{"id":6703812,"date":"2015-10-31T14:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/404-error-when-form-is-submitted\/"},"modified":"2016-08-30T19:44:36","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T19:44:36","slug":"404-error-when-form-is-submitted","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/404-error-when-form-is-submitted\/","title":{"rendered":"404 Error When Form Is Submitted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi,<\/p>\n

I’m attempting to validate a birthday. When I let the user choose there birthday and press “submit” I’m getting a 404 error message. I don’t know why this is the case. I was hoping someone can look at my below syntax and tell me what you think I’m doing wrong. <\/p>\n

Thanks<\/p>\n

Syntax<\/p>\n

HTML<\/p>\n

<form action="" id="contactFormUs" name="contactFormUs" method="post" class="forms-contact formsec">\n\n\t  <div class="pro_fields">\n          <li>\n            <label for="first_Name">\n              <?php _e('First Name:','language');?>\n            <\/label>\n            <br\/>\n            <?php $first_Name = $_POST['first_Name'];\n\t\t\t\tif($first_Name != '' && $first_Name != 'Please Enter Your First Name'){\n\t\t\t\t$first_Name = $_POST['first_Name'];\n\t\t\t\t$first_Name_Submitted = trim_and_cap_it_out($_POST['first_Name']);\n\t\t\t}\n            ?>\n            <input type="text" name="first_Name" id="first_Name" class="field" value="<?php echo $first_Name_Submitted; ?>"\/>\n            <?php if($first_name_error != '') { ?>\n            <span class="error">\n            <?=$first_name_error;?>\n            <\/span>\n            <?php } ?>\n          <\/li>\n        <\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class="pro_fields">\n          <li>\n            <label for="birthday">\n              <?php _e('Birthday:','language');?>\n            <\/label>\n            <br\/>\n\n\t\t\t<select name="month" id="month" style="width:200px">\n\t\t\t<option value="0">--Select A Month--<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 1) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="January">January<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 2) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="February">February<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 3) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="March">March<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 4) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="April">April<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 5) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="May">May<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 6) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="June">June<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 7) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="July">July<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 8) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="August">August<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 9) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="September">September<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 10) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="October">October<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 11) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="November">November<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 12) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="December">December<\/option>\n\t\t\t<\/select>\n\n\t\t\t<select name="day" id="day" style="width:200px">\n\t\t\t\t<option value="0">--Select A Day--<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['day'] == 1) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="1">1<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['day'] == 2) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="2">2<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 3) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="3">3<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 4) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="4">4<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 5) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="5">5<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 6) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="6">6<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 7) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="7">7<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 8) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="8">8<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 9) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="9">9<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 10) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="10">10<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 11) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="11">11<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 12) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="12">12<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 13) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="13">13<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 14) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="14">14<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 15) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="15">15<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 16) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="16">16<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 17) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="17">17<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 18) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="18">18<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 19) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="19">19<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 20) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="20">20<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 21) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="21">21<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 22) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="22">22<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 23) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="23">23<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 24) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="24">24<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 25) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="25">25<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 26) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="26">26<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 27) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="27">27<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 28) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="28">28<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 29) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="29">29<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 30) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="30">30<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<option <?php if ($_REQUEST['month'] == 31) { ?>selected="true" <?php }; ?>value="31">31<\/option>\n\t\t\t<\/select>\n\n\t\t\t<!--<select name="year" id="year" style="width:200px">\n\t\t\t\t<option value="0">--Select A Year--<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t<?php for($i=date("1900"); $i<=date("1997")+2; $i++)\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif($year == $i)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\techo '<option value='.$i.' selected="true">'.$i.'<\/option>';\n\t\t\t\t\t\telse\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\techo '<option value='.$i.'>'.$i.'<\/option>';\n\t\t\t\t?>\n\t\t\t<\/select>-->\n\n            <?php if($birthdayNumberError != '0') { ?>\n            <span class="error">\n            <?=$birthdayNumberError;?>\n            <\/span>\n            <?php } ?>\n          <\/li>\n        <\/div>\n\n       <div class="pro_fields">\n          <div style="clear:both"><\/div>\n          <input type="submit" name="submitted" id="submitted" class="send-contact" value="Send"\/>\n          <div style="clear:both"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \t<hr>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/form><\/code><\/pre>\n
PHP Syntax<\/p>\n
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