$_REQUEST and $_POST not grabbing data from form

I've spent hours on a simple email form and finally figured out that for whatever reason, the php email code is simply not grabbing the data from the html form code. I have tried using both $_REQUEST and $_POST to grab the data, and it's just not doing it. Hoping I could get some help from someone regarding where the issue is.

The html form code is as follows:

            <form method="post" action="submit.php"
 enctype="text/plain">
              <font color="#000000" face="arial"
 size="2"><input name="name" size="17"
 type="text"> Your Name<br>
              <input name="url" size="17" value=""
 type="text">
Website URL<br>
              <input name="quicklink" size="17"
 type="text">
Quicklink to Article<br>
              <input name="email" size="17" type="text">
Your E-mail<br>
              </font>
              <select name="type" size="1">
              <option selected="selected"> Select Article Type
              </option>
              <option> Strategy
              </option>
              <option> News
              </option>
              <option> History
              </option>
              <option> Other
              </option>
              </select>
              <br>
              <textarea cols="50" rows="10"></textarea><br>
              <input name="redirect" value="index.html"
 type="hidden"><input name="NEXT_URL"
 value="index.html" type="hidden"><input
 value="Send" type="submit"><input value="Clear"
 type="reset"></form>

HTML:

The code for submit.php is as follows:

<?php
$to="XXXXX;
$email=$_POST['email'];
$name=$_POST['name'];
$type=$_POST['type'];
$url=$_POST['url'];
$quicklink=$_POST['quicklink'];
$article=$_POST['article'];
$headers="From:$from";
$subject="ArticleSubmission";
$fields=array();
$fields{"name"}="Name";
$fields{"email"}="Email";
$fields{"url"}="Website";
$fields{"quicklink"}="QuicklinktoArticle";
$fields{"type"}="ArticleType";
$fields{"article"}="Article";
$body="Wehavereceivedthefollowingarticle:\n\n"; foreach ($fieldsas$a=>$b {$body.=sprintf("%20s:%s\n", $b, $_REQUEST[$a]); }
$headers2="From:XXXX";
$subject2="Thankyouforyoursubmission";
$autoreply="Thankyouforsubmittingyourarticle.Somebodywilllookitoverandwewillpostitonthewebsitewithbacklinksassoonaspossible.";
if($email==''){
    print"Youhavenotenteredanemail, pleasegobackandtryagain";
}
else{
    if($url==''){
        print"YouhavenotenteredawebsiteURL, pleasegobackandtryagain";
    }
    else{
        $send=mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
        $send2=mail($from, $subject2, $autoreply, $headers2);
        if($send){
            header("Location:http://www.XXXXX.com/submitted.html");
        }
        else{
            print"Weencounteredanerrorsendingyourmail, pleasenotifyXXXXX";
        }
    }
}

?>

PHP:

I always get the "You have not entered an email, please go back and try again" error, even though the box is filled when I submit it. Any ideas where I am going wrong?

Thanks in advance.

 

The "enctype" attribute is the problem.

 enctype="text/plain"

Code (markup):

Try using:

enctype="multipart/form-data"

Code (markup):

 

Switched the encoding type to multipart/form-data but I'm still getting the same message.

 

Ok, nevermind. I'm an idiot, I was just loading a cached page. Cleared my cache and it works perfectly now

Well, except the article variable is still empty, but that's because I never actually declared it in the initial html form

Thanks a bunch flex!

 

Hmmm...

try using
enctype="multipart/form-data" instead of enctype="text/plain"

If did not solved try Forcing your cache (Restart your Browser) since most guys will forgot that to erase and to try cache files!