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send php email

I'm trying to send an email from php and I'm not having much luck. I'm using Vista, Apache and PHP. Below is my sample code. I even tried the code on a Linux server that is capable of send emails and had no luck. Any suggestions?

other php code above
 
//send email
 $mailcheck = spamcheck($txtbxEmail);
	 if ($mailcheck==FALSE)
		{
		echo "Invalid input; mail not sent";
		}
	  else
		{//send email
			$mailTo = $txtbxEmail;
			$mailFrom = "sales@me.com";
			$mailSubject = "test";
			$mailMessage = "hello test";
			$headers = "From: $mailFrom";
			$headers .= "BCC: admin@me.com\r\n";
			try
			{
				$mailsend = mail($mailTo, $mailSubject, $mailMessage, $headers);
			}
			catch(Exception $e)
			{
				echo 'Message: ' .$e->getMessage();
			}
		
			if ($mailsend == 1)
			{
				echo "mail sent <br />";
			}
			else
			{
				echo "mail not sent <br />"; // I get this all the time.
			}
		}
}
 
function spamcheck($field)
  {
  //filter_var() sanitizes the e-mail
  //address using FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL
  $field=filter_var($field, FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL);
 
  //filter_var() validates the e-mail
  //address using FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL
  if(filter_var($field, FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL))
    {
    return TRUE;
    }
  else
    {
    return FALSE;
    }
  }

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racmail2001

from your localhost it's harder to send emails
usualy this it's working when you put your script on a server with a domain

for the localhost you have to try to install smtp server i think
or use phpmailer http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpmailer

after that you have to make changes on php.ini for the smtp setings

fwstealer

ASKER

i tried phpmailer and got an instantiation error - couldn't connect

fwstealer

ASKER

blows up here
$mail = new PHPMailer(); // defaults to using php "mail()"

racmail2001

it's a tutorial here on how to configure PHPMailer
http://www.askapache.com/php/phpfreaks-eric-rosebrocks-phpmailer-tutorial.html

fwstealer

ASKER

wow that seems complex just to send an email

racmail2001

usualy the hosting company has all this configured. but you want to make it work from your local machine.

so you need to make the configurations :D

fwstealer

ASKER

right; what is need to work from the hosting company?

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Mark Brady

Remember to change the email from and the $email and 'Reply-To' lines to make them variables so you can set them elsewhere on another page if you like. I just tested the code and recieved an email by putting my info in the right sections. Let me know how it goes ok.

Cheers

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