Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom

[aircooled57]

i am really new to the world of php programming and have just started learning the mail function

 

i have setup a html form and configured the action file which i have named send_data.php

 

i have then used the mail function in the send_data.php to send the details filled out in the form to my email adress, which is where i have encountered a problem.

 

when submit button is selected a blank page with the following data appears on screen

 

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom

 

if anyone could help me with this i would be extremely grateful

 

many thanks

 

louis

 

 

 

[p2grace]

What type of server is this being hosted on?  Is sendmail enabled?

[aircooled57]

my actual website is hosted on a linux server

 

sendmail?

 

 

[frijole]

you should post the code

[p2grace]

Create a page called phpinfo.php and inside of there type this code:

 

<?php
phpinfo();
?>

 

Then do a find for "send" and see if sendmail is configured correctly.

[aircooled57]

sendmail_from = no value

 

how do i set this up?

 

 

[trq]

You hosting provider should have set it up for you unless your using a vps or dedicated server. if so, you will need to install an smtp server and sendmail or an equivelent.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

sendmail_from can be set in php.ini, a .htaccess file, or in your script. The sendmail_from parameter is basically a default From: address that all scripts running on the server/host use when a script does not provide one in the headers (which is what the second part of the error message states.) Web hosts typically set something like [email protected]

 

If your code has a from address in it but you are receiving this error, that would indicate that your code is not doing what you expect. You would need to post your code to get help with it.

[trq]

Sorry, I dodn't read the original post properly. I thought we where looking for the sendmail_path directive.