Php mail not sending mail

tomfmason · July 4, 2006

I am using a script to send a users registration information.

Here is the script. Please look at it and tell me if the reason it is not sending is because of my coding. If not then it is Mercury mail

[code]} else {
$userid = mysql_insert_id();
$subject = "Your Membership at owpt.biz";
$message = "Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: webmaster<webmaster@owpt.biz>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}
?>[/code]

redarrow · July 4, 2006

look at the code order ok then your see ok good luck clue $to

Another example of sending a utf-8 HTML mail:

$to = 'bob@barnyard.com';
$subject = 'Wakeup bob!';
$message = 'yo, whassup?';
$headers = "From: server@barnyard.com\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";

// Send
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

tomfmason · July 4, 2006

ok at first I thought I was just stupid and forgot to enter the $to information.

I have tried it just like you said and no success. I am using Mercury Mail as my mail server, not sure if this has anything to do with it or not.

Here is one that is like your example.

[code] $to = '$email_address';
$subject = 'Your Membership at owpt.biz';
$message = 'Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!';
$headers = "From: noreply@owpt.biz\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
[/code]

And here is another one that I have tried

[code] $userid = mysql_insert_id();
$to = "$email_address";
$subject = "Your Membership at owpt.biz";
$message = "Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

mail($to, $subject, $message, "From: Noreply<noreply@owpt.biz>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
[/code]

zawadi · July 4, 2006

do you gat any error messages?

redarrow · July 4, 2006

none of the codes work so cheek your php.ini settings then.

tomfmason · July 4, 2006

ok now nether of those are working. So now I am thinking that there may be something wrong with the way that I am calling the information to be mailed. So I will post a copy of the entire script

[code]<?php
include 'db.php';
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$lastname_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$username = $_POST['username'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];

$first_name = stripslashes($first_name);
$last_name = stripslashes($last_name);
$username = stripslashes($username);
$email_address = stripslashes($email);

# Any errors in the posted fields? Lets check...
if((!$first_name) || (!$last_name) || (!$email) || (!$username)){
echo 'You did not submit the following required information! ';
if(!$first_name){
echo 'First name is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$last_name){
echo 'Last name is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$email){
echo 'Email address is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$username){
echo 'Username is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
include("../join.php");
exit();
}

$sql_email_check = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM users WHERE email='$email'");
$sql_username_check = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM users WHERE username='$username'");

$email_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_email_check);
$username_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_username_check);

if(($email_check > 0) || ($username_check > 0)){
echo 'Please fix the following errors: ';
if($email_check > 0){
echo 'Your email address has already been used by another member in our database. Please use a different Email address! ';
unset($email);
}
if($username_check > 0){
echo 'The username you have selected has already been used by another member in our database. Please choose a different Username! ';
unset($username);
}
include("../join.php"); // Show form again
exit();
}

function makeRandomPassword() {
$salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i <= 7) {
$num = rand() % 33;
$tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1);
$pass = $pass . $tmp;
$i++;
}
return $random_password;
}

$random_password = makeRandomPassword();

$db_password = md5($random_password);

$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (first_name, last_name, email_address, username, password, signup_date,

decrypted_password)
VALUES('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email_address', '$username', '$db_password', now(), '$random_password')") or die (mysql_error());

if(!$sql){
echo 'There has been an error creating your account. Please contact the webmaster.';
} else {
$to = '$email_address';
$subject = 'Your Membership at owpt.biz';
$message = 'Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!';
$headers = "From: noreply@owpt.biz\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}
?>[/code]

At this point I am :chomp: here is a copy of my php.ini

[code][mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
;sendmail_from = example@example.com

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
sendmail_path = "C:\Program Files\xampp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t"[/code]

here is a section of the php.ini

also here is a copy of the complete script(revised)

[code]<?php
include 'db.php';
$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$lastname_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$username = $_POST['username'];
$email_address = $_POST['email'];

$first_name = stripslashes($first_name);
$last_name = stripslashes($last_name);
$username = stripslashes($username);
$email_address = stripslashes($email);

