PHP mail error

Breadstick

I'm getting a strange error when trying to send an html email through PHP. I've used almost the exact same code on another server and it's working fine. Does this error mean that my SMTP settings are wrong in php.ini? Or does this mean that there isn't an SMTP server on localhost?

Warning: mail(): SMTP server response: 501 Syntax error in parameters or arguments in C:\Accounts\working\wwwRoot\email_guide.php on line 39

Also, if I don't have access to modify php.ini, is there a way I can change my smtp settings through a .htaccess file or something like that?

thorpe

you should be able to change your settings using [man]ini_set/man.

thing is.... this error says it is a syntax error. so show us your code around line 39, letting us know which IS line 39.

Breadstick

Here's the line, I'm pretty sure it isn't a syntax error on my part... because it works fine on another server.

mail("$to", "$subject", "$body", "To: $to\n"."From: $from\n"."MIME-Version: 1.0\n"."Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1")

thorpe

that line (if it is the entire line) is missing the closing ;

Breadstick

The entire line is

if(mail("$to", "$subject", "$body", "To: $to\n"."From: $from\n"."MIME-Version: 1.0\n"."Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"))