[FIXED] How to send an email with $_POST data submitted with AJAX

Issue

I want to submit some data from localStorage to

Autoform.submitStoredData = function() {
    var data = localStorage.tbRecoveredData;
    if(data) {
        jQuery.ajax ({
            type: "POST",
            url:"http://www.thewebsite.com/Autoform.php",
            data: data,
            success: function() {
                console.log("success");
            },
            error: function(xhr,status,error) {
                console.log("payload failed to submit with xhr: " + xhr + ", status: " + status + ", and error: " + error);
            }
        });
        localStorage.removeItem("tbRecoveredData");
    }
};

I am getting "success" in the console so far so good. Autoform PHP looks like this:

<?php

    if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] === 'POST') {
        $data = $_POST;
        mail('myemail@gmail.com', 'OK SO here at least is the captured string', $data);
    }

?>

This does nothing or at least no email gets sent. I admit I dont know much about PHP, I've tried googling without much luck. Do I need to wrap this in a sort of self invoking function or something because it seems like the PHP code is not being executed. Any help is appreciated thanks!

Solution

Okay, if you try putting the below code and finding it to be NULL:

var_dump(mail(...));

Then you need to configure your server to make the PHP work with it's built in mail() function. There are several ways to do it:

• PHP mail() function enable
• PHP Mail Configuration
• How to configure PHP to send e-mail?

Answered By - Praveen Kumar Purushothaman

Answer Checked By - Pedro (PHPFixing Volunteer)