simple form post problem

  • First time creating a theme from scratch.

    I’ve built a form (simple one):

    <form name="cform" method="post" action="<?php echo bloginfo('template_directory') . '/contact-form.php' ?>">

<fieldset>
  <input id="cname" name="cname" type="text" value="Name" />
  <input id="cemail" name="cemail" type="text" value="Email" />
  <input id="cphone" name="cphone" type="text" value="Phone" />
  <textarea id="cmessage" name="cmessage" rows="6" cols="33">Message</textarea>
  <button id="submit" type="submit" name="submit">Send</button>
</fieldset>

</form>

    PHP I’m using to process the form:

    <?php
if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Capital Care Contact Form";
$name_input = $_POST['cname'];
$email_input = $_POST['cemail'];
$phone_input = $_POST['cphone'];
$message = $_POST['cmessage'];

$body = "From: $name_input\n E-Mail: $email_input\n Phone: $phone_input\n Message:\n $message";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body);
} else {
echo "blarg!";
}
?>

    I don’t know why but when I submit a test form I get a 404 the page cannot be found error.

    Any ideas why WordPress thinks the file is missing?

    Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter osura

    (@osura)

    Is there a security feature in WordPress that doesn’t allow access to files in the template directory?

    Or maybe the mod rewrite rules wordpress writes is causing the 404.

    I searched for hours and this must be a simple fix.

    Thanks in advance!

    Thread Starter osura

    (@osura)

    So I created a test.html page in my template root. In contact.php (a custom template page) I inserted a anchor link to test test.html:
    <a href="<?php echo bloginfo('template_url') . '/test.html' ?>"> test</a>

    It opens and renders just fine. So why do I get a 404 when I do the same for a php file I create. Surly there is a way to create your own php files and link to them from other php files.

    Thread Starter osura

    (@osura)

    I’ve obviously over estimated this problem. I looked and searched and searched, every few months some one posts a problem like this, and no one replys.

    Maybe WP 3.0 will allow you to link to other php files in your template root

    Thread Starter osura

    (@osura)

    Turns out it is a .htaccess issue. I guess wordpress is writing some rules that restricts putting static pages into theme directory. I put the contact-form.php in the site root rather then template root.

    I’m getting the same issue. with using a custom template/ page.

    works fine when I don’t use anything within the form (error works fine)
    but when theres something within the form it 404s ??

    will follow your guidance with the site root but need to now work out how to theme a root file :/

    sorry for mega bump

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