[SOLVED] email error

[contra10]

i'm testing mail on local host

 

here is my coding that works

<?php
$headers = "From: [email protected]\r\n";
"To: $email";
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\r\n";
$body = "$username has added you as a friend";

mail("[email protected]","Friend Request",$body, $headers);
?>

here is the coding when i want to change the send to the user

<?php
$friende= "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '$usernamef'";
$friendgetemail = mysql_query($friende) or die(mysql_error());

while ($friendemail = mysql_fetch_assoc($friendgetemail))
{
$email = "{$friendemail['email']}";
}

$headers = "From: [email protected]\r\n";
"To: $email";
"MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
"Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\r\n";
$body = "$username has added you as a friend";

mail($email,"Friend Request",$body, $headers);
?>

 

the warning is

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 500 please set from & to first... in C:\wamp\www\friendrequest\index.php on line 71

 

line 71 being

mail($email,"Friend Request",$body, $headers);

how do i echo the person's email instead of writting it in

[contra10]

$email  should reflect the person that i'm sending it to.

[haku]

echo $email.

 

But your problem here is in your 'From' header. Try $headers from the mail function, and see if it works without that header.

[contra10]

i just tried it like that and it worked

[jijodasgupta]

im gettin an error for my mail form wich i cant get rid off...

 

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\xampp\htdocs\mailing\inc\lib\htmlMimeMail.php on line 680

configured my php.ini to

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = localhost

smtp_port = 25

 

; For Win32 only.

;sendmail_from = [email protected]

 

even removed ; from php_smtp.dll file....

stil the same error....

[haku]

I don't think xamp has a built in smtp server, which means that you wont be able to send mails using it. You need an smtp server. I could be wrong though - never used xamp.

[jijodasgupta]

ur rite...never knew this...thnx for d update...now lookin 4 an external smtp server to send my mail....

cheers