Send email from the server by PHP

Hi.

To use the mail() function you would have to edit the [mail function] portion of you php config.

However, there are better alternatives to the mail function, like for example PHPMailer and Swift Mailer.

Thank you for the links.
They are really helpful.

:)

Regards,
Harpreet

Now what can be the problem with this.. If you have ever used swift mailer.

It shows "Message not sent" every time.

Are you using PHP4?
Swift uses Exceptions, which PHP4 does not support. If you were using PHP5, an exception should have been thrown, showing you what the problem is.

Try something like this. It should show you what is causing the error.

Fatal error: Class 'Swift_Errors' not found

I'm using PHP 5.
There is no class as Swift_Errors. There's a Swift_Exception class, but it contains no method.

No, Swift_Errors is specific to PHP4 only.
The PHP5 version throws exceptions so there is no need for it.

Try something like this.

Btw, if you are using PHP5, there is no need to pass new object by reference. PHP does it automatically.

Now it always says "Not sent"
[PHP]<?php

require_once "swift/Swift.php";
require_once "swift/Swift/Connection/SMTP.php";

try
{
$swift =& new Swift(new Swift_Connection_SMTP("mail.my-domain.in"));

$message =& new Swift_Message("Test Mail Subject", "Test Mail Message", "text/html");

$is_Sent = $swift->send($message, "destination@yahoo.com", "no-reply@my-domain.in");

if ($is_Sent) echo "Sent";

else echo "Not sent";

}

catch (Swift_ConnectionException $e)
{
echo "There was a problem communicating with SMTP: " . $e->getMessage();
}

catch (Swift_Message_MimeException $e)
{
echo "There was an unexpected problem building the email:" . $e->getMessage();
}

$swift->disconnect();

?>[/PHP]

Ok, I changed my mind and used PHP Mailer.
I sent a mail 4 hour ago to my yahoo address, and I just got it now.

Ok, I changed my mind and used PHP Mailer.
I sent a mail 4 hour ago to my yahoo address, and I just got it now.

That would probably be due to Yahoo's hyperactive spam filters.
I would guess that your mail was flagged and queued for some advanced filtering, which will probably take a while for a huge service like Yahoo.

But if the mail got there eventually, your mail script is working as it should.

Now it always says "Not sent"

That's very weird...

I was under the impression that Swift would throw exceptions if something, like sending, failed in PHP5.

According to that, you should never get the "Not sent" message, but rather the exception.

You didn't get any errors or warnings or anything like that?

That's very weird...

I was under the impression that Swift would throw exceptions if something, like sending, failed in PHP5.

According to that, you should never get the "Not sent" message, but rather the exception.

You didn't get any errors or warnings or anything like that?

No error message, just 'not sent' thing.

But now I'm not working on that anymore. PHPMailer worked in the first try. So I'll stick to it.

And I understand that that 4 hours issue is not my script's problem but the intermediate servers' delay. Moreover my hosting server sux, I'll find another one at the end of this annual contract.

Thank you Atli :)

Harpreet