How to send email through php

[newbie8899]

Hi, all.. i have a big problem here. I wish to send email through the php script.. but i don know what's wrong with it. it stated there email sent.. but i cannot receive any email. Can anybody tell me what probably did i do wrong? below is my test script which i use to test send the email.

 

_<?php

_{//define the receiver of the email}

_{$to = 'address@hotmail.com';}

_{//define the subject of the email}

_{$subject = 'Test email';}

_{//define the message to be sent. Each line should be separated with \n}

_{$message = "Hello World!\n\nThis is my first mail.";}

_{//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n}

_{$headers = "From: webmaster@example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster@example.com";}

_{//send the email}

_{$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );}

_{//if the message is sent successfully print "Mail sent". Otherwise print "Mail failed"}

_{echo $mail_sent ? "Mail sent" : "Mail failed";}

_?>

 

after i run the script, the browser showing Mail sent. but when i check my email account, i did not receive any of this email. :'(

[phpSensei]

Check your Junk folder, most of the time it goes there if your headers are wrong, if I am not mistaking.

 

 

Also, Try

<?php
//define the receiver of the email
$to = 'address@hotmail.com';
//define the subject of the email
$subject = 'Test email'; 
//define the message to be sent. Each line should be separated with \n
$message = "Hello World!\n\nThis is my first mail."; 
//define the headers we want passed. Note that they are separated with \r\n
$headers = "From: webmaster@example.com\r\nReply-To: webmaster@example.com";
//send the email
$mail_sent = mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );
  
  if($mail_sent){

  echo 'Email Was Sent';

}
else{

  echo 'Email was not sent';

}
?>

 

If/Else statement would make things much more simple.

[revraz]

Maybe hotmail is blocking it, try another email service.

 

Remove the @ from mail as well to see if any errors return.

[PC Nerd]

I find that gmail allows any mail(); emails I send.  try signing up for a free account there.

 

good luck.

[newbie8899]

I've tried all kind of email acc, but no 1 can be received.. is it possible that the problem of configuration in php.ini? i totally have no idea.. even though i already remove the @ for mail, but still no error msg

[phpSensei]

I've tried all kind of email acc, but no 1 can be received.. is it possible that the problem of configuration in php.ini? i totally have no idea.. even though i already remove the @ for mail, but still no error msg

 

Try phpinfo(); and look for SMTP, and see if its supported.