sending email

[pablodelapena]

I have been using the mail() function to send email to my users when they register. it sends an email witha security code etc. however recently the scripot has suddenly stopped working:S

the email just deos not send! entries are added to the MySQL database, but no email is sent!

this si the format. i dont get why it doesnt work anymore:

@mail("$email", $yoursubject, $emailtext, "From: $YourEmail");

just doesnt work, strange thing is it USED to work. help?!

or is there another,more efficient way of sending email from PHP?

[Chizzad]

I just encountered the same problem. The solution for me was that the company that host my websites had upgraded something on the servers and when they did that they had to reinstall PHP. When they did that they didn't reset all the settings correctly so it caused the problem. Hopefully this can help you.

[pablodelapena]

thanks. ive already asked them. theys ay nothings changed!!

is there any otherw ay to send email through PHP?

imap_mail ive heard is similar, is it reliable?

[erikwebb]

imap_mail() I believe requires an IMAP connection. mail() is much much easier to use, so I'd only move to another function as a last resort.