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Posted on 2016-07-30

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I can not figure out why this plain text email will not send with PHP. Any insight will be helpful:

<?php
$body = 'Dear Colleague,
 
If you have any questions or would like to have a brief chat, feel free to contact me.

I look forward to hearing from you.  In the mean time, best regards and have a great day.';
                       $e = "your_email@YOUREMAIL.com";
$subject = 'Website Stuff';
                        $headers = 'From: My Site <rgranlund@MYSITE.com>' . "\r\n";
                        $headers .= 'Bcc: info@MYSITE.com' . "\r\n";

                        if(mail($e, $subject, $body, $headers)) {
                            echo "mail Sent.";
                        } else {
                            echo "Mail NOT sent.";
                        }

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by:gr8gonzo

ID: 417360172016-07-30

Does the final result say "Mail NOT sent" or are you assuming it's not sent because the recipient doesn't get it?

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by:rgranlund

ID: 417360202016-07-30

Both.

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by:gr8gonzo

gr8gonzo earned 500 total points

ID: 417360222016-07-30

Okay, so change the Mail NOT sent line to include the last error message:

echo "Mail NOT sent: " . print_r(error_get_last(),true);

Then provide the resulting output.

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by:rgranlund

ID: 417360262016-07-30

Mail NOT sent Array ( [type] => 32 [message] => Module 'ionCube Loader' already loaded [file] => Unknown [line] => 0 )

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by:rgranlund

ID: 417360282016-07-30

I looks like there is something wrong with my php.ini

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by:Dave Baldwin

ID: 417360292016-07-30

When I put in my own email addresses, your code works fine. The code is Not the problem. I don't know why you are loading 'ionCube'?? As far as I know, to use 'ionCube', you first have to compile your PHP code with it.

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by:gr8gonzo

ID: 417360312016-07-30

My guess is that if you're not getting an error message related to mail, then you don't have mail properly configured in your system.

If you try just a basic mail() in the same file, does it work?
var_dump(mail("yourown@emailaddress.com","Test Subject","Test body"));

If not, then it's very likely you need to review your php.ini for mail configuration issues and ensure your server has a proper mailer service/daemon running.

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by:rgranlund

ID: 417360332016-07-30

I had upgraded my version of php in my hosting cpanel. It had corrupted the php.ini file and some of the services offered by my hosting company. I deleted my php.ini and generated a new on and the issue went away.

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by:rgranlund

ID: 417360342016-07-30

Thanks.

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