I'm new to PHP and am using a script to send emails when a user makes use of a websites contact us form. The emails are working fine. The problem I have however is that when a user submits a message they are redirected to a new page stating "Contact form successfully submitted. Thank you, I will get back to you soon!". What I would like is a simple message on the same page above the form (i.e. green message saying something like "email sent".
The PHP script is:
My HTML form currently looks like:
<form id="contact-form" method="post" action="sendemail.php" role="form">
<div class="messages"></div>
<div class="controls">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_name">Firstname *</label>
<input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your firstname *" required="required" data-error="Firstname is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_lastname">Lastname *</label>
<input id="form_lastname" type="text" name="surname" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your lastname *" required="required" data-error="Lastname is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_email">Email *</label>
<input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your email *" required="required" data-error="Valid email is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_phone">Phone</label>
<input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your phone">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_message">Message *</label>
<textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Message for me *" rows="6" required="required" data-error="Please,leave us a message."></textarea>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<input type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-send" value="Send message">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p class="text-muted"><strong>*</strong> These fields are required.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</form>
Thanks in advance!
Ok so after talking in the comments I have created this:
<div class="messages"></div>
<div class="controls">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_name">Firstname *</label>
<input id="form_name" type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your firstname *" required="required" data-error="Firstname is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_lastname">Lastname *</label>
<input id="form_lastname" type="text" name="surname" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your lastname *" required="required" data-error="Lastname is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_email">Email *</label>
<input id="form_email" type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your email *" required="required" data-error="Valid email is required.">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_phone">Phone</label>
<input id="form_phone" type="tel" name="phone" class="form-control" placeholder="Please enter your phone">
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="form_message">Message *</label>
<textarea id="form_message" name="message" class="form-control" placeholder="Message for me *" rows="6" required="required" data-error="Please,leave us a message."></textarea>
<div class="help-block with-errors"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-md-12">
<button class="btn btn-success btn-send" id="sendEmailBtn">Send message</button>
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<p class="text-muted"><strong>*</strong> These fields are required.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("#sendEmailBtn").click(function () {
/* Disable the input fields and button so the user
can't edit them or submit the form multiple times */
$("input").prop("disabled", true);
$("#sendEmailBtn").prop("disabled", true);
// Submit the form via ajax
$.post("http://yourdomain.com/sendemail.php", {
name: $("#form_name").val(),
surname: $("#form_lastname").val(),
email: $("#form_email").val(),
phone: $("#form_phone").val(),
message: $("#form_message").val()
}, function (data, status) {
/* Responses, check the data is correct if it is display
your message else enable the form elements and button
and display an error message */
console.log(data, status);
// Method to display your message, maybe something like this: $(".messages").html("<h1>your messages</h1>");
});
});
});
</script>
This should work without your PHP script needing to be changed.