DESPERATELY need help with PHP for a contact form - I just cannot get this right!

[shanedt707]

Hi guys

I'm a total noob and have spent an incredible amount of time (to no avail) trying to get the contact form I have on my website working.
I downloaded a website template ( template 473 november ) and understand that I require a send_email.php page but cannot get it working!

Here is the code for the html part of my website where the contact form resides

HTML
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
<form action="send_email.php" method="post">
<fieldset>
<p><input type="text" value="" placeholder="NAME" class="field"></p>
<p><input type="email" value="" placeholder="EMAIL" class="field"></p>
<p><input type="text" value="" placeholder="TITLE" class="field"></p>
<p><textarea cols="2" rows="2" placeholder="MESSAGE"></textarea></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="send" class="button"></p>
</fieldset>
</form>
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

Can anyone provide me with what I would require to put into send_email.php to get this working?
I tried the below unrelated code that I found on another site for my send_email.php

PHP CODE

<?php
$field_name = $POST['cf_name'];
$field_email = $POST['cf_email'];
$field_message = $_POST['cf_message'];

$mail_to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'Message from a site visitor '.$field_name;

$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;

$headers = 'From: '.$field_email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$field_email."\r\n";

$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);

if ($mail_status) { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Thank you for the message. We will contact you shortly.');
window.location = 'contact_page.html';
</script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
alert('Message failed. Please, send an email to [e-mail]');
window.location = 'contact_page.html';
</script>
<?php
}
?>

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BUT with the above php code when I fill in the contact form on my website the replies come through to my email with 3 blank fields only stating field names as follows (not even all the correct field names either)..:

From
E-mail
Message[ATTACH]5413[/ATTACH]

Can anyone PLEASE adjust my php code above to correct this problem. I've really searched everywhere around the net and have spent oh so many hours with this template ( WEEKS ACTUALLY ) and only need to get the contact form working

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[NogDog]

You need "name" attributes in your HTML form that will match what you're looking for in the $_POST array, e.g.:

 <p><input type="text" name="cf_name" placeholder="NAME" class="field"></p>

[sneakyimp]

Yep, if your input looks like this:

<input type="text" value="" placeholder="NAME" class="field">

Then your code needs to be looking for $POST["NAME"]. Your code is instead looking for $POST['cf_name']:

$field_name = $_POST['cf_name'];

Your script is also vulnerable to email header injection, meaning that spammers can send any message they like to anyone using YOUR server. You need to validate the user input. I'd suggest at the very least making sure that $field_email is in fact an email address with [man]filter_var[/man].