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OK, I've found an error in the log of my SMTP server showing that authentication isn't being given when the form attempts to send email. I've added in c:\php\php.ini authentication as given by "some" website: [mail function] ; For Win32 only. SMTP = localhost smtp_port = 25 username = user password = pass but it is still failing. Can anyone help with how / where to setup correct authentication, or is it impossible to do with [mail function]? as Pikachu2000 said below? If it is impossible, can anyone help me re-configure the form to use something that does support authenticaiton?

I'll try that now - question aside - how does this form actually send email? I.e is it using a SMTP server somewhere? or is it all built into the code?

Thanks Spiderwell, I added this in (obviously changing the "sending@from.com" bit to an actual email address): # Send out the email ini_set("sendmail_from", "sending@from.com"); if (mail($post['recipient'], $subject, $message, "From: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nReply-To: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nX-Mailer: PHP FormMail")) { but it made no difference sadly. RE: php.ini - I cannot find this file anywhere, wondering if that may be a big part of the issue?

Thanks Chaseman, it's a bit of both really, I'm eager to learn, but in the pre-learning stage I just need to get the bit I'm stuck with finished, then I can get on and learn at my own pace.

Could anyone offer any help / advice on how to implement the above into "formmail.php"? Bear in mind that I know nothing! Many thanks,

