Call to undefined function: mail()

[A. Name]

Hello All!

I'm a newbie to Linux and to PHP, so please be kind. I'm trying to
tie into SendMail with some code and get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/development/test.php on line 317

I installed SendMail after PHP. I was told that it could be my
problem and I would have reinstall PHP. Does this sound right to
anyone? Should I just be able to define the path to SendMail in a
php.ini?

Looking for guidance...hoping I won't have to reinstall PHP...the
process is still a little scary for me.

Thanks!

[Savut]

You have to define sendmail_path in php.ini

Savut

"A. Name" <or****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hello All!

I'm a newbie to Linux and to PHP, so please be kind. I'm trying to
tie into SendMail with some code and get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/development/test.php on line 317

I installed SendMail after PHP. I was told that it could be my
problem and I would have reinstall PHP. Does this sound right to
anyone? Should I just be able to define the path to SendMail in a
php.ini?

Looking for guidance...hoping I won't have to reinstall PHP...the
process is still a little scary for me.

Thanks!

[A. Name]

Savut,

I have defined it. Still no dice...that's why I'm posting.

"Savut" <we***@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<bn********************@news20.bellglobal.com >...

You have to define sendmail_path in php.ini

Savut

"A. Name" <or****@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d1*************************@posting.google.co m...

Hello All!

I'm a newbie to Linux and to PHP, so please be kind. I'm trying to
tie into SendMail with some code and get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/development/test.php on line 317

I installed SendMail after PHP. I was told that it could be my
problem and I would have reinstall PHP. Does this sound right to
anyone? Should I just be able to define the path to SendMail in a
php.ini?

Looking for guidance...hoping I won't have to reinstall PHP...the
process is still a little scary for me.

Thanks!

[Jochen Daum]

On 21 Jan 2004 04:05:30 -0800, or****@hotmail.com (A. Name) wrote:

Maybe check disabled functions in php.ini and consult the config-line,
if compiled in phpinfo()

HTH, Jochen

Hello All!

I'm a newbie to Linux and to PHP, so please be kind. I'm trying to
tie into SendMail with some code and get the following error:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: mail() in
/usr/local/apache/htdocs/development/test.php on line 317

I installed SendMail after PHP. I was told that it could be my
problem and I would have reinstall PHP. Does this sound right to
anyone? Should I just be able to define the path to SendMail in a
php.ini?

Looking for guidance...hoping I won't have to reinstall PHP...the
process is still a little scary for me.

Thanks!

--
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PHP DB Edit Toolkit -- PHP scripts for building
database editing interfaces.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpdbedittk/

[Manuel Lemos]

Hello,

On 01/22/2004 12:13 AM, A. Name wrote:

I have defined it. Still no dice...that's why I'm posting.

Usually this happens with RedHat installations of PHP compiled manually
by a non-root user. What happens is that PHP configure does not find
sendmail program in the PATH and disables the mail function. The
solution is to rebuild PHP adding first to the PATH the directory where
the sendmail executable can be found, usually /usr/lib/sendmail but that
often that is a link to /usr/sbin/sendmail .

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

MetaL - XML based meta-programming language
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[A. Name]

Manuel,

Is it absolutely necessary to compile PHP to get SendMail configured
to work with it? I did install SendMail after PHP, so the situation
you describing is probably correct. What if I don't remember the cmd
line code I used to compile PHP...the ./configure php-install --with
aspx...obvious that's not it, but you should get the idea of what I
mean. Will I have a problem?
Manuel Lemos <ml****@acm.org> wrote in message news:<bu************@ID-138275.news.uni-berlin.de>...

Hello,

On 01/22/2004 12:13 AM, A. Name wrote:

I have defined it. Still no dice...that's why I'm posting.

Usually this happens with RedHat installations of PHP compiled manually
by a non-root user. What happens is that PHP configure does not find
sendmail program in the PATH and disables the mail function. The
solution is to rebuild PHP adding first to the PATH the directory where
the sendmail executable can be found, usually /usr/lib/sendmail but that
often that is a link to /usr/sbin/sendmail .

--

Regards,
Manuel Lemos

Free ready to use OOP components written in PHP
http://www.phpclasses.org/

MetaL - XML based meta-programming language
http://www.meta-language.net/