[RESOLVED] Something happened and I don't know what

[Dvdbrink]

I've been using the mail() function for months, but since yesterday its not working anymore. Not even a simple code like below.

<?php
mail("[e-mail]","example","example");
?> 

I have no idea what suddenly happened. I did not chance hosts.

Any thoughts why it isn't working anymore? :S

[NogDog]

The quickest thing might be to check with your hosting support to find out what changed. You could try to get some more debug info, though many mail problems do not generate errors within the PHP script itself:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
mail('[e-mail]', 'test', 'This is a test.', 'From: [e-mail]');

[Dvdbrink]

I already tried that and does not show any errors indeed.

[NogDog]

Let's find out if PHP thinks it worked:

<?php
ini_set('display_errors', 1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);
$result = mail('[e-mail]', 'test', 'This is a test.', 'From: [e-mail]'); 
echo ($result) ? 'PHP thinks it worked' : 'PHP thinks it failed';

[Dvdbrink]

"PHP thinks it failed"

[NogDog]

Did you replace the email for the "From:" header with an email address that is valid on your host? Other than that, if it's not giving any more error info, it's pretty hard to debug. 🙁

[Dvdbrink]

With every email adress (also the email account I got on my host) I try it fails.

I'm gonna try to get it work on a different host.

[Dvdbrink]

I was checking my hosts servers states. And it seems that the SMTP server I use is offline. :p

NodDog, thanks for your help.