[Apologies for the double post, I have already posted this question in the "PHP Coding Help" section, it was suggested to post it here in the "3rd Party PHP Scripts" section as well.] Hi all, I am a total beginner at pretty much everything to do with Web development, but sadly especially beginner at PHP. I'm keen to learn though (even it if takes me a while to understand!). I am trying to add a simple form to a webpage that allows a visitor to fill in their name, then their email address plus a couple of other fields and click on a "submit" button. This will then send a basic email with the users information to a set email address. I've downloaded and installed "Formmail.php" into my website, I've created some inputs in the HTML, the HTML loads fine, I can see the form fields, but for the love of all things holy when I click "submit" I cannot get it to send email out. I am totally ignorant at how PHP (or any other scripting language) works, and especially ignorant at how Formmail.php works. I cannot figure out where it is asking for any SMTP server to use to send email (is it even using one?), or how it is is sending email? I realise the error I'm getting is something to do with authentication, but can't see how to get it to authenticate properly? I have an SMTP server I can use (if needed), with authentication credentials ready - but as said above, ignorance of how this is supposed to work is playing a big part with my failures here. The specific error I get when clicking on the "submit" button is this: Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 530 SMTP authentication is required. in D:\Websites\synergytraining.co.uk\formmail.php on line 224 There was an unknown error while sending email. « go back So I guess it cannot authenticate with the email address I want to send to? I'm unsure as to how to do this though. I have tried changing some of the User Config setting below to no avail - I'd really appreciate some kind soul to help me please. Current Formmail.php code I have installed is below. Kind regards in advance. <?php /** * PHP version 5 */ # Copyright (c) 2002 Eli Sand # PHP FormMail v2.0 20030305 # Initialize variables $auth = NULL; $deny = NULL; $must = NULL; $post = NULL; $http = NULL; $form = NULL; $list = NULL; # Fix for magic quotes when enabled if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { $_POST["$key"] = stripslashes($value); } } # Detect any Windows operating system if (strstr(php_uname(), 'Windows')) { $IS_WINDOWS = TRUE; } # USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS # Authorized email address masks that can be used as the recipient $auth = "*@127.0.0.1, *@localhost, *@".str_replace('www.','',$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']); # Email address masks that will be rejected if in the email field # $deny = "nobody@*, anonymous@*, postmaster@*"; # DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING PAST THIS POINT # Functions # Trim leading and trailing white space from array values function array_trim(&$value, $key) { $value = trim($value); } # Show an error message to the user function error_msg($error, $required = FALSE) { global $post; if (!empty($post['missing_fields_redirect']) && $required) { header('Location: ' . $post['missing_fields_redirect']); } elseif (!empty($post['error_redirect'])) { header('Location: ' . $post['error_redirect']); } else { echo "<html>\r\n"; echo "\t<head>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<title>Form Error</title>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<style type=\"text/css\">* {font-family: \"Verdana\", \"Arial\", \"Helvetica\", monospace;}</style>\r\n"; echo "\t</head>\r\n"; echo "\t<body>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<p>${error}</p>\r\n\t\t<p><small>« <a href=\"javascript: history.back();\">go back</a></small></p>\r\n"; echo "\t</body>\r\n"; echo "</html>\r\n"; } exit(); } # Basic pattern matching on an entire array function pattern_grep($input, $array) { foreach ($array as $value) { $value = addcslashes($value, '^.[]$()|{}\\'); $value = str_replace('*', '.*', $value); $value = str_replace('?', '.?', $value); $value = str_replace('+', '.+', $value); if (eregi('^' . $value . '$', $input)) { return TRUE; } } return FALSE; } # Main # Check to make sure the info was posted if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { $post = array( 'recipient' => $_POST['recipient'], 'email' => $_POST['email'], 'subject' => $_POST['subject'], 'realname' => $_POST['realname'], 'required' => $_POST['required'], 'env_report' => $_POST['env_report'], 'sort' => $_POST['sort'], 'redirect' => $_POST['redirect'], 'error_redirect' => $_POST['error_redirect'], 'missing_fields_redirect' => $_POST['missing_fields_redirect'] ); $http = array( 'REMOTE_USER' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'], 'REMOTE_ADDR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ); if (isset($must['required'])) { $post['required'] = $must['required'] . ',' . $_POST['required']; } if (isset($must['env_report'])) { $post['env_report'] = $must['env_report'] . ',' . $_POST['env_report']; } if (isset($must['redirect'])) { $post['redirect'] = $must['redirect']; } if (isset($must['error_redirect'])) { $post['error_redirect'] = $must['error_redirect']; } if (isset($must['missing_fields_redirect'])) { $post['missing_fields_redirect'] = $must['missing_fields_redirect']; } if (($auth = explode(',', $auth))) { array_walk($auth, 'array_trim'); } if (($deny = explode(',', $deny))) { array_walk($deny, 'array_trim'); } if ($_POST['security_code'] != $_SESSION['security_code']) { error_msg("Invalid security code."); } else { unset($_POST['security_code']); unset($_SESSION['security_code']); } # Check for missing required fields if ((!empty($post['required'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['required']))) { $list[] = 'recipient'; $list[] = 'email'; array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (!empty($value) && empty($_POST["$value"])) { error_msg("You have left a required field blank.", TRUE); } } } # Check the email addresses submitted if (pattern_grep($post['email'], $deny)) { error_msg("You have specified a banned email address."); } if (!eregi('^([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)\@((([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\.)+([a-zA-Z]+))$', $post['email'])) { error_msg("You have specified an invalid email address."); } # Check if the recipients email address is authorized if ((!empty($post['recipient'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['recipient']))) { array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (!eregi('^([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)\@((([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\.)+([a-zA-Z]+))$', $value)) { error_msg("The recipients email address is invalid."); } if (!pattern_grep($value, $auth)) { error_msg("The recipients email address is unauthorized."); } } } else { error_msg("There was an unknown error while checking the recipients email address."); } # Sort the fields if ((!empty($post['sort'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['sort']))) { array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { $form["$value"] = $_POST["$value"]; } } else { $form = $_POST; } # Create the message $subject = empty($post['subject']) ? "Web Reply" : $post['subject']; foreach ($form as $key => $value) { if (!array_key_exists($key, $post)) { $message .= "${key}: ${value}\r\n\r\n"; } } $message .= "Submitted by: <" . $post['email'] . "> on " . date('l, F jS, Y @ g:i:s a (O)') . "\r\n"; if (!empty($post['env_report'])) { if (($list = explode(',', $post['env_report']))) { $message .= "Sender Details:\r\n"; array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (array_key_exists($value, $http)) { $message .= "\t${value}: " . $http["$value"] . "\r\n"; } } } } # Send out the email if (mail($post['recipient'], $subject, $message, "From: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nReply-To: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nX-Mailer: PHP FormMail")) { if (!empty($post['redirect'])) { header('Location: ' . $post['redirect']); } else { echo "<html>\r\n"; echo "\t<head>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<title>Thank you</title>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<style type=\"text/css\">* {font-family: \"Verdana\", \"Arial\", \"Helvetica\", monospace;}</style>\r\n"; echo "\t</head>\r\n"; echo "\t<body>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<p>Thank you for filling out the form.</p>\r\n\t\t<p><small>« <a href=\"javascript: history.back();\">go back</a></small></p>\r\n"; echo "\t</body>\r\n"; echo "</html>\r\n"; } } else error_msg("There was an unknown error while sending email."); } else error_msg("Invalid request method used.");

Thank you Spiderwell, I will have a look at that and also re-post over in the 3rd party scripts section.

