[SOLVED] need help with mail () function please

[tpl41803]

hey everyone, been looking around on these forms for a while now, but never posted

 

ive only been working with php for about a month now, and i am literally pulling my hair out trying to make a simple contact form submit information to me via email using the mail () function

 

i wrote the script from several different sources, it's my own technically, but i followed tutorials in books i have and a tutorial i read on thesitewizard.com about sending mail through forms. I've found a lot of conflicting information and tried my own twists on things to make the page suitable to me. but, the bottom line is that when i strip the code of everything except the mailing action, it still doesnt work.

 

the form:

<form name="contact" method="post" action="contact_submit.php">

<table>

<tr>
<td></td><td><span class="alert">*</span> denotes a required field.</p>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Name<span class="alert">*</span></td>
<td><input type="text" name="name" /></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>E-Mail<span class="alert">*</span></td>
<td><input type="text" name="email" /></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Phone</td>
<td><input type="text" name="phone" /></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td>Comments<span class="alert">*</span></td>
<td><textarea name="comments" rows="5" cols="#"></textarea></td>
</tr>

<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="center"><input type="submit" value="Submit" class="button"/>
<input type="reset" class="button" /></td>
</tr>

</table>
</form>

 

and the contact_submit.php script:

<?php

  $name  = $_REQUEST['name'] ;
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
  $phone = $_REQUEST['phone'] ;
  $comments = $_REQUEST['comments'] ; 

  if (!isset($_REQUEST['email'])) {
      header( "Location: contact.php");
  }
  elseif (empty($name) || empty($email) || empty($comments)) {
     require_once('contact_error.inc');
  }
  elseif ( ereg( "[\r\n]", $name ) || ereg( "[\r\n]", $email ) ) {
     require_once('contact_error.inc');
  }
  else {
    mail( "tpl41803@aol.com", "Comment from CARS Contact Form",
      $comments, "From: $name at $email or $phone" );
    
    require_once('contact_complete.inc');

  }  

?>

 

I'm not a professional webdesigner, I've just put together a small site to the best of my ability and I'd appreciate any suggestions at all.

 

thanks

[revraz]

You can't do this

 

"From: $name at $email or $phone"

 

Use a valid email from your domain from the FROM: field

 

"From: you@yourdomain.com"

[tpl41803]

thanks for the reply--

 

i changed the code around a bit, now sending the information to an email address at my domain, and using a different email at my domain for the 4th header -- so it now reads:

 

mail( "email@mydomain.com", "Comment from CARS Contact Form",
      "$comments from $name at $email or $phone", "From: email@mydomain.com" );

 

still no luck with an email going though

 

I'm thinking it might possibly be a problem with the php.ini settings, which I have set as:

 

SMTP = localhost 
sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail

[revraz]

Check your error logs.