php mail function problem

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this is my code so far

function send_email() {

$email = $_POST['signup-email'];
$firstname = $_POST['firstname'];
$lastname = $_POST['lastname'];

$to = "[email protected]";
$subject = "Email from
RateMyLife.com"; $body = "Hi ,$firstname $lastname, this is an email from RateMyLife.com"; $headers = "From:[email protected]";

mail($to, $subject, $body, $headers);

exit();

}

$existingSignup = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM signups WHERE signup_email_address='$email'");   
if(mysql_num_rows($existingSignup) < 1){
    $date = date('Y-m-d');
    $time = date('H:i:s');
    $password = md5($passwd);
    $insertSignup = mysql_query("INSERT INTO signups (signup_email_address, signup_date, signup_time, firstname, lastname, password, year, day, month, gender) VALUES   ('$email','$date','$time','$firstname', '$lastname', '$password', '$year', '$day', '$month', '$gender')");
    if($insertSignup){ //if insert is successful
       send_email();
    }

the email is not send...

thanks i cant figure out what is the problem.

does this work? in a file with nothing else: mail('your_email_address', 'test', 'test'); — user557846
– user557846, Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 19:05
I recommend you using the PHPMailer class or any other option instead of the simple mail() function. — Carlos Campderrós
– Carlos Campderrós, Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 19:53

AlfaTeK · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-23 19:07:45Z

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There can be a multitude of reasons... Are you on windows or linux server?

Check phpinfo to see if sendmail is correctly configured (sendmail_path).

If it is correctly configured, check why emails is not being sent in your smtp server log messages, check this for more details: http://pt.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php#101588

If you don't have the sendmail correctly configured, you can still use an account you have in some SMTP server to send your emails. For that you should use a PHP lib to facilitate your work, for example, check this: http://swiftmailer.org/

Also, test this php code to send yourself the email and see if it works:

mail('[email protected]', 'My Subject', 'test message');

answered Feb 23, 2011 at 19:07

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Carlos Campderrós Over a year ago

didn't know about swiftmailer. Being from Fabien Potencier (the guy behind the Symfony framework) must be good. Thanks for the comment @AlfaTeK

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-23 19:07:19Z

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Did you check if your two queries succeeded?

$existingSignup = mysql_query(...) or die(mysql_error());
$insertSignup = mysql_query(...) or die(mysql_error());

if either fails, they return boolean FALSE. If the first fails, then mysql_num_rows() will fail as it expects a mysql result handle, not a boolean. And if the second fails, then $insertSignup will be false and your if() will never trigger.

answered Feb 23, 2011 at 19:07

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