Title: Email form and PHP shortcode
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Email form and PHP shortcode

 *  Resolved [talon77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talon77/)
 * (@talon77)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/)
 * I am setting up a basic email form. I do not want to use a mail plugin. I am 
   trying build my own mail form using HTML and PHP. I have my html code on the 
   page and it displays correctly. I have downloaded the Shortcode Exec PHP plugin
   that allows users to run PHP and have inserted, named, and saved my PHP code.
   My question is how do I reference this in my HTML?
 * A Typical HMTL form tag would be coded something like this:
 *  `<form action="sendMail.php" method="post" enctype="text/plain">`
 * What I am doing is this:
    `<form action="[Email]" method="post" enctype="text/
   plain">` where [Email] is the name that I have given my shortcode. The odd thing
   is that this worked once and has not worked since. Any ideas? How you would you
   guys make reference to the php code? If not inside the form tag, where would 
   I add it?
 * The following is my HTML:
 *     ```
       <form action="[Email]" method="post" enctype="text/plain">
       <input id="check1" type="checkbox" name="check1" />Print Design
       <input id="check2" type="checkbox" name="check2"/>Logo Design
       <input id="check3" type="checkbox" name="check3"/>Web Design
       </form>
       ```
   
 * The following is my PHP:
 *     ```
       $from="doNotReply@widdle.com";
       $check1=$_REQUEST['check1'];
       $check2=$_REQUEST['check2'];
       $check3=$_REQUEST['check3'];
   
       mail("talon77email@talon77.com", "Form Submission Notice", $check1 , "From: $from");
       print "Your form has been submitted";
       ```
   

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 *  [wpismypuppet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressismypuppet/)
 * (@wordpressismypuppet)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059790)
 * If the PHP code is on the same page as the form, then simply use:
 * `<form action="" method="post" enctype="text/plain">`
 * add a submit button to the form, or at least a hidden field set to 1:
 * `<input type="submit" name="action" value="Send Email" />`
 * Then wrap all your PHP around an if statement to check if you submit button, 
   or hidden variable set to 1, exists:
 *     ```
       <?php
           if( isset( $_POST['action'] ) ) {
               $from="doNotReply@widdle.com";
               $check1=$_POST['check1'];
               $check2=$_POST['check2'];
               $check3=$_POST['check3'];
   
               mail("talon77email@talon77.com", "Form Submission Notice", $check1 , "From: $from");
               print "Your form has been submitted";
           }
       ?>
       ```
   
 * If your code is not on the same page as the form, you’ll need to submit the form
   and get directed to the page that does contain that code. What is the reason 
   for the shortcode, out of curiosity?
 *  Thread Starter [talon77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talon77/)
 * (@talon77)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059800)
 * Ok I will try what you have and let you know how it goes. I have a submit button
   but I did not include it in what I copied from my HTML code. The reason I am 
   using shortcode is because for some reason I scripts that I put directly into
   my code via the “text tab” runs very strangely in wordpress for some reason. 
   I know because I have copied out the code and run it directly onto my browser
   from my computer’s desktop and everything works fine. But for some reason through
   wordpress buttons stop running the functions they are supposed to run, elements
   that should be hidden by default are visible, etc
 *  [wpismypuppet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wordpressismypuppet/)
 * (@wordpressismypuppet)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059803)
 * WordPress editor has a way of doing strange things to code. Typically in a situation
   like this I would either use a form plugin, or simply create a [page template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Page_Templates)
   where I could put my PHP code and not have to worry about corruption. The only
   reason I suggested what I did is because of your PHP plugin you are using. Let
   me know how it goes.
 *  Thread Starter [talon77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talon77/)
 * (@talon77)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059812)
 * I am testing it now, still there seems to be something wrong. What I do not understand
   is why the code worked once and then simply did not work anymore before even 
   my changing anything. This is the first time that I have encountered this
 *  Thread Starter [talon77](https://wordpress.org/support/users/talon77/)
 * (@talon77)
 * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059854)
 * Eureka! The problem must have been my email! I logged out of it and logged back
   in some minutes later and their were over 10 messages in my inbox from my email
   form. The code in the initial post works.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/email-form-and-php-shortcode/#post-4059854)
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