# Text not showing up on form

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-not-showing-up-on-form/271519>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-not-showing-up-on-form/271519 "2008-09-24T03:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![jabridesign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9bd4f/32.png) [@jabridesign](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jabridesign)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/text-not-showing-up-on-form/271519/1 "2008-09-24T03:25:37Z")

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Hello everyone. i am a graphics guywith not much experience with web design, although i made this one all on my own.

i followed the tutorial from this site to apply a PHP contact form but for some reason the text is not showing up in the browser. [http://www.jabridesign.com/Contact.htm](http://www.jabridesign.com/Contact.htm)

\<form method=“POST” action=“mailer.php”\>  
\<input type=“text” name=“name” size=“19”\>\<br\>  
\<br\>  
\<input type=“text” name=“email” size=“19”\>\<br\>

\<p\>Please add any detailed information that may help with your inquiry.\</p\>  
\<textarea rows=“6” name=“message” cols=“30”\>\</textarea\>  
\<br\>  
\<input type=“submit” value=“Submit” name=“submit”\>  
\</form\>

\<?php

if(isset($\_POST[‘submit’])) {

$to = "travis@jabridesign.com";

$subject = “Form Tutorial”;

$name\_field = $\_POST[‘name’];

$email\_field = $\_POST[‘email’];

$message = $\_POST[‘message’];

$body = “From: $name\_field  
E-Mail: $email\_field  
Message:  
$message”;

echo “Data has been submitted to $to!”;

mail($to, $subject, $body);

} else {

echo “blarg!”;

}

?\>

i’ve uploaded both directories to my hostserver with no problems but i can’t seem to figure this out. any help?

travis