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
<?php
$email_to = "[email protected]";
$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.";
}
?>
Am I missing anything, do I need to include any files for this function.. I am from asp.net & 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
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For HostGator, you need to use the following for your headers:
$headers = 'From: [email protected]' . " " .
'Reply-To: [email protected]' . " " .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
It only worked for me when the from user was host e-mail while the Reply-To can be something different e.g. From: [email protected], Reply-To: [email protected]
http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/php-email-from-header http://support.hostgator.com/articles/specialized-help/technical/how-to-use-sendmail-with-php
I'm using this for a while now, don't know if this is still up to date with the actual PHP versions. You can use this in a one file setup, or just split it up in two files like contact.php and index.php
contact.php | Code
<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);
if(isset($_POST['submitted'])) {
if(trim($_POST['contactName']) === '') {
$nameError = '<span style="margin-left:40px;">You have missed your name.</span>';
$hasError = true;
} else {
$name = trim($_POST['contactName']);
}
if(trim($_POST['topic']) === '') {
$topicError = '<span style="margin-left:40px;">You have missed the topic.</span>';
$hasError = true;
} else {
$topic = trim($_POST['topic']);
}
$telefon = trim($_POST['phone']);
$company = trim($_POST['company']);
if(trim($_POST['email']) === '') {
$emailError = '<span style="margin-left:40px;">You have missed your email adress.</span>';
$hasError = true;
} else if (!preg_match("/^[[:alnum:]][a-z0-9_.-]*@[a-z0-9.-]+\.[a-z]{2,4}$/i", trim($_POST['email']))) {
$emailError = '<span style="margin-left:40px;">You have missspelled your email adress.</span>';
$hasError = true;
} else {
$email = trim($_POST['email']);
}
if(trim($_POST['comments']) === '') {
$commentError = '<span style="margin-left:40px;">You have missed the comment section.</span>';
$hasError = true;
} else {
if(function_exists('stripslashes')) {
$comments = utf8_encode(stripslashes(trim($_POST['comments'])));
} else {
$comments = trim($_POST['comments']);
}
}
if(!isset($hasError)) {
$emailTo = '[email protected]';
$subject = 'Example.com - '.$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);
$emailSent = true;
}
}
?>
STYLESHEET
}
.formblock{display:block;padding:5px;margin:8px; margin-left:40px;}
.text{width:500px;height:200px;padding:5px;margin-left:40px;}
.center{min-height:12em;display:table-cell;vertical-align:middle;}
.failed{ margin-left:20px;font-size:18px;color:#C00;}
.okay{margin-left:20px;font-size:18px;color:#090;}
.alert{border:2px #fc0;padding:8px;text-transform:uppercase;font-weight:bold;}
.error{font-size:14px;color:#C00;}
label
{
margin-left:40px;
}
textarea
{
margin-left:40px;
}
index.php | FORM CODE
<?php header('Content-Type: text/html;charset=UTF-8'); ?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="de">
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
<?php if(isset($emailSent) && $emailSent == true) { ?>
<span class="okay">Thank you for your interest. Your email has been send !</span>
<br>
<br>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php if(isset($hasError) || isset($captchaError) ) { ?>
<span class="failed">Email not been send. Please check the contact form.</span>
<br>
<br>
<?php } ?>
<label class="text label">Company</label>
<br>
<input type="text" size="30" name="company" id="company" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['company'])) echo $_POST['comnpany'];?>" class="formblock" placeholder="Your Company">
<label class="text label">Your Name <strong class="error">*</strong></label>
<br>
<?php if($nameError != '') { ?>
<span class="error"><?php echo $nameError;?></span>
<?php } ?>
<input type="text" size="30" name="contactName" id="contactName" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['contactName'])) echo $_POST['contactName'];?>" class="formblock" placeholder="Your Name">
<label class="text label">- Betreff - Anliegen - <strong class="error">*</strong></label>
<br>
<?php if($topicError != '') { ?>
<span class="error"><?php echo $betrError;?></span>
<?php } ?>
<input type="text" size="30" name="topic" id="topic" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['topic'])) echo $_POST['topic'];?>" class="formblock" placeholder="Your Topic">
<label class="text label">Phone-No.</label>
<br>
<input type="text" size="30" name="phone" id="phone" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['phone'])) echo $_POST['phone'];?>" class="formblock" placeholder="12345 678910">
<label class="text label">Email-Adress<strong class="error">*</strong></label>
<br>
<?php if($emailError != '') { ?>
<span class="error"><?php echo $emailError;?></span>
<?php } ?>
<input type="text" size="30" name="email" id="email" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['email'])) echo $_POST['email'];?>" class="formblock" placeholder="[email protected]">
<label class="text label">Your Message<strong class="error">*</strong></label>
<br>
<?php if($commentError != '') { ?>
<span class="error"><?php echo $commentError;?></span>
<?php } ?>
<textarea name="comments" id="commentsText" class="formblock text" placeholder="Leave your message here..."><?php if(isset($_POST['comments'])) { if(function_exists('stripslashes')) { echo stripslashes($_POST['comments']); } else { echo $_POST['comments']; } } ?></textarea>
<button class="formblock" name="submit" type="submit">Send Email</button>
<input type="hidden" name="submitted" id="submitted" value="true">
<?php } ?>
</form>
</body>
</html>
JAVASCRIPT
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--//--><![CDATA[//><!--
$(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('<br><br><span style="margin-left:20px;">You have missed '+labelText+'.</span>.');
$(this).addClass('inputError');
hasError = true;
} else if($(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('<br><br><span style="margin-left:20px;">You have entered a wrong '+labelText+' adress.</span>.');
$(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('<br><br><strong>Thank You!</strong>Your Email has been send successfuly.');
});
});
}
return false;
});
});
//-->!]]>
</script>
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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
Source: Stackoverflow.com