PHP not pulling dropdown information
i have php file not pulling dropdown information in <form>. i've been pulling hair out on this. appreciated. below files.
html:
<form name="contactform" method="post" action="send_form_email.php">
<table width="450px">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<label for="first_name">first name *</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="first_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"">
<label for="last_name">last name *</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="last_name" maxlength="50" size="30">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<label for="email">email address *</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="email" maxlength="80" size="30">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<label for="telephone">telephone number</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<input type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="30" size="30">
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<label for="dropdown">location *</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<select name" dropdown">
<option value="downtown">downtown charleston</option>
<option value="north">north charleston</option>
<option value="wilmington">wilmington</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<label for="comments">comments *</label>
</td>
<td valign="top">
<textarea name="comments" maxlength="1000" cols="28" rows="6"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" style="text-align:right">
<input type="submit" value="submit">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
php:
<?php
if(isset($_post['email'])) {
// edit 2 lines below required
$email_to = "ctsizemore23@gmail.com";
$email_subject = "mss subject line";
function died($error) {
// error code can go here
echo "we sorry, there error(s) found form submitted. ";
echo "these errors appear below.<br /><br />";
echo $error."<br /><br />";
echo "please go , fix these errors.<br /><br />";
die();
}
// validation expected data exists
if(!isset($_post['first_name']) ||
!isset($_post['last_name']) ||
!isset($_post['email']) ||
!isset($_post['telephone']) ||
!isset($_post['dropdown']) ||
!isset($_post['comments'])) {
died('we sorry, there appears problem form submitted.');
}
$first_name = $_post['first_name']; // required
$last_name = $_post['last_name']; // required
$email_from = $_post['email']; // required
$telephone = $_post['telephone']; // not required
$dropdown = $_post['dropdown']; // required
$comments = $_post['comments']; // required
$error_message = "";
$email_exp = '/^[a-za-z0-9._%-]+@[a-za-z0-9.-]+\.[a-za-z]{2,4}$/';
if(!preg_match($email_exp,$email_from)) {
$error_message .= 'the email address entered not appear valid.<br />';
}
$string_exp = "/^[a-za-z .'-]+$/";
if(!preg_match($string_exp,$first_name)) {
$error_message .= 'the first name entered not appear valid.<br />';
}
if(!preg_match($string_exp,$last_name)) {
$error_message .= 'the last name entered not appear valid.<br />';
}
if(strlen($comments) < 2) {
$error_message .= 'the comments entered not appear valid.<br />';
}
if(strlen($error_message) > 0) {
died($error_message);
}
$email_message = "form details below.\n\n";
function clean_string($string) {
$bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
}
$email_message .= "first name: ".clean_string($first_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "last name: ".clean_string($last_name)."\n";
$email_message .= "email: ".clean_string($email_from)."\n";
$email_message .= "telephone: ".clean_string($telephone)."\n";
$email_message .= "dropdown: ".clean_string($dropdown)."\n";
$email_message .= "comments: ".clean_string($comments)."\n";
// create email headers
$headers = 'from: '.$email_from."\r\n".
'reply-to: '.$email_from."\r\n" .
'x-mailer: php/' . phpversion();
@mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);
?>
<!-- include own success html here -->
thank contacting us. in touch soon.
<?php
}
?>
by way. pulling fine except dropdown information
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