[RESOLVED] sendmail in PHP 5.2.6

[matt6805]

I have a Media Temple Dedicated Virtual server that has just been upgraded to PHP Version 5.2.6
Ever since they upgraded the PHP version, all mail sent using PHP's sendmail() function comes though with out a subject line and looks like this:

Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
To: Admin <[e-mail]>
From: GTDC <[e-mail]>


Thank you for your registration to the Conference
 scheduled for May 12.
 <br><br>
 To view the agenda, please visit <a href='http://www.foo.com'>http://www.foo.com</a>.  To make
 hotel reservations, please visit <a href='http://www.foo.com'>http://www.foo.com</a>.
 <br><br>
 If you have any additional questions, please contact Me at
 <a href='mailto:[e-mail]'>[e-mail]</a>

All emails show their markup as text, and the headers are in the body of the email. It does the same thing if I turn the content type to text/plain.

I've contacted Media Temple and they say it's a PHP issue, and since they just sell server space, they can't help. Can anyone figure out why the mail is coming though this way? It's a huge problem because I have about 50 sites on the server and they're alll effected :/

Regards,
Matt

[bradgrafelman]

Can you show us some code? Hard to guess at the problem when we don't even know how these e-mails are being generated.

More than likely, it's a line-ending issue (e.g. you're using \n instead of \r\n, or vice versa - try swapping line endings and see if that helps).

[matt6805]

Sure, here's the code that's sending the emails:

<?PHP
if($_POST["Submit"]=="Submit")
{
	$strContactName=$_POST["contact_name"];
	$strCompany=$_POST["company_name"];
	$strTitle=$_POST["title"];
	$clientEmail=$_POST["email"];
	$strPhone=$_POST["phone"];

/* To send HTML mail, you can set the Content-type header. */
$headers  = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'From: FOO <[e-mail]>' . "\r\n";


$body='<table>
<tr>
	<td>Hello '.$strContactName.',</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>		
	<td>Thanks for FOO Event Registration</td>
</tr>	
</table>';

mail($clientEmail, $subject, $body, $headers);
$subject="Thanks for FOO Event Registration";
$message='<table>
<tr>
	<td>Hello Administrator,</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>A new user has registered at FOO. This mail contains following user details:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td>&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<table>
<table>
<tr>
	<td width="40%">Name:</td><td>&nbsp;<td>'.$strContactName.'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="40%">Company Name:</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>'.$strCompany.'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="40%">Title:</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>'.$strTitle.'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="40%">Email Address :</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>'.$clientEmail.'</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td width="40%">Phone Number:</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>'.$strPhone.'</td>
</tr>
</table>';

$admin="[e-mail]"; // Set Admin Email address here
mail($admin, $subject, $message, $headers);
?>
<script language="javascript">
<!--
	location.href='vs_2009_thanks.html';
//-->
</script>
<?php } ?>

[bradgrafelman]

Where is $subject ever defined?

EDIT: Clarification - where is $subject ever defined before the first call to mail()?

[matt6805]

Ok, I see what you mean about $subject. Your suggestion for changing \n to \r\n and vice versa fixed the issue! So much easier then I thought it was going to be.

Right from the PHP.net website in case anyone hits the same snag:

"Note: If messages are not received, try using a LF (\n) only. Some poor quality Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used). This should be a last resort, as it does not comply with » RFC 2822"

Thanks Brad.

Regards,
Matt