PHP mail function problems

[gggram2000]

Hi Im new to this mail function. I have an html page with textboxes, comboboxes and textarea...i'ved named them all and created this php sendmail.php file to send all the data. The only thing is when i click on submit I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 12

My php code is this:

<?php
 
  $Companies = $_REQUEST['Companies'] ;
  $FirstName = $_REQUEST['FirstName'] ;
  $LastName = $_REQUEST['LastName'] ;
  $District = $_REQUEST['District'] ;
  $email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
  $phone = $_REQUEST['phone'] ;
  $Issues = $_REQUEST['Issues'] ;
  $message = $_REQUEST['message']
 
  mail( "[e-mail]", "Feedback Form Results",
    "$Companies\n $message\n",
     "From: $FirstName <$email>" );
  header( "Location: http://localhost/itsuccess.html" );
?> 

Im not sure if that is how u set up the data...i'ved searched some tutorials and it just shows the $email and $message variables. All the names are correct, my php.ini settings are as follows:

SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

with the other settings not active.

I'll appreciate any input on this matter...

[nomad]

Hi Im new to this mail function. I have an html page with textboxes, comboboxes and textarea...i'ved named them all and created this php sendmail.php file to send all the data. The only thing is when i click on submit I get this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 12

My php code is this:

<?php
 
$Companies = $_REQUEST['Companies'] ;
$FirstName = $_REQUEST['FirstName'] ;
$LastName = $_REQUEST['LastName'] ;
$District = $_REQUEST['District'] ;
$email = $_REQUEST['email'] ;
$phone = $_REQUEST['phone'] ;
$Issues = $_REQUEST['Issues'] ;
$message = $_REQUEST['message']
 
mail( "[e-mail]", "Feedback Form Results",
"$Companies\n $message\n",
     "From: $FirstName <$email>" );
header( "Location: http://localhost/itsuccess.html" );
?> 

Im not sure if that is how u set up the data...i'ved searched some tutorials and it just shows the $email and $message variables. All the names are correct, my php.ini settings are as follows:

SMTP = localhost
smtp_port = 25

with the other settings not active.

I'll appreciate any input on this matter...

Hello gggram2000
On line 12 is might look like this...
[PHP]
$EmailTo = "[e-mail];
[/PHP]
if you want "Feedback Form Results" you could do this
[PHP]$EmailFrom = "Feedback Form Results";[/PHP]

hope that help you...

nomad

[ronverdonk]

Why not terminate line 10[php]$message = $_REQUEST['message']
[/php]with a semi-column?

Ronald

[TheServant]

Why not terminate line 10[php]$message = $_REQUEST['message']
[/php]with a semi-column?

Ronald

Yeah, that would be the problem.

[gggram2000]

Yea thanks I was missing that...Now I get this error:

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 15
 
Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php:15) in C:\xampp\htdocs\sendmail.php on line 16
 

The SMPT and SMTP port are set properly...I'ved done all sort of changes and it still gives me the same error...Any suggestions?

[ronverdonk]

Firstly: the second error is only issued because of the display of the first error.

I do not think you have configured your setting correctly in php.ini. You specify

SMTP=localhost

but have you really installed an SMTP server on your localhost? If not, then specify a smtp server (e.g. the one of your ISP).

Ronald

[gggram2000]

Firstly: the second error is only issued because of the display of the first error.

I do not think you have configured your setting correctly in php.ini. You specify

SMTP=localhost

but have you really installed an SMTP server on your localhost? If not, then specify a smtp server (e.g. the one of your ISP).

Ronald

Thanks, I realized I had four php.ini files and it seems that it was picking up the one in XAMPP and not the one on windows. Also you were right about the localhost, I specified the smtp server and it worked great.

Cheers!

[ronverdonk]

Glad it is solved. See you around.

Ronald

[badvoc]

Hi

Just thought I say thanks as this has helped me. I had my sales email address in the mail header and found some emails have been going in to spam boxes and therefore missed. I now have the comany name in from field.

Always the first port of call for help and never failed me yet!!!

Thanks again.