E-mail Woes...It won't send...

[Chizzad]

My own code wouldn't work so I modified PlanetSim's code in his tutorial. For some reason the e-mail won't send. Any thoughts?

$to = $_SESSION['email'];  

$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";  

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

$headers .= "From: [email][e-mail][/email] \r\n";  

$subject = "Thank You, "; 
$subject .= $_SESSION['name'];
$subject .= ", for joining the OurSite.com Community.";
$message = "Thank You, "; 
$message .= $_SESSION['name'];
$message .= ", for joining the OurSite.com Community.\n";
$message .= "With your membership you will recieve periodic updates on new machines, used machines,";
$message .= " parts, service, tradeshows and other information.  As well as access to the membership";
$message .= " information on our website."; 
$message .= "\n"; 
$message .= "Sincerely,\n"; 
$message .= "The OurSite.com Team\n";
$message .= "[e-mail]";

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

if(!$mail){  

    echo "Email not sent! Please try later...";  

}else{  

    echo "Mail sent successfully!";  

}

Note: I've sent e-mail before through PHP on this server so I don't think it's that...

[yarin]

It would be a good idea to remove the "@" in front of the mail()-function. The @ is suppressing any error messages which could help you solving your problem.

[Chizzad]

Thanx for the help, but still nothing. No PHP error comes up it still shows Email not sent! Please try later which is what is set to be echoed if the enail isn't sent.

Coding can be so aggravating! 🙂

-Chad

[yarin]

I tested your code at my web server. The result:

Mail sent successfully!

It MUST be your web server. Have you configured your php.ini correctly? You have to write your smtp server in this file to use the mail() function.

It is possible that your smtp server is down. Try

Start->Run->"command /k ping YOURSMTPSERVER"

under windows or

ping YOURSMTPSERVER

under linux (if you use kde, you can reach the text console by pressing alt+f2 and then entering "xterm")

and check if the server responds.

[yarin]

Another idea is to write

error_reporting(E_ALL);

at the beginning of your script. In some cases, the php.ini file is configured to suppress all or some kind of errors. this function call prevents php from this behaviour.

[Chizzad]

Well,

I cant do anything you said in the second post because the server is a web host. In any case, I added the error_reporting line of code. Got no errors pertaining to the section of code that sends the mail. The errors were just about assuming the $_Post variables.

AHHHH!

[yarin]

Could it be that the variable with the "To-Mail-Adress" is empty / not set?

Try this:
$to = "YOURADDRESS";

instead of

$to=$_SESSION['email'];

Replace YOURADDRESS with your mail address and execute the script. if you get an e-mail, then you've got the mistake.

[Chizzad]

I contacted my webserving company. Hopefuly now they get back to me and actually know what I am talking about! 😃

thanx for all the help Yarin

[yarin]

You're welcome 🙂