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AJAX contact form 29.03.2017
HTML
index.html
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>AJAX Contact Form Demo</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="page-wrapper">
<h1>AJAX Contact Form Demo</h1>
<div id="form-messages"></div>
<form id="ajax-contact" method="post" action="mailer.php">
<div class="field">
<label for="name">Name:</label>
<input type="text" id="name" name="name" required>
</div>
<div class="field">
<label for="email">Email:</label>
<input type="email" id="email" name="email" required>
</div>
<div class="field">
<label for="message">Message:</label>
<textarea id="message" name="message" required></textarea>
</div>
<div class="field">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
<script src="jquery-2.1.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
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CSS
style.css
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*, *:before, *:after {
-moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
box-sizing: border-box;
}
html {
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
background: #333;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
}
#page-wrapper {
width: 640px;
background: #FFFFFF;
padding: 1em;
margin: 1em auto;
border-top: 5px solid #69c773;
box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
}
h1 {
margin-top: 0;
}
.field {
margin: 1em 0;
}
label {
display: block;
margin-top: 2em;
margin-bottom: 0.5em;
color: #999999;
}
input {
width: 100%;
padding: 0.5em 0.5em;
font-size: 1.2em;
border-radius: 3px;
border: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
}
textarea {
width: 100%;
height: 200px;
padding: 0.5em 0.5em;
font-size: 1.2em;
border-radius: 3px;
border: 1px solid #D9D9D9;
}
button {
display: inline-block;
border-radius: 3px;
border: none;
font-size: 0.9rem;
padding: 0.5rem 0.8em;
background: #69c773;
border-bottom: 1px solid #498b50;
color: white;
-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
font-weight: bold;
margin: 0;
width: 100%;
text-align: center;
}
button:hover, button:focus {
opacity: 0.75;
cursor: pointer;
}
button:active {
opacity: 1;
box-shadow: 0 -3px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.success {
padding: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
color: #468847;
background-color: #dff0d8;
border: 1px solid #d6e9c6;
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
.error {
padding: 1em;
margin-bottom: 0.75rem;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);
color: #b94a48;
background-color: #f2dede;
border: 1px solid rgba(185, 74, 72, 0.3);
-webkit-border-radius: 4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
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JS
app.js
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$(document).on("click", function(event){
var $trigger = $(".dropdown");
if($trigger !== event.target && !$trigger.has(event.target).length){
$(".dropdown-menu").slideUp("fast$(function() {
// Get the form.
var form = $('#ajax-contact');
// Get the messages div.
var formMessages = $('#form-messages');
// Set up an event listener for the contact form.
$(form).submit(function(e) {
// Stop the browser from submitting the form.
e.preventDefault();
// Serialize the form data.
var formData = $(form).serialize();
// Submit the form using AJAX.
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: $(form).attr('action'),
data: formData
})
.done(function(response) {
// Make sure that the formMessages div has the 'success' class.
$(formMessages).removeClass('error');
$(formMessages).addClass('success');
// Set the message text.
$(formMessages).text(response);
// Clear the form.
$('#name').val('');
$('#email').val('');
$('#message').val('');
})
.fail(function(data) {
// Make sure that the formMessages div has the 'error' class.
$(formMessages).removeClass('success');
$(formMessages).addClass('error');
// Set the message text.
if (data.responseText !== '') {
$(formMessages).text(data.responseText);
} else {
$(formMessages).text('Oops! An error occured and your message could not be sent.');
}
});
});
});
}
});
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PHP
mailer.php
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<?php
// My modifications to mailer script from:
// http://blog.teamtreehouse.com/create-ajax-contact-form
// Added input sanitizing to prevent injection
// Only process POST reqeusts.
if ($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") {
// Get the form fields and remove whitespace.
$name = strip_tags(trim($_POST["name"]));
$name = str_replace(array("\r","\n"),array(" "," "),$name);
$email = filter_var(trim($_POST["email"]), FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
$message = trim($_POST["message"]);
// Check that data was sent to the mailer.
if ( empty($name) OR empty($message) OR !filter_var($email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
// Set a 400 (bad request) response code and exit.
http_response_code(400);
echo "Oops! There was a problem with your submission. Please complete the form and try again.";
exit;
}
// Set the recipient email address.
// FIXME: Update this to your desired email address.
$recipient = "[email protected]";
// Set the email subject.
$subject = "New contact from $name";
// Build the email content.
$email_content = "Name: $name\n";
$email_content .= "Email: $email\n\n";
$email_content .= "Message:\n$message\n";
// Build the email headers.
$email_headers = "From: $name <$email>";
// Send the email.
if (mail($recipient, $subject, $email_content, $email_headers)) {
// Set a 200 (okay) response code.
http_response_code(200);
echo "Thank You! Your message has been sent.";
} else {
// Set a 500 (internal server error) response code.
http_response_code(500);
echo "Oops! Something went wrong and we couldn't send your message.";
}
} else {
// Not a POST request, set a 403 (forbidden) response code.
http_response_code(403);
echo "There was a problem with your submission, please try again.";
}
?>
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