Redirection after form submit

Hi.

I have installed a contact form module in my website and would like to implement a redirection to a certain page after submit.

I have fond diverse possible solutions, of no avail so far.

To be exact:

print('<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT=10; URL=redirection.php >');

and

header("location:redirection.php");

My knolwedge of PHP is basic and I cannot make it work.

I would appreciate some help or advise.

MODULE CODE:

<?php
// no direct access
defined( '_JEXEC' ) or die( 'Restricted access' );
$document =& JFactory::getDocument();
$document->addStyleSheet(JURI::root() . 'modules/contactform/css/style.css');
 
//Email Parameters
$recipient = $params->get('email_recipient', '');
$fromName = @$params->get('from_name');
$fromEmail = @$params->get('from_email', 'info@my-email.com');
 
// Text Parameters
$myNameLabel = $params->get('name_label', 'Name:');
$myEmailLabel = $params->get('email_label', 'Email:');
$myTelephoneLabel = $params->get('telephone_label', 'Telephone:');
$mySubjectLabel = $params->get('subject_label', 'Subject:');
$myMessageLabel = $params->get('message_label', 'Message:');
$buttonText = $params->get('button_text', 'Send Message');
$pageText = $params->get('page_text', 'Thank you for your contact.');
$errorText = $params->get('error_text', 'Your message could not be sent. Please try again.');
$noEmail = $params->get('no_email', 'Please write your email');
$invalidEmail = $params->get('invalid_email', 'Please write a valid email');
$pre_text = $params->get('pre_text', '');
 
// Size and Color Parameters
$label_pos = $params->get('label_pos', '0');
 
// URL Parameters
$exact_url = $params->get('exact_url', true);
$disable_https = $params->get('disable_https', true);
$fixed_url = $params->get('fixed_url', true);
$myFixedURL = $params->get('fixed_url_address', '');
 
// Module Class Suffix Parameter
$mod_class_suffix = $params->get('moduleclass_sfx', '');
 
 
if ($fixed_url) {
  $url = $myFixedURL;
}
else {
  if (!$exact_url) {
    $url = JURI::current();
  }
  else {
    if (!$disable_https) {
      $url = (!empty($_SERVER['HTTPS'])) ?  "https://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] :  "http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    }
    else {
      $url = "http://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
    }
  }
}
 
$url = htmlentities($url, ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
 
$myError = '';
$CORRECT_NAME = '';
$CORRECT_EMAIL = '';
$CORRECT_SUBJECT = '';
$CORRECT_MESSAGE = '';
 
if (isset($_POST["rp_email"])) {
  $CORRECT_SUBJECT = htmlentities($_POST["rp_subject"], ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
  $CORRECT_MESSAGE = htmlentities($_POST["rp_message"], ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
  $CORRECT_NAME = htmlentities($_POST["rp_name"], ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
 
  // check email
  if ($_POST["rp_email"] === "") {
    $myError = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $noEmail . '</p>' . '</div>';
  }
  if (!preg_match("/^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,4})$/", strtolower($_POST["rp_email"]))) {
    $myError = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $invalidEmail . '</p>' . '</div>';
  }
  else {
    $CORRECT_EMAIL = htmlentities($_POST["rp_email"], ENT_COMPAT, "UTF-8");
  }
 
  if ($myError == '') {
    $mySubject = $_POST["rp_subject"];
    $myMessage = 'Remitente: '. $_POST["rp_name"] ."\n\n" . 'E-Mail: '.  $_POST["rp_email"] ."\n\n". 'Telf.: '. $_POST["rp_telephone"] ."\n\n".  $_POST["rp_message"];
 
    $mailSender = &JFactory::getMailer();
    $mailSender->addRecipient($recipient);
 
    $mailSender->setSender(array($fromEmail,$fromName));
    $mailSender->addReplyTo(array( $_POST["rp_email"], '' ));
 
    $mailSender->setSubject($mySubject);
    $mailSender->setBody($myMessage);
 
 
    if ($mailSender->Send() !== true) {
      $myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $errorText . '</p>' . '</div>';
      print $myReplacement;
      return true;
    }
    else {
      $myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $pageText . '</p>' . '</div>';
      print $myReplacement;
          }
 
