[Resolved] Switched to server with register_globals on, script won't work

kilbey1

We switched servers where register_globals are now ON, but I have developed a script that I thought would work with register_globals ON or OFF. Can folks see any reason why this wouldn't function with register_globals ON? Nothing ever gets mailed out...

Thanks in advance,
Eve

xgarreau

Maybe php version is too oold to know about $GET ans $POST arrays, try replacing these with $HTTP_GET_VARS and $HTTP_POST_VARS

sethadam1

Yeah, I'd start with adding this up top:

if(phpversion() < 4.2) { 
     $_GET= $HTTP_GET_VARS; 
     $_POST= $HTTP_POST_VARS;
     $_COOKIE=$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;
     $_SESSION=  $HTTP_SESSION_VARS; 
}

If it's still a problem, let us know.

kilbey1

But it's running version 4.3.9. See here:
http://www.wowcorp.com/phpinfo.php

sethadam1

I'll take a look at the code in more depth, but the next thing I'd do IMMEDIATELY is change your MySQL passwords.

Since you just posted them on the web above, I wouldn't really trust the world with them.

kilbey1

Oh crap. I thought I'd had that in an include file. Thanks.

kilbey1

I am starting to suspect that mail() functions have either not been set up, or not been set up correctly, at my ISP. I set up a very simple mail script, purely static, and recieved not a whisper...

sethadam1

Can you tell us what the actual errors are? Does it APPEAR to work but it doesn't? Or does it throw PHP errors?

kilbey1

It appears to work, and throws no errors. Is there anything you can recommend I can output apart from echoing data that might tell me if mail is functioning or not?

sethadam1

How about this?

if(mail($w,$x,$y,$z)) { 
   echo "<!-- mail has been generated -->\n";
} else { 
   echo "<!-- mail() returned FALSE -- >\n";
}

kilbey1

Here's the basic script I used for testing...

<?php
/* recipients */
$to = "eatley@wowcorp.com";

/* subject */
$subject = "Birthday Reminders for August";

/* message */
$message = '
<html>
<head>
 <title>Birthday Reminders for August</title>
</head>
<body>
<p>Here are the birthdays upcoming in August!</p>
<table>
 <tr>
  <th>Person</th><th>Day</th><th>Month</th><th>Year</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Joe</td><td>3rd</td><td>August</td><td>1970</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Sally</td><td>17th</td><td>August</td><td>1973</td>
 </tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
';

/* To send HTML mail, you can set the Content-type header. */
$headers  = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";

/* additional headers */
$headers .= "To: Eve Atley <eatley@wowcorp.com>\r\n";
$headers .= "From: Birthday Reminder <birthday@example.com>\r\n";

/* and now mail it */
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);

if(mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers)) { 
   echo "<!-- mail has been generated -->\n";
} else { 
   echo "<!-- mail() returned FALSE -- >\n";
}
?>

sethadam1

try sending plain text first. then we'll get complex.

$to .= "eatley@wowcorp.com";

/* subject */
$subject = "Birthday Reminders for August";

$msg = "Test message"; 

if(mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 
  echo "true"; 
} else { 
  echo "false; 
}

kilbey1

true

But I get nada.

<?php
$to = "eatley@wowcorp.com";

/* subject */
$subject = "Birthday Reminders for August";

$msg = "Test message"; 

if(mail($to,$subject,$msg)) { 
  echo "true"; 
} else { 
  echo "false";
}
?>

kilbey1

I'm on the phone with my ISP right now. I was told it needs a to and from, but my script has all that. Even a simple test still generates no results.

He's supposed to call me back in a few minutes, I'll try to dig deeper.

<?php
$to = "eatley@wowcorp.com";
$from = "seance83@yahoo.com";

/* subject */
$subject = "Birthday Reminders for August";

$msg = "Test message"; 

if(mail($to,$from,$subject,$msg)) { 
  echo "true"; 
} else { 
  echo "false";
}
?>

sethadam1

Okay, follow me here.

I assume you're using Linux. If not, if you're on Solaris or one of the BSDs you will need different information.

I'm also going to assume you're using sendmail as your MTA.

If that's the case, you can check your mail logs in /var/logs/mailog.

You can also check root's mail:

cat /var/spool/mail/root

and see if there are bouncebacks.

Let me know.

sethadam1

Also... I hope that was a transcription error.

According to PHP.net's mail() function:

bool mail ( string to, string subject, string message [, string additional_headers [, string additional_parameters]])

so it takes these arguments:

$to, $subject, $msg, $headers, $addtl_params.

You are using ($to,$from,$subject,$msg) in your test, which isn't right.

kilbey1

Would this be correct?

<?php
$to = "eatley@wowcorp.com";
$subject = "Test";
$body = "Body";
$from = "me@domain.com";

mail($to,$subject,$body,$from);

if(mail($to,$subject,$body,$from)) { 
  echo "true"; 
} else { 
  echo "false";
}
?>

sethadam1

No.

This would:

$to = "eatley@wowcorp.com";
$subject = "Test";
$body = "Body";
$header = "From: [email]me@mydomain.com[/email]\r\nReply-To: [email]me@mydomain.com[/email]\r\n";

mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);

kilbey1

It turned out to be a server problem. It's a new setup, and all the mails were stuck in a queue. They're ALL coming through now. 🙂

Thanks!!!

sethadam1

install sendmail on your server. trust me, you'll fight with it for a few hours max, and then you won't have to deal with anything but relay problems.