[SOLVED] sending mail

[sw45acp]

hi,

im trying to send an email confirmation link to someone when they want to change their email address. when I include a link in the email, it does not send!

 

if (isset($_POST["change_email"]))
{
$token = $_POST["token"];

//generate unique id
$uid = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
$sql = mysql_query("UPDATE admin SET `uid` = '$uid' WHERE `password` = '$token'");
if (!$sql)
{
	die('Could not execute query!: ' . mysql_error());
	mysql_close($con);
}
else
{
	mysql_close($con);
	$email = $_POST["email"];
	//compose email parts
	$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
	$header = "You have changed your login email address for the control panel.";
	$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
	$message .= "https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/cp_info.php?token=$token&uid=$uid";

                //if $message was "http://www.google.com/" it works, or if it was "bla sldjfalkdjf" it works.
                //but it doesnt work with that url. I don't think secure connections have anything to do with it

	ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
	$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$header);
	if (!$sentmail)
	{
		die('Could not send mail');
	}
	else
	{
		//continue on to next page
	}
}
}

 

maybe it is because the send mail function is too deep into the code, i dont know.

any ideas?

[papaface]

Try:

if (isset($_POST["change_email"]))
{
$token = $_POST["token"];

//generate unique id
$uid = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
$sql = mysql_query("UPDATE admin SET `uid` = '$uid' WHERE `password` = '$token'");
if (!$sql)
{
	die('Could not execute query!: ' . mysql_error());
	mysql_close($con);
}
else
{
	mysql_close($con);
	$email = $_POST["email"];
	//compose email parts
	$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
	$header = "You have changed your login email address for the control panel.";
	$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
	$message .= '<a href="https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/">https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/</a>';

                //if $message was "http://www.google.com/" it works, or if it was "bla sldjfalkdjf" it works.
                //but it doesnt work with that url. I don't think secure connections have anything to do with it

	ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
	$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$header);
	if (!$sentmail)
	{
		die('Could not send mail');
	}
	else
	{
		//continue on to next page
	}
}
}

[sw45acp]

no luck

[ainoy31]

change the $header to $headers = '[email protected]'; and comment out //ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');

 

[sw45acp]

commenting that out either doesn't work, because it doesn't send it at all

if (isset($_POST["change_email"]))

{

$token = $_POST["token"];

 

//generate unique id

$uid = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));

$sql = mysql_query("UPDATE admin SET `uid` = '$uid' WHERE `password` = '$token'");

if (!$sql)

{

die('Could not execute query!: ' . mysql_error());

mysql_close($con);

}

else

{

mysql_close($con);

$email = $_POST["email"];

//compose email parts

$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";

$headers= "You have changed your login email address for the control panel.";

$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";

$message .= '<a href="https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/">https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/</a>';

 

//ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');

$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);

if (!$sentmail)

{

die('Could not send mail');

}

else

{

//continue on to next page

}

}

}

[sw45acp]

maybe the php.ini file isnt set up right, but I dont have access to it, so thats why I've always used ini_set()

[ainoy31]

did it work?

[sw45acp]

no it didnt work again. bu here is a simple one I just built... and this one works:

http://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/test.php

 

i dont under stand what the difference is

[sw45acp]

oh! sorry here is the source for this one

<?php
if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
$email = $_POST["email"];

//gather parts
$subject = "test";
$header = "more test";
$message = "even more test\r\n";
$message .= '<a href="http//www.google.com/">Google</a>';

ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$header);
if (!$sentmail)
{
	echo "Could not send mail";
}
else
{
	echo "Sent mail, and the link does appear this time.<br />";
	echo $subject . "<br />" . $header . "<br />" . $message . "<br />";
}
}
?>

[ainoy31]

OK.  Try this:

 

if (isset($_POST["change_email"]))
{
   $token = $_POST["token"];
   
   //generate unique id
   $uid = md5(uniqid(rand(), true));
   $sql = mysql_query("UPDATE admin SET `uid` = '$uid' WHERE `password` = '$token'");
   if (!$sql)
   {
      die('Could not execute query!: ' . mysql_error());
      mysql_close($con);
   }
}//end of if(isset($_POST["change_email"]))
else
{
      $email = $_POST["email"];
      //compose email parts
      $subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
      $headers = 'From: [email protected]';
      $message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
      $message .= 'https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/';
      
      //ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
      $sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
      if (!$sentmail)
      {
         die('Could not send mail');
      }
      else
      {
         //continue on to next page
      }
}//end of else

[sw45acp]

no luck man. I also tried reducing it just down to this:

if (isset($_POST["change_email"]))
{

$email = $_POST["email"];
//compose email parts
$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
$headers = "You have changed your login email address for the control panel.";
$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
$message .= '<a href="https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/">https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/cp_info.php</a>';

//ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
        //doesnt work whether I have ini_set in there or not


$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message,$headers);
if (!$sentmail)
{
	die('Could not send mail');
}
else
{
	echo "all good";
}
}

 

[ainoy31]

get rid of the headers all together and try.  also, remove the if() condition and try.

[sw45acp]

ive reduced it down further to this, and removed the outside if() condition

no success yet

<?php

<?php
$email = $_POST["email"];
//compose email parts
$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
$message .= '<a href="https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/">https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/cp_info.php</a>';

ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message);
if (!$sentmail)
{
die('Could not send mail');
}
else
{
echo "all good";
}
?>

?>

[ainoy31]

you have checked to make sure $email is not empty?  maybe just run this page by giving it a static email address like $to = ' your email here';

[sw45acp]

positive that $email is not empty. I think maybe something is wrong w/ the server. Because even this simple page doesnt do it.

<?php
if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
{
$email = $_POST["email"];
//compose email parts
$subject = "MHS WTP Control Panel";
$message = "Please confirm this change by clicking the link below:\r\n";
$message .= '<a href="https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/cp_info.php">https://mhswtpmanage.c6.ixwebhosting.com/cp_info.php</a>';

ini_set('sendmail_from','[email protected]');
$sentmail = mail($email,$subject,$message);
if (!$sentmail)
{
die('Could not send mail');
}
else
{
echo "all good" . "<br />";
}
}
?>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<form action="test2.php" method="post">
Enter email:<br />
<input type="text" name="email" /><br />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

[ainoy31]

Yeah.  check with the hosting people and see how they are configuring the php settings to send out emails.

[sw45acp]

alright! well, thank you for all of your help. I really appreciate it.