form posting messages at times and failing at other times

[davibugi]

I have some code for sending email from a form and it has some attachment

The problem is at times it sends and at other times it fails to send what could the issues be and how do i fix it here is a sample of the code

I will appreciate any help thanks in advance here is the code.

<?php
 
// Receiving variables
$subject = "Barter Center";
$to =  "[e-mail]";
$pfw_ip= $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$first_name = addslashes($_POST['first_name']);
$last_name = addslashes($_POST['last_name']);
$country = addslashes($_POST['country']);
$address = addslashes($_POST['address']);
$from = addslashes($_POST['from']);
$product = addslashes($_POST['product']);
$make = addslashes($_POST['make']);
$model = addslashes($_POST['model']);
$year_made = addslashes($_POST['year_made']);
$value = addslashes($_POST['value']);
$description = addslashes($_POST['description']);
 
 
 
// Obtain file upload vars
$fileatt      = $_FILES['fileatt']['tmp_name'];
$fileatt_type = $_FILES['fileatt']['type'];
$fileatt_name = $_FILES['fileatt']['name'];
 
$headers = "From: $from";
 
if (is_uploaded_file($fileatt)) {
  // Read the file to be attached ('rb' = read binary)
  $file = fopen($fileatt,'rb');
  $data = fread($file,filesize($fileatt));
  fclose($file);
 
  // Generate a boundary string
  $semi_rand = md5(time());
  $mime_boundary = "==Multipart_Boundary_x{$semi_rand}x";
 
  // Add the headers for a file attachment
  $headers .= "\nMIME-Version: 1.0\n" .
              "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;\n" .
              " boundary=\"{$mime_boundary}\"";
 
  // Add a multipart boundary above the plain message
  $message = "This is a multi-part message in MIME format.\n\n" .
             "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
             "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n" .
             "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit\n\n" .
              "Visitor's IP: $pfw_ip\n"
. "first_name: $first_name\n"
. "last_name: $last_name\n"
. "country: $country\n"
. "address: $address\n"
. "from: $from\n"
. "product: $product\n"
. "make: $make\n"
. "model: $model\n"
. "year_made: $year_made\n"
. "value: $value\n"
. "description: $description\n\n";
 
  // Base64 encode the file data
  $data = chunk_split(base64_encode($data));
 
  // Add file attachment to the message
  $message .= "--{$mime_boundary}\n" .
              "Content-Type: {$fileatt_type};\n" .
              " name=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
                      //"Content-Disposition: attachment;\n" .
              //" filename=\"{$fileatt_name}\"\n" .
              "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n\n" .
              $data . "\n\n" .
              "--{$mime_boundary}--\n";
}
 
// Send the message
$ok = @mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
if ($ok) {
  echo "<p>Your product will be uploaded to the site shotly . </p>";
} else {
  echo "<p>Mail could not be sent. Sorry!</p>";
}
 
 
?>
 

[Atli]

Are you getting any errors?
Try removing the @ from the mail function to see if that generates any helpful messages.