Mailing error?

[firecat318]

I have this code to send a sample message to an email:

 

<?php
$to = "firecat318@gmail.com";
$subject = "hello";
$message = "this is just a random test";

$mail = mail($to, $subject, $message);

if(!$mail) {
die("There was a problem when mailing!");
} else {
echo "Thank you for sending your mail!";
}

?>

 

When I run the script, it says there was an error mailing.

 

Is there anything in particular that I need to set up on my host so that it allows me to send mails?

[pwes24]

The mail function takes 4 arguments like this:

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)

.

 

Please refer to the php documentation for further explanation. Just search mail().

[firecat318]

Additional headers is optional though.

[DarkWater]

Are you sure you have a mail server that PHP can find on your server? T.T 

[firecat318]

I dont know... like I said, I haven't set anything up yet.  I do I go about that?

[firecat318]

Do I need to setup something special to be able to send emails?

[ady01]

Are you running this script on your own server or are you using a hosted soluting such as lycos  ?

[firecat318]

I'm using godaddy, so its not my server.

[firecat318]

OMG I can't find an answer anywhere.

[Cory94bailly]

I'm using godaddy, so its not my server.

 

I'm using godaddy too.. works for me.

 

Did you buy linux or windows hosting?

 

The php mail() function is for linux only.

[firecat318]

I got the windows hosting.  is there anyway to switch it without paying?

[trq]

The php mail() function is for linux only.

 

No it is not.

 

You will however need to at least set a From header under windows.

[firecat318]

I've added a from header, but it still won't send. 

 

<?php
$headers = "From: subbyaccount@gmail.com";

mail('firecat318', 'hello', 'just a test!', '$headers');

?>		

[firecat318]

I'm very quite stumped.  Is there something special that I need to setup in my hosting that will allow me to send emails, or will it work without anything special setup?  I'm using godaddy windows hosting.  I've tried lots of different variations of this code but it won't work.  I'm just wondering if there is something I'm not getting that is causing the mail not to be sent. 

[DarkWater]

*Cough* Switch to Linux because Windows sucks *Cough*

 

I did a Google search for "php mail windows godaddy" and got this *sigh*:

You need to use PEAR Mail for it to work.  Here's an example.

 

require_once "Mail.php";

 

function emailHtml($from, $subject, $message, $to) {

$host = "localhost";

$username = "";

$password = "";

 

$headers = array ('MIME-Version' => "1.0", 'Content-type' => "text/html; charset=iso-8859-1;", 'From' => $from, 'To' => $to, 'Subject' => $subject);

 

$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp', array ('host' => $host, 'auth' => false));

 

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $message);

if (PEAR::isError($mail))

return 0;

else

return 1;

}