PHP Mail.

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Hi all,

I'm using a 'submit' type button on my site which uses a PHP mail script on my server. It seems to have stopped working and I wondered if any of you guys could shed some light on the issue.

The script has been working fine (on many sites, including mine) until I changed hosting company's recently.

I've checked with the hosting company that they have PHP Mail enabled (its also got the read / write permissions set-up correctly (644)), and they said that they have. And the script seems to work because I get the 'Email message sent' error message on the site, but the variables are not being sent through via email.

The script I'm using is as follows:

<?
  if ($send=="yes") {
$to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "$subjectVar";
$body .= "$msgVar";
    $from = "$nameVar";
    $tfrom = "From: <$emailVar>";
    mail($to,$subjectVar,$msgVar,$tfrom);
  }
echo "&errormessage=Email has been sent&";
?>

I've made no changes, apart from the change of hosting company which leads me to beleive it's them, but as usual they have said they they don't have a problem and it's my script.

Can any of you guys (and gals) help at all?

Thanks in advance,
Simon

[HuggieBear]

This looks like a register globals issue.

Are you using the POST or the GET method to submit the form?

Regards
Huggie

[ted_chou12]

i have a question, how do you check your host if they have PHP Mail enabled?
Thanks
Ted.

[HuggieBear]

If you create a file that looks like this:

[code]<?php
phpinfo();
?>[/code]

Upload it to your server and run it, you'll be given all the information about the php installation.

Regards
Huggie

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[quote author=ted_chou12 link=topic=119544.msg489699#msg489699 date=1166720298]
i have a question, how do you check your host if they have PHP Mail enabled?
Thanks
Ted.
[/quote]

I asked them Ted ...

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[quote author=HuggieBear link=topic=119544.msg489692#msg489692 date=1166719901]
This looks like a register globals issue.

Are you using the POST or the GET method to submit the form?

Regards
Huggie
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Hi Huggie

I'm actually using Flash with the below script attached to a button:

on (release) {
    if ((nameVar=="")||(emailVar=="")||(subjectVar=="")||(msgVar=="")) {
        errormessage="Please fill all the fields";
    } else {
        errormessage="Sending....";
        send="yes";
        this.loadVariables("contact.php",'POST');
        send="no";
        nameVar="";
        emailVar="";
        subjectVar="";
        msgVar="";
    }
}

As I say, this has worked fine for nearly a year now without any changes.

Thanks guys,
Simon

[HuggieBear]

OK, that's the POST method, in that case try this piece of code...

[code]<?php
foreach ($_POST as $k => $v){
  $$k = $v;
}

if ($send=="yes") {
  $to = "[email protected]";
  $subject = "$subjectVar";
  $body .= "$msgVar";
  $from = "$nameVar";
  $tfrom = "From: <$emailVar>";
  mail($to,$subjectVar,$msgVar,$tfrom);
}
echo "&errormessage=Email has been sent&";
?>[/code]

Regards
Huggie

[ted_chou12]

This is all of its information, but i dont know which one to look for:

Thanks,

Edited, this is private, and too long....

[HuggieBear]

It looks as though the mail extension is all installed and pointing to the right place on that server.

Try not to post large blocks of text like that, it's not very pleasing on the eye ;)

Regards
Huggie

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[quote author=HuggieBear link=topic=119544.msg489712#msg489712 date=1166720934]
OK, that's the POST method, in that case try this piece of code...

[code]<?php
foreach ($_POST as $k => $v){
  $$k = $v;
}

if ($send=="yes") {
  $to = "[email protected]";
  $subject = "$subjectVar";
  $body .= "$msgVar";
  $from = "$nameVar";
  $tfrom = "From: <$emailVar>";
  mail($to,$subjectVar,$msgVar,$tfrom);
}
echo "&errormessage=Email has been sent&";
?>[/code]

Regards
Huggie
[/quote]

Fantastic ... Thanks Huggie.

[HuggieBear]

OK, if that worked it's because your old server had register_globals switched on, and the new one has it switched off.

This will affect any php code you've moved that uses the old register globals feature.

Don't forget to mark the topic as solved by using the 'Solved' button at the bottom of the page.

Regards
Huggie