I am using Joomla 3 and i creat a simple php form and it is working on a simple html page but when i tried to use it with joomla didnt do anything I am using it on FTP server not local both cases
i tried with <?php include(' component.php'); ?> but same i have no idea what to do i am not pro with php , joomla please help
component.php file
defined('_JEXEC') or die;
$errors = '';
$myemail = 'hety@gmail.com';//<---- email address .
if(empty($_POST['name']) ||
empty($_POST['email']) ||
empty($_POST['text']))
{
$errors .= "
Error: all fields are required";
}
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['text'];
if (!preg_match(
"/^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$/i",
$email_address))
{
$errors .= "
Error: Invalid email address";
}
if( empty($errors))
{
$to = $myemail;
$email_subject = "Contact form submission: $name";
$email_body = "You have received a new message. /n ".
" Here are the details:
Name: $name
Email: $email_address
Text: $text
";
$headers = "From: $myemail
";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email_address";
mail($to,$email_subject,$email_body,$headers);
//redirect to the 'thank you' page
header('Location: index.php');
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact form handler</title>
</head>
<body>
<!-- This page is displayed only if there is some error -->
<?php
echo nl2br($errors);
?>
index.php file
<form method="POST" name="contactform" action="templates/oniongraphicscomponent.php">
<p style="color:#FBFF94"> Character Name </p>
<input class="form-field" type="text" name="name" required/>
<input class="form-field" type="text" name="text" required />
<div class="form-title"><p style="color:#FBFF94"> Email </p></div>
<input class="form-field" type="text" name="email"required /><br><br>
<div class="submit">
<input class="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
</div>
</form>
i have different file called component and <?php include('component.php'); that file into index.php where my form is full path is 'htdocs/templates/mytemplate/component.php'