Hi all, I am a total beginner at pretty much everything to do with Web development, but sadly especially beginner at PHP. I'm keen to learn though (even it if takes me a while to understand!). I am trying to add a simple form to a webpage that allows a visitor to fill in their name, then their email address plus a couple of other fields and click on a "submit" button. This will then send a basic email with the users information to a set email address. I've downloaded and installed "Formmail.php" into my website, I've created some inputs in the HTML, the HTML loads fine, I can see the form fields, but for the love of all things holy when I click "submit" I cannot get it to send email out. I am totally ignorant at how PHP (or any other scripting language) works, and especially ignorant at how Formmail.php works. I cannot figure out where it is asking for any SMTP server to use to send email (is it even using one?), or how it is is sending email? I realise the error I'm getting is something to do with authentication, but can't see how to get it to authenticate properly? I have an SMTP server I can use (if needed), with authentication credentials ready - but as said above, ignorance of how this is supposed to work is playing a big part with my failures here. The specific error I get when clicking on the "submit" button is this: Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 530 SMTP authentication is required. in D:\Websites\synergytraining.co.uk\formmail.php on line 224 There was an unknown error while sending email. « go back So I guess it cannot authenticate with the email address I want to send to? I'm unsure as to how to do this though. I have tried changing some of the User Config setting below to no avail - I'd really appreciate some kind soul to help me please. Current Formmail.php code I have installed is below. Kind regards in advance. <?php /** * PHP version 5 */ # Copyright (c) 2002 Eli Sand # PHP FormMail v2.0 20030305 # Initialize variables $auth = NULL; $deny = NULL; $must = NULL; $post = NULL; $http = NULL; $form = NULL; $list = NULL; # Fix for magic quotes when enabled if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) { foreach ($_POST as $key => $value) { $_POST["$key"] = stripslashes($value); } } # Detect any Windows operating system if (strstr(php_uname(), 'Windows')) { $IS_WINDOWS = TRUE; } # USER CONFIGURABLE SETTINGS # Authorized email address masks that can be used as the recipient $auth = "*@127.0.0.1, *@localhost, *@".str_replace('www.','',$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']); # Email address masks that will be rejected if in the email field # $deny = "nobody@*, anonymous@*, postmaster@*"; # DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING PAST THIS POINT # Functions # Trim leading and trailing white space from array values function array_trim(&$value, $key) { $value = trim($value); } # Show an error message to the user function error_msg($error, $required = FALSE) { global $post; if (!empty($post['missing_fields_redirect']) && $required) { header('Location: ' . $post['missing_fields_redirect']); } elseif (!empty($post['error_redirect'])) { header('Location: ' . $post['error_redirect']); } else { echo "<html>\r\n"; echo "\t<head>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<title>Form Error</title>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<style type=\"text/css\">* {font-family: \"Verdana\", \"Arial\", \"Helvetica\", monospace;}</style>\r\n"; echo "\t</head>\r\n"; echo "\t<body>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<p>${error}</p>\r\n\t\t<p><small>« <a href=\"javascript: history.back();\">go back</a></small></p>\r\n"; echo "\t</body>\r\n"; echo "</html>\r\n"; } exit(); } # Basic pattern matching on an entire array function pattern_grep($input, $array) { foreach ($array as $value) { $value = addcslashes($value, '^.[]$()|{}\\'); $value = str_replace('*', '.*', $value); $value = str_replace('?', '.?', $value); $value = str_replace('+', '.