Unknown code on top of page preview

[Centaur11]

I have just bought this software, and am reasonably impressed with it. I have completed my first website, but when I preview it, I get a lot of, what i assume is, error code on top of the preview. I cant make heads or tails out of it.

I used a template provided by WYSIWYG, and removed or changed it quite a bit.


I need help. I have done this website for a friend, and want to get this done so I can send it off.

Below is the error code.

"; throw new Exception($error); } $message .= $eol; $message .= "IP Address : "; $message .= $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; $message .= $eol; foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { if (!in_array(strtolower($key), $internalfields)) { if (is_array($value)) { $message .= ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $key)) . " : " . implode(",", $value) . $eol; } else { $message .= ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $key)) . " : " . $value . $eol; } } } $body = 'This is a multi-part message in MIME format.'.$eol.$eol; $body .= '--'.$boundary.$eol; $body .= 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8'.$eol; $body .= 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit'.$eol; $body .= $eol.stripslashes($message).$eol; if (!empty($_FILES)) { foreach ($_FILES as $key => $value) { if ($_FILES[$key]['error'] == 0) { $body .= '--'.$boundary.$eol; $body .= 'Content-Type: '.$_FILES[$key]['type'].'; name='.$_FILES[$key]['name'].$eol; $body .= 'Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64'.$eol; $body .= 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='.$_FILES[$key]['name'].$eol; $body .= $eol.chunk_split(base64_encode(file_get_contents($_FILES[$key]['tmp_name']))).$eol; } } } $body .= '--'.$boundary.'--'.$eol; if ($mailto != '') { mail($mailto, $subject, $body, $header); } header('Location: '.$success_url); } catch (Exception $e) { $errorcode = file_get_contents($error_url); $replace = "##error##"; $errorcode = str_replace($replace, $e->getMessage(), $errorcode); echo $errorcode; } exit; } ?>

I think it has to do with the contact form I have done, but I cannot understand where I went wrong, or how to rectify it.

ANY help would be greatly appreciated.

[Centaur11]

I think I have worked it out. It seems I had used php for the form, but now that I have taken that back to html, all seems good, but now I dont know if my contact form will work correctly. I have tried it in preview form, but it brings up my own email client (of course), but no subject line or form data is in the body of email, and I cant seem to get that info into the email from the form.

Is there a way i can test this contact form to make sure it all works.

[Pablo]

This is the PHP script of the form. If the page uses PHP then you will need to set the page extension to PHP.

See also the FAQ:
https://forum.wysiwygwebbuilder.com/vie ... hp?t=32967

[Centaur11]

I tried setting the pages to php, but then the menu on the main page did not work. It would not find the index page, but when I changed back to html, all the menu items worked.

Is there a way to use php for the contact form, change extenson for the pages to php, and still have the page menu still work?

Oh, and not get the above code to come back.

[AliGW]

Which menus are you using?

[Pablo]

If you change the page extension then you will have to republish all pages that are referring to that page, otherwise they still have the old link.

[Centaur11]

I have changed back to php, and republished the page items in the menue setp, but now when I go to preview, it wont open, just asks what to open with. So i set default programme for .php to Chrome, now it just shows code, and not the web page for preview.

This webpage design and webpage construction is full of pit falls.

[Centaur11]

Which menus are you using?

I am using panel meus.

[BaconFries]

Is there a way i can test this contact form to make sure it all works.

You cannot "Test" "Preview" php locally it must be uploaded to your host/server for it to work due to the php needs to be processed there.
It will also require that your host supports php if not then then it can't run.
But you can disable PHP in Tools -> Options -> Publish -> Remove PHP code in preview

[Centaur11]

Is there a way i can test this contact form to make sure it all works.

You cannot "Test" "Preview" php locally it must be uploaded to your host/server for it to work due to the php needs to be processed there.
It will also require that your host supports php if not then then it can't run.
But you can disable PHP in Tools -> Options -> Publish -> Remove PHP code in preview

Thanks for the heads up.

Looks like I need to watch more "how to" youtube videos.

[BaconFries]

If you do wish to test locally you can install the likes of xampp on your PC/Laptop this will allow testing. Note that the installation of xampp is outwith the support of the forum and it not related to the softwares use in anyway.

[Pablo]

This webpage design and webpage construction is full of pit falls.

This is not specific to the software; it is related to how forms and PHP work in general.
I have done my best to explain these basic rules in the FAQ. So, if you run into an issue like this, that should be the first place to check.

[Centaur11]

This webpage design and webpage construction is full of pit falls.

This is not specific to the software; it is related to how forms and PHP work in general.
I have done my best to explain these basic rules in the FAQ. So, if you run into an issue like this, that should be the first place to check.

It was, but after a few hours of the webpage not working because I have .php extension and .php in my contact form, even after doing the "dont run php in preview, I have decided to run it all as HTML. Every time I made a change, none of the menu items worked, except in HTML. As soon as .php is used, either in form or as page type, nothing works. It gets very frustrating.

It is a shame, as I liked what could be done with .php (success or failure pages for the form), but it is too hard to get the form working or to get the menu for the site to keep working. Obviously I am doing something wrong, but, buggered if I can find it or work it out.

[Pablo]

It was, but after a few hours of the webpage not working because I have .php extension and .php in my contact form, even after doing the "dont run php in preview, I have decided to run it all as HTML. Every time I made a change, none of the menu items worked, except in HTML. As soon as .php is used, either in form or as page type, nothing works. It gets very frustrating.

I think it's important to understand why it is not working.

Locally browser can preview HTML, but not PHP. PHP only works via the server.
So, you can preview the layout locally, but to test it will have to publish the website.

All menus work. If there where any know issues then tehy would have already been fixerd.
However, menus only work when point to the correct file. So, links to PHP only work on the server.
HTML links can be viewed locally, because they do not need any processing.

Forms works most reliable when using PHP.

None of the is specific to the software , it just how HTML and PHP works.

Note that there is even a built-in web server with PHP support. So, it is also possible to test this locally, but you will have to install PHP of course.

[AliGW]

It is a shame, as I liked what could be done with .php (success or failure pages for the form), but it is too hard to get the form working or to get the menu for the site to keep working. Obviously I am doing something wrong, but, buggered if I can find it or work it out.

Did you republish the whole site?

1. Save the form page as .php.
2. Republish the whole site so that menus on all pages update to point to the new .php page.

If you haven't yet done this, then you need to.

[BaconFries]

You can set all pages to .php but as mentioned you will need to publish them all to your host/server to see the results. It is important to note forms use php and the page extension needs to be set to .php for it to work.

As mentioned by Pablo the software has its own built in server you can read more about it here.
Local Server Preview it will require php to be installed on your PC/Windows to use the likes of MySqli etc

How to install php locally on your PC
https://www.php.net/downloads.php?os=windows

There is also a video tutorial from Dapsom Ishmael on how to use.
https://youtu.be/9mIyX5nq-k4?is=wydrm52HYGyoLwaM

[Centaur11]

Thanks to ALL that have replied, and helping a newbie to web design.

I have installed PHP, and voila, all works as I wanted.

You are ALL legends, and thankyou very much, much appreciated. You have helped me keep what is left of my hair, ha ha ha