help getting started with PEAR for SMTP authentication

[croix]

OK, so my host decided to change up our mail server, and now my mail function in PHP does not work, because I now need SMTP authentication.

I know the typical mail function does not provide for SMTP authentication, but there is a workaround with PEAR.

But, I dont quite get it.

So here is my existing mail code:

[CODE]<?php

if (isset($_POST['company'])) {
$company = $_POST['company'];
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'];
$address1 = $_POST['address1'];
$address2 = $_POST['address2'];
$city = $_POST['city'];
$state = $_POST['state'];
$zip = $_POST['zip'];
$country = $_POST['country'];
$outside_us = $_POST['outside_us'];
$phone = $_POST['phone'];
$website = $_POST['website'];
$fax = $_POST['fax'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$store_type = $_POST['store_type'];
$comments = $_POST['comments'];
$referral = $_POST['referral'];

$msg = "Attention Sliquid! You have a new vendor request!
Company Name = {$company}
First Name = {$firstname}
Last Name = {$lastname}
Address = {$address1}
Address 2 = {$address2}
City = {$city}
State = {$state}
Zip = {$zip}
Country = {$country}
Shipping Info = {$outside_us}
Phone = {$phone}
Website = {$website}
Fax = {$fax}
Email = {$email}
Store Type = {$store_type}
Comments = {$comments}
Referred By = {$referral}";

Enter_New_Entry($company,$firstname,$lastname,$address1,$address2,$city,$state,$zip,$country,$outside_us,$phone,$website,$fax,$email,$store_type,$comments,$referral);

ini_set(SMTP, "smtp.sliquid.com");
ini_set(smtp_port, 25);
ini_set(sendmail_from, "[email protected]");
$headers = "From: [email protected]\r\n";
$headers .= "BCC: [email protected]\r\n";
//mail(To, subject, content, header);
$to = "[email protected]";
$result  = mail($to, "New Vendor Request", $msg, $headers);
if( $result == 0 ) {
echo "error <br>";

}
}
function Enter_New_Entry
($company,$firstname,$lastname,$address1,$address2,$city,$state,$zip,$country,$outside_us,$phone,$website,$fax,$email,$store_type,$comments,$referral) {

$cnx = odbc_connect( 'records_db' , 'Admin', '********' );
    if (!$cnx) {
        Error_handler( "Error in odbc_connect" , $cnx );
    }

    $SQL_Exec_String = "Insert Into distributors (company, firstname, lastname, address1, address2, city, state, zip, country, outside_us, phone, website, fax, email, store_type, comments, referral)
            Values ('$company', '$firstname', '$lastname', '$address1', '$address2', '$city', '$state', '$zip', '$country', '$outside_us', '$phone', '$website', '$fax', '$email', '$store_type', '$comments', '$referral')";

    $cur= odbc_exec( $cnx, $SQL_Exec_String );
    if (!$cur) {
        Error_handler( "Error in odbc_exec( no cursor returned ) " , $cnx );
}

odbc_close($cnx); 
header("location: http://www.sliquid.com/verify.htm");

}

?>
[/CODE]


and here is what I have found on the PEAR workaround:

[CODE]<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender <[email protected]>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <[email protected]>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
} else {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
}
?>[/CODE]


anyone got a quick lesson or link on how to adapt this?