PHP using includes to drop information into a send mail script

Question

I'm getting a header error while trying to add a line of code to a sendmail script.

I'm guessing I'm using the wrong method to do this.

What's the best way to bring in data such as an email address into a sendmail script with out getting the header error?

See code below, I want to pull in the [email protected] from a .php file to all the forms on the site. But includes causes a header error.

Thanks in advance.

Code Snipet:

<?php

$sitename = "Form from test.com";

$message = "This message was sent from: $sitename\n


mail( "[email protected]", $sitename, $message, "From: [email protected]" );


  header( "Location: http://test.com/thankyou.php" );
?>

On which line are you getting the "already sent" error? Also, you have a syntax error after $message — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Dec 17, 2010 at 1:38

RageZ · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-17 01:58:07Z

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This a common error, you might have a blank line at the end of your include so your webserver send the headers and your cannot use header('Location:') anymore.

There is few solutions

don't close the php tags in your headers
enable the output buffering on your server

The first solution would be the best in my opinion

edited Dec 17, 2010 at 1:58

answered Dec 17, 2010 at 1:40

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Michael Trausch Over a year ago

+1 on the not including the close tags in include files, because this is a universal solution and doesn't have any sort of unpredictable consequences. It is, IMHO, a best practice when working with code-only files in PHP.

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