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Old September 16th, 2002, 06:45 PM
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Quicky - mail() function
I've written the following code to test the mail function on my system...
PHP Code:
<?php
    function send_mail() {
        mail ('c.miles@cqu.edu.au', 'Sup', 'Like I said, Sup');
    }
    if (@$HTTP_POST_VARS['action'] == 'submitted') {
        send_mail();
    }
?>
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<form action="<?php echo $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form_Search" target="_self">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="submitted">
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</form>


... and I get the following error ...

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Warning: Server Error in d:\inetpub\wwwroot\phptest\test3.php on line 10


Does my server need to be configured to use this function? The PHP documentation gave me the impression that this function should work out of the box.
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Old September 16th, 2002, 07:14 PM
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This is a stupid question, but is your computer which the script is running off of running a mail server? Because if not, I believe you need to change your configuration so that the SMTP (Windows) or sendmail_path (UNIX) variable points to the correct address of the mailserver.

Of course, if you've done that already forget everything I just said.
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Old September 16th, 2002, 07:15 PM
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This may be it.

PHP Code:
<form action="<? $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form_Search"> 


also maybe

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 $to = "c.miles@cqu.edu.au";
$from = "yourmail@yourdomain.com";
$from_name = "Your Name";
$subject = "Sup";
$message = "Like I said, Sup"; 
mail($to,$subject,$message,"From: \"$from_name\" <$from>"); 
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Old September 16th, 2002, 07:32 PM
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Looks like I was asking the stupid question. My machine isn't running a mail server. Can you give me any pointers for where to configure SMPT to point to my mail server? I'm running XP. I've looked in the SMPT properties but I don't see a place to specifically define an address for a mail server.

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In your PHP.ini file

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[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.yourserver.com ; for Win32 only

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = mail@yourserver.com; for Win32 only

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
;sendmail_path =
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Thanks Maytricks. That's fixed my problem.

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Old September 16th, 2002, 08:33 PM
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You can also get rid of the action= thingy if your going to be submitting it to the same script.

i.e.

<form method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form_Search">
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