PHP mail()

[Pain]

Hi.

 

If the mail() function is disabled by the server is there still any other way to send emails with PHP?

 

I've tried something like this, but it didn't work.

 

<?php

$email_from = "email@email.com";

ini_set("sendmail_from", $email_from);

$to = "me@you.com";
$subject = "subject";
$message = "message";
$headers = "From: $email_from";

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

?>

[AyKay47]

you could try using a third party mailer like PHPmailer() to bypass this, or switch hosts.

[Pikachu2000]

Just because it didn't work doesn't mean the function is disabled. Did you get an error message telling you mail() was disabled or something?

[AyKay47]

Just because it didn't work doesn't mean the function is disabled. Did you get an error message telling you mail() was disabled or something?

 

you bring up a good point, I assumed by the context of the post that the OP had confirmation that the mail() function has been disabled. OP, if you are not sure if the mail() function is disabled, this conversation will take a different route.

[ocpaul20]

As I have said on another post today, some hosting companies insist that you make the 'from:' value an email address from your domain. Like webmaster@yourdomain.com if you are trying to send mail from yourdomain.com . mail only gives a true/false I think which is not much help sometimes.