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I have a simple HTML-PHP contact form with some CSS. I desire to prevent the default behavior of the form which leads the user into a blank PHP page after submission, and, to have the form being s...
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Submitting a form via XHR/AJAX causes partial data arrival to email inbox (only HTML without input)
I have a simple HTML-PHP contact form with some CSS. I desire to prevent the default behavior of the form which leads the user into a blank PHP page after submission, and, to have the form being submitted via XHR instead backendly. With the following code, I have managed to party achieve what I desire, but I have the problem where input from input fields doesn't arrive to my inbox (only the HTML arrives). ## What I have tried ```js let contactForm = document.querySelector("#contact_form") contactForm.addEventListener("submit", function(event){ event.preventDefault() var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open(contactForm.method, contactForm.action, true); xhr.setRequestHeader('Accept', 'application/json; charset=utf-8'); xhr.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8'); xhr.send(); }); ``` ## Current output pattern <div dir="rtl"> <b>שם: </b><br> <b>אימייל: </b><br> <b>טלפון: </b><br> <b>נושא הפנייה: </b><br> <b>דומיין אתר (אם יש): </b><br> <b>הערות (אם יש):</b> </div> ## Desired output pattern <div dir="rtl"> <b>שם: </b><span>NAME</span><br> <b>אימייל: </b><span>EMAIL</span><br> <b>טלפון: </b><span>PHONE</span><br> <b>נושא הפנייה: </b><span>TOPIC</span><br> <b>דומיין אתר (אם יש): </b><span>URL</span><br> <b>הערות (אם יש): </b><span>NOTES</span> </div> ## Notes * If I don't use this JavaScript than everything arrives (the output is as expected) so I believe the code I have tried has a mistake or is incomplete; I think I lack some limit on `preventDefault()` so to limit it not to prevent the "input transmission" part of the behavior it prevents.