Sending automated emails with php HELP PLEASE!

[Freid001]

I have a registration form on my website which the user has to enter there email address into. My php script needs to send a email to the enter email address registered on the from in order to send the user an account activation link. Below is the code I am attempting to do this with but its not working. Any ideas?

 

 

$mail = strtolower(strip_tags ($_POST["Email"]));

$to = '$mail';

$email_message .= " Content \n"; 

if (mail ($to, 'Registration', $email_message , 'From: ' . $name . ' <' . $email . '>')){
   echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='5;url=/pages/register.php?error=18'>"; 
  } else {
  echo("<p>An error has occurred please try again!</p>");
  }

 

 

Thanks for any help!

[Freid001]

Is it even possible to do this?

[thara]

Do u need to send an email with an account activation link?

[Freid001]

I need to make sure that there email address is valid. So yes.

[Pikachu2000]

Exactly how is it "not working"?

[Freid001]

Well it says that It sends the email but then I check my inbox and there's no email I have checked the span and junk folders to but no email ?

[thara]

you can use this kind of code to validate your email address.

 

if (filter_var($_POST['email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
$e = mysqli_real_escape_string ($dbc, $_POST['email']);
} else {
$errors[] =  'Please enter a valid email address!';
}

 

 

use something like this to send email

 

if validation ok... handle your register form.. 


if (isset ( $_POST['submitted']) ) { // if your form submit true

      // u can validate your input data here... like email, password.....


    // if validation ok.. try something like this 

   if ( empy( $errors )) {

      //here u can send your email....

   }

} 

 

Here I used errors array to store error messages from validation process.. then I checked that errors array empty or not to send email.. It is empty mean, your validation process ok... if it is not empty there is a problem in validation process..

[Freid001]

Ok ive worked out that with out a URL link in the email content it send the email but with a URL link in the content it does not send a email.

 

wired?

 

Any one know why this is?

[Freid001]

Does anyone know how to send a URL in a php email?