mail() is not sending email out

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manishrathi

I have following html and php file. When I submit form from html file, I get message from php file without any error, but mail is not received in my mail inbox.
I am using wamp server on windows server 2003 enterprise edition, which is on vmware.

I have wamp server on windows 7 Home Premium. When I use these two files on this wamp , I just see that browser is trying to send request. Request does not get sent and I don't receive any error message.

I have tried using SMTP_PORT = 25 and SMTP_PORT = 587 , both. It does not work in either case.

phptest2.html

<html>
	<head>
	</head>

<body>
	<h2>Alien Abduction Form</h2>
	<form action="phpTest2.php" method="POST">
		When It Happened :<input type="text" name="whenithappened" /><br />
		How  Long :<input type="text" name="howlong" /><br />
		<input type="submit" value="submit" /><br />
	</form>
</body>
</html>

phptest2.php

<html>
	<head>
	</head>

<body>
	<?php
		$when_it_happened = $_POST['whenithappened'];

		$how_long = $_POST['howlong'];
		$to = 'manishrathi@yahoo.com';
		$From = 'indian.mahajan@bell.net';
		$Headers = "From: $From \r\n";
		$subject = 'PHP Test';
		$msg = $when_it_happened.$how_long ;
		mail($to, "-f$From", $subject, $msg, $Headers);
		echo "your message is received";
	?>
</body>
</html>

php.ini settings for mail()

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = smtphm.sympatico.ca
;SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25
; smtp_port = 587

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
sendmail_from = indian.mahajan@bell.net

; For Unix only. You may supply arguments as well (default: "sendmail -t -i").
; http://php.net/sendmail-path
;sendmail_path =

sendmail_path = "C:\wamp\sendmail\sendmail.exe -t -i"

How can I check whats wrong and where ?

I have another file, which invokes following php file. This php file is working fine except mail(). When I click on submit in HTML file, I just see that browser is trying to connect with SMTP server, but nothing is happening. How can I make sure, if SMTP server is running or not

<html>
<head>
</head>

<body>
<?php
$fname = $POST['firstname'];
$lname = $POST['lastname'];
echo "Your first name is ".$fname." ";
echo "Your last name is ".$lname." ";

echo "Thanks for Reporting Abduction " ;

$connect = mysqli_connect('localhost', 'root', '', 'phptest') or die ("Error connecting to database");

$query1 = "insert into gwar (firstname, lastname) values ('$fname', '$lname')";

$result = mysqli_query($connect, $query1) or die ("Error connecting to database");

$query2 = "select * from gwar";

$result2 = mysqli_query($connect, $query2);


while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result2)){
	echo $row['firstname']." ".$row['lastname'].' ';		
}
mysqli_close($connect);

$to = "jigneshjsoni@gmail.com";
$sub = "New Abduction Report Received";
$msg = "New Abduction has been Reported by ".$fname." ".$lname;

mail($to, $sub, $msg);
?>
</body>
</html>

Thanks

ZABI

mani! turn error reporting on and check if your mail() returns some error ? maybe the SMTP server you are trying with requires authentication.

manishrathi

I have tried "error_reporting(-1);" in the code as first line after <?php and last line befor ?> " as follows

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
 <?php
 $when_it_happened = $_POST['whenithappened'];

 $how_long = $_POST['howlong'];
 $to = 'manishrathi@yahoo.com';
 $From = 'indian.mahajan@bell.net';
 $Headers = "From: $From \r\n";
 $subject = 'PHP Test';
 $msg = $when_it_happened.$how_long ;
 mail($to, "-f$From", $subject, $msg, $Headers);
 echo "your message is received";

 error_reporting(-1);

 ?>
</body>
</html>

But still I am getting same result. Browser is trying to connect to SMTP server. No error is reported on screen. Do errors get sent to any other file ?
I checked php_error.log and apache_error.log, but no entry is in there

What shall I do next ? Can you please suggest few steps, so that I can try them one by one

Thanks

ZABI

what does error_reporting(-1); do ?

place it as very first statement of your script.