PHP mail() Not Functioning

Question

So, I have been working on this mail function for the last hour or so, but I can't figure out why it is not sending out the email! I have tried multiple times, altering the code and trying to make it perfect, but still, I have not received the test email...

I have HTML in my email, however, that is not the problem, as I have tested it out without the HTML.

MY PHP:

$to = $register_data['email'];
        $subject = "Welcome!";
        $body = '
            <html>
                <head>
                    <style>
                        body{
                            background-color: #FFF;
                            font-family: arial;
                            margin: 0;
                            padding: 0;
                        }
                        a{
                            color: inherit;
                            text-decoration: none;
                        }
                        .outer-email{
                            width: 80%;
                            height: auto;
                            margin: 0 auto;
                        }
                        .info-email{
                            width: 80%;
                            margin: 120px auto;
                        }
                        .outer-header h3{
                            font-size: 2.9em;
                            color: #151515;
                            margin: 0;
                        }
                        .inner-email{
                            margin-top: 20px;
                        }
                        .inner-email span{
                            font-size: 1.3em;
                            color: #151515;
                        }
                    </style>
                </head>
            <body>
                <div class="outer-email">
                    <div class="info-email">
                        <div class="outer-header">
                            <h3>Welcome!</h3>
                        </div>
                        <div class="inner-email">
                            <span>Welcome, $register_data['fname'];
                            </span>
                        </div>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </body>
            </html>
        ';
        $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\r\n";
        $headers .= 'From: Domain <noreply@domain.com>';

        mail($to, 'Welcome!', $body, $headers);

Please don't class this as a duplicate either, because I have tested ALOT of the other forum questions on this topic, and they didn't solve my problem! :(

Thanks

EDIT: My register function on page:

if(empty($_POST) === false && empty($errors) === true) {
            $register_data = array(
                'username'      => $_POST['username'],
                'password'      => $_POST['password'],
                'fname'         => $_POST['fname'],
                'lname'         => $_POST['lname'],
                'email'         => $_POST['email'],
                'type'          => $_POST['type'],
                'email_code'    => md5($_POST['username'] + microtime())
            );
            register($register_data, $conn);
            redirect('register.php?success');
            exit();
        } else if (empty($errors) === false)  {
            echo error_output($errors);
        }

UPDATE::

Ok, so I've figured out that if I upload it onto my published server, It does in fact work, so it must've been a problem on my localhost... Thanks @MarkP

@MarkP from the register form on the other page... Would you like me to show? — GROVER., Jan 31 '16 at 05:58
try the mail function at the bottom with a hard coded email first mail('email@email.com', 'Welcome!', $body, $headers); do you get an email? — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 05:58
also change this line: if(empty($_POST) === false && empty($errors) === true) { to if(!empty($_POST) && empty($errors) ) { — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:05
Also, how are you passing the data to those variables? do you have a form? — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:07
can you check, have you added name="email" to the email input ? — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:08
apologies for the long questions, just trying to figure it out? — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:08
try one more thing: mail('youremail@email.com', 'Welcome!', 'body'); — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:11
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/102120/discussion-between-markp-and-caelan-grgurovic). — MarkP, Jan 31 '16 at 06:11

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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Ok, After a live chat it turns out the OP is using a local server (XAMPP).

I recommended they go to How to configure XAMPP to send mail from localhost?

To find out how to activate the mail server.

@Caelan Grgurovic if this is the correct solution, please accept my answer so that people don't spend their time trying to figure out what the issue is.

edit

Try this on your server

new page test.php

<?php
 mail('youremail@email.com', 'Welcome!', 'body');
?>

obv change your email, if this does not work, then you have not set up emails on your server correctly, try on a web host server.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Jan 31 '16 at 06:16

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didn't work, sorry :( – GROVER. Jan 31 '16 at 06:23
I'll try this... see how it goes :/ – GROVER. Jan 31 '16 at 06:32

Aung Myo Linn · Answer 2 · 2016-01-31T06:06:55.170

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Not sure if it's the case, but you have a syntax error in your $body, change

<span>Welcome, $register_data['fname'];

to

<span>Welcome, '.$register_data["fname"].';

edited Jan 31 '16 at 06:06

answered Jan 31 '16 at 06:04

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What's the difference? – GROVER. Jan 31 '16 at 06:05
you are not escaping the single quote surrounding `fname` – Aung Myo Linn Jan 31 '16 at 06:07
@CaelanGrgurovic: One difference is that it is using string concatenation whereas the your code isn't. – Sumner Evans Jan 31 '16 at 06:09
@Kolunar already done this in the real code, I've just shrunk the original HTML down and forgot to concatenate.. – GROVER. Jan 31 '16 at 06:10
shouldnt be a problem with his issue at the moment as he said he tried it without all that, and the mail function still didnt send. – MarkP Jan 31 '16 at 06:10
@jsve ya, if it's a variable, then should be concatenated. answer's been updated. – Aung Myo Linn Jan 31 '16 at 06:11

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