PHP mail not working for some reason

Question

I am new to PHP and I m using the mail function to send emails which is not working  I get a success message  but still it does not work  same code   lt  php      email to    abc abc com        email subject    Test mail        email body    Hello  This is a simple email message          if mail  email to   email subject   email body            echo  The email  email subject  was successfully sent          else           echo  The email  email subject  was NOT sent            gt    Am I missing anything  do I need to include any files for this function   I am from asp net  amp  this is the basic script which found on website   I tried other scripts related to mail they didn t work either    I AM RUNNING THIS SCRIPT ON THE WEBSITE NOT on the localhost

User · Accepted Answer

This is probably a configuration error  If you insist on using PHP mail function  you will have to edit php ini   If you are looking for an easier and more versatile option  in my opinion   you should use PHPMailer

User · Answer

If you are using Ubuntu and it seem sendmail is not in  usr sbin sendmail  install sendmail using the terminal with this command   sudo apt-get install sendmail   and then run reload the PHP page where mail   is written  Also check your spam folder

User · Answer

Just because you send an email doesn t mean it will arrive    Sending mail is Serious Business - e g  the domain you re using as your  From   address may be configured to reject e-mails from your webserver  For a longer overview  and some tips what to check   see http   www codinghorror com blog 2010 04 so-youd-like-to-send-some-email-through-code html

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This might be the issue of your SMTP config in your php ini file   Since you new to PHP  You can find php ini file in your root directory of PHP installation folder and check for SMTP   and smtp port  and change the value to   SMTP   your mail server e g  mail yourdomain com smtp port   25 check your admin for original port    In case your server require authentication for sending mail  use PEAR mail function

