Calling php function from a form action: received 404 Error

I am relative novice to WORDPRESS and php development on the platform. This is the first time I encounter this problem. Any helps and advice will be greatly appreciated.

I have created an HTML form which calls a php function when submitted:

<form name="business" action="create-account-and-profile.php" method="POST"> 
<table> 
<tbody> 
....

I have made sure that create-account-and-profile.php is in the theme (which is child theme) directory. The php file is a form data processor which starts as follows:

   require_once (ABSPATH . "wp-admin/includes/user.php");
	
    if (isset($_POST['personal_email_id'])) {
    	$email_id = $_POST['personal_email_id'];
    .......

However, when the form is submitted, WORDPRESS gives a “404 not found” error.

I searched relevant posts on this forum and on stackoverflow.com, but could not find the root cause.

JZ

• This topic was modified 8 years, 2 months ago by Jan Dembowski.