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  • #38850
    Metal_head
    Member

    I tried the following code with my email as $to but I got the message from the else part.



    Sending email using PHP


    $to = "[email protected]";
    $subject = "This is subject";
    $message = "This is simple text message.";
    $header = "From:[email protected] rn";
    $retval = mail ($to,$subject,$message,$header);
    if( $retval == true )
    {
    echo "Message sent successfully...";
    }
    else
    {
    echo "Message could not be sent...";
    }
    ?>

    I got the code from here
    You can check the output here

    Can anyone tell me the corrections?

    What should be the config of the [mail function] in php.ini for Windows? How to change it on the server where the site is hosted? Please refer the first link for this config.

    Thanks
    MH

    #105796
    HoughtonA
    Participant

    I don’t know much about php for Windows, but this might be relevant. Hope that helps!

    #106429
    irish1381
    Member

    Couple of questions:
    1.) Are you trying to send via SMTP or PHP native mail() function?
    2.) Do you have an SMTP server setup on your windows box?

    Also, you’re not providing the proper mail headers. You need:
    – version
    – content-type / charset
    – from
    – reply-to

    all which need to new line breaks for the native mail function. ie “rn”.

    #106442

    Not sure if it matters, but there should be a space after the “From:” in your $header variable, and there should be no space before the rn. Also, keep in mind that a local server is not going to be able to send out mail (at least without special set up or additional software). If you want to test this legitimately, make sure you’re running it on a live server.

    #106475
    Blackhawkso
    Member

    Some times the mail() php function can be switched off as default by your hosting company in the php.ini file. One thing you can try to do is put a php.ini file in the same directory as the script and make sure that the mail() function is switched on in it. This sometimes might not work if the hosting company have set the server up to ignore other php.ini files.

    #106476
    Blackhawkso
    Member

    One other thing you could do is put a php file on your server with just the phpinfo() function in it. It will list every function/extension that is switched on and off on your server, it can help solve a lot of issues.

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