Email Problem using PHP

[phpmind]

I am attempting to send and email via my feedback form and nothing seems to go thru. I have tried sending to a yahoo account and a gmail account. I have changed a few things in my script several times and did receive a couple emails about 1 day later that just went into bulk. As of now I receive nothing. Can someone please take a look at my script and tell me what I am doing wrong. Also how do I prevent mails from going to bulk/spam? Could this be an issue with my web hosting company ?

Form.php
[php]
<form method="post" action="sendfeedback.php">
<div align="center">
<p align="center"><font face='Verdana' >Contact Us</font> </p>
<p>Feedback<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="50"></textarea></p>
<p>Your Email:
<input name="email" type="text" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" /></p>
</div>
</form>


SendFeedback.php

<?php

//get the senders email

$from = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

//define the receiver of the email

$to = '[e-mail]';

// subject of the email

$subject = 'Feedback Form Results';

//define the message to be sent.

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

//define the headers

$headers = "From: '$from'\r\nReply-To: '$from' ";

//send the email

$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );

echo $mail_sent ? "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail sent, Thank You for your Feedback</font>" : "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail failed</font>";

?>[/php]

[nomad]

I am attempting to send and email via my feedback form and nothing seems to go thru. I have tried sending to a yahoo account and a gmail account. I have changed a few things in my script several times and did receive a couple emails about 1 day later that just went into bulk. As of now I receive nothing. Can someone please take a look at my script and tell me what I am doing wrong. Also how do I prevent mails from going to bulk/spam? Could this be an issue with my web hosting company ?

Form.php

<form method="post" action="sendfeedback.php">
<div align="center">
<p align="center"><font face='Verdana' >Contact Us</font> </p>
<p>Feedback<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="50"></textarea></p>
<p>Your Email:
<input name="email" type="text" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" /></p>
</div>
</form>


SendFeedback.php

<?php

//get the senders email

$from = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

//define the receiver of the email

$to = '[e-mail]';

// subject of the email

$subject = 'Feedback Form Results';

//define the message to be sent.

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

//define the headers

$headers = "From: '$from'\r\nReply-To: '$from' ";

//send the email

$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );

echo $mail_sent ? "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail sent, Thank You for your Feedback</font>" : "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail failed</font>";

?>

This is not right.
$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'Feedback Form Results';

try this instead
$EmailTo = "[e-mail]";
$subject = "Feedback Form Results";

then
// send email
$success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");


nomad
ps I think
echo $mail_sent ? statement is wrong to....

[ronverdonk]

Next time enclose any code within the proper code tags. See the Posting Guidelines on how to do that.

moderator

[phpmind]

Tried what you gave me. Still no email. Any other suggestions are appreciated.

[nomad]

I am attempting to send and email via my feedback form and nothing seems to go thru. I have tried sending to a yahoo account and a gmail account. I have changed a few things in my script several times and did receive a couple emails about 1 day later that just went into bulk. As of now I receive nothing. Can someone please take a look at my script and tell me what I am doing wrong. Also how do I prevent mails from going to bulk/spam? Could this be an issue with my web hosting company ?

Form.php
[php]
<form method="post" action="sendfeedback.php">
<div align="center">
<p align="center"><font face='Verdana' >Contact Us</font> </p>
<p>Feedback<br>
<textarea name="message" rows="5" cols="50"></textarea></p>
<p>Your Email:
<input name="email" type="text" /></p>
<p><input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" /></p>
</div>
</form>


SendFeedback.php

<?php

//get the senders email

$from = $_REQUEST['email'] ;

//define the receiver of the email

$to = '[e-mail]';

// subject of the email

$subject = 'Feedback Form Results';

//define the message to be sent.

$message = $_REQUEST['message'] ;

//define the headers

$headers = "From: '$from'\r\nReply-To: '$from' ";

//send the email

$mail_sent = @mail( $to, $subject, $message, $headers );

echo $mail_sent ? "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail sent, Thank You for your Feedback</font>" : "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail failed</font>";

?>[/php]

Not sure if php is case-senative

<form method="post" action="sendfeedback.php">

change to

 <form method="POST" action="SendFeedback.php">

this might be wrong

<input type="submit" value="Send Feedback" />

try this

<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">

you might want to add this section after you posted data into local variables.

// validation
$validationOK=true;
if (!$validationOK) {
  print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
  exit;
}

Which brings up at matter you have no $_POST sections.



still not to sure about this part
echo $mail_sent ? "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail sent, Thank You for your Feedback</font>" : "<br><font face='Verdana' size='3' color='green'>Mail failed</font>";


nomad

[phpmind]

I contacted my web hosting company and their is a piece of code they gave me that has to be inserted before the mail( ) function. Wish I knew this before. Thanks for your help ! It is working now.

[nomad]

I contacted my web hosting company and their is a piece of code they gave me that has to be inserted before the mail( ) function. Wish I knew this before. Thanks for your help ! It is working now.

Good job...
if you wish to share that info it might help others that might have the same problem

nomad

[yasmine]

I contacted my web hosting company and their is a piece of code they gave me that has to be inserted before the mail( ) function. Wish I knew this before. Thanks for your help ! It is working now.

Hi phpmind,

Could u please send me the piece of code given by the web hosting company?
I'm also having the same problem.......
Plz... help me out....

Thanx n Regards
Yas

[phpmind]

I was told to insert this code right before the mail () function is executed.

Where '[e-mail]' should be a valid email address associated with the domain name for example ([e-mail])

//initialize mail function for web host
<? ini_set('sendmail_from', '[e-mail]' ); ?>

Hope this helps!

[yasmine]

I was told to insert this code right before the mail () function is executed.

Where '[e-mail]' should be a valid email address associated with the domain name for example ([e-mail])

//initialize mail function for web host
<? ini_set('sendmail_from', '[e-mail]' ); ?>

Hope this helps!

Hi,
Thanx 4 ur reply.

But i'm not sure where to put this code.
Where it should be present whether 'sendfeedback.php' or 'feedback.html'?
What is meant by 'sendmail_from'?

I put it in sendfeedback.php, but the same thing is happened again.(I got the message "Mail Failed" as output.)

Could you please explain...??

Thanx n Regards
Yas

[Markus]

Hi,
Thanx 4 ur reply.

But i'm not sure where to put this code.
Where it should be present whether 'sendfeedback.php' or 'feedback.html'?
What is meant by 'sendmail_from'?

I put it in sendfeedback.php, but the same thing is happened again.(I got the message "Mail Failed" as output.)

Could you please explain...??

Thanx n Regards
Yas

This is because it's relative to only the OP's (original poster) server.

You might not be running the same PHP.

[phpmind]

This code would go directly before your mail() function. As the last post states it may be different for your web server/php environment. If you continue to have problem I would suggest contacting your service provider if all else fails.