Php Email Form

php_dapper

I am having a problem with getting a PHP file to send e-mail and would appreciate any help. The two files were generated using MS FrontPage. The sites are http://www.pinesofsarasota.org/feedback.htm and http://www.pinesofsarasota.org/sendmail.php.

The sendmail.php file does echo the user inputs OK but does not send e-mail to the address in the file.

Thanks in advance for any help.

wilku

Could you please post here source code of sendmail.php? It can't be read from web server, you know 😉

php_dapper

<html>

<body>

<?php
echo "Thank you, $POST[name], for your message!";
echo "Your e-mail address is: $POST[email].";
echo "Your message was: ";
echo "$POST[message] ";
//
//start building the mail string
//
$msg = "Name: $POST[name]\n";
$msg .= "E-Mail: $POST[email]\n";
$msg .= "Message: $POST[message]\n";
//
//set up the mail
//
$recipient = "dschofield@pinesofsarasota.org";
$subject = "Form Submission Results";
$mailheaders = "From: My Web Site <dschofie@tampabay.rr.com> \n";
$mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $_POST[email]";
//
//send the mail
//
mail($recipient, $subject, $msg, $mailheaders);
//
?>
</body>

</html>

wilku

Ok, so now turn all error reporting on and see what's happening.

<?php error_reporting(E_ALL); ?>

There are several reasons why mail wouldn't work. It needs to be configured (differently in linux and windows). Read about it in [man]mail[/man] php manual.

chrislive

has the server been setup with a real smtp server? this is set in your php.ini file

LoganK

FYI, mail headers need to end with "\r\n", right now you only have one of them ending in "\n".

But the main problem looks like your server isn't set-up correctly. Edit the PHP.ini file to point to an SMTP server (Windows) or to the location of sendmail (*nix) and it should work fine.

If you can't edit the PHP.ini file yourself, try using [MAN]ini_set()[/MAN].