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1. osura
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   First time creating a theme from scratch.

   I've built a form (simple one):
   

   <form name="cform" method="post" action="<?php echo bloginfo('template_directory') . '/contact-form.php' ?>">
   
   <fieldset>
     <input id="cname" name="cname" type="text" value="Name" />
     <input id="cemail" name="cemail" type="text" value="Email" />
     <input id="cphone" name="cphone" type="text" value="Phone" />
     <textarea id="cmessage" name="cmessage" rows="6" cols="33">Message</textarea>
     <button id="submit" type="submit" name="submit">Send</button>
   </fieldset>
   
   </form>

   PHP I'm using to process the form:
   

   <?php
   if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
   $to = "myemail@gmail.com";
   $subject = "Capital Care Contact Form";
   $name_input = $_POST['cname'];
   $email_input = $_POST['cemail'];
   $phone_input = $_POST['cphone'];
   $message = $_POST['cmessage'];
   
   $body = "From: $name_input\n E-Mail: $email_input\n Phone: $phone_input\n Message:\n $message";
   
   echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
   mail($to, $subject, $body);
   } else {
   echo "blarg!";
   }
   ?>

   I don't know why but when I submit a test form I get a 404 the page cannot be found error.

   Any ideas why WordPress thinks the file is missing?

   Thanks.

2. osura
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Is there a security feature in WordPress that doesn't allow access to files in the template directory?

   Or maybe the mod rewrite rules wordpress writes is causing the 404.

   I searched for hours and this must be a simple fix.

   Thanks in advance!

3. osura
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   So I created a test.html page in my template root. In contact.php (a custom template page) I inserted a anchor link to test test.html:
   <a href="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url') . '/test.html' ?>"> test</a>

   It opens and renders just fine. So why do I get a 404 when I do the same for a php file I create. Surly there is a way to create your own php files and link to them from other php files.

4. osura
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I've obviously over estimated this problem. I looked and searched and searched, every few months some one posts a problem like this, and no one replys.

   Maybe WP 3.0 will allow you to link to other php files in your template root

5. osura
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Turns out it is a .htaccess issue. I guess wordpress is writing some rules that restricts putting static pages into theme directory. I put the contact-form.php in the site root rather then template root.

6. Trevsweb
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I'm getting the same issue. with using a custom template/ page.

   works fine when I don't use anything within the form (error works fine)
   but when theres something within the form it 404s :(

   will follow your guidance with the site root but need to now work out how to theme a root file :/

   sorry for mega bump

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