+', $value); if (eregi('^' . $value . '$', $input)) { return TRUE; } } return FALSE; } # Main # Check to make sure the info was posted if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { $post = array( 'recipient' => $_POST['recipient'], 'email' => $_POST['email'], 'subject' => $_POST['subject'], 'realname' => $_POST['realname'], 'required' => $_POST['required'], 'env_report' => $_POST['env_report'], 'sort' => $_POST['sort'], 'redirect' => $_POST['redirect'], 'error_redirect' => $_POST['error_redirect'], 'missing_fields_redirect' => $_POST['missing_fields_redirect'] ); $http = array( 'REMOTE_USER' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_USER'], 'REMOTE_ADDR' => $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'], 'HTTP_USER_AGENT' => $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] ); if (isset($must['required'])) { $post['required'] = $must['required'] . ',' . $_POST['required']; } if (isset($must['env_report'])) { $post['env_report'] = $must['env_report'] . ',' . $_POST['env_report']; } if (isset($must['redirect'])) { $post['redirect'] = $must['redirect']; } if (isset($must['error_redirect'])) { $post['error_redirect'] = $must['error_redirect']; } if (isset($must['missing_fields_redirect'])) { $post['missing_fields_redirect'] = $must['missing_fields_redirect']; } if (($auth = explode(',', $auth))) { array_walk($auth, 'array_trim'); } if (($deny = explode(',', $deny))) { array_walk($deny, 'array_trim'); } if ($_POST['security_code'] != $_SESSION['security_code']) { error_msg("Invalid security code."); } else { unset($_POST['security_code']); unset($_SESSION['security_code']); } # Check for missing required fields if ((!empty($post['required'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['required']))) { $list[] = 'recipient'; $list[] = 'email'; array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (!empty($value) && empty($_POST["$value"])) { error_msg("You have left a required field blank.", TRUE); } } } # Check the email addresses submitted if (pattern_grep($post['email'], $deny)) { error_msg("You have specified a banned email address."); } if (!eregi('^([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)\@((([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\.)+([a-zA-Z]+))$', $post['email'])) { error_msg("You have specified an invalid email address."); } # Check if the recipients email address is authorized if ((!empty($post['recipient'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['recipient']))) { array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (!eregi('^([a-zA-Z0-9\.\_\-]+)\@((([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\.)+([a-zA-Z]+))$', $value)) { error_msg("The recipients email address is invalid."); } if (!pattern_grep($value, $auth)) { error_msg("The recipients email address is unauthorized."); } } } else { error_msg("There was an unknown error while checking the recipients email address."); } # Sort the fields if ((!empty($post['sort'])) && ($list = explode(',', $post['sort']))) { array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { $form["$value"] = $_POST["$value"]; } } else { $form = $_POST; } # Create the message $subject = empty($post['subject']) ? "Web Reply" : $post['subject']; foreach ($form as $key => $value) { if (!array_key_exists($key, $post)) { $message .= "${key}: ${value}\r\n\r\n"; } } $message .= "Submitted by: <" . $post['email'] . "> on " . date('l, F jS, Y @ g:i:s a (O)') . "\r\n"; if (!empty($post['env_report'])) { if (($list = explode(',', $post['env_report']))) { $message .= "Sender Details:\r\n"; array_walk($list, 'array_trim'); foreach ($list as $value) { if (array_key_exists($value, $http)) { $message .= "\t${value}: " . $http["$value"] . "\r\n"; } } } } # Send out the email if (mail($post['recipient'], $subject, $message, "From: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nReply-To: " . $post['email'] . "\r\nX-Mailer: PHP FormMail")) { if (!empty($post['redirect'])) { header('Location: ' . $post['redirect']); } else { echo "<html>\r\n"; echo "\t<head>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<title>Thank you</title>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<style type=\"text/css\">* {font-family: \"Verdana\", \"Arial\", \"Helvetica\", monospace;}</style>\r\n"; echo "\t</head>\r\n"; echo "\t<body>\r\n"; echo "\t\t<p>Thank you for filling out the form.</p>\r\n\t\t<p><small>« <a href=\"javascript: history.back();\">go back</a></small></p>\r\n"; echo "\t</body>\r\n"; echo "</html>\r\n"; } } else error_msg("There was an unknown error while sending email."); } else error_msg("Invalid request method used.");