a question concerning mail function in php?

timorthy · #1 (**permalink**) 05-28-05, 04:28 PM

Hi all,

I'm doing a contact page in php and facing a problem when using mail function. As I test the page, it appears a warning following:

Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing in C:\success.php on line 1.

How should I handle the error?. Many thanks.

dennispopel · #2 (**permalink**) 05-28-05, 04:51 PM

Just add the From: header in the headers or tune your php.ini/.htaccess/use ini_set() to set the sender of the message (like noreply@yoursite.com)

timorthy · #3 (**permalink**) 05-29-05, 04:05 AM

Please help me figure out this error

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\contact.php on line 2

What is the problem in here?

Many thanks.

FiRe · #4 (**permalink**) 05-29-05, 08:02 AM

you need to stripslashes() the message!

timorthy · #5 (**permalink**) 05-29-05, 04:34 PM

ok, here is my short code test

<?php
$name = 'James';
$email = 'james@yahoo.com';
$feedback = 'Here is feedback of the sender...';
$toaddress = 'Smith4343@yahoo.com';
$subject = 'Feedback from reader';
$mailcontent = 'Customer name: '.$name."\n"
.'Customer email: '.$email."\n"
."Customer comments: \n".$feedback."\n";
$fromaddress = 'From: webserver@company.com';
mail($toaddress, $subject, $mailcontent, $fromaddress);

?>

<HTML>
<head> <title>Test Contact Page</title>
</head>
<body>
Feedback submitted;
</body>
</HTML>

The error appears here is

Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in C:\contact.php on line 2

Please check it and help me out.