Mail (not) function(ing)!

@freddygustoJul 22.2008

Hi guys,
I am still a rookie in PHP. I am hoping that a gentle PHP mate could help me out on something…
I setup a website with a php contact page, a form to mail style contact.
It should be simple (I know!), but it is not working…!?

Thanks in advance guys….

The code of the “FormToEmail.php” file follows:

<?php

$my_email = “[email protected]“;

$continue = “/”;

$errors = array();

// Remove $_COOKIE elements from $_REQUEST.

if(count($_COOKIE)){foreach(array_keys($_COOKIE) as $value){unset($_REQUEST[$value]);}}

// Validate email field.

if(isset($_REQUEST[’email’]) && !empty($_REQUEST[’email’]))
{

$_REQUEST[’email’] = trim($_REQUEST[’email’]);

if(substr_count($_REQUEST[’email’],”@”) != 1 || stristr($_REQUEST[’email’],” “)){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{$exploded_email = explode(“@”,$_REQUEST[’email’]);if(empty($exploded_email[0]) || strlen($exploded_email[0]) > 64 || empty($exploded_email[1])){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{if(substr_count($exploded_email[1],”.”) == 0){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{$exploded_domain = explode(“.”,$exploded_email[1]);if(in_array(“”,$exploded_domain)){$errors[] = “Email address is invalid”;}else{foreach($exploded_domain as $value){if(strlen($value) > 63 || !preg_match(‘/^{^[a-z0-9-]+$/i’,$value)){$errors[]} = “Email address is invalid”; break;}}}}}}

}

// Check referrer is from same site.

if(!(isset($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]) && !empty($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’]) && stristr($_SERVER[‘HTTP_REFERER’],$_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]))){$errors[] = “You must enable referrer logging to use the form”;}

// Check for a blank form.

function recursive_array_check_blank($element_value)
{

global $set;

if(!is_array($element_value)){if(!empty($element_value)){$set = 1;}}
else
{

foreach($element_value as $value){if($set){break;} recursive_array_check_blank($value);}

}

recursive_array_check_blank($_REQUEST);

if(!$set){$errors[] = “You cannot send a blank form”;}

unset($set);

// Display any errors and exit if errors exist.

if(count($errors)){foreach($errors as $value){print “$value<br>”;} exit;}

if(!defined(“PHP_EOL”)){define(“PHP_EOL”, strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == “WIN”) ? “rn” : “n”);}

// Build message.

$message = build_message($_REQUEST);

$message = $message . PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL.”– “.PHP_EOL.”Thank you for using FormToEmail from http://FormToEmail.com“;

$message = stripslashes($message);

$subject = “FormToEmail Comments”;

$subject = stripslashes($subject);

$from_name = “”;

if(isset($_REQUEST[‘name’]) && !empty($_REQUEST[‘name’])){$from_name = stripslashes($_REQUEST[‘name’]);}

$headers = “From: {$from_name} <{$_REQUEST[’email’]}>”;

mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN”>

<html>

<head>
<title>Form To Email PHP script from FormToEmail.com</title>
<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=iso-8859-1″>
</head>

<div>
<center>
<b>Thank you <?php if(isset($_REQUEST[‘name’])){print stripslashes($_REQUEST[‘name’]);} ?></b>
<br>Your message has been sent
<p><a href=”<?php print $continue; ?>”>Click here to continue</a></p>
</center>
</div>

</body>
</html>

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@DragonkaiJul 22.2008 — #You should try posting in php code tags before posting code.

I didn't have a look at your code, but I came across something before.. apparently using mail functions can make your email get sent to junk...

I suggest using something like an MX exchange.. I don't quite know what I'm talking about, because I forgot how I did something once.

Anyhow, here's a tutorial:

It can help you, as it uses "advanced" email techniques.

http://www.sitepoint.com/article/advanced-email-php

@Phill_PaffordJul 22.2008 — #Here is your code in PHP tags

[code=php]
 <?php
 
 $my_email = "[email protected]";
 $continue = "/";
 $errors = array();
 
 // Remove $_COOKIE elements from $_REQUEST.
 if(count($_COOKIE)){
 foreach(array_keys($_COOKIE) as $value){
 unset($_REQUEST[$value]);
 }
 }
 
