sendmail problem???

mr_armageddon

I have set up a contact form to be accessed by the website. Problem is no email arrives to the specified email address
within the script nor does it send a copy of the message to the sender. I
have tried the same script from an other web hosting company running Linux
and PHP 4.3.2.

The only difference I saw between one host and the other host is, when
using phpinfo.php script to see what it is running the local and master
value for is like so:

Host 1 : Local Value/Master Value

Sendmail_from no value

Other Host says me@localhost

..the sendmail_path are both identical " /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i "

ALso it says "smtp" as localhost.

I am not sure how to fix the problem, or shoud I speciafy the " /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i somewhere within the script to make it work?

I also just saw that on the host that doesn't send the email it show in the phpinfo " Server API Apache"

but on the server that does work it says "Server API CGI/FastCGI"

Thank you.

helz

to be honest, im not sure of the advantages of sendmail..
have you tried using the mail() function? or does that use sendmail 😛

dalecosp

Probably best if you show us your code.

helz, [man]mail/man uses sendmail if sendmail is the default MTA. And in this case it appears to be so, as php.ini is obviously calling sendmail(8) on the server...

helz

ah. ty for that

mr_armageddon

Here are the scripts involved:

<?php

include_once("configure.php");

////////////////////
///Display Header///
////////////////////

function displayHeader() {

global $contacttitle, $bannerurl, $bannerwidth, $bannerheight, $header, $border, $theme;

if ($header) {

echo "<html><head>\n";
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\">\n";
echo "<title>$contacttitle</title>\n";
echo "<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"themes/$theme\">\n";
echo "</head>\n";
echo "<body>\n";
echo "<p align=\"center\"><img src=\"$bannerurl\" border=\"$border\" width=\"$bannerwidth\" height=\"$bannerheight\" alt=\"$contacttitle\"></p>\n";
echo "<p align=\"center\"><b>$contacttitle</b></p>\n";
echo "<hr size=\"1\" width=\"500\">\n";

}

else

{

echo "<p align=\"center\"><b>$contacttitle</b></p>\n";
echo "<hr size=\"1\" width=\"500\">\n";

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///Display Footer - Please DO NOT remove this information///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

function displayFooter() {

echo "<hr size=\"1\" width=\"500\">\n";
echo "<br><p align=\"center\"><font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana\">\n";
echo "Powered by </font><a class=\"footer\" href=\"http://www.maiandream.co.uk/scripts.php\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Maian_Mail v1.2\">\n";
echo "<font size=\"1\" face=\"Verdana\">Maian_Mail v1.2</font></a></p>\n";
echo "</body>\n";
echo "</html>\n";

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

///////////////////////////
///Error Display Message///
///////////////////////////

function errorDisplay() {

global $form_error, $form_return;

echo "<p align=\"center\">$form_error</p>\n";
echo "<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:history.go(-1)\" title=\"$form_return\">$form_return</a></p>\n";

displayFooter();
exit;

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

///////////////////////////////
///Thank you display message///
///////////////////////////////

function thankYou() {

global $form_thanks, $form_message;

echo "<div align=\"center\"><center>\n";
echo "<table border=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td><p align=\"center\"><br>$form_thanks</p>\n";
echo " <p align=\"center\">$form_message<br>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo "</table>\n";
echo "</center></div>\n";
displayFooter();
exit;

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

////////////////////////////////////
///Check for valid e-mail address///
////////////////////////////////////

function validEmail() {

global $form_emailerror, $email, $form_return;

$email = $_REQUEST['email'];

if (!eregi("^{([a-z]|[0-9]|.|-|)+@([a-z]|[0-9]|.|-|)+.([a-z]|[0-9]){2,3}$",} $email, $arr_vars))

{

echo "<p align=\"center\">$form_emailerror</p>\n";
echo "<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"javascript:history.go(-1)\" title=\"$form_return\">$form_return</a></p>\n";
displayFooter();
exit;

}

else

{

return false;

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

///////////////
///Send Mail///
///////////////

function sendMail() {

global $name, $email, $send_options, $subject, $recipient_send, $comments, $owner, $siteurl, $sitename, $siteemail,
$email_message, $email_subject, $auto_vis_subject, $auto_vis_message, $auto_vis_message_array, $copy;

$name = $REQUEST['name'];
$subject = $REQUEST['subject'];
$email = $REQUEST['email'];
$copy = $REQUEST['copy'];
$comments = $REQUEST['comments'];
$recipient_send = $REQUEST['recipient_send'];

if ($send_options)

{

$email_message = stripslashes($email_message);
mail($recipient_send, $email_subject, $email_message, "From: $name<$email>");

if ($copy)

{

mail($email, $auto_vis_subject, $auto_vis_message_array, "From: $sitename<$siteemail>");

}

else

{

$email_message = stripslashes($email_message);
mail($siteemail, $email_subject, $email_message, "From: $name<$email>");

if ($copy)

{

mail($email, $auto_vis_subject, $auto_vis_message, "From: $sitename<$siteemail>");

}

/////////////////////
///End of function///
/////////////////////

mr_armageddon

/
WEBSITE SETTINGS
/

//Your name
$owner = "Name";

//Name of your website
$sitename = "Name of my website";

//Your e-mail address
$siteemail = "you@yoursite.com";

