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Hi,

 

I am new to PHP though I have managed to get it installed and running on a Windows XP machine.  I am having difficulties in sending data from forms to an eMail recipient.  I found a script which runs but it always reports that the mail has failed to send.

 

Has anyone had any similar problems and how could I overcome this problem?

 

 

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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Contact Form</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"

  content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body>

<?php

  if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){

      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

  <form name="form1" method="post"

        action="<?php echo $me;?>">

      <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

        <tr>

            <td>Name:</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Name"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td>Subject</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Subject"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td valign="top">Message:</td>

            <td><textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td> </td>

            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit"

              value="Send"></td>

        </tr>

      </table>

  </form>

<?php

  } else {

      error_reporting(0);

      $recipient = me@myemail.co.uk';

      $subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);

      $from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);

      $msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);

      if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg))

        echo nl2br("<b>Message Sent:</b>

        To: $recipient

        Subject: $subject

        Message:

        $msg");

      else

        echo "Message failed to send";

}

?>

</body>

</html>

 

 

is the code.  The error screen just says "Message failed to send"

 

It is running at http://213.120.121.64/allan.php

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php.ini reads

 

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = localhost

smtp_port = 25

 

for the mail server......

 

the script now looks like this:

 

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"

  "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">

<html>

<head>

<title>Contact Form</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"

  content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body>

<?php

  if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){

      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

  <form name="form1" method="post"

        action="<?php echo $me;?>">

      <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

        <tr>

            <td>Name:</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Name"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td>Subject</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Subject"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td valign="top">Message:</td>

            <td><textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td> </td>

            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit"

              value="Send"></td>

        </tr>

      </table>

  </form>

<?php

  } else {

      error_reporting(0);

      $recipient = me@myemail.co.uk';

      $subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);

      $from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);

      $msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);

      if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg))

        echo nl2br("Message Sent:

        To: $recipient

        Subject: $subject

        Message:

        $msg");

      else

        echo "Message failed to send";

}

?>

</body>

</html>

 

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oops sorry am working with a remote PC to add to problems - never downloaded remote PC clipboard!

 

Here it is

 

<head>

<title>Contact Form</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"

  content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

</head>

<body>

<?php

  if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){

      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];

?>

  <form name="form1" method="post"

        action="<?php echo $me;?>">

      <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">

        <tr>

            <td>Name:</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Name"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td>Subject</td>

            <td><input type="text" name="Subject"></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td valign="top">Message:</td>

            <td><textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>

        </tr>

        <tr>

            <td> </td>

            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit"

              value="Send"></td>

        </tr>

      </table>

  </form>

<?php

  } else {

      error_reporting(0);

      $recipient = 'me@myemail.co.uk';

      $subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);

      $from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);

      $msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);

      {if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg))

        echo nl2br("Message Sent:

        To: $recipient

        Subject: $subject

        Message:

        $msg");

      else

        echo "Message failed to send";}

}

?>

</body>

</html>

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Try

 

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact Form</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 
   content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<?php
   if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){
      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
   <form name="form1" method="post"
         action="<?php echo $me;?>">
      <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
         <tr>
            <td>Name:</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="Name"></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Subject</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="Subject"></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td valign="top">Message:</td>
            <td><textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td> </td>
            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit"
               value="Send"></td>
         </tr>
      </table>
   </form>
<?php
   } else {
      error_reporting(0);
      $recipient = 'me@myemail.co.uk';
      $subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);
      $from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);
      $msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);
      if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg))
         echo nl2br("Message Sent:
         To: $recipient
         Subject: $subject
         Message:
         $msg");
   }else{
         echo "Message failed to send";
}
?>
</body>
</html>

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For troubleshooting, make it easy

 

Create a new file and just do

 

<?php
mail("youremail@email.com", "Subject", "Body", "FROM: noone@email.com");
?>

 

Replace youremail@email.com with your real email.  If this doesnt work, its your mail server setup.

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were missing brackets ;)

 

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>Contact Form</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" 
   content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>
<body>
<?php
   if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] != 'POST'){
      $me = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
?>
   <form name="form1" method="post"
         action="<?php echo $me;?>">
      <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
         <tr>
            <td>Name:</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="Name"></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td>Subject</td>
            <td><input type="text" name="Subject"></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td valign="top">Message:</td>
            <td><textarea name="MsgBody"></textarea></td>
         </tr>
         <tr>
            <td> </td>
            <td><input type="submit" name="Submit"
               value="Send"></td>
         </tr>
      </table>
   </form>
<?php
   } else {
      error_reporting(0);
      $recipient = 'me@myemail.co.uk';
      $subject = stripslashes($_POST['Subject']);
      $from = stripslashes($_POST['Name']);
      $msg = "Message from: $from\n\n".stripslashes($_POST['MsgBody']);
      if (mail($recipient, $subject, $msg)){
         echo nl2br("Message Sent:
         To: $recipient
         Subject: $subject
         Message:
         $msg");}
   }else{
         echo "Message failed to send";
}
?>
</body>
</html>

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