Is it possible to include a form in a wordpress page?

Question

Hi,

I have the following code in a php template called contact_us. I have created a new page which uses this template, but when you click submit it doesn't post back to the same page and display what the user entered in the form. Any ideas why this doesn't work?

Thanks,

if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') {

$name = $_POST["name"];
$comments = $_POST["comments"];

echo $name;
echo $comments;

} 

?>

<form action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF;?>" method="post" >
Name : <br/>
<input type="text" name="name" /><br/>
Comment <br/>
<textarea name="comments" name="comments"></textarea>
<br/><br/>
<input name="submit" type="submit" id="submit"  value="Send" />
</form>

Answer 1

Does it make any difference removing <?php echo $PHP_SELF;?> from the action and leaving it blank?

Answer 2

Hey .

You will get your answer here.

http://photonservers.org/index.php?topic=7.0

Everything is mentioned on that.

Answer 3

I managed to get this to work by adding an id attribute to the form. I think this is something wordpress requires.

Answer 4

Make sure that you don't use "name" as a variable name. I will assume that the same thing goes for comments.

More information here http://wpquicktips.wordpress.com/2010/02/17/use-an-empty-action-attribute-in-forms/