email question

[irishgirl2004]

Hi,
i am trying to write a tell a friend function from a webform

i am using the following code

$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'A New Website For Irish Pharmacists';
$message = 'hello';
$sender = '[e-mail]';
mail($to, $subject, $message,"From:eddie $sender\n", $headers); 

[code=php]


when the email arrives, it does not appear to be from the [e-mail], but it address shown is fro the webserver, am i doing something silly?

thanks

[lozza1978]

Hello there,

found your problem

$sender = '[e-mail]'; 

should be

$sender = 'From: [e-mail]', "\r\n";

[irishgirl2004]

hi,
thanks

this gives an error message

Parse error: parse error, unexpected ',' in /home/httpd/vhost/httpdocs/test/indexb.php3 on line 10

[code=php]

here's the code now

[code=php]
$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'A New Website For Irish Pharmacists';
$message = 'hello';
$sender = 'From: [e-mail]', "\r\n"; 
mail($to, $subject, $message,"From:eddie $sender\n", $headers); 

[code=php]

[laserlight]

irishgirl2004, the problem with lozza1978's example is obvious.
$a = $b , $c;
is wrong and should likely be:
$a = $b . $c;

[irishgirl2004]

hi,
no errors now, but the email is not being delivered?

am i making a silly mistake?

[irishgirl2004]

sorted this by using the following

<?php


$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'A New Website For Irish Pharmacists';
$message = 'hello';
$sender = 'From: [e-mail]'. "\r\n"; 
$origname = "me";
$origemail = '[e-mail]';

$headers = 'From: ' . $websiteName . '<' . $adminEmail . '>';
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers); 
?>

[code=php]

[lozza1978]

d0h, there goes my messey code again,