# Noob needs help with contact form tutorial

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**Created:** [August 15, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-needs-help-with-contact-form-tutorial/294535 "2009-08-15T22:11:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 15, 2009, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/noob-needs-help-with-contact-form-tutorial/294535/1 "2009-08-15T22:11:01Z")

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I have been trying to use an adapted version of the tututorial with no luck. I know the server is running php. When I submit the form I get the “data not sent” branch of the logic no matter what I do. I would appreciate any help you can offer.

Here is my form:

\<form action=“sysmail.php” method=“post” name=“sysmail”\>  
\<fieldset\>  
\<legend\>Personal Information:\</legend\>  
\<label\>First name: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“firstname” name=“firstname” value="" title=“firstname” /\>\<br /\>  
\<label\>Last name: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“lastname” name=“lastname” title=“lastname” /\>\<br /\>  
\<label\>Email: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“email” name=“email” title=“email” /\>\<br /\>  
\<br /\>  
\<label\>Company: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“company” name=“company” title=“company” /\>\<br /\>  
\<label\>Address1: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“address1” name=“address1” title=“address1” /\>\<br /\>  
\<label\>Address2: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“address2” name=“address2” title=“address2” /\>\<br /\>  
\<br /\>  
\<label\>City: \</label\>  
\<input type=“text” id=“city” name=“city” title=“city” /\>\<br /\>

```
				&lt;label&gt;State:&lt;/label&gt;        
        &lt;select name="drop_down" size="1" id="drop_down" title="drop_down"&gt;
          &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Choose
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="AL"&gt;Alabama
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="AK"&gt;Alaska
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="AZ"&gt;Arizona
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="AR"&gt;Arkansas
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="CA"&gt;California
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="CO"&gt;Colorado
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="CT"&gt;Connecticut
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="DE"&gt;Delaware
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="DC"&gt;District Of Columbia
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="FL"&gt;Florida
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="GA"&gt;Georgia
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="HI"&gt;Hawaii
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ID"&gt;Idaho
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="IL"&gt;Illinois
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="IN"&gt;Indiana
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="IA"&gt;Iowa
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="KS"&gt;Kansas
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="KY"&gt;Kentucky
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="LA"&gt;Louisiana
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ME"&gt;Maine
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MD"&gt;Maryland
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MA"&gt;Massachusetts
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MI"&gt;Michigan
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MN"&gt;Minnesota
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MS"&gt;Mississippi
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MO"&gt;Missouri
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="MT"&gt;Montana
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NE"&gt;Nebraska
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NV"&gt;Nevada
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NH"&gt;New Hampshire
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NJ"&gt;New Jersey
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NM"&gt;New Mexico
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NY"&gt;New York
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="NC"&gt;North Carolina
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="ND"&gt;North Dakota
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="OH"&gt;Ohio
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="OK"&gt;Oklahoma
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="OR"&gt;Oregon
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="PA"&gt;Pennsylvania
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="RI"&gt;Rhode Island
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="SC"&gt;South Carolina
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="SD"&gt;South Dakota
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="TN"&gt;Tennessee
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="TX"&gt;Texas
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="UT"&gt;Utah
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="VT"&gt;Vermont
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="VA"&gt;Virginia
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="WA"&gt;Washington
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="WV"&gt;West Virginia
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="WI"&gt;Wisconsin
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;option value="WY"&gt;Wyoming              
          &lt;/option&gt;&lt;/select&gt;&lt;br /&gt;

				&lt;label&gt;ZIP: &lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;input type="text" id="zip" name="zip" title="zip" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;label&gt;Country: &lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;input type="text" id="country" name="country" title="country" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;label&gt;Phone: &lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;input type="text" id="phone" name="phone" title="phone" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;label&gt;FAX: &lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;input type="text" id="fax" name="fax" title="fax" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;/fieldset&gt;
				&lt;fieldset&gt;
				&lt;legend&gt;Please enter your inquiry in the field below:&lt;/legend&gt;
				&lt;label&gt;Comments: &lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;textarea name="comments" rows="3" cols="23" id="comments" title="comments"&gt;&lt;/textarea&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
				&lt;label&gt;&lt;/label&gt;
				&lt;input type="submit" value="Send" id="submit" /&gt; &lt;INPUT type="reset" id="reset" /&gt;
				&lt;/fieldset&gt;
			&lt;/form&gt;

```

Here is my script:

\<?php  
if(isset($\_POST[‘submit’])) {

```
$to = "b.obama@att.net"; 
$subject = "Dye Systems Website Inquiry";
$firstname_field = $_POST['firstname'];
$lastname_field = $_POST['lastname'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$company_field = $_POST['company'];
$address1_field = $_POST['address1'];
$address2_field = $_POST['address2'];
$city_field = $_POST['city'];
$dropdown = $_POST['drop_down'];
$zip_field = $_POST['zip'];
$country_field = $_POST['country'];
$phone_field = $_POST['phone'];
$fax_field = $_POST['fax'];
$comments_field = $_POST['comments'];

$body = "From: $firstname_field

```

$lastname\_field  
E-Mail: $email\_field  
Company: $company\_field  
Address1: $address1\_field  
Address2: $address2\_field  
City: $city\_field  
Drop-Down: $dropdown  
ZIP: $zip\_field  
Country: $country\_field  
Phone: $phone\_field  
FAX: $fax\_field  
Comments: $comments\_field  
";

```
echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);

```

} else {  
echo “Error. Please Try Once More.”;  
}  
?\>

Thanks so much for your help