  }
} // end if posted
 
// check recipient
if ($recipient === "") {
  $myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>Recipient not described</p>' . '</div>';
  print $myReplacement;
  return true;
}
 
print '<style type="text/css"><!--' . $addcss . '--></style>';
print '<div class="rapid_contact ' . $mod_class_suffix . '"><form action="' . $url . '" method="post">' . "\n" .
      '<div class="rapid_contact intro_text ' . $mod_class_suffix . '">'.$pre_text.'</div>' . "\n";
 
if ($myError != '') {
  print $myError;
}
 
print '<div id="forminfe">';
 
// print name input
print '<div class="forminfe">' . '<label for="name">' .  $myNameLabel . '</label>' . '<input class="rapid_contact  inputbox ' . $mod_class_suffix . '" type="text" name="rp_name" size="' .  '" value="'.$CORRECT_NAME.'"/></div>' . "\n";
// print email input
print '<div class="forminfe">' . '<label for="email">' .  $myEmailLabel . '</label>' . '<input class="rapid_contact  inputbox ' . $mod_class_suffix . '" type="text" name="rp_email"  value="'.$CORRECT_EMAIL.'"/></div>' . "\n";
// print name input
print '<div class="forminfe">' . '<label for="telephone">' .  $myTelephoneLabel . '</label>' . '<input class="rapid_contact  inputbox ' . $mod_class_suffix . '" type="text" name="rp_telephone"' .  '"/></div>' . "\n";
// print subject input
print '<div class="forminfe">' . '<label for="name">' .  $mySubjectLabel  . '</label>' . '<input class="rapid_contact  inputbox ' . $mod_class_suffix . '" type="text" name="rp_subject"' . '"  value="'.$CORRECT_SUBJECT.'"/></div>' . "\n";
// print message input
print '<div class="forminfe">' . '<label for="mensaje">' .  $myMessageLabel  . '</label>' .  '<textarea  class="rapid_contact textarea ' . $mod_class_suffix . '"  name="rp_message"' . '"  rows="4">'.$CORRECT_MESSAGE.'</textarea></div>' . "\n";
 
// print button
print '<div class="forminfe"><input class="rapid_contact button  ' . $mod_class_suffix . '" type="submit" value="' . $buttonText .  '"/></div></div></form></div>' . "\n";
return true;

Code (markup):

Many thanks for you comments.

 

What error u r getitng?

 

You should try

and let us know what error if it doesn't work for you.

 

Sorry about my ignorance, where should I put that piece of code?

????


if (
$mailSender->Send() !== true) {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $errorText . '</p>' . '</div>';
print $myReplacement; return true;
}
else {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $pageText . '</p>' . '</div>'; print $myReplacement;
}
}

 

No; it didn't work.

Anyway, being my PHP so basic, perhaps some error in the code:

???????????????????

if ($mailSender->Send() !== true) {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $errorText . '</p>' . '</div>';
print $myReplacement;
header('Location: http://www.example.com/');
}
else {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $pageText . '</p>' . '</div>';
print $myReplacement;
}

Please some help with this.

 

What function Send() return? I think if it's a class function, you should use try exception.

 

Hi.

Two problems.

I modified the code like this:

if ($mailSender->Send() !== true) {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $errorText . '</p>' . '</div>';
print $myReplacement;
$url = '#anchor';
echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL='.$url.'">';
}
else {
$myReplacement = '<div class="pop-up">' . '<p>' . $pageText . '</p>' . '</div>';
print $myReplacement;
$url = '#anchor';
echo '<META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="0; URL='.$url.'">';
}


}
}

Well, the idea is to redirect to an anchor in the form.

RESULT:

1. When the form is properly filled and with no errors, the redirection works and the page is http://www.thepage.com/index.php#anchor

Or any other in the website (customers.php#anchor, etc.)

2. When the form is not properly filled, the redirection does not work.

3. When you try it in Chrome, something really weird: one second after the redirection, the redirection is unmade and changing http://www.thepage.com/index.php#anchor for http://www.thepage.com/index.php

Some clue please?

 

Can't you just set the action parameter of the form to #ancor?
Something like this <form action="#anchor">?
Otherwise, I'm assuming the redirection doesn't work when it's properly filled before

 

Hi Gemba.

Solved with your final comment.

Thanks very much.