PHP Mail

[karldenton]

Just done a php script. User types in the details and when presses send - sends an email to me. It gets to the end of the script but the email never arrives?

 

Code below:

 

<?php

$name = $_REQUEST['name'] ;

$room = $_REQUEST['room'] ;

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

 

mail( "[email protected]", "Message from Intranet",

$message, "From: $name" );

header( "Location: http://2003server:84" );

?>

 

Thanks

[CESIL]

What platform are you running this on?

 

The mail() function will send email via the server specified in php.ini

 

On a *nix box this usually set to go via sendmail

 

On a windows server you need to configure SMTP (I think).

 

I host my sites on Linux but develop on a WAMP setup so I can only test email on the live server, until I can figure out how to get email to work on windows

[karldenton]

Running on Vanilla Win 2003 server with WAMP installed. Thanks for pointing in line of php.ini

 

Changed to this but still the same:

 

[mail function]

; For Win32 only.

SMTP = smtp.redstone4schools.co.uk

smtp_port = 25

 

; For Win32 only.

sendmail_from = [email protected]

Edited May 15, 2009 by karldenton

[matt40k]

Your mail servers would reject it as it's not authenticated. At a guess.

[karldenton]

Possibly, but I use the above settings on printers to email me and they work fine. The mail servers are external

[contink]

I'd obfuscate your email in that example if I were you... spiders and spammers will grab it in a flash.

[karldenton]

OK, got it working by installing smtp on the server - can't be doing with the isp one !

 

On the php code

 

<?php

$name = $_REQUEST['name'] ;

$room = $_REQUEST['room'] ;

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

 

mail( "i***@bos*****.org.uk", "Message from Intranet",

$message, "From: $name");

header( "Location: http://***:**" );

?>

 

At the momen I get the email. The subject is "Messge from intranet" and the From is the name someone puts in in the form. How do I get the room and message showing in the message part of the email?

 

Thanks

[karldenton]

Got much further. Got the message coming in now.

How do it structure the message into English in the body section

 

mail( "***", "Message from Intranet", "This is a message from" $name "in room" $room $message, "From: $name");

header( "Location: http://***:84" );

[powdarrmonkey]

Something like:

 

$body = <<<_MSG_
This is a message from {$name} in room {$room}.

Message:

{$message}
_MSG_;

mail( "***", "Message from Intranet", $body, "From: $name ");

[mossj]

Have a look at PHP Tutorial for help on php

 

in particular

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_mail.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_variables.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_forms.asp

[karldenton]

Thanks. Managed to sort it. did the concatinate thing