mail() in PHP4 windows - will not work 11!

[jimneely]

hI all
i have a problem making mail() work. i have used several different codes developed by others as well as one I am trying to make, but no luck.

The good of this is that no matter whos code I use the error is still the same. so i know its not the code but something required in setup of either php.ini or httpr.conf.

:rolleyes: oaky the error is:
Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in c:\foxserv\www\mail\htmlmimemail-2.5.1\htmlMimeMail.php on line 671
Failed to send mail

no matter whos code I use I still get the same erro of "not set in php.ini or custotm 'From:' header missing". I have used vars and hard code in email but nothing seems to work.

[sijis]

i believe, on a windows server using php, you have to restart apache so that the new php.ini settings take effect.
did you restart the apache/IIS server after changing the php.ini file?

also here's a good example of using mail() (includes the From: header)

//from http://www.php.net/mail
$myname = "Me Myself"; 
$myemail = "[e-mail]"; 

$contactname = "Mister Contact"; 
$contactemail = "[e-mail]"; 

$message = "hello from happy me"; 
$subject = "A mail not refused by Hotmail"; 

$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n"; 
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n"; 
$headers .= "From: ".$myname." <".$myemail.">\r\n"; 
$headers .= "To: ".$contactname." <".$contactemail.">\r\n"; 
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$myname." <$myreplyemail>\r\n"; 
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\r\n"; 
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: High\r\n"; 
$headers .= "X-Mailer: Just My Server"; 

mail($contactemail, $subject, $message, $headers); 

[jimneely]

That resultes are the same, here is the error message. Its got to be in my settings. but I cant for the life of me figure it out.

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in c:\foxserv\www\mail\mynexttry.php on line 21

Here is the php code I used.

//from http://www.php.net/mail
$myname = "Jim Neely";
$myemail = "[e-mail]";

$contactname = "Jim Neely";
$contactemail = "[e-mail]";

$message = "hello from happy me";
$subject = "A mail not refused by Hotmail";

$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
$headers .= "From: ".$myname." <".$myemail.">\r\n";
$headers .= "To: ".$contactname." <".$contactemail.">\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: ".$myname." <$myreplyemail>\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Priority: 1\r\n";
$headers .= "X-MSMail-Priority: High\r\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: Just My Server";

mail($contactemail, $subject, $message, $headers);

[sijis]

ok.... go to your php.ini
(i have no idea where it coudl be on a windows machine)
find the lines

479 ; For Win32 only.
480 sendmail_from = [e-mail]

change that to
[e-mail] //or any other valid email address

save the file. exit the file.
restart apache.

try to send an email again, using the same code you posted previously from www.php.net
that should be it.

[jimneely]

YES !!!!! it now works. BUT i keep getting mail sent to [e-mail] and had the send to [e-mail],,,,,
went into my apache2 httpd and there was [e-mail]. i changede that and the localhost to clsalon.com and mail started going out... now when i start the apache server it says apache 1.3 running php4.3.1

i am not going to worry with this right now as i need to finish my email.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

[Scurvy]

I recently had to move all my php pages and MySQL db to a new server and may have overlooked a setting somewhere. Any ideas?
Here's the code:

  // Begin Mail Action

$to = "{$_POST['firstname']} {$_POST['lastname']}<{$_POST['email']}>" . ", " ; // note the comma
$to1 = "JC <[e-mail]>";

  // subject
$subject = "Request for information";

  // Customers email message
$message = '
blah blah blah
';

// admin message 

$message1 = "
blah blah blah
";


  // headers
$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

  // additional headers
$headers .= "From: Marketing<[e-mail]>\r\n";

  // Remove the comments to use the cc function
  // $headers .= "Cc: [email][e-mail][/email]\r\n";


  // and now mail it

  // Line 182    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
  // Line 183    mail($to1, $subject, $message1, $headers);


  // End Mail Action


}
else
{
    echo "Insert failed";
}

} else{


  // display html and form

  ?>

I have 2 emails being sent. 1 to me and a response to the submitter. This worked fine on the old server. The error is as follows:
Warning: Server Error in c:\apache\htdocs\edgetec\form\add_info3.php on line 182
and again on line 183.

[sijis]

well, in your first $to string you have a lingering comma. (that might be the problem)

just try combining the $to and $to1 strings. something like this (or get rid of the lingering comma in $to string):

$to = "{$_POST['firstname']} {$_POST['lastname']}<{$_POST['email']}>, JC <[e-mail]>";

// Line 182    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

In true honesty i didn't know you had to use curly brackets (ex: {$_POST['firstname']} ). I always thought it was just regular parenthesis. I'll read more upon that to educate myself. 🙂

hth.

edit: made $to string more readable.

[Scurvy]

That would work but I need separate emails sent to each address. Plus, it still gives the same error (now on line 179) on the same line:
Warning: Server Error in c:\apache\htdocs\edgetec\form\add_info3.php on line 179
Which is:

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

As for the curly brackets, if I use regular parenthesis I get a Whitespace error.

[sijis]

oh. didn't realize that.

did you try removing the extra comma in the $to var?

here's what i mean:

$to = "{$_POST['firstname']} {$_POST['lastname']}<{$_POST['email']}>" ; // note, remove the comma
$to1 = "JC <[e-mail]>";

// Line 182    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
// Line 183    mail($to1, $subject, $message1, $headers);

now, if you want to debug, if this doesn't work, try this.
comment line 182 and see if the line 183 still sends the email, try to other way around.
if one works and not the other, see what is the difference between the $to and $to1 vars.
you can also echo out the $to var and see what it is producing. ex: echo $to;

what i notice difference between $to and $to1 is this (using your code from today):

echo $to; // {FirstName}{LastName}<[e-mail]>, (see the comma at end of string?)

echo $to1; // JC <[e-mail]> (no comma at end of string)

debug time!

[Scurvy]

Well, no change and no error reported with the echo $to except the same server error.
I tried commenting out both lines separately.

The comma is supposed to be there that's why the comment about note the comma is there. I got this from a helper on another forum and like I said, it's worked fine for over a week. Up until I moved everything.
If I'm dumb here let me know 🙂 but do I need an actual mail server or will my email account smtp.mydomain.com work?

[anthrorules]

I have carefully read through this thread and applied the advice that some users have provided, and I still get the following error message:

Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\Apache\htdocs\NEWSITE\bin\email_processor.php on line 25

Here are my php.ini [mail] configurations:

; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.myhost.net

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = [e-mail]

I did restart Apache a couple times, and still get the above error message.

Here is a code snippet from my email processor script:

$name    = $_POST['Name'];
$email   = $_POST['EmailAddress'];
$message = $_POST['TicketMessage'];
$subject = $_POST['TicketSubject'];
$mail_newline = "\r\n";
$mail_body  = "Below are comments sent to you on" . $today . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= "=============================================================" . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= "Name: " . $name . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= "Email Address: " . $email . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= "Subject: " . $subject . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= "Message:" . $mail_newline;
$mail_body .= $message; 
$mail_header .= "From: " . $email . $mail_newline;
$mail_header .= "To: " . $info_email . $mail_newline;
$mail_header .= "X-Mailer: " . SCRIPT_TITLE . VERSION . $mail_newline;
$send_mailer = mail($name, $subject, $message, $mail_body, $mail_header);
if (!$send_mailer) {
	header ("Location: /index.php?section=about_contact");
}
else {
	return $send_mailer;
	header ("Location: /index.php?success_msg=messagesent");
}

My system configurations are as follows:

Windows XP (Home Edition)
Apache 2.0
PHP 4.0

Any ideas of what I can do to get this to work would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.