# Any errors in the posted fields? Lets check...
if((!$first_name) || (!$last_name) || (!$email) || (!$username)){
echo 'You did not submit the following required information! ';
if(!$first_name){
echo 'First name is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$last_name){
echo 'Last name is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$email){
echo 'Email address is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
if(!$username){
echo 'Username is a required field. Please enter it below. ';
}
include("../join.php");
exit();
}

$sql_email_check = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM users WHERE email='$email'");
$sql_username_check = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM users WHERE username='$username'");

$email_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_email_check);
$username_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_username_check);

if(($email_check > 0) || ($username_check > 0)){
echo 'Please fix the following errors: ';
if($email_check > 0){
echo 'Your email address has already been used by another member in our database. Please use a different Email address! ';
unset($email);
}
if($username_check > 0){
echo 'The username you have selected has already been used by another member in our database. Please choose a different Username! ';
unset($username);
}
include("../join.php"); // Show form again
exit();
}

function makeRandomPassword() {
$salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i <= 7) {
$num = rand() % 33;
$tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1);
$pass = $pass . $tmp;
$i++;
}
return $random_password;
}

$random_password = makeRandomPassword();

$db_password = md5($random_password);

$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (first_name, last_name, email_address, username, password, signup_date,

decrypted_password)
VALUES('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email_address', '$username', '$db_password', now(), '$random_password')") or die (mysql_error());

if(!$sql){
echo 'There has been an error creating your account. Please contact the webmaster.';
} else {
$to = '$email_address';
$subject = 'Your Membership at owpt.biz';
$message = 'Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!';
$headers = "From: noreply@owpt.biz\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)or die('something went wrong');
echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}
?>[/code]

redarrow · July 4, 2006

Test the mailing code on it's own to see if you can send mail in genrall then youve ruled that out ok.

zawadi · July 4, 2006

I think you might need to check your code, it looks like you need to make sure that you have closed any if's. I would sugest that you put some echos in to see where you get to in the script. :)

tomfmason · July 4, 2006

[quote author=redarrow link=topic=99389.msg391406#msg391406 date=1152015624]
Test the mailing code on it's own to see if you can send mail in genrall then youve ruled that out ok.
[/quote]

I tried testing it and I got the same thing. I recieved the message that the mail had been sent but it never was.
I guess that I will try and figure out what is wrong with Mercury Mail.

Chips · July 4, 2006

Are you utilising a windows server with IIS as your web server?
I had issues on a setup with this, and in the end I found another mail class function:
http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

That's the solution I used, and now it's all working great. When I used an apache webserver, I managed to use the mail function without trouble, most likely smtp difficulties on the windows server, but the admin said the smtp was set up correctly. Took the best part of a day to sort, and if you are still having trouble - I'd suggest trying that phpmailer.

tomfmason · July 8, 2006

I fixed the problem. The problem was an issue with windows and mercury mail. It took along time and alot of reading but I finally got it to work

*The Fix

It was rather simple realy. There is an issue with using the X-mailer and the Mecury Mail Server. I had to change my send mail script

[color=red]From:[/color]

[code] $to = '$email_address';
$subject = 'Your Membership at owpt.biz';
$message = 'Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here: http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!';
$headers = "From: noreply@owpt.biz\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
"Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)or die('something went wrong');
echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}
[/code]

[color=red]To:[/color]

[code]$knownsender = "webmaster@owpt.biz";
$mailtos = "$email_address";
$subject = "Your Membership at owpt.biz";
$message = "Dear $first_name $last_name,
You are now registered at our website, http://www.owpt.biz!

To activate your membership, please login here:
http://www.owpt.biz/home/index.php

Once you activate your membership, you will be able to login
with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $decrypted_password
Please keep this username and password in a location that is easily
accessible by you.

Thanks!
WebMaster, Owpt.biz

This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

}
if ($ccaddress=="" || $ccaddress==" ")
{
$header="From: $knownsender";

}
else
{
$header .="From: $knownsender\r\n";
$header .=" Cc: $ccaddress";
}
// $header.="Bcc: $bcaddress";

if (@mail($mailtos, $subject, $message, $header))
{
echo "Your Registration Email has been sent. Please check your email and follow the instructions";
}
else
{
echo "There was an error sending your Registration Email";
}[/code]

I posted the fix in hopes that it may help someone else some day. I am not sure if this is the most secure way to send the email or not but it works.

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