New to coding

GMan78

Hello I am building my first website and I have come across this powerful language and I'm having the hardest time getting it to work.
I am building my contact page and I have several email recipients for visitors to send messages to. the issue is that I can't seem to find any information on the code that would allow that to happen and then even when I find codes I can't seem to get them to work when I load the PHP file on to my server... for instance my current code is:
<?php
if (empty($POST) === false) {
$errors = array();
$FirstName = $POST['FirstName'];
$LastName = $POST ['LastName'];
$email = $POST['email'];
$to = "Garood.Mocombe@M-Fin.com";
$subject = $POST['subject'];
$message = $POST['message'];
mail ($to,$subject,$message);

echo "Message Sent!";

}

?>
when I hit send on the page it echos out the entire code as you see it up top.
can anyone give me some ideas on how to fix this? and on the code that would allow me to set up multiple email recipients?

traq

GMan78;11019563 wrote:
when I hit send on the page it echos out the entire code as you see it up top.
can anyone give me some ideas on how to fix this?

that would indicate that PHP is not parsing your script at all. Are you sure that your server has PHP installed?

GMan78

I think it is because I was able to do the hello world code and it worked fine... but when I began on my own code it wouldn't work

traq

(When you post php code, use the forum's [noparse]

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Are there other parts, or is this your entire script?
Is your server configured to recognize this file as a php script (in most cases, the script's filename must end in [font=monospace].php[/font])?

GMan78

the code that I posted is all I have so far. the file extension is .php... I've tried everything.

traq

Try clearing your browser cache. Are you running these pages locally or on the net?

Could you post the HTML page that you're submitting the form from?

GMan78

my permissions to share html and img is off how do I get that turned on?

GMan78

sorry I didn't get what you were asking correctly until just now here it is.

<html>
<header>
<title>My Business Site.</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="M-fin.css">
</header>
<body>
<center>
<Div class="banner">
<img src="M-Fin Webpage/Pages/Images/top background.png" width="1150" height="150">
</Div>

<Div class="WrapperC"><br><br>
<form action="send_contact.php" method="POST">
<h3><b>Contact Us</b></h3>
<p>Please take the time to let us know how we can help you!</p>
<b>First Name:</b> <input type="text" name="FirstName" id="FirstName">
<b>Last Name:</b> <input type="text" name="LastName" id="LastName"></p>
<b>Your EMail:</b> <input type="text" name="email" id="email"><p>
<b>Recipient:</b>

<select name="person">
<option value="Garood.Mocombe@M-Fin.com">Garood Mocombe</option>
<Option value="Linda.Craddock@M-Fin.com">Linda Craddock</option>
<Option value="Info@M-Fin.com">Customer Service</option>
</select><br><br>
<p>Please be detailed as our goal is to provide the highest level of service.</p>
<b>Subject:</b> <input name="subject" type="text" id="subject">
<p></p>

<p><b> Message:<b><br><textarea rows="10" cols="50" name="message">Please Enter Message Here!</textarea><p></p>

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"><input type="reset" name="submit2" value="Reset"

onclick="window.open(setit.options[setit.selectedIndex].value)">
</form>

</Div>

</body>
</html>

dalecosp

GMan78;11019637 wrote:
my permissions to share html and img is off how do I get that turned on?

So .... you're NOT running this on a webserver?

traq wrote:
Are you running these pages locally or on the net?

GMan78

I'm running them locally

dalecosp

PHP has to be served by a properly configured web server; that would explain why the code appears as plain text instead of server-rendered output.

GMan78

I was told that my wamp server was good enough to do that so long as it could process PHP is that not correct? I did a test with the "hello world" code and it worked fine.

traq

At the top of this script (the one you're having trouble with), immediately after the opening [font=monospace]<?php[/font], add:

die( phpversion() );

and post the result.