problem with mail() function. Please help.

romic

Hi,

I'm having a problem with a script that sends an email (an enquiry) from the website to an email from the database

The script is the following

if(($m=="regres") && isgoodp($prid) && (isgoodp($date1) || isgoodp($date2)) && isgoodp($name) && isgoodp($mail)){
if(!isgoodp($date1)) $date1=$date2;
elseif(!isgoodp($date2)) $date2=$date1;
$resi="INSERT INTO reservation VALUES(NULL,$prid,'$name','$mail','$adults','$children',CURDATE(),'".retdate($date1)."','".retdate($date2)."','$phone','".nl2br($comm)."',0)";
mysql_query($resi) or die(mysql_error());
$uq=mysql_query("SELECT Email, Title FROM users, property WHERE IDUser=IDOwner AND IDProperty=$prid") or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($uq)>0){
//================SEND MAIL=============
$email=mysql_result($uq,0,'Email');
if(verifie_email($email)){

$date1=strtotime($date1);
$date2=strtotime($date2); 

$mail_registr="<html><body><p>Hello, <br>
The person below has sent the following inquiry about 
property number <b>$prid</b>. <br><br>
To reply to this inquiry please use your 'reply' button or send an 
email to: $mail <br><br>
Name: <b>$name</b><br>
E-mail: <b>$mail</b><br>
Tel: <b>$phone</b><br>
Arrival date: ".date("jS F Y", $date1)."
Departure date: ".date("jS F Y", $date2)."
Adults: <b>$adults</b><br>
Children: <b>$children</b><br>
Further info: <b>".nl2br($comm)."</b> <br><br>
<p>This inquiry is also saved in your Customer Admin Area on our website.<br>
Best regards,<br>
XYZ <br>
</p></body>
</html>";
$subj = "Guest inquiry from XYZ";
$header = "Return-Path: $mail";
$header .= "Reply-to: $mail\r\n";
$header .= "From: $name <$mail>\r\n";
$header .= "Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1;\r\n\r\n";

mail ($email,$subj,$mail_registr,$header);
//===================END SEND MAIL 
$mess=13;
}else $mess=15;
} 
}
elseif($m=="regres") $mess=6;

It should enter the data (enquiry details) in the database and after that send these details to the email of the property owner. It enters the data in the database successfully but doesn't send the email. Could you please help me with this?

Thanks,
Roman

cbj4074

Let's see some debugging from you, first. What happens when the mail() function is called? Does calling the function return TRUE, or FALSE? Start there.

romic

How can I check this (If it returns TRUE or FALSE)?

Using it in some other places on the same site and it works fine.

cbj4074

You can always check the returned values of PHP functions that return TRUE or FALSE using this method:

if (mail($email,$subj,$mail_registr,$header)) {
     echo 'Mail returned TRUE.';
}
else {
     echo 'Mail returned FALSE.';
}

Of course, you could put a ! in front of mail() and it would look like this:

if (!mail($email,$subj,$mail_registr,$header)) {
     echo 'Mail returned FALSE.';
}
else {
     echo 'Mail returned TRUE.';
}

romic

I used the first example you gave me and it returned FALSE.
As I understand this means that the mail was not accepted for delivery.

Is this true? What should I do in this case?