php Mail() not returning true

**christofer.peterson27** · 09-29-2011 08:59 AM

I am designing a registration system for users to my site. I want to send an HTML email to them when they register. I copied a majority of this code from another site that I did where the html mail works. This one, however, is returning false. I was hoping to get a fresh set of eyes since I'm not seeing the problem

Thanks for your help:

Code:

if(!$errors)
		{
			$Password = Encrypt($_POST[Password]."Caro-Kann");
			$_POST[Password] = NULL;
			$_POST[Password2] = NULL;
			$First = mysql_escape_string($_POST[First]);
			$Last = mysql_escape_string($_POST[Last]);
			$Email = mysql_escape_string($_POST[Email]);
			$AltEmail = mysql_escape_string($_POST[AltEmail]);
			date_default_timezone_set("America/Denver");
			$LastLogin = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",time());
			$Confirmation = rand(1000,9999);			
			$message = "
<html>
<head>
<link rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"http://ucdchessclub.com/css/common.css\">
</head>
<body style=\"background: black; color: white;\">
	<div>
		<a href=\"http://ucdchessclub.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"><img src=\"http://ucdchessclub.com/images/culogo.png\" /></a>
		<h1>UCD Chess Club</h1>
		<p style=\"clear: both;\">Dear $First $Last,</p>
		<p>Thank you for registering an account with the UCD Chess Club!</p>
		<p>In order to verify your account, you will need to log in at <a href=\"http://ucdchessclub.com/signin.php\" target=\"_blank\">http://ucdchessclub.com/signin.php</a>
		   and entering the confirmation code.</p>
		<p>Your confirmation code is:</p>
		<h3>$Confirmation</h3>
		<p>If you have any questions about this email, please reply. If you have difficulty confirming your email address, or you did not sign up to the UCD Chess Club, please
		   contact <a href=\"mailto:admin@ucdchessclub.com\">admin@ucdchessclub.com</a>.
		</p>
		<p>Sincerely,</p>
		<p>Christofer Peterson, UCD Chess Club President</p>
	</div>
</body>
</html>
			";
			$headers = "From: admin@ucdchessclub.com\r\n";
			$headers .= "MIME_Version: 1.0\r\n";
			$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
			$subject = "UCD Chess Club Registration";
			$to = "".$_POST[Email]."";
			if(@mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))
			{
				$sql = "INSERT INTO member (First,Last,Email,AltEmail,Password,LastLogin,Registered,Confirmation)
									VALUES ('$First','$Last','$Email','$AltEmail','$Password','$LastLogin','$LastLogin','$Confirmation')";
				mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
				$_SESSION['register'] = NULL;
				$_SESSION[error] = NULL;
				$_SESSION[id]=$row[id];
				$_SESSION[m] = 3;		/* sets confirmation message to say registration successful */
				header('location: ../'.$page.'');
			}
			else
			{
				$_SESSION[e] = 3;		/* sets error message to say mailing system failed. */
				foreach($_POST as $key => $value) $_SESSION['register'][$key] = $value;
				header('location: ../register.php');
			}
		}
		else
		{
			$_SESSION[e] = 2;		/* sets error message to display form errors */
			$_SESSION[error] = $errors;
			foreach($_POST as $key => $value) $_SESSION['register'][$key] = $value;
			header('location: ../register.php');
		}

Sorry if tabs make it hard to read...

**misson** · 09-29-2011 02:17 PM

Note you can use [php] tags on the X10 forums and get colorized PHP code.

There's nothing immediately obvious in the code as to why it fails. You could be running afoul of the X10 mail server's anti-relaying rules, but that's at best a guess.

PHP's mail is woefully inadequate when it comes to sending e-mail or debugging why it doesn't. You may need to try another mailer, such as the PEAR Mail package or PHPMailer, both of which support debugging output as well as various e-mail protocols.