  }
 }).done(function(data){
  form_status.html('<p class="text-success">Thank you for contact us. As early as possible  we will contact you</p>').delay(3000).fadeOut();
 });
});

I'm running the form on free plan on 000webhost (trying on herokuapp right now), they say that they support mail function. Php is separated in a different file called sendemail.php, I replace my email in php file but I can't receive any emails, what can be the issue? Any answers with code would be helpful

<!--Html form -->

<form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="#">
  <div class="form-group">
    <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <input type="text" name="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Subject" required>
  </div>
  <div class="form-group">
    <textarea name="message" class="form-control" rows="8" placeholder="Message" required></textarea>
  </div>
  <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send Message</button>
</form>

sendemail.php file

$name       = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
$from       = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$subject    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['subject'])); 
$message    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['message'])); 
$to         = 'email@live.com';//replace with your email
$headers   = array();


 $headers[] = "MIME-Version: 1.0";
$headers[] = "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1";
$headers[] = "From: {$name} <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Reply-To: <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Subject: {$subject}";
$headers[] = "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

die;

It's not good practice to use @ in front of a php function only to suppress errors — SuperDJ, Aug 16 '16 at 09:04
Possible duplicate of [PHP mail form doesn't complete sending e-mail](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24644436/php-mail-form-doesnt-complete-sending-e-mail) — Epodax, Aug 16 '16 at 09:05
Form action??? why is it set to `#` when you say the mail is handled by a different script? — Professor Abronsius, Aug 16 '16 at 09:08
I have replaced it with my php file name but it still doesn't work — Nicolas Papaconstantinou, Aug 16 '16 at 09:12
@RamRaider the action doesnt matter because he is using ajax libraries in his javascript — csandreas1, Aug 28 '16 at 15:30

Professor Abronsius · Answer 1 · 2016-08-16T12:23:20.810

Unless you are using javascript to set the form action or the mail handling code is in the same page then you need to set the form action to the mail handler. Also, the headers should be a string rather than an array when passed to mail

You might also wish to sanitize / validate some of what is sent in the POST request before sending mail??

Once the mail has been sent you should do something other than leave the user with a blank page - redirect to a thankyou page for example perhaps.

Contact page

<form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="sendemail.php">
    <div class="form-group">
        <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" required>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email" required>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <input type="text" name="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Subject" required>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
        <textarea name="message" class="form-control" rows="8" placeholder="Message" required></textarea>
    </div>
    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Send Message</button>
</form>

sendemail.php

<?php

    if( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=='POST' && isset( $_POST['name'], $_POST['email'], $_POST['subject'], $_POST['message'] ) ){

        $name       = trim(stripslashes($_POST['name'])); 
        $from       = trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
        $subject    = trim(stripslashes($_POST['subject'])); 
        $message    = trim(stripslashes($_POST['message'])); 
        $to         = 'email@live.com';//replace with your email
        $headers    = array();


        $headers[] = "MIME-Version: 1.0";
        $headers[] = "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1";
        $headers[] = "From: {$name} <{$from}>";
        $headers[] = "Reply-To: <{$from}>";
        $headers[] = "Subject: {$subject}";
        $headers[] = "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

        $result=mail( $to, $subject, $message, implode( "\r\n", $headers ) );

        exit( header( 'Location: index.php?mailsent='.$result ) );
    }
?>

Test the very basics of mail using:

mail( 'your.email@example.com','subject foo','message received' );

If you send a message to yourself using the most basic usage of mail and it arrives then all should be good with the code, maybe some tweaks. If nothing arrives in your mailbox then there is a problem and you would need to confirm with your host that the mail function is supported.

so you are using the php code in the same file but you still use the action="sendemail.php" , it still doesn't work. — Nicolas Papaconstantinou, Aug 16 '16 at 09:26
it is perfectly possible to do so but that was not the intention of the code I posted. The php is obviously your "sendemail.php" page and the form is obviously your contact page... I simply did not tag it with these labels. — Professor Abronsius, Aug 16 '16 at 09:32
IF you intend to use the mail handling code in the same page then have it at the top of the page before any html — Professor Abronsius, Aug 16 '16 at 09:39
I wish to do it in a different file, what do you think is the issue? do I need to use smtp instead of mail? — Nicolas Papaconstantinou, Aug 16 '16 at 10:08
can you look again for my problem please? I have also added a javascript code in the post. I am testing the forms on herokuapp host. — Nicolas Papaconstantinou, Aug 28 '16 at 14:33

Can't receive message from html-php contact form

1 Answers1

Contact page

sendemail.php