PHP email help

Discussion in 'PHP' started by maherov, Jun 18, 2008.

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  1. #1
    I have a site hosted with godaddy.com

    I made a form and i want it to send a confirmation email to whoever filled it out, i tried the mail() function for php in a if-else statement 

     if (mail( $email, "Subject: $subject",
  $message, "From: $email", "Order : $quantity"))
  {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
  }
  else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
  }
    Code (markup):
    i kept getting Message delivery failed.

    Godaddy's gdform.php works, but it only sends the email to me and i cant figure out how to edit it to send the email to the person who filled out the form.

    i came to a conclusion that SMTP is not working on the page, i tried another piece of code 
    <?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender <sender@example.com>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <recipient@example.com>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 }
?>
    Code (markup):
    but that didnt work either

    any help would be appreciated

    thanks
     
    maherov, Jun 18, 2008 IP
  2. melol2

    melol2 Active Member

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    #2 
    
 if (mail( $email, "Subject: ".$subject,
  $message, "From: ".$email, "Order : ".$quantity))
  {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
  } else {
  echo("<p>Message delivery failed...</p>");
  }
    PHP:
    Not sure if this is your problem but you were reading the variables as text. use "." to fuse text and variables such as "Order: ".$quantity
     
    melol2, Jun 18, 2008 IP
  3. php-lover

    php-lover Active Member

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    #3 
    $quantity  = 10;

echo "Quantity : $quantity";     //<----- output Quantity : 10;
echo 'Quantity : $quantity';    //<------ output Quantity : $quantity;
    PHP:
     
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  4. melol2

    melol2 Active Member

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    hmm. You're right. My mistake. I learned something today. Thanks :)
     
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  5. maherov

    maherov Peon

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    anyone else?
     
    maherov, Jun 19, 2008 IP
  6. livingearth

    livingearth Well-Known Member

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    #6
    I do not understand you use of the if statement..
    I would use the mail command directly..
    Or better yet pass the variables to an external file which would send data and display results...
     
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  7. livingearth

    livingearth Well-Known Member

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    #7 
    
<?php
$hostname = gethostbyaddr($REMOTE_ADDR);
?>
<?php
mail( "info@youdomain.com", "Mail From Your Website ","From IP $REMOTE_ADDR
Provider - $hostname 
Browser - $HTTP_USER_AGENT

Name - $name
Email - $user_email
Address - $address
$city - $state -$country

Message...

$message", "From: mailForm\@yourdomain.com" );
?>
<?php
mail( "yourname@yourdomain.com", "Mail From Your Website ","From IP $REMOTE_ADDR
Provider - $hostname 
Browser - $HTTP_USER_AGENT

Name - $name
Email - $user_email
Address - $address
$city - $state -$country

Message...

$message", "From: mailForm\@yourdomain.com" );
?>
<?php
echo("<body background=skybluerevgrad.gif><br><p><center><font color=black size=+2 face=arial><b>Thank You!<br> The following message has been sent to Your Company <br> You will recieve a reply as soon as it has been processed...<p>

<table width=80%><tr><td>
<font color=#0000aa size=+1 face=arial>Name -</font></b> $name<br>
<font color=#0000aa size=+1 face=arial><b>Email -</font></b> $user_email<br>
<font color=#0000aa size=+1 face=arial><b>Address -</font></b> $address $city $state $zip $country<p>

<font color=#0000aa size=+1 face=arial><b>Message...</font><p>

</b>$message</td></tr></table>");
?>
    Code (markup):
     
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  8. php-lover

    php-lover Active Member

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    #8
    Check to make sure that PEAR Mail package is installed in your server.
    Make sure you pass correctly the email of the person who filled out your form.
     
    php-lover, Jun 19, 2008 IP
  9. maherov

    maherov Peon

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    #9
    from what i read, PEAR is part of PHP core and does not require installation. and as for the email addresses, i assigned the email to the variable directly and tried it and it wont work.
     
    maherov, Jun 19, 2008 IP