//URL of your website
$siteurl = "http://yoursite.com";

//Title of your contact form (appears at the top left of your browser & above your form fields)
$contacttitle = "My Contact Form";

/
DISPLAY OPTIONS
/

//Specify the language file for your contact form
$language = "eng.php";

//Specify the theme you want to use on your pages. (If you don`t find one you like, you can create your own)
$theme = "breeze.css";

//Do you want to enable the Multiple E-Mail Array? (Lets your visitors choose from different send options)
$send_options = "0"; //1 = yes, 0 = no

/
HEADER OPTIONS
/

//Do you want a banner on your page?
$header = "0"; //1 = yes, 0 = no

//If yes, specify the url for your banner
$bannerurl = "http://yoursite.com/path_to_banner.gif";

//Width and height of banner
$bannerwidth = "480";
$bannerheight = "60";

//Border size for banner
$border = "1";

mr_armageddon

<?php

include_once("inc/functions.php");
include_once("lang/$language");

displayHeader();

///////////////////////////////////////////
//If 'Send' button is pressed, do action///
///////////////////////////////////////////

if ($action == "send")

{

////////////////////////////////////////////
///Firstly, check all fields are complete///
////////////////////////////////////////////

if (($REQUEST['name']=="") || ($REQUEST['subject']=="") || ($REQUEST['email']=="") || ($REQUEST['comments']==""))

{

 errorDisplay();

}

//////////////////
///E-Mail check///
//////////////////

validEmail();

///////////////////////
///Send messages out///
///////////////////////

sendMail();

//////////////////////////
///Then display message///
//////////////////////////

thankYou();

}

//////////////////
///Display Form///
//////////////////

echo "<p align=\"center\">$form_field</p>\n";
echo "<div align=\"center\"><center>\n";
echo "<form method=\"POST\" action=\"$PHP_SELF?action=send\">\n";
echo "<table border=\"0\" width=\"760\">\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"280\">$form_name</td>\n";
echo " <td align=\"right\" valign=\"top\" width=\"480\"><p align=\"left\">\n";
echo " <input type=\"text\" size=\"32\" name=\"name\" value=\"$name\"></p>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td valign=\"top\"><p align=\"right\">$form_subject</p></td>\n";
echo " <td valign=\"top\" width=\"480\"><input type=\"text\" size=\"32\" name=\"subject\" value=\"$subject\"></td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td valign=\"top\" width=\"280\"><p align=\"right\">$form_email</p>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " <td valign=\"top\" width=\"480\"><input type=\"text\" size=\"32\" name=\"email\" value=\"$email\"></td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
///If multi e-mail array is enabled, show drop down menu///
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

if ($send_options)

{

echo "    <tr>\n";
echo "        <td valign=\"top\" width=\"280\"><p align=\"right\">$form_select</p>\n";
echo "        </td><td valign=\"top\" width=\"480\">\n";
echo "    <select name=\"recipient_send\">\n";

//////////////////////
///Access the array///
//////////////////////

include("multiple/sendarray.php");

echo "    </select>\n";
echo "    </tr>\n";

}

echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td><p align=\"right\">$form_comments</p>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " <td valign=\"top\" width=\"480\"><textarea name=\"comments\" rows=\"8\" cols=\"45\">$comments</textarea></td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"760\">\n";
echo " <p align=\"center\"><input class=\"checktype\" type=\"checkbox\" name=\"copy\"><br>\n";
echo " $form_checkbox</p>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td align=\"center\" colspan=\"2\" width=\"760\"><p align=\"center\">\n";
echo " <input type=\"submit\" value=\"$form_send\" title=\"$form_send\">\n";
echo " <input type=\"reset\" name=\"clear\" value=\"$form_clear\" title=\"$form_clear\"></p>\n";
echo " </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " <tr>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " <td> </td>\n";
echo " </tr>\n";
echo " </form>\n";
echo "</table>\n";
echo "</center></div>\n";

displayFooter();

dalecosp

Well, a coupla comments for Mr. Armageddon.

Error checking!

Test, test, test within the scripts to make sure that action A is happening before you go to action B.

I'd advise that you make your functions return a value, either 1 if they pass your error checks and 0 otherwise. This is standard and good practice for a PHP script, and probably for programming in general. In perusing your scripts, I only saw that once (validEmail returns false if ...) Granted, I'm not looking that hard yet...

In the script itself, try something like:

if (!($success=sendMail(); )) {
   echo "Couldn't send mail...";
   exit;
   }

But your function sendMail() must return a value of zero if unsuccessful, otherwise $success will be true regardless...

Also, what if ($action !="send")? There doesn't seem to be a opposite test...true, maybe there doesn't need to be, but when something doesn't work, and you're not doing any testing, how can you know what's wrong? In this case, could one server have RG ON and the other OFF, for example?

It could also be possible that some parameter that you are passing to mail is not being received, therefore [man]mail[/man] is working, but it's sending the mail to "", or something (I hope I'm getting the idea across, here....)

IOW, it's rather difficult to tell exactly what might be wrong, because you have little debugging/few tests built into your script.

The second point, and it's just so much cruft, but kinda nice for those of us who are used to it, is that your code is much more legible if you take time to place it in

 and ['/php] tags...

HTH,