 // Validate email field.
 if(isset($_REQUEST['email']) && !empty($_REQUEST['email'])) {
 $_REQUEST['email'] = trim($_REQUEST['email']);
 
  if(substr_count($_REQUEST['email'],"@") != 1 || stristr($_REQUEST['email']," ")) {
   $errors[] = "Email address is invalid";
  } else {
   $exploded_email = explode("@",$_REQUEST['email']);
 
   if(empty($exploded_email[0]) || strlen($exploded_email[0]) > 64 || empty($exploded_email[1])) {
   $errors[] = "Email address is invalid";
   } else {
   if(substr_count($exploded_email[1],".") == 0) {
   $errors[] = "Email address is invalid";
   } else {
   $exploded_domain = explode(".",$exploded_email[1]);
 
   if(in_array("",$exploded_domain)) {
   $errors[] = "Email address is invalid";
   } else {
   foreach($exploded_domain as $value) {
   if(strlen($value) > 63 || !preg_match('/^[a-z0-9-]+$/i',$value)) {
   $errors[] = "Email address is invalid"; break;
   }
   }
   }
   }
   }
  }
 }
 
 // Check referrer is from same site.
 if(!(isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && !empty($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']) && stristr($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'],$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']))) {
 $errors[] = "You must enable referrer logging to use the form";
 }
 
 // Check for a blank form.
 function recursive_array_check_blank($element_value) {
 global $set;
 
  if(!is_array($element_value)) {
   if(!empty($element_value)) {
   $set = 1;
   }
  } else {
   foreach($element_value as $value) {
   if($set) {
   break;
   } 
 
   recursive_array_check_blank($value);
   }
  }
 }
 
 recursive_array_check_blank($_REQUEST);
 
 if(!$set) {
 $errors[] = "You cannot send a blank form";
 }
 
 unset($set);
 
 // Display any errors and exit if errors exist.
 if(count($errors)) {
 foreach($errors as $value) {
 print "$value<br>";
 } 
 
  exit;
 }
 
 if(!defined("PHP_EOL")) {
 define("PHP_EOL", strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS,0,3) == "WIN") ? "rn" : "n");
 }
 
 // Build message.
 function build_message($request_input) {
 if(!isset($message_output)) {
 $message_output ="";
 }
 
  if(!is_array($request_input)) {
   $message_output = $request_input;
  } else {
   foreach($request_input as $key => $value) {
   if(!empty($value)) {
   if(!is_numeric($key)) {
   $message_output .= str_replace("_"," ",ucfirst($key)).": ".build_message($value).PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL;
   } else {
   $message_output .= build_message($value).", ";
   }
   }
   }
  }
  return rtrim($message_output,", ");
 }
 
 $message = build_message($_REQUEST);
 $message = $message . PHP_EOL.PHP_EOL."-- ".PHP_EOL."Thank you for using FormToEmail from http://FormToEmail.com";
 $message = stripslashes($message);
 
 $subject = "FormToEmail Comments";
 $subject = stripslashes($subject);
 
 $from_name = "";
 
 if(isset($_REQUEST['name']) && !empty($_REQUEST['name'])) {
 $from_name = stripslashes($_REQUEST['name']);
 }
 
 $headers = "From: {$from_name} <{$_REQUEST['email']}>";
 
 mail($my_email,$subject,$message,$headers);
 
 ?>
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 <html>
 <head>
 <title>Form To Email PHP script from FormToEmail.com</title>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
 </head>
 <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">
 <div>
 <center>
 <b>Thank you 
 <?php if(isset($_REQUEST['name'])){print stripslashes($_REQUEST['name']);} ?>
 </b>
 <br>
 Your message has been sent
 <p>
 <a href="<?php print $continue; ?>">Click here to continue</a>
 </p>
 </center>
 </div>
 </body>
 </html>
 
 [/code]

could you post the error your getting?

@freddygustoauthorJul 22.2008 — #Sorry for misposting the code like that....Thanks Phill !

Well, with regards to the error, that's the interesting part. When I click send button.... I get exactly what I'd expect:

"Thank you test name

Your message has been sent

Click here to continue"

But... I do not get the email in my inbox and neither in the junk folder. So, there is definitly something not working in this chain of events... just cannot spot it!!

@Phill_PaffordJul 22.2008 — #do you have access to the mail log?

or command line?

try running this if you dont have command line access

#1 make a test sample text file with a message inside.

text.txt

message = Hello World

#2 make a php script to test the mail function

[code=php]
 <?php
 
 $cmd = cat /path/to/text.txt | mail [email protected];
 echo $cmd;
 
 ?>
 [/code]

wait for your email, should be very fast

@QuidamJul 22.2008 — #Could be a problem with your smtp server.

@SyCoJul 22.2008 — #Possibly the host too. GoDaddy has it's own way of sending mail from scripts. Check your host allows it.

@PenelopaApr 07.2010 — #Try to get neccessary information here form creator or here php arrays.

@SyCoApr 07.2010 — #This is a very old thread.

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