Contact Form, Help Please

[jacko310592]

hey guys, i have the following code for a contact form, i havnt got access to the php.ini file with my web host so ive had to use headers

<?php
$headers  = "From: [e-mail]\r\n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: [e-mail]\r\n";
$headers .= "Return-Path: [e-mail]\r\n";
$headers .=  "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();
ini_set ("SMTP","smtp.gmail.com");
ini_set ("sendmail_from","[e-mail]");

if(isset($_POST['submit'])) {

$to = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Contact from Site";
$name_field = $_POST['name'];
$email_field = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

$body = "From: $name_field\n E-Mail: $email_field\n Message:\n $message";

echo "Data has been submitted to $to!";
mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);
} 
else {
echo "an error has occurred";
}
?>

<form method="POST" action="contact.php">
   <input type="text" name="name">
   <br/>
   <input type="text" name="email">
   <br/>
   <textarea rows="9" name="message" cols="30"></textarea>
   <br/>
   <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit">
</form>

as you can see, im trying to make the code send the message through a google acount, but im getting the following error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. 10sm872297eyz.39

can anyone please show me how to edit my code so this works
thanks guys

[big_nerd]

Gmail has some special requirements,

The easiest thing to do is get a mailer like phpMailer

You can also see a gmail example here.

Follow the directions on their site, if you have any issues/concerns please feel free to post code.

Emails can be quite complex, and although it is better from a learning standpoint to create your own, the available projects are mature and stable.

[jacko310592]

okay, thanks, so i have the follwoing now then:

<?php
//error_reporting(E_ALL);
error_reporting(E_STRICT);

date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');

require_once('../php/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php');
require_once('../php/phpmailer/class.smtp.php');
//include("class.smtp.php"); // optional, gets called from within class.phpmailer.php if not already loaded

$mail             = new PHPMailer();

$body             = eregi_replace("[\]",'',$body);

$mail->IsSMTP(); // telling the class to use SMTP
$mail->Host       = "mail.yourdomain.com"; // SMTP server
$mail->SMTPDebug  = 1;                     // enables SMTP debug information (for testing)
                                           // 1 = errors and messages
                                           // 2 = messages only
$mail->SMTPAuth   = true;                  // enable SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPSecure = "ssl";                 // sets the prefix to the servier
$mail->Host       = "smtp.gmail.com";      // sets GMAIL as the SMTP server
$mail->Port       = 465;                   // set the SMTP port for the GMAIL server
$mail->Username   = "[e-mail]";  // GMAIL username
$mail->Password   = "pass";            // GMAIL password

$mail->SetFrom($_POST['email'], $_POST['name']);

$mail->AddReplyTo($_POST['email'], $_POST['name']);

$mail->Subject    = "Contact from visitor via your website";

$mail->AltBody    = "To view the message, please use an HTML compatible email viewer!"; // optional, comment out and test

$mail->MsgHTML($_POST['message']);

$address = "[e-mail]";  //Person to send email to
$mail->AddAddress($address, "Jacko");


if(!$mail->Send()) {
	echo "Mailer Error: " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
	header('Location:./index.php');
	exit;
}

?>

which works fine running from my PC, but when i upload this to my host (which is using PHP 5) i get....

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: ()
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

and from another host:

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: Unable to find the socket transport "ssl" - did you forget to enable it when you configured PHP? (40869804)
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

and
"$mail->Host = "mail.yourdomain.com"; // SMTP server" what am i supposed to put here?

[dagon]

few things:

your setting $mail->Host twice

and you should be using tls not ssl, per example given.

shouldn't be using ereg for anything, and stripslashes() is what you really want.

[jacko310592]

if i use 'tls' instead of 'ssl' it doesnt work at all.
any ideas?
thanks

[dagon]

jacko310592;10934725 wrote:

if i use 'tls' instead of 'ssl' it doesnt work at all.
any ideas?
thanks

any errors?

[jacko310592]

nah, the page just doesnt load

[dagon]

so you're saying neither the " echo "Mailer" ... or the "header('L"... are called?

[jacko310592]

thats correct, when my form calls for the php, the php page loads but doesnt show any erros or load the header, it just hangs

[jacko310592]

i had a close look at my code, and i found an error from when i edited last, i corrected it and changed the ssl to tls but i get the same error messae as before

SMTP -> ERROR: Failed to connect to server: ()
SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host. Mailer Error: SMTP Error: Could not connect to SMTP host.

[dagon]

try port 587, gmail accepts 587 or 465

[jacko310592]

same error =/

is it posible my host could be blocking me from making SMTP connections?

[dagon]

jacko310592;10934733 wrote:

same error =/

is it possible my host could be blocking me from making SMTP connections?

could be, have you tried your webhost or isp instead of gmail?

[jacko310592]

how would i do it with my webhost?

[dagon]

jacko310592;10934738 wrote:

how would i do it with my webhost?

specify their smtp server.

[jacko310592]

ah, i dont think they allow me to use it, im on a free acount at the moment :/

thanks for you help

[dagon]

who is the host?

[jacko310592]

www.hosting.eu.pn/

[dagon]

At a guess they are blocking the ports to stop spam, but you would have to ask them to confirm this.

[reganstar]

I also had this problem with my free hosting account. Did you try using any of those form processing services?