Form Gets Stuck in Validation

Hi,

Firstly I would like to ask whether you have hosted any PHP Server, e.g. Apache? Without that, your PHP code won't process mail sending, thus it won't send any response to the frontend code and you will be stuck on 'sending...' until you refresh the page.

I've also found some lines in your code that are mutually exclusive. If you want to send your form with AJAX you shouldn't be using action="mail.php" method="POST" onsubmit="return validateForm() inside your form tag.

Instead you should only use <a class="btn btn-rounded waves-effect cta-btn-res col-12 col-lg-5 mt-3 mb-0" onclick="validateForm()">Submit</a>, and allow validateForm() function to manage your contact form.

I've created a snippet with your code changed slightly:https://mdbootstrap.com/snippets/jquery/marcin-luczak/2705367

Also, I've added 'quick-fix' in CSS for the problem with textarea on Safari, which is a bug with the iOS/Safari itself rather than MDB components.

 textarea{ 
   -webkit-user-select: text !important;
   -khtml-user-select: text !important;
   -moz-user-select: text !important;
   -ms-user-select: text !important;
   user-select: text !important;
}

Adding this code to your CSS file should fix your problem.

Also, we are planning to release PHP and NodeJS Contact Form integrations for MDB5 on November 23 so you will be able to use tools dedicated to MDB5.

Regards, Marcin

Thank you! This is very well explained! However, the issue with getting stuck in "..sending" is still present. My site is hosted with Hostinger, and I have contacted them. This was their response:

"We don't use Apache and the email service on your account is fully active and running, so there are no issues from that end.

If the contact form doesn't execute or work properly, the issue would be somewhere within the code of the contact script itself"

"Yes, PHP is enabled and fully supported, along with contact forms built on it 👍 As long as the script is correct and configured properly, there shouldn't be any issues executing it."

"Current PHP version should be fully enough (currently, you're using 7.2) If it turns out that the script is built and only compatible with a specific/older PHP version, you can change the PHP version."

I don't understand the reasoning, but someone on stack overflow suggested the following:

the sendMessage () function was returning an undefined error

I changed it to messageSending() in the validation and function messageSending, and it works?

Thanks!

I'm glad you managed to fix that. Thank you for the information.

Regards, Marcin