PHP mail issues - will not send email

Question

I am currently working on a simple form and i want the info to be collected by a php script and then sent to me as a mail, but i am not receiving the specific email.

Could anybody give any pointers or highlight the problem? thank you

Here is the code for my form:

<form name="bookingForm" method="post" action="send_dates.php">
<table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2">

<tr>
    <td>Booking From</td>
        <td>:</td>
    <td><input name="fromDate" id="fromDate" size="20"></td>

    <td>To</td>
    <td>:</td>
    <td><input name="toDate" id="toDate" size="20"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
    <td>Name</td>
    <td>:</td>
    <td><input name="name" type="text" id="name" size="30"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
    <td width="20px">Telephone</td>
    <td>:</td>
    <td><input name="telephone" type="text" id="customer_telephone" size="30"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
    <td width="20px">Email</td>
    <td>:</td>
    <td><input name="customer_mail" type="text" id="customer_mail" size="30"></td>
</tr>

<tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit"> <input type="reset" name="ResetForm" value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

And here is my php script:

<?php 

 $name = $_POST['name'];
 $fromDate = $_POST['fromDate'];
 $toDate = $_POST['toDate');
 $email = $_POST['customer_email'];
 $telephone = $_POST['customer_telephone'];

// Mail of reciever
$to = "[email protected]";

// Contact subject
$subject ="Reservation Enquiry from $name";

// Details
$message="From: $name
Email: $email
Telephone: $customer_telephone
--------------------------------------------------------------
Reservation date from: $fromDate to: $toDate ";

// Mail of sender
$mail_from="$customer_mail";

// From

$res=mail($to,$subject,$message);
    if($res)
{
    header('Location:index.php');
}

    ?>

i just noticed this now but apparently there is a parse error: Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in /home/content/51/8418351/html/bofu/send_dates.php on line 20 it is this line: $subject ="Reservation Enquiry from $name"; — iLoveWagons
– iLoveWagons, Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 10:23
Also your attempts are from localhost or from a production system? If you are working from localhost this article might help you — pankar
– pankar, Commented Jul 26, 2012 at 10:28

asprin · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-26 11:12:00Z

1

Semicolon missing

$to = "[email protected]";

UPDATE:

Remove if(!empty($data)) loop

Check for $res = mail(...);

Then put

if($res)
         {
            echo '<script type="text/javascript">
                     window.location = "index.php";
                  </script>';
         }
         else
         {
             echo 'something wrong';
         }

edited Jul 26, 2012 at 11:12

answered Jul 26, 2012 at 10:26

asprin

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iLoveWagons Over a year ago

how embarrassing. i just corrected this and now it echoes "something is wrong" meaning that the data is not being collected from the form

asprin Over a year ago

Didn't notice that. Where is $data defined?

iLoveWagons Over a year ago

thanks, instead of echoing mail sent how can i make the page refresh itself?

asprin Over a year ago

header('Location:index.php');

asprin Over a year ago

Edited answer. Please try again.

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huysentruitw · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-26 10:29:01Z

1

Possible cause is a wrong SMTP server address.

Stop the webserver, correct the SMTP server address in PHP.INI, restart the webserver.

You can check the current configuration by executing <?php phpinfo(); ?> and to search for SMTP.

answered Jul 26, 2012 at 10:29

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iLoveWagons Over a year ago

in what should i change the smtp server address? currently it is relay-hosting.secureserver.net ? thank you

huysentruitw Over a year ago

If your webserver is running local, you need to set the SMTP address. If you're using an online hosting, then this is already set to the correct server for you.

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