PHP mailing script issues

programming
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Hey, I am trying to get a form mailing script to work on my website, and I was not being successful. There is one that I have been using for the past couple years, but it appears to be incompatible with some servers that I am having to use. Anyway, I tried to write a new one based on some examples that I have found online and in books, but since I am basically a moron, I have been having a very frustrating time. Here is an example of the script that I am currently battleing:

<?php
$siteName = “blah.com”;
$siteURL = “http://www.blah.com”;
$siteContact = “peter.groik.com”;

$mailMessage = "
	Name: $firstName $lastName
	Phone: $phone
	Address: $address
	City: $city
	State: $state
	Zip: $zip";
	
// Build up email header fields
$mailFrom = "From: $siteName &lt;$siteContact&gt;";
$mailTo = "Peter Osborne &lt;peter@groik.com&gt;";
$mailSubject = "blah.com Contact Form";

// Send email
mail($mailTo, $mailSubject, $mailMessage, $mailFrom);

?>

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

2

this is just a check that should be made before you code it:
Does your web server allow you to send a php mail function?
What I mean is, you need to make sure that your ‘php.ini’ file has all the correct settings, example: register_globals = on.

The code itself looks fine.

3

Cool. I will have to ask the guy who is hosting it. Unfortunately I don’t have access to that info, but I will send him a note and see if I can look into it. I just wanted to make sure my code was peachy. Thanks again!

4

code looks fine. Alot of Hosting services turn the mail() function off to avoid people using their servers to spam.

5

yeah that’s what i meant. My brother has his own hosting company & I host on it. I created a similar php mail() form & realised he had turned off the function in a php.ini file.