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I m using this for a while now  don t know if this is still up to date with the actual PHP versions  You can use this in a one file setup  or just split it up in two files like contact php and index php     contact php   Code    lt  php  error reporting E ALL   E NOTICE      if isset   POST  submitted         if trim   POST  contactName                   nameError      lt span style  margin-left 40px   gt You have missed your name  lt  span gt          hasError   true    else        name   trim   POST  contactName        if trim   POST  topic                   topicError     lt span style  margin-left 40px   gt You have missed the topic  lt  span gt          hasError   true    else        topic   trim   POST  topic         telefon   trim   POST  phone      company   trim   POST  company       if trim   POST  email                    emailError     lt span style  margin-left 40px   gt You have missed your email adress  lt  span gt         hasError   true    else if   preg match       alnum    a-z0-9  -    a-z0-9 -     a-z  2 4   i   trim   POST  email             emailError     lt span style  margin-left 40px   gt You have missspelled your email adress  lt  span gt         hasError   true    else        email   trim   POST  email         if trim   POST  comments                   commentError     lt span style  margin-left 40px   gt You have missed the comment section  lt  span gt         hasError   true    else       if function exists  stripslashes               comments   utf8 encode stripslashes trim   POST  comments             else            comments   trim   POST  comments               if  isset  hasError           emailTo    info example com        subject    Example com -    name   -    betreff       sendCopy   trim   POST  sendCopy          body     n n This is an email from http   www example com  n nCompany    company n nName    name  n nEmail-Adress    email  n nPhone-No      phone  n nTopic    topic n nMessage of the sender   comments n n        headers    From   email r nReply-To   email r nReturn-Path   email r n        mail  emailTo   subject   body   headers           emailSent   true        gt       STYLESHEET      formblock display block padding 5px margin 8px  margin-left 40px    text width 500px height 200px padding 5px margin-left 40px    center min-height 12em display table-cell vertical-align middle    failed  margin-left 20px font-size 18px color  C00    okay margin-left 20px font-size 18px color  090    alert border 2px  fc0 padding 8px text-transform uppercase font-weight bold    error font-size 14px color  C00    label   margin-left 40px     textarea    margin-left 40px         index php   FORM CODE    lt  php header  Content-Type  text html charset UTF-8      gt   lt  DOCTYPE html gt   lt html lang  de  gt   lt head gt   lt script type  text javascript  src  js jquery js  gt  lt  script gt   lt  head gt   lt body gt     lt form action  contact php  method  post  gt    lt  php if isset  emailSent   amp  amp   emailSent    true      gt    lt span class  okay  gt Thank you for your interest  Your email has been send   lt  span gt    lt br gt    lt br gt    lt  php   else     gt    lt  php if isset  hasError     isset  captchaError        gt    lt span class  failed  gt Email not been send  Please check the contact form  lt  span gt    lt br gt    lt br gt    lt  php     gt    lt label class  text label  gt Company lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt input type  text  size  30  name  company  id  company  value   lt  php if isset   POST  company     echo   POST  comnpany     gt   class  formblock  placeholder  Your Company  gt    lt label class  text label  gt Your Name  lt strong class  error  gt   lt  strong gt  lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt  php if  nameError            gt    lt span class  error  gt  lt  php echo  nameError   gt  lt  span gt    lt  php     gt    lt input type  text  size  30  name  contactName  id  contactName  value   lt  php if isset   POST  contactName     echo   POST  contactName     gt   class  formblock  placeholder  Your Name  gt    lt label class  text label  gt - Betreff - Anliegen -  lt strong class  error  gt   lt  strong gt  lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt  php if  topicError            gt    lt span class  error  gt  lt  php echo  betrError   gt  lt  span gt    lt  php     gt    lt input type  text  size  30  name  topic  id  topic  value   lt  php if isset   POST  topic     echo   POST  topic     gt   class  formblock  placeholder  Your Topic  gt    lt label class  text label  gt Phone-No  lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt input type  text  size  30  name  phone  id  phone  value   lt  php if isset   POST  phone     echo   POST  phone     gt   class  formblock  placeholder  12345 678910  gt    lt label class  text label  gt Email-Adress lt strong class  error  gt   lt  strong gt  lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt  php if  emailError            gt    lt span class  error  gt  lt  php echo  emailError   gt  lt  span gt    lt  php     gt    lt input type  text  size  30  name  email  id  email  value   lt  php if isset   POST  email      echo   POST  email     gt   class  formblock  placeholder  info example com  gt    lt label class  text label  gt Your Message lt strong class  error  gt   lt  strong gt  lt  label gt    lt br gt    lt  php if  commentError            gt    lt span class  error  gt  lt  php echo  commentError   gt  lt  span gt    lt  php     gt    lt textarea name  comments  id  commentsText  class  formblock text  placeholder  Leave your message here     gt  lt  php if isset   POST  comments       if function exists  stripslashes      echo stripslashes   POST  comments       else   echo   POST  comments          gt  lt  textarea gt    lt button class  formblock  name  submit  type  submit  gt Send Email lt  button gt   lt input type  hidden  name  submitted  id  submitted  value  true  gt   lt  php     gt    lt  form gt   lt  body gt   lt  html gt       JAVASCRIPT    lt script type  text javascript  gt    lt  --  -- gt  lt   CDATA    gt  lt  --    document  ready function         form contact-us   submit function         form contact-us  error   remove    var hasError   false       requiredField   each function      if   trim   this  val             var labelText     this  prev  label   text       this  parent   append   lt br gt  lt br gt  lt span style  margin-left 20px   gt You have missed   labelText    lt  span gt         this  addClass  inputError    hasError   true     else if   this  hasClass  email       var emailReg        w-        w-        w-  2 4       if  emailReg test   trim   this  val         var labelText     this  prev  label   text       this  parent   append   lt br gt  lt br gt  lt span style  margin-left 20px   gt You have entered a wrong   labelText   adress  lt  span gt         this  addClass  inputError    hasError   true          if  hasError     var formInput     this  serialize       post   this  attr  action   formInput  function data       form contact-us   slideUp  fast   function                         this  before   lt br gt  lt br gt  lt strong gt Thank You  lt  strong gt Your Email has been send successfuly                  return false                  -- gt     gt    lt  script gt

User · Answer

Check your SMTP settings in your php ini file  Your host should have some documentation about what credentials to use  Perhaps you can check your error log file  it might have more information available

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For HostGator  you need to use the following for your headers    headers    From  user yourdomain com           Reply-To  user yourdomain com           X-Mailer  PHP     phpversion      It only worked for me when the from user was host e-mail while the Reply-To can be something different e g  From  owner domain com  Reply-To  info domain com  http   support hostgator com articles specialized-help technical php-email-from-header http   support hostgator com articles specialized-help technical how-to-use-sendmail-with-php

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The mail function do not guarantee the actual delivery of mail  All it do is to pass the message to external program  usually sendmail   You need a properly configured SMTP server in order for this to work  Also keep in mind it does not support SMTP authentication  You may check out the PEAR  Mail library of SwiftMailer  both of them give you more options

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