PHP Email isn't working - Not receiving email

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On the website when I press submit for the email, It now does everything Correctly but I do not receive the email, someone please help?

PHP

<?php

$first_name = $_POST ['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST ['last_name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From:" . $first_name . $last_name;

$to = "Relentile@gmail.com";
$subject = "New Message";

print_r($_POST);

mail ($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo "Your Message has been sent";

?>

HTML

<form action="contact.php" name="contact_form" method="post">
   <p>
   First name:
   <input name="first_name" type="text"/>
   </p>

   <p>
   Last name:
   <input name="last_name" type="text"/>
   </p>

   <p>
   <br>
   E-Mail:
   <input name="email" type="text"/>
   </p>  
   <br>

   <p>Type your enquiry</p>
   <p><textarea name"message"></textarea></p>

   <p>
   <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
   <input type="reset" name="reset" value="Reset">
   </p>

   </form>

Old Error Message + data it was sending (2nd Image)

Why do you echo that the message has been sent without checking the return value of `mail()`? — Barmar, Jan 01 '17 at 05:28
The missing semicolon is on the line that assigns to `$subject`. — Barmar, Jan 01 '17 at 05:28
use `mail ($to, $subject, $message, $headers, "From:" . $first_name . $last_name);` comma between $headers and "From: — Tamil Selvan C, Jan 01 '17 at 08:40
Thanks @TamilSelvanC , I am now recieving a version of the text, about to upload pic in original post — Joshua, Jan 01 '17 at 08:48

Hikmat Sijapati · Answer 1 · 2017-01-01T10:04:13.637

0

Set from method post as below.

 <form action="contact.php" name="contact_form" method="post">

In address bar your data is sending through by default get method.But you are using $_POST[] in php file.So you are not getting values.

Also in contact.php use $headers as below:

$headers = "From:" . $first_name . $last_name;

And

mail ($to, $subject, $message,$headers);

also semicolon at end of $subject variable.

$subject = "New Message";

and do following....

$first_name = test_input($_POST ['first_name']);
$last_name = test_input($_POST ['last_name']);
$email = test_input($_POST['email']);
$message = test_input($_POST['message']);


    function test_input($data) {
      $data = trim($data);
      $data = stripslashes($data);
      $data = htmlspecialchars($data);
      return $data;
    }

Where

1.Strip unnecessary characters (extra space, tab, newline) from the user input data (with the PHP trim() function)

2.Remove backslashes () from the user input data (with the PHP stripslashes() function)

edited Jan 01 '17 at 10:04

answered Jan 01 '17 at 05:30

Hikmat Sijapati

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Thank you, I am still receiving the same error. For the mail part is this cod correct? mail ($to, $subject, $message, $headers "From:" . $first_name . $last_name); – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 05:50
try `print_r($_POST);` are you getting values – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 05:55
It doesn't look to have any values, just a 500 Gate Way error still – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 08:06
Okay, so now I am not getting any errors, but I am not receiving the email – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 08:54
so what is your actual error? – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 08:57
It is not giving me an error any more, only appears with the text showing in the second image after pressing submit. Though it looks to have no error, I am not receiving any email – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 09:02
try once with removing `$headers`. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:03
for seeting headers see more here...http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_mail_mail.asp – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:06
i hope it will work nicely. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:06
Still having no luck, have I done the right approach? – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 09:15
please read above link once. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:17
I have read through and I don't see what differs from my code and headers. It did mention that though it may be working it doesn't mean the message is sent and received. Could this be what's wrong with my setup? – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 09:27
`mail($to, $subject, $message)` try using other values... – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:38
like this.. mail("Relentile@gmail.com","My subject","Hello"); – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:39
`Relentile@gmail.com` and check mail inbox. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 09:41
I received the message when doing that, but when making it – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 09:54
I received the message when doing mail("Relentile@gmail.com","My subject","Hello"); , but when making it mail ("Relentile@gmail.com", $subject, $message); Nothing is received – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 09:55
http://www.w3schools.com/php/php_form_validation.asp see here and find your problem......which may be due to extra spaces.. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 10:06
`test_input()` is a function. for getting more accurate and efficient form values. – Hikmat Sijapati Jan 01 '17 at 10:07
I'm still having no luck, could this be an issue with godaddy domains? – Joshua Jan 01 '17 at 23:23

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 01 '17 at 22:31

Change your PHP

$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];
$headers = "From: " . $email;

$to = "relentile@gmail.com";
$subject = "New Message";

print_r($_POST);

mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
echo "Your Message has been sent";

It should now work. The headers must be in proper format (spacing). "From" header contains sender's e-mail address. When accessing an array in PHP, do not use spaces: wrong = $array ["blah"], good = $array["blah"]. The same applies for functions.

I'm still having no luck, could this be an issue with godaddy? — Joshua, Jan 01 '17 at 23:23

PHP Email isn't working - Not receiving email

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