Problems with php and mail()

[Anon]

For some odd reason, I can't get the mail() to work in my script. Even a simple script, such as:

<?
$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "PHP Is Great";
$body = "PHP is one of the best scripting languages around";
$headers = "From: [e-mail]\n";
mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers);
echo "Mail sent to $to";
?>

Does not work! I constantly get the error message of:

"Warning: Failed to Connect in..." always occuring on the line of which the mail() command is placed. No matter what I do, it doesn't work. Could anyone advise me on this problem?

Thanks.

[crusty_php]

Could be the path to your smtp server in your php.ini file is set wrong.

[Anon]

martin wrote:

Could be the path to your smtp server in your php.ini file is set wrong.

Hmm..that sounds like it. However, me, being quite naiive in the php world, do not know how to fix this. Any suggestions?

[Anon]

You'll have to ask your server administrator to fix this. He/she is the one that has access to the php.ini file and knows what mail server should be used (if any).

Diego

[Anon]

Thanks for the tips. In addition to my webhost, I also have my own local server (Xitami) set up on my computer. So, just to test if it is really something in the php.ini file at fault, I'm going to change the php.ini file on my computer, and see if it works. HOWEVer...I don't know what specificallly to change. Could someone advise me what I should alter in my php.ini file? Thanks

[crusty_php]

Depending on your OS change one of the following lines:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: 'sendmail -t -i').
;sendmail_path =

If win32 then change localhost to the same value as your default mail setting in your email client (outlook etc.)

[Anon]

Sorry to flood the board with newbie questions...Do I just change "localhost" to outlook? And could someone explain the purpose of this to me, like what it actually does? The php tutorial I use didn't even mention this aspect. Thanks.