Scott wrote:
> 2007 wrote:
>> I have a web page running.
>> One thing is not working on it.
>> It is not sending the emails from the web,
>>
>> I have the following entry in the *.php file - what is wrong with it?
>>
>> mail("abc7@gmail.com ","Contact",stripslashes($msg), $mailheaders);
>>
>> Please ee below for the full form.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> <?
>> // THIS IS THE BEGIINNING OF THE PHP CODE
>>
>> $name = $_POST['name'];
>> $country = $_POST['country'];
>> $phone = $_POST['phone'];
>> $email = $_POST['email'];
>> $comments = $_POST['comments'];
>> $error_msg="";
>> $msg="";
>>
>> if(!$name){
>> $error_msg .= "Your name \n";
>> }
>> if($name){
>> $msg .= "Name: \t $name \n";
>> }
>>
>> if(!$country){
>> $error_msg .= "Your country \n";
>> }
>> if($country){
>> $msg .= "Country: \t $country \n";
>> }
>>
>> if(!$phone){
>> $error_msg .= "Your phone \n";
>> }
>> if($phone){
>> $msg .= "Phone: \t $phone \n";
>> }
>>
>> if(!$email){
>> $error_msg .= "Your email \n";
>> }
>> if($email){
>> if(!eregi("^[a-z0-9_]+@[a-z0-9\-]+\.[a-z0-9\-\.]+$", $email)){
>> echo 'That is not a valid email address. Please<a
>> href="javascript:history.back()"> return </a> to the previous page
>> and try again.';
>> exit;
>> }
>> $msg .= "Email: \t $email \n";
>> }
>>
>> if(!trim($comments)){
>> $error_msg .= "Your comments \n";
>> }
>> if($comments){
>> $msg .= "Comments: \t $comments \n";
>> }
>> $sender_email="";
>>
>> if(!isset($name)){
>> if($name == ""){
>> $sender_name="noisevx.com Customer";
>> }
>> }else{
>> $sender_name=$name;
>> }
>> if(!isset($email)){
>> if($email == ""){
>> $sender_email="customer@noisevx.com";
>> }
>> }else{
>> $sender_email=$email;
>> }
>> if($error_msg != ""){
>> echo"You didn't fill in these required fields:<br>"
>> . nl2br($error_msg) .'<br>Please <a
>> href="javascript:history.back()"> return </a> to the'
>> ." previous page and try again.";
>> exit;}
>> $mailheaders = "MIME-Version: 1.0\r\n";
>> $mailheaders .= "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
>> $mailheaders .= "From: $sender_name <$sender_email>\r\n";
>> $mailheaders .= "Reply-To: $sender_email <$sender_email>\r\n";
>> mail("abc7@gmail.com ","Contact",stripslashes($msg), $mailheaders);
>> header("Location: http://www.xxx.com/index.html"); /* Redirect browser
>> */
>> //THIS IS THE END OF THE PHP CODE ?>
> You might try outputting your variables first to make sure they are
> assigned what you expect them to be assigned. That is usually the first
> place to look.
>
> Something as simple as:
>
> $msg = stripslashes($msg);
> echo "Message:<br>".$msg."<br>";
> echo "Mail Headers:<br>".$mailheaders;
>
> Always check your inputs.
>
> Then check to make sure the mail() function is working.
>
> $result = mail("abc7@gmail.com ","Contact",stripslashes($msg),
> $mailheaders);
> if(!$result) {
> echo "Mail function not sending mail.<br>";
> }
>
> This will not tell you if the mail is deliverable, but will tell you if
> the function sent the data to the server.
>
> You way also want to ensure all your opening and closing tags are:
>
> <?php
> {code}
> ?>
>
> Using the short tag <? can give you many headaches down the road.
>
> Hopefully that will you narrow down the problem.
>
> Scotty

Also, read about the 'else' keyword .

-thib´