Sending Email from PHP script

Discussion in 'PHP' started by Alley Cat, Aug 9, 2009.

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    Recently I changed server for hosting my php site, but I have found out that I cannot automatically send emails from my contact form, either to myself or to the sender.

    I have done a phpinfo test of my current server and below is a section of the results, these I believe are relevant to me not being able to send emails.

    safe_mode On Off
    safe_mode_exec_dir no value no value
    safe_mode_gid Off Off
    safe_mode_include_dir no value no value
    sendmail_from no value no value
    sendmail_path /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
    serialize_precision 100 100
    short_open_tag On On
    SMTP localhost localhost
    smtp_port 25 25

    Below is the code I am using to try and get the emails generated automatically, but without any joy whatsoever.

    
<?php



$subt=$_POST['Send']; 

if ( isset($subt) ) : ?>



<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"

"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<head>

<link href="http:/www.my-site.com/style-sheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

<title>Contact Form</title>

</head>

<body>

<?php 

$Name=$_POST['name'];

$Email=$_POST['mail'];

$Comments=$_POST['comments'];

include("Mail.php"); 



$recipients = "me@my-site.com";



$headers["From"] = $Email;

$headers["To"] = "me@my-site.com";

$headers["Subject"] = "Website Feedback";



$body = $Comments;



$params["host"] = "smtp.my-site.com";

$params["port"] = "25";

$params["auth"] = true;

$params["username"] = "me@my-site.com";

$params["password"] = "password";



// Create the mail object using the Mail::factory method

$mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $params);



$didit = $mail_object->send($recipients, $headers, $body);

if (!$didit)

     {

	echo("Your message has not been received, please try contacting us later");

     // any code you want

     } else{

echo("Thank you $Name we have received your comments, we will get back to you at $Email about $Comments");

     // any code you want

     }

?>



</body>

</html>







<?php else: ?>

<html>

<head>

<link href="http://www.my-site.com/style-sheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>

<title>Please tell us your name</title>

</head>



<div class="centre">



<form method="POST" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">

<body>



<h1>Contact Us</h1>



Please enter your name: 

<p>Name: <input name="name" type="text"></p>

<p>Email: <input name="mail" type="text"></p>

<p>Comments: <input name="comments" type="textarea" id="textarea" rows="4" cols="50"></p>

<p><input type="submit" name="Send" value="Submit"> 

<input type="reset" name="Submit2" value="Reset"></p>

</form> 


</div>



</body>

</html>



<?php

endif;

?>
    Code (markup):
    If anyone can help me I would very much appreciate it.

    I would also like to know if there is a way that I can use the following code, either in conjunction or adapted to meet the requirements in this script. It is a script I found on Codewalkers.
    
<?php
//new function

?>

$to = "post@example.com";
$nameto = "Who To";
$from = "post@example.com";
$namefrom = "Who From";
$subject = "Hello World Again!";
$message = "World, Hello!"
authSendEmail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message);

<?php
/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * SEND EMAIL FUNCTIONS * * * * * * * * * * * * * */ 

//Authenticate Send - 21st March 2005
//This will send an email using auth smtp and output a log array
//logArray - connection, 

function authSendEmail($from, $namefrom, $to, $nameto, $subject, $message)
{
//SMTP + SERVER DETAILS
/* * * * CONFIGURATION START * * * */
$smtpServer = "mail.my-domain.com";
$port = "25";
$timeout = "30";
$username = "me@my-domain.com";
$password = "password";
$localhost = "localhost";
$newLine = "\r\n";
/* * * * CONFIGURATION END * * * * */

//Connect to the host on the specified port
$smtpConnect = fsockopen($smtpServer, $port, $errno, $errstr, $timeout);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
if(empty($smtpConnect)) 
{
$output = "Failed to connect: $smtpResponse";
return $output;
}
else
{
$logArray['connection'] = "Connected: $smtpResponse";
}

//Request Auth Login
fputs($smtpConnect,"AUTH LOGIN" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authrequest'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Send username
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($username) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authusername'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Send password
fputs($smtpConnect, base64_encode($password) . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['authpassword'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Say Hello to SMTP
fputs($smtpConnect, "HELO $localhost" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['heloresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Email From
fputs($smtpConnect, "MAIL FROM: $from" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['mailfromresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Email To
fputs($smtpConnect, "RCPT TO: $to" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['mailtoresponse'] = "$smtpResponse";

//The Email
fputs($smtpConnect, "DATA" . $newLine);
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['data1response'] = "$smtpResponse";

//Construct Headers
$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . $newLine;
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" . $newLine;
$headers .= "To: $nameto <$to>" . $newLine;
$headers .= "From: $namefrom <$from>" . $newLine;

fputs($smtpConnect, "To: $to\nFrom: $from\nSubject: $subject\n$headers\n\n$message\n.\n");
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['data2response'] = "$smtpResponse";

// Say Bye to SMTP
fputs($smtpConnect,"QUIT" . $newLine); 
$smtpResponse = fgets($smtpConnect, 515);
$logArray['quitresponse'] = "$smtpResponse"; 
}
?>
    Code (markup):
     
    Last edited: Aug 9, 2009
    Alley Cat, Aug 9, 2009 IP