Php Mail Problems

[rogerg]

I am a reseller and don't have great (ok, basically no) php skills -- there, I've started with full disclosue

 

A developer is building a new site for one of my hosting customers and has hit a problem making php mail work -- here is what he tells me:

 

"I may not have explained it very well. I don't have any smtp or user/pass information and I don't understand ur system very well. It might not be a "technical" issue.

 

Here is the code I was trying to use. I get the echo but never receive an email."

 

><?php
if(isset($_POST['sbmt'])){
$to = "someone@domain.com";
$subject = "www.**** - Contact Submission";
$email = "formmail@****" ;
$message = "test message" ;
$headers = "From: $email";
$sent = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ;
 if($sent)
 	msg = "Your mail was sent successfully";
 else
 	$msg = "We encountered an error sending your mail";
	echo($msg);
	}
?>

 

 

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Can anyone give me an idea of what I should tell him -- how to point him in the right direction?

 

Thanks,

Roger

[OJB]

I can see a simple syntax error, you were missing the dollar sign before 'msg' after the if statement

 

try this code:

 

>

<?php
if(isset($_POST['sbmt']))
{
      	$to = 'someone@domain.com';
       $subject = 'www.**** - Contact Submission';
       $email = 'formmail@****';
       $message = 'test message';
       $headers = 'From: $email';
      	if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)
{
            	$msg = 'Your mail was sent successfully';
}
       else
{
               $msg = 'We encountered an error sending your mail';
}

       echo $msg;
}
?>

 

I haven't taken a chance to properly check this code but on the face of it it seems ok.

Edited December 3, 2009 by OJB

[rogerg]

Thanks -- he says it still won't work -- everything looks normal, but no mail is actually sent. Anyone have any suggestions or anything I might offer up as a suggestion for the guy doing the site work?

 

Thanks,

Roger

[TCH-Bruce]

You can try modifying the send line like so:

 

>if(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers -fsomeone@your-domain.ext)

 

Make sure someone@your-domain.ext is a valid email address for your domain.