The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /sendmail.php

[ImTheScientist]

Im new to php and can't figure out why Im getting the following error.

The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL /sendmail.php.

Here is what Im using

For my webpage
<form method="post" action="sendmail.php">
Email: <input name="email" type="text" /><br />
Message:<br />
<textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="40">
</textarea><br />
<input type="submit" />
</form>

my php
<?php
$email = $REQUEST['email'] ;
$message = $REQUEST['message'] ;

mail( "[e-mail]", "Feedback Form Results",
$message, "From: $email" );
header( "Location: http://www.example.com/thankyou.html" );
?>

I have my email address in there instead of "[e-mail]". Im using earthlink as my web host and they should support this.

Any suggestions?

[rsmith]

change $REQUEST to $POST

[ImTheScientist]

rsmith;10918950 wrote:

change $REQUEST to $POST

Changed that and still received the same message.

[NogDog]

This is a web server issue, not PHP. First make sure that the file path/name is correct for the <form> tag's action attribute. If it's correct, then you need to verify that PHP is, in fact, installed on your web host and is properly configured to process requests for .php files through the PHP processor.

[bradgrafelman]

If verifying the form's action attribute versus the file name on the server doesn't resolve it, could you also tell us which webserver you're using (if I were a betting man, I'd wager it's IIS)?

[ImTheScientist]

bradgrafelman;10918957 wrote:

If verifying the form's action attribute versus the file name on the server doesn't resolve it, could you also tell us which webserver you're using (if I were a betting man, I'd wager it's IIS)?

Im using earthlink

[dalecosp]

That's not what he means. He means, what software is serving the web pages? For example, "IIS on Windows 2003 Server", or, "Apache on FreeBSD", etc.

[NogDog]

ImTheScientist;10918972 wrote:

Im using earthlink

You didn't by any chance get the Earthlink "ASP" plan, did you? If so, it appears to not support PHP, and you would need them to switch you to a "standard" plan (assuming you do not need ASP, in which case you'll need to talk to Earthlink support to find out what your options are).