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user2864414
user2864414

Reputation: 35

Sending email via PHP error

im a php beginner, and I am building a website, and website is supposed to let people send me email. the thing is i never knew anything about sending emails through php. I looked it up online and tried using the codes i found. The thing is my program says it sent the email but i never happen to get the email. I thought maybe it is because I am using apache server to test my php, and maybe it is gona work when I upload it to a real server??(yes this was a question)

Just in case, this is my code, and it is the all php code in my website, also form works fine, there is nothing wrong with it.

<?php
if (isset($_POST['name'])) {
$email = $_POST['email'];
$subject = $_POST['subject'];
$message = "From: " . $_POST['name'] . ", " . $_POST['email'] . "\n Message: " .    $_POST['message'];
try {
    mail("serdarufuk95@gmail.com", $subject, $message, " ");
    unset($_POST['name']);
    header("Location: success.php");

}
catch (PDOException $e)
{

    include 'index.html';
    exit();
}
exit();

} 
include 'contact2.php';

?>

is there a problem with the code? or do i have to call something from a library or anything or am i missing a code! HELP ME MAKE THIS WORK! when i execute it, it takes me to success.php, so i assumed nothing is wrong with my code, but you guys know better!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1126

Answers (1)

zkanoca
zkanoca

Reputation: 9928

It might not work after uploading to a real server if the server's mail configuration has not been set yet. So I suggest you to use a better and simpler version in order to send mails through PHP: PHPMailer

require_once("class.phpmailer.php");
$mail = new PHPMailer();

$mail->AddAddress("mail@domain.com","Display name");
$mail->Subject= "Mail subject";
$mail->Body= "Mail content";

$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->Host = "mail.domain.com";
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->Username = "formmail@domain.com";
$mail->Password = "123456";
$mail->IsHTML(true); //true if you want to send html content. false for plain text message
$mail->From = $_POST['Email'];
$mail->FromName = $_POST['Name'];
$mail->Send();

You may download the class clicking here

Upvotes: 1

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