PHP mail() function and SMTP setting on the server...

[cyanblue]

Howdy...

I am doing a quick form in Flash, and using the PHP's mail() function to send the email of the result...

Everything works fine when I test it in my localhost...
When I check it in the actual server, I don't get any email...
So, I checked the phpinfo() and it says SMTP is set to localhost...
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I don't think I can send an email with mail() function in that case, right??? What is my choice in this case??? Do I have to use sendmail instead???

Suppose that the host supports SMTP, but it happened to be left out when they install the PHP, is there any way I can override it manually??? If I can do that, how would I do that???

Thanks alot...

Jason

[Plum-Loco]

First and foremost, check this page out, you shouldn't leave your phpinfo() page linked like that (for your protection). Second, post the code your using along with the mail funcion, is your "localhost" (not the server, but where you tested) on your computer? Is it running windows? Need a little more info...

[cyanblue]

Ah... Thank you for the valuable information, Plum-Loco... 🙂

As for your question... I first tested my code in my W2K machine that has IIS5 and PHP 4.2.3, and I had no problem getting an email... and the server that you had seen the info on, that one is on Linux/Apache/PHP 4.3.1, and I do not get any mail at all...

Here is the script that I have used...

<?php
	// surveyMail.php

$message = "";
$headers = "";
$CR = "\r";
//	$CR = "<BR>";
	$TAB = "\t";
	$date = date("m/d/Y   H:i:s");

$owner = $_POST['owner'];
$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$age = $_POST['age'];
$q1 = $_POST['q1'];
$q2 = $_POST['q2'];
$q3 = $_POST['q3'];
$q4 = $_POST['q4'];
$q5 = $_POST['q5'];
$q6 = $_POST['q6'];
$q7 = $_POST['q7'];
$q8 = $_POST['q8'];
$q9 = $_POST['q9'];
$a1 = $_POST['a1'];
$a2 = $_POST['a2'];
$a3 = $_POST['a3'];
$a4 = $_POST['a4'];
$a5 = $_POST['a5'];
$a6 = $_POST['a6'];
$a7 = $_POST['a7'];
$a8 = $_POST['a8'];
$a9 = $_POST['a9'];

$headers .= "From: New_Survey_Result\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: $email\n";
$headers .= "X-Mailer: PHP/\n";
$headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1";

$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR;
$message .= "Personal Information" . $CR;
$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR;
$message .= "Name  : $name" . $CR;
$message .= "Email : $email" . $CR;
$message .= "Age   : $age" . $CR;
$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR . $CR;
$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR;

for ($i = 1; $i <= 9; $i++)
{
	$message .= stripslashes(${"q" . $i}) . $CR . $TAB . stripslashes(${"a" . $i}) . $CR . $CR;
}

$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR;
$message .= $date .$CR;
$message .= "------------------------------" . $CR;

echo("message=$message");

$send = mail($owner, "New Survey Result by $name", $message, $headers);

if ($send == true)
{
	echo("&emailSent=true");
}
else
{
	echo("&emailSent=false");
}
?>

Thank you for your time... 🙂