Error 403

I’m currently working on an assignment for my PHP class. My goal is for the user to enter data and that data gets added to a SQL database after it is validated. My problem is when I press submit, I get an error 403. This is using a WAMP server setup. Below is my code.
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<?php //Initialize pagetitle, include header file and connect file for connecting to DB $pagetitle = 'John Brintnell, IT250, Unit 4'; include('includes/header.php'); ?> Please sign my guest book! First Last Email Address Password Confirm Password Comment <?php if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { // Validate the input values if(isset($_POST['fname'])) // NULL value permitted $fname=trim($_POST['fname']); if(isset($_POST['lname'])) // NULL value permitted $lname=trim($_POST['lname']); if ($_POST['password1']!= $_POST['password2']){ echo("Oops! Password did not match! Try again. "); exit; } else { $password=trim($_POST['password1']); } if(isset($_POST['email']) && !empty($_POST['email'])) { // No NULL value $email=trim($_POST['email']); if(preg_match("/^[a-z0-9._-]+@[a-z0-9_-]+(\.[a-z0-9_-] +)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$/i", $email) == 0) { // Email validation echo "The email address is invalid."; exit; } } else { echo "You must enter your email address."; exit; } if(isset($_POST['comment'])) // NULL value permitted $comment=trim($_POST['comment']); } else { exit; } //establish database connection require 'connect.php'; // insert record into database table guests $sql="INSERT INTO guests(fname, lname, email, password, comment) VALUES ('$fname', '$lname', '$email', '$password', '$comment')"; $result = @mysqli_query($connect, $sql) or die(mysqli_error()); if($result) { echo "

One record has been added to contact table!

"; } // Close the database connection mysqli_close($connect); include ('includes/footer.php'); ?>

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Other programs I’ve created in previous units still work correctly.

My assignment wanted me to use the code:
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form action=”<?php echo $_SERVER[‘PHP_SELF’]; ?>”
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but I was getting undefined variable errors when I used it. My professor said I could just call the name of the file.

Have you changed any settings on WAMP between the previous exercise and the current exercise?

A quick skim through you code doesn’t reveal anything obvious that could be causing the issue. Is this code the guestbook.php file?

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