Email function do not work. What to do?

[cromagnon]

I am trying to send an email based on a form. I am using this script, but I do not get any emails:

 

<?php

$to = "my@my-site.com";

$subject = "Hi!";

$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {

  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");

} else {

  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");

}

?>

 

What is the problem? any other ways to send mails via PHP?

 

Thanks!

[Daniel0]

Any errors? Does it say sent and you don't get the mail or does it say failed when you run the script?

[revraz]

PHP will usually error if you dont have a FROM header, unless that is set in your PHP.INI

 

Also, some services deny the mail, like AOL.

[cromagnon]

Hmm, thanks.

 

I do not use AOL and I just added a "from" like this:

 

<?php

$to = "mymail@example.com";

$subject = "Hi!";

$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";

 

if (mail($to, $subject, $body)) {

  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");

} else {

  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");

}

?>

 

Stil no mail in my inbox.

 

The script comes on a page after a form. URL like this http://www.my-site/send1.php?websted=hi&email=example@example.com

 

But that should not cause any problems?

 

Any other way to send a mail via PHP?

 

Best

 

Cromagnon

[revraz]

You need to add the $from to your mail() function and format it like

 

$from = "FROM: Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";

 

 

if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $from))

[cromagnon]

Wouw, now its working!

 

You guys are genius 

[Daniel0]

You need to add the $from to your mail() function and format it like

 

$from = "FROM: Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";

 

 

if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $from))

 

I know I'm just being picky, but the fourth argument isn't a from argument but a header argument and what you do is that you are adding the From header.

[revraz]

Never said it was a from arguement, I just said FROM was required.

 

You need to add the $from to your mail() function and format it like

 

$from = "FROM: Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";

 

 

if (mail($to, $subject, $body, $from))

 

I know I'm just being picky, but the fourth argument isn't a from argument but a header argument and what you do is that you are adding the From header.

[Daniel0]

You implied it with your code, but whatever.

[revraz]

Look at his code above, all I did was include his variable in his mail() function, since he didn't.

 

Sure I could have renamed his $from variable to $header, and then did it, but then it's just a name.  I could have also provided a link to the mail() function and let him figure it out for himself too.

 

You implied it with your code, but whatever.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

I'm still waiting to hear which one of the following messages are output by the code like Daniel0 asked in his first post in the thread - Message successfully sent! or Message delivery failed... Because that would help pin down where the problem is.

 

Also, check your web server log for errors.

 

 

[Daniel0]

I'm still waiting to hear which one of the following messages are output by the code like Daniel0 asked in his first post in the thread - Message successfully sent! or Message delivery failed... Because that would help pin down where the problem is.

 

Also, check your web server log for errors.

 

He did resolve his problem, but just didn't click "solved".