is php mail() function working?

[web.houstontoh88]

is php mail() function working?
i have a registration script that send applicants an email when registering. Was testing by sending to my personal email but the mail doesnt get sent. my script is absolutely as it returns true when mail() is invoked.

[mrnutt]

Yes as far as i can tell. i use the mail() function on my basic contact form at My Website .Hope this helps.

[web.houstontoh88]

Yes as far as i can tell. i use the mail() function on my basic contact form at My Website .Hope this helps.

do ur site send email to me when i input my email?

[mrnutt]

no it is sent to send to me.

Here is a basic working contact form in php using mail()

<?php
function spamcheck($field)
  {
  //filter_var() sanitizes the e-mail
  //address using FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL
  $field=filter_var($field, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);

  //filter_var() validates the e-mail
  //address using FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL
  if(filter_var($field, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
    {
    return TRUE;
    }
  else
    {
    return FALSE;
    }
  }

if (isset($_REQUEST['email']))
  {//if "email" is filled out, proceed

  //check if the email address is invalid
  $mailcheck = spamcheck($_REQUEST['email']);
  if ($mailcheck==FALSE)
    {
    echo "Try Again";
    }
  else
    {//send email
    $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
    $subject = $_REQUEST['subject'] ;
    $message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;
    mail("YOUREMAIL", "Subject: $subject",
    $message, "From: $email" );
    echo "Thank you, your email has been sent.";
    }
  }
else
  {//if "email" is not filled out, display the form
  echo "<div style='padding:5px;'><form method='post' action='contact.php'>
  Email: <input name='email' type='text' /><br />
  Subject: <input name='subject' type='text' /><br />
  Message:<br />
  <textarea name='message' rows='15' cols='40'>
  </textarea><br />
  <input type='submit' value='Send' />
  </form></div>";
  }
?>

save as contact.php

[web.houstontoh88]

so did u recieved an email where its from toh.houston@gmail.com?

[mrnutt]

yes 2

[web.houstontoh88]

yes 2

thanks i will try again!

[vv.bbcc19]

is php mail() function working?
i have a registration script that send applicants an email when registering. Was testing by sending to my personal email but the mail doesnt get sent. my script is absolutely as it returns true when mail() is invoked.

The best tutorial (I think) is put here.
This worked for me.I put that on my sites too.
http://www.w3schools.com/PHP/php_mail.asp

Regs,
VVBB

[ritimao50]

do i have to set up anything to use the email provided by x10hosting in this function ?

[bidzey75]

no it is sent to send to me.
mail("YOUREMAIL", "Subject: $subject", $message, "From: $email" );
[/CODE]save as contact.php

is this literally the code, because "YOUREMAIL" is not defined anywhere. Perhaps your just hiding the email for posting purposes?

Also if you use $_REQUEST you have no guarantee that the data came from the post data, which leads to security holes in your script. Use $_POST to grantee that's not the problem.