Why is browser opening a new window? (HTML, PHP) -
i'm trying present "message sent successfully" message on page using php output javascript gets paragraph element id , inserts text in it.
but reason instead of happening expected browser opening new window (and presumeably outputting code @ point).
can tell me why it's opening new browser , how can stop it? haven't been able figure out in looking.
also, i'm using bootstrap 3 framework - why?
thanks help.
<?php /* set e-mail recipient */ $myemail = "hello@madeupemail.com"; /* check form inputs using check_input function */ $name = check_input($_post['inputname'], "name"); $email = check_input($_post['inputemail'], "email"); $phone = check_input($_post['inputphone'], "phone"); $message = check_input($_post['inputmessage'], "enter message here"); /* if e-mail not valid show error message */ if (!preg_match("/([\w\-]+\@[\w\-]+\.[\w\-]+)/", $email)) { show_error("invalid e-mail address"); } /* let's prepare message e-mail */ $subject = "someone has sent message"; $message = " has sent message using contact form: name: $name email: $email phone: $phone message: $message "; /* send message using mail() function */ mail($myemail, $subject, $message); /* redirect visitor thank page */ echo '<script type="text/javascript">' , 'document.getelementbyid("contactformtest").innerhtml = "the mail sent successfully";' , '</script>' ; /* functions used */ function check_input($data, $problem='') { $data = trim($data); $data = stripslashes($data); $data = htmlspecialchars($data); if ($problem && strlen($data) == 0) { show_error($problem); } return $data; } function show_error($myerror) { ?> <html> <body> <p>please correct following error:</p> <strong><?php echo $myerror; ?></strong> <p>hit button , try again</p> </body> </html> <?php exit(); } ?> html
<p id="contactformtest"></p> <form class="form-horizontal" method="post" action="php/mailer.php" role="form"> <fieldset> <div class="col-md-3"></div><!-- col-md-3 --> <div class="col-md-6"> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-md-12"> <input id="inputname" name="inputname" type="text" placeholder="name" class="form-control"> </div><!-- col-md-12 --> </div><!-- form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-md-12"> <input id="inputemail" name="inputemail" type="text" placeholder="email" class="form-control"> </div><!-- col-md-12 --> </div><!-- form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-md-12"> <input id="inputphone" name="inputphone" type="text" placeholder="phone" class="form-control"> </div><!-- col-md-12 --> </div><!-- form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-md-12"> <textarea class="form-control" id="inputmessage" name="inputmessage" placeholder="enter message here" rows="7"></textarea> </div><!-- col-md-12 --> </div><!-- form-group --> <div class="form-group"> <div class="col-md-12 text-center"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary btn-md">submit</button> </div><!-- col-md-12 --> </div><!-- form-group --> </div><!-- col-md-6 --> <div class="col-md-3"></div><!-- col-md-3 --> </fieldset> </form>
have tried adding "target" attribute in tag this,
<form class="form-horizontal" target="_self" method="post" action="php/mailer.php" role="form">
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