Can't send email in using php

[jerome1g]

Not sure if I am do this right. I have programs on X10hosting that I would like to be able to send email from my php to my gmail account. When I run the email program I get nothing. I do get the echo message at the end of the program
Thanks

Here is the program:

<?php
$to = 'XXXXXXX@gmail.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello is there anybody out there?';
$headers = 'From: XXXXXX@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: XXXXXX@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo 'And away we go'
?>

 

[jerome1g]

Script looks like this now

<?php
$to = 'jperson19468@gmail.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello is there anybody out there?';
$headers = 'From: jperson19468@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: jperson19468@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if (!$success) {
$errorMessage = error_get_last()['message'];
}else{
echo 'And away we go';
}
?>

 

[Anna]

The from address must be one that is present in your account, in other words an email address that you created under your domain.
What you are attempting with your script would be called spoofing (pretending to be a sender you are not, gmail in this case), and this is not allowed and would be stoped by our spam filters on outgoing mail server.

 

[jerome1g]

You are correct. When I change the from address to an email address under my account it worked.
My script looks like this now

<?php
$to = 'XXXXXX@gmail.com';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello is there anybody out there?';
$headers = 'From: anyname@YYYYYYY.x10host.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: XXXXXXX@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

$success = mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if (!$success) {
$errorMessage = error_get_last()['message'];
}else{
echo 'And away we go';
}
?>

Thank You