Help with mail function

[discgolf12]

This is the code that I am trying to get to work to send an email out through the PHP page. I am using the mail function which I have used before however it is not sending. Can someone please take a look and if they see the reason or what I am doing wrong?

You may view it in action at

http://www.standrewschool.com/newsite/live/faculty/contactus.php4?xemail=[e-mail]

<?php
include ("../dbconnect.inc");
session_start();
ob_start();
$xemail3=$_GET['xemail'];
if ($_GET['process']=="newsletterfan")
{
$toemail=$hiddenemail; 
$subject=$esubject;
$message=$descr;
$headers="From: $efrom"; 
mail($toemail , $subject , $message , $headers);
	header("Location: [url]http://www.standrewschool.com/faculty/faculty.php4[/url]");
}							
?>

<table width="765" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0" valign="top">
							<tr>
								<td colspan="2"><div class="DarkRegular"><font size="4"><b>To email <?php echo $xemail3 ?> fill in your contact email, subject, and message.  Thank you!</font><br><br></td>
							</tr>
							<tr>
									<td valign="top">
										<div class="DarkRegular"><b>To:</b></td><td><b><?php echo $xemail3 ?><INPUT type="hidden" name="hiddenemail" value="<?php echo $xemail3 ?>"></td>
							</tr>	
							<tr>
									<td valign="top"><form action="contactus.php4?process=newsletterfan" method="post" ENCTYPE="multipart/form-data" id=form1 name="updatefan" onSubmit="return validateForm()">
										<div class="DarkRegular"><b>From:</b></td><td><input type="text" name="efrom" value="<?php echo $efrom ?>"></td>
							</tr>	
							<tr>
									<td valign="top">
										<div class="DarkRegular"><b>Subject:</b></td><td><input type="text" name="esubject" value="<?php echo $esubject ?>"></td>
							</tr>										
							<tr>
									<td valign="top">
										<div class="DarkRegular"><b>Text:</b></td>
									<td valign="top"><div class="DarkRegular"><textarea name="descr" rows="20" cols="50"><?php echo $xtext ?></textarea><br><br></td>	
							</tr>
							<tr>
								<td></td>
								<td><input type="submit" name="submit_button" value="Submit">&nbsp;<input type="reset" name="cancel_button" value="Cancel">
								</td>
			    		      </tr></form>

	</table>
</body>
</html>
<?php
mysql_close($conn)
?>

Thanks again ,

MIKE

[bastien]

What OS? Where is this hosted? Is mail configged in the INI file?

[discgolf12]

It is hosted on PHPWEBHOSTING.COM, I have another site using this mail script and it works fine on the same hosting company is there anything in the code that appears to be wrong?

mike

[Weedpacket]

Originally posted by discgolf12
You may view it in action at

And are we supposed to see anything other than a form that leads to a 404?

$toemail=$hiddenemail; 
$subject=$esubject;
$message=$descr;
$headers="From: $efrom"; 

Why are you using $GET to look at xemail and process (as far as I can tell, $GET['xemail'] will be empty anyway), but not $_POST[] for any of the actual posted form variables? Indeed, why not POST xemail and 'process' as well (as hidden fields)?

[discgolf12]

I was using :

$xemail3=$_GET['xemail'];

because the first time you hit the page xemail is passed through a query string in the url http://www.standrewschool.com/newsite/live/faculty/contactus.php4?xemail=[e-mail]

The second time, the only thing in a query string is "process" and the "xemail" value is passed through a hidden input field.

How would post differ from doing it as I am now?

MIKE

[discgolf12]

got it fixed, I was replacing the sendto variable with a blank, but no longer

Thanks for help!

MIKE