mail() function on Win NT

[Anon]

I've searched all over, and I can't figure out why this code doesn't work:

$address="[e-mail]";
$subject="A test message";
$message="Here it is";

mail($address,$subject,$message);

All that happens is that I get a message saying "Warning: Unknown error in student_record.php on line 32", while no mail gets sent.

I have configured PHP.INI with the correct SMTP server address and mailfrom, and I'm at my wits' end (doesn't take long).

I'm using Windows NT, but everything else works fine, so I'd appreciate any ideas.

peter

[Anon]

Not sure if this is your problem but try adding something like:

$headers = "From: Bill Gates <[e-mail]> \n";
$headers .= "Reply-To: [e-mail] \n";
mail($address,$subject,$message,$headers);

Also try a different email address and add a slash n after every variable. If this doesn't work then test your SMTP server with a different method somehow.

Neil

Peter Robinson wrote:

I've searched all over, and I can't figure out why this code doesn't work:

$address="[e-mail]";
$subject="A test message";
$message="Here it is";

mail($address,$subject,$message);

All that happens is that I get a message saying "Warning: Unknown error in student_record.php on line 32", while no mail gets sent.

I have configured PHP.INI with the correct SMTP server address and mailfrom, and I'm at my wits' end (doesn't take long).

I'm using Windows NT, but everything else works fine, so I'd appreciate any ideas.

peter

[Anon]

so what to do on Win98? the same config?

[Anon]

Thanks for answering. I tried this, but still no joy. As far as I can tell, PHP is not even sending any packets to my SMTP server (which works fine - I can send mail from other software). I am totally stumped.

peter

[Anon]

I am having the same type of trouble. I changed the SMTP server in the PHP.ini file, but when I have PHP show it's info, it says that it is the default email address and SMTP server.

I am running Win 98SE with Apache 1.3 and PHP 4.0.3

[Anon]

You must remove file C:\php\php.ini or replace by file C:\winnt\php.ini (copy C:\winnt\php.ini C:\php)

Good luck 😉

If you have php.ini in C:\php directory, php.exe ignore file in winnt directory .. IMHO

[Anon]

Thanks! I now works!

[Anon]

At last, it works! My php.ini was in the windows/system32 directory. When I put it in the windows directory, all was well. And yet, php must have been reading some of the settings before, so why didn't it pick up the mail ones? Ours not to reason why...

Thanks to all for helping, anyway.

[Anon]

Just out of curiosity - what SMTP server are you using? is it located remotely or locally?

[Anon]

This thread helped me a lot.
Thanks Peter
Sri