Email logic not working

[vikela]

I would like to send an email using the php email() function then if it does execute i.e sends i would like to update a particular field in my db.however no matter how hard i try to the code seem to defy simply logic.here is the original code i have

include_once("mailer.php");

$thesend=mail($toto1,$subject1,$message,$headers);

if($thesend)
{
$mail_went=1;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail sent to ".$toto1."<br>";

}else{
	$mail_went=0;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail send failure - message not sent <br>";

	}

 

the funny part is that the code executes the else and actually gives me the Mail send failure message yet i do receive the mail in my box????

However if i do change this to be like this

include_once("mailer.php");

$thesend=mail($toto1,$subject1,$message,$headers);

if(!$thesend)
{
$mail_went=1;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail sent to ".$toto1."<br>";

}else{
	$mail_went=0;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail send failure - message not sent <br>";

	}

 

........all works perfect what am i missing.The $message is an HTMl doc and the MIME and content-type are ok.

Damn

[Bricktop]

Hi vikela,

 

Just put the mail() funtion directly into the if statement.  Change your code to read:

 

include_once("mailer.php");


if(mail($toto1,$subject1,$message,$headers))
{
$mail_went=1;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail sent to ".$toto1."<br>";

}else{
	$mail_went=0;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail send failure - message not sent <br>";

	}

 

Hope this helps.

[vikela]

That was the first thing before the $sendto and got no joy..

[Bricktop]

Are you sure?  The code I posted is the correct way to do it and should give the desired result.

[vikela]

100% sure

[Bricktop]

OK, just try the following code and report back with what gets echo'd to screen.

 

include_once("mailer.php");


if(mail($toto1,$subject1,$message,$headers))
{
$mail_went=1;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail sent to ".$toto1."<br>";
             echo "Mail Sent!";

}else{
	$mail_went=0;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail send failure - message not sent <br>";
echo "Mail Not Sent!";

	}

[vikela]

Mail not Sent!

 

obvious

[Bricktop]

Did the mail arrive as you mentioned before, or has the mail not actually arrived either?

 

Add some error reporting to your script, run it and then report back:

 

ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~ E_NOTICE);


include_once("mailer.php");


if(mail($toto1,$subject1,$message,$headers))
{
$mail_went=1;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail sent to ".$toto1."<br>";

}else{
	$mail_went=0;
$_SESSION['msgstatus']= "Mail send failure - message not sent <br>";

	}

[Bricktop]

Also, how are you running your PHP install? 

 

Is it running locally from a WAMP/XAMPP installation? Is it externally hosted?  Is it a CGI build?  What platform is it running on (Windows/Linux)?