php mail wreck the head (1 Viewer)

[Wavioli]

gah, trying to set up a simple email form using php. but it keeps giving me an error message -

Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\send_simpleform.php on line 19

ive specified the correct mailserver, and port in php.ini, so what the fuck is wrong!!??

 

[egg_]

Looks like you're trying to run this on your home machine - are you?
You've set your mailserver to "localhost" - if you've no mailserver on your machine this won't work.

I never bother trying to get mail() to work on my own machine (cos I've no mailserver on it, and couldn't be arsed connecting to a remote one), it just works when I stick it up on the live server.

Oh, one thing, you've to restart apache before any changes to php.ini take effect

 

[taubstumm]

just give up, wav.

give up and go home.

cop on like.

 

[nofriendo]

you need to be running a mail server me thinks! http://www.sendmail.org/

 

[nofriendo]

i have a simple one at have from back in me college days that runs fine will try route it out!

 

[Wavioli]

you're all bastards.

surely if i enter the adress of my email server it should work? ie mail.irishbroadband.ie???

thats what the cunting book i have says anyway.

 

[nofriendo]

books are for losers!! just start drinking it will come to you soon enough!

 

[Wavioli]

i asked brian, but apparantly he knows nothing about php. then he went on some rant about how pure html is the only true path, and tryed to get me to join some weird cult or something.

trying.

 

[egg_]

surely if i enter the adress of my email server it should work? ie mail.irishbroadband.ie???

Maybe it would, but you haven't done that, according to the error you're getting:

Warning: mail(): Failed to connect to mailserver at "localhost" port 25, verify your "SMTP" and "smtp_port" setting in php.ini or use ini_set() in C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\htdocs\send_simpleform.php on line 19

php thinks SMTP is set to localhost. Have you restarted Apache?

 

[Wavioli]

ive done both a million times. sigh...

I dont know why it thinks that. stupid computer.

here's the relevant clip from php.ini:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = mail.irishbroadband.ie
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from = r****.****@******.ie

 

[egg_]

Hmmm dunno so
You hardly want the form to just run on your own machine anyway do you? If not stop wasting time and stick it up on a server and see if it works. If you do try this http://phpmailer.sourceforge.net/

 

[Wavioli]

yes egg, you're right.

*hangs head in shame*