Mail error in php

[akacj]

I am trying to put a login and registration on my website and get this error after i register.

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\wamp\www\login\includes\config.inc.php on line 55
A system error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience.

So, it wont send the confirm acct message to the email cause of this error. 

    Any help???

[akacj]

Here is the File C:\wamp\www\login\includes\config.inc.php

<?php # Script 16.3 - config.inc.php
/ This script:
- define constants and settings
- dictates how errors are handled
- defines useful functions
*/

// Document who created this site, when, why, etc.

// ******************************* //
// ****** SETTINGS ********* //

// Flag variable for site status:
define('LIVE', TRUE);

// Admin contact address:
define('EMAIL', '[e-mail]');

// Site URL (base for all redirections. This is the address they will be redirected to if they try to access a protected page and they are not logged in.):
define ('BASE_URL', 'http://www.akacj.info/login/');

// Location of the MySQL connection script:
define ('MYSQL', 'mysqli_connect.php');

// Adjust the time zone for PHP 5.1 and greater:
date_default_timezone_set ('US/Eastern');

// ********* SETTINGS ****** //
// ******************************* //

// *************************************** //
// ****** ERROR MANAGEMENT ********* //

// Create the error handler:
function my_error_handler ($e_number, $e_message, $e_file, $e_line, $e_vars) {

// Build the error message.
$message = "<p>An error occurred in script '$e_file' on line $e_line: $e_message\n<br />";

// Add the date and time:
$message .= "Date/Time: " . date('n-j-Y H:i:s') . "\n<br />";

// Append $e_vars to the $message:
$message .= "<pre>" . print_r ($e_vars, 1) . "</pre>\n</p>";

if (!LIVE) { // Development (print the error).

	echo '<div class="error">' . $message . '</div><br />';

} else { // Don't show the error:

	// Send an email to the admin:
	mail(EMAIL, 'Site Error!', $message, 'From: [email][e-mail][/email]');

	// Only print an error message if the error isn't a notice:
	if ($e_number != E_NOTICE) {
		echo '<div class="error">A system error occurred. We apologize for the inconvenience.</div><br />';
	}
} // End of !LIVE IF.

} // End of my_error_handler() definition.

// Use my error handler.
set_error_handler ('my_error_handler');

// ********* ERROR MANAGEMENT ****** //
// *************************************** //

?>

[djjjozsi]

on a default install you don't have SMTP server. try on a test server.

[Weedpacket]

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[Ashley_Sheridan]

You need to set up the SMTP server details in the php.ini file. If you open it up and search for 'smtp' you'll see there are 2-3 lines you can edit for this. The default port can usually be left alone, as it is seldom changed unless you have an over-zealous network admin

[akacj]

I don't have a php.ini file. ??

[Ashley_Sheridan]

You should do! I'd be slightly worried if you didn't have one!

The docs for WAMP show there to be several php.ini files:

http://www.wampserver.com/en/faq.php#q3

[akacj]

Oh ok in wampserver files. I was looking in the registration script. Ok now how do I set up the smtp settings. it says something about Port 25 so does that have to be port 80???

[Ashley_Sheridan]

No, like I said, you shouldn't have to change the port. Port 80 is used by the web server. If you tried to use it for SMTP too you'd create a conflict which is not advised!

You likely will need to set the SMTP server, and possible user credentials if required of a valid SMTP server you have access to.

[fakey]

wamp normaly does not have a SMTP server wich acctualy works, you should just get a webhosting package to test the mail stuff, it will save you alot of time and possible to some crashes

[Ashley_Sheridan]

Windows servers in the main tend to be more expensive though. Normally you can move code from Windows to Linux without problems, but you have to watch out for the obvious areas, like filename case (someFolder & somefolder are the same thing on Windows, but not on Linux), and some functions which only exist on Windows (like COM).

To be sure it works on Linux, you could try out a distro. The big names these days come with all the modules you'll need (and a working mail server!) and install quite happily alongside Windows and on a wider range of hardware.