'error', 'text' => 'Sorry Request must be Ajax POST' )); die($output); //exit script outputting json data } //Sanitize input data using PHP filter_var(). $user_name = filter_var($_POST["name"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); $user_email = filter_var($_POST["email"], FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL); $message = filter_var($_POST["message"], FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING); //additional php validation if(strlen($user_name) < 2){ // If length is less than 4 it will output JSON error. $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Name is too short or empty!')); die($output); } if(!filter_var($user_email, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)){ //email validation $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Please enter a valid email!')); die($output); } //email body $message_body = $message."\r\n\r\n-".$user_name."\r\nEmail: ".$user_email."\r\n" ; //proceed with PHP email. $headers = 'From: '. $user_email .'' . "\r\n" . 'Reply-To: '.$user_email.'' . "\r\n" . 'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion(); $send_mail = mail($to_email, $subject, $message_body, $headers); if(!$send_mail) { //If mail couldn't be sent output error. Check your PHP email configuration (if it ever happens) $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'error', 'text' => 'Could not send mail! Please check your PHP mail configuration.')); die($output); }else{ $output = json_encode(array('type'=>'message', 'text' => 'Hi '.$user_name .' Thank you for your email')); die($output); } } ?>