Send Mail using PHP 4.0.5

webbydebby

I converted from PHP 3 to PHP 4.0.5 and now when I try to send data by send mail it doesn't work. Is there something in the ini file that needs to be change? The problem appears to be I forgot to turn something on, but I'm not sure what.

Help any ideas????????😃

stolzyboy

POST SOME CODE!!!!

webbydebby

<?php
//peon.incrimina.com
//you only need to edit the $to variable for this to work, but feel free to edit the rest if you feel the need.
$to = "debby.baker@tcada.state.tx.us";

$extra = "From: $email\r\nReply-To: $email\r\n";
$mess = "This is from: ".$name."(".$REMOTE_ADDR.")\n\n".$message;

mail ($to, $subject, $mess, $extra);

echo("Your mail has been sent.<br><br><a href=\"".$HTTP_REFERER."\">go back.</a>\n");

stolzyboy

try using $POST instead of just $ for your variables, it is very likely since you installed a new version of php that register_globals is off in your php.ini, and that will require you to access your vars with $POST or $_GET, of course you can set them equal to a $ like

$variable = $_POST['variable'];

$variable = $_GET['variable'];

webbydebby

I really appreciate your quick response. Any other ides it still doesn't seem to work. I tried downloading different php script to send mail and with my personal IP provider the php scripts work, but the same scripts do not work on the server at the office. I check the php info files and it looks correct.

http://e2.tcada.state.tx.us/php/phpinfo.php

Any other ideas?

stolzyboy

what platform are you on? nix or win

webbydebby

Linux

stolzyboy

just for giggles, try this script out, i have given it to many others on this board, and it seems to work for them and myself, btw i couldn't pull up that link

<?
if (isset($send))
{
$to  = "Whom Ever <whomever@wherever.com>";

$subject = "Contact Form";

$message = "
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
Email address you entered:  <font color=red>$email</font>
</body>
</html>
";

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

$headers .= "From: You <you@you.com>\r\n";
$headers .= "Cc: [email]notyou@you.com[/email]\r\n";

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
<br><br><center><font size=3><b>Thank You, You're information has been submitted</b></font></center>
<?
}
else
{
?>
<form>
<input type="text" name="email"><br>
<input type="submit" name="send">
</form>
<?
}
?>

webbydebby

I tried it and it looks like it went through but I never received the email.

http://e2.tcada.state.tx.us/php/mail2.php

stolzyboy

hmmm....maybe your server is having trouble or something, since i still can't get to that page you send, but anyway that script should always work

webbydebby

Sorry try this location:

http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/php/phpinfo.php
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/php/mail2.php
http://www.tcada.state.tx.us/php/contact.php

I believe all of these work except on my server.

😃 :eek:

stolzyboy

are you using method=get instead, the reason i ask is cuz the variables are showing up in the query string and that should only happen on get not post

webbydebby

Yeah it finally worked that you for all your help!!!!!!!!😃 🙂 :rolleyes:

Sxooter

It might be that your email is being sent from an address that your upstream MTA views as not existent. I.e. my machine tries to send email from httpd@machinename.domain.com. I had an account created at my ISP for it (i.e. webserver) and then edited /usr/local/lib/php.ini to have a sendmail line with a -t switch :

sendmail -t webserver@domain.com ...

And it works fine now. Could it be something like that? Are you getting bounces? Is the web server running as nobody and that broke something?

These are all just wild ass guesses... 😉

stolzyboy

so it was the method=get thing???

webbydebby

Its really weird all the sudden I started receiving mail but the delay was slow at first an dnow it is working fairly quickly. So I am not really sure. I know that two different scripts now work. Of course yours was the best one. It worked like a charm.............

Thanks Again!

adz

why when i add any formating to the subject it just prints all the html code...

how do add formating to my email?!?!

stolzyboy

you can't in any email client add formatting to the subject

Sxooter

If you want to format your email in html, then you need to make a MIME multi-part message. The information for doing this is arcane and protected by great red dragons who will surely rend your flesh from your bones should you venture into their cave.

Oh wait, it's covered here:

http://rfc2387.x42.com/

That was how to make a potion that will make women fall in love you that was guarded by our friend the dragon...

stolzyboy

the code i posted here allows him to format the html, however the other guy wants to format the subject line and that isn't going to work