Re: Need Help with PHP Mails

2011/4/4 Guru™ <[email protected]>:
> Hi,
>
> Here is the PHP script I am using to send email to myself.
>
> <?php
>
>
> $party_name = $HTTP_POST_VARS['party_name'];
> $contact_no = $HTTP_POST_VARS['contact_no'];
> $email = '[email protected]';
>
>
> mail($email,$party_name,$contact_no);
>
> ?>
>
>
>
> 2011/4/4 Richard Quadling <[email protected]>
>>
>> 2011/4/4 Guru™ <[email protected]>:
>> > Hi Richard,
>> > I am using simple PHP mail function but, I am unable to send an email to
>> > myself. What I want is when the user click on submit button I should get
>> > an
>> > email with the form data.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > 2011/4/4 Richard Quadling <[email protected]>
>> >>
>> >> 2011/4/4 Guru™ <[email protected]>:
>> >> > Hi All,
>> >> >
>> >> > I have this HTML form
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > <style type="text/css">
>> >> > <!--
>> >> > .style14 {font-size: 24px
>> >> > }
>> >> > .style14 {font-size: 12px}
>> >> > -->
>> >> > </style>
>> >> > <table width="788" border="0" align="center">
>> >> >  <tr>
>> >> >    <td width="1023"><form method="post" action="">
>> >> >      <table width="648" height="133" border="0" align="center"
>> >> > cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#000000">
>> >> >        <tr>
>> >> >          <td width="132" height="44" valign="middle"><div
>> >> > align="right"><strong>Your Name</strong></div></td>
>> >> >          <td width="491" valign="middle"><input name="party_name"
>> >> > type="text" size="50" /></td>
>> >> >        </tr>
>> >> >        <tr>
>> >> >          <td valign="middle"><div align="right"><strong>Contact
>> >> > Numbers</strong></div></td>
>> >> >          <td height="38" valign="middle"><p align="left">
>> >> >            <input name="contact_nos" type="text" size="50" />
>> >> >            <span class="style14">(please specify STD
>> >> > code)</span></p></td>
>> >> >        </tr>
>> >> >        <tr>
>> >> >          <td valign="middle"><div
>> >> > align="right"><strong>Email</strong><strong> </strong></div></td>
>> >> >          <td height="33" valign="middle"><input name="email"
>> >> > type="text"
>> >> > size="50" /></td>
>> >> >        </tr>
>> >> >      </table>
>> >> >      <p align="center">
>> >> >        <input type="submit" value="submit" name="submit">
>> >> >      </p>
>> >> >    </form></td>
>> >> >  </tr>
>> >> > </table>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > ____________________________________________________________________________
>> >> >
>> >> > What I want is when the user click on the submit button the data from
>> >> > this
>> >> > form should directly comes to my email. I tried mail function but not
>> >> > working for me. I just need these 3 fields in my mail. Please help me
>> >> > with
>> >> > this.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > *Best,
>> >> > *
>> >> > *Guru™*
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> As this is a PHP for Windows mailing list, I assume you actually are
>> >> having a problem with PHP on Windows?
>> >>
>> >> And not your HTML code.
>> >>
>> >> As you are in a PHP for Windows mailing list, I assume you are on
>> >> Windows, which, as you are now experiencing, doesn't have a mail
>> >> server built in, nor an app you can run that provides the same
>> >> facility.
>> >>
>> >> See http://uk.php.net/manual/en/book.mail.php for all the lovely
>> >> documentation, especially with the runtime configuration options.
>> >>
>> >> Most likely, you've not set these appropriately.
>> >>
>> >> But, in short, you are going to need to tell us what is NOT working
>> >> for any realistic help.
>> >>
>> >> Personally, I use HTMLMimeMail5 (now called RMail) from phpguru.com.
>> >> PHPMailer is another tool that does a similar job. It may be better,
>> >> I've just never used it.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Richard.
>> >>
>> >> P.S. "Guru"? Really?
>> >> --
>> >> Richard Quadling
>> >> Twitter : EE : Zend
>> >> @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Best,
>> > Guru™
>> >
>> >
>>
>> So, just like I said, you haven't setup PHP's mail configuration
>> options and/or you don't have a local SMTP server.
>>
>> Without these being correct, you won't get any email.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Quadling
>> Twitter : EE : Zend
>> @RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY
>
>
>
> --
> Best,
> Guru™
>
>

That's all well and good.

But ... and this is pretty much me repeating myself, what about your
mail configuration.

Please read http://uk.php.net/manual/en/mail.configuration.php and
tell us what you've got set.



-- 
Richard Quadling
Twitter : EE : Zend
@RQuadling : e-e.com/M_248814.html : bit.ly/9O8vFY

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