[Resolved] Reasons why mail() wont work??

[BIOSTALL]

Hey,

i've used the mail() function before and it works perfectly but i've just written a new script that involves the mail() function and although it's returning true (ie. was successful) no mail is recieved in the inbox :-S

I'm using:

$username = ($_GET['username']);
$res1 = mysql_query("SELECT email FROM Forum_Users WHERE username='$username'",$connection);
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res1);
$email = $row[0];
$currentuser = ($_SESSION['username']);

$to = $email;
		 $subject = $username." has sent you a message";
		 $message = ($_POST['usermessage']);
		 $headers = 'From: [email][e-mail][/email]'."\r\n".'Reply-To: [email][e-mail][/email]'."\r\n".'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1'."\r\n";

	 if (mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)) {
	 	echo "Your message has been sent to $username successfully";
		}else{
		echo "Error sending mail. ".mysql_error();
		}

So if anyone can tell me why this wudnt work, would they mind letting me know please, i just cant figure it out :-S

Thanks, BIOSTALL

[BuzzLY]

Are you sure that $to, $subject, $message, and $headers are all populated? Do you have sendmail running on the server?

[BIOSTALL]

Right, i've found out that $email is not populated. all the other variables are so it must be something to do with my query:

"SELECT email FROM Forum_Users WHERE username='$username'"

Can't figure out what though :-S

BIOSTALL

[BIOSTALL]

s'ok guys, seemed to sort itself out when i used a session variable instead of passing them through the URL 🙂

Cheers for your help

BIOSTALL