mail() sometimes sends with empty subject/headers...

[mameha]

I'm using the simple mail() function.

 

mail($To, $Subject, $Message, $headers);

 

95% of the time it works fine, but twice now it has sent out the mail using the correct 'to' and 'message' fields but the 'subject' and 'headers' were empty.

 

I declare the 'subject' immediately before sending the mail with this line:

 

$Subject = "Quote (".$thecountry."/".$lang.") ".strip_tags($_POST['company_name']);

 

The headers are also set in this way, then the mail is sent. I can't think of anything that would cause the values to disappear such as using sessions etc.

 

Whats going on here?

[redarrow]

try this only ok.

 

i think the $_POST is doing it.

 

<?php

//post varable as a one statement not included in the subject line.

$company_name=strip_tags($_POST['company_name']);

$Subject = "Quote (".$thecountry."/".$lang."/".$company_name.");

?>

[Jessica]

Is it possible people are using it and not filling in those fields?

[mameha]

I will try to remove the striptags from the mail as advised.  But I have no way to test this, I tried recreating the error using the original data (it gets stored int he DB ok before pulling out and mailing) but I cant recreate it.  So I just have to wait and see.

 

Is it possible people are using it and not filling in those fields?

In this case they did fill in the fields.  Even if they didn't, it should still make a subject of "Quote(/)" or similar.  The problem I had was the subject was NULL.  Hopefully the advice above will solve it (although wouldnt that be a bug in PHP / mail function?).

[Jessica]

I dunno, with mail it could be a billion things :/

 

Best of luck.

[mameha]

Yeah im starting to think its a problem with my local server which has all kinds of anti spam and stuff on it and cannot handle chinese etc.  im gonna find out if the real recipient gets this blank subject problem or not.

[redarrow]

Ok here you go fully tested, And found all the faults for you, Be very carefull useing any mail function and the use of the mail statements.

 

good luck.

 

 

<?php

$to ='the mail address@your use';

$thecountry="hi there";

$lang="i am redarrow";

$company_name="i love php";

$company_name=strip_tags($company_name);

$subject = "Quote($thecountry/$lang/$company_name)";

$message = '<b>yo</b>, whassup?';

$headers = "From: server@barnyard.com\r\n" .
       'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion() . "\r\n" .
       "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n" .
       "Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8\r\n" .
       "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\r\n\r\n";
// Send
if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){

echo" your mail was sent to $to";

}else{

echo "sorry the mail was not sent to $to";
}
?>

[zq29]

Did you actually read this topic properly redarrow?