PHP Send an Email using mail function

Question

I am trying to send an email using php but unable to do it, whereas I am getting data into MySQL database.

I have posted my whole code, please check and let me know where's the mistake.

$objConnect = mysql_connect("localhost","username","pwd");
$objDB = mysql_select_db("database");

$strName = $_POST["name"];
$strEmail = $_POST["email"];

$to      = $strEmail;
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'Reply-To: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();

$strSQL = "insert into data (name, email) VALUES ('".$strName."','".$strEmail."')";
$objQuery = mysql_query($strSQL);

if(!$objQuery)
    {
        $arr['StatusID'] = "0"; 
        $arr['Message'] = "Cannot save data!";  
    }
    else
    {
        mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
        $arr['StatusID'] = "1"; 
        $arr['Message'] = "Data saved successfully";    
    }

    mysql_close($objConnect);

    echo json_encode($arr);

Do `var_dump(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers))` and see what it is returning. — Sougata Bose, Dec 02 '15 at 06:20
@Sun I think its worth checking if you have a php error and also check if your else code that contains your mail code has really been executed. — jameshwart lopez, Dec 02 '15 at 06:54
Your primary mistake is calling `mail` yourself, and thus making yourself responsible for a very large amount of work to format your messages correctly and protect yourself from attack (which you're currently not doing at all). Don't do it; use a library like [PHPMailer](https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer) that you tagged this question with, and base your code on one of the examples provided. Meanwhile, read your mail server's log, usually in `/var/log/mail.log`. — Synchro, Dec 02 '15 at 08:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '15 at 06:27

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This code is really working ...

<?php
    $to      = 'to_email@gmail.com';
    $subject = 'the subject';
    $message = 'hello';
    $headers = 'From: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
    'Reply-To: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
    'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
    $errLevel = error_reporting(E_ALL ^ E_NOTICE);  // suppress NOTICEs
    if(!mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
        error_reporting($errLevel);
    }
?>

answered Dec 02 '15 at 06:27

Muhammad Irfan

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Can you please explain what mistake OP did and how your code help to solve it? Just code is not enough. – Helping Hands Dec 02 '15 at 06:42

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 22 '16 at 12:26

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You have not added mail() function in your code then how will it send the mail and to send email from localhost it should be properly configured. Below code will work on the server.

$objConnect = mysql_connect("localhost","username","pwd");
$objDB = mysql_select_db("database");
$strName = $_POST["name"];
$strEmail = $_POST["email"];
$to      = $strEmail;
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
$headers = 'From: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
           'Reply-To: mymail@gmail.com' . "\r\n" .
           'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
if(!mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers)){
  echo 'Mail cant be send';
}
else
{
$strSQL = "insert into data (name, email) VALUES ('".$strName."','".$strEmail."')";
$objQuery = mysql_query($strSQL);
if(!$objQuery)
   {
    $arr['StatusID'] = "0"; 
    $arr['Message'] = "Cannot save data!";  
}
else
{
    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    $arr['StatusID'] = "1"; 
    $arr['Message'] = "Data saved successfully";    
}
echo json_encode($arr);
  }
   mysql_close($objConnect);

edited Jan 22 '16 at 12:26

mega6382

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answered Dec 02 '15 at 06:48

Maheshh Patil

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I have tried your way yet not done – Sun Dec 02 '15 at 07:11
you are doing it from the server or from the local host? first check if the mail server is properly working by simply sending one test mail. – Maheshh Patil Dec 02 '15 at 07:14
@Sun first simply check the mail server working or not – Maheshh Patil Dec 02 '15 at 07:22
The OP's code already calls `mail`. – Synchro Dec 02 '15 at 08:03

PHP Send an Email using mail function

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