PHP emails not sending

Question

Been trying to get this working and sending to my email from the website but the emails aren't coming through.

It is probably something really easy. I also blocked my actual sending email (for both areas)

Thanks for any help!

My php code in index.php

<?php
$field_name = $_POST['name'];
$field_email = $_POST['email'];
$field_message = $_POST['message'];

ini_set("SMTP","ssl://smtp.gmail.com");
ini_set("smtp_port","465");
$mail_to = 'coverupemail@email.com';
$subject = 'Message from a portfolio visitor '.$field_name;

$body_message = 'From: '.$field_name."\n";
$body_message .= 'E-mail: '.$field_email."\n";
$body_message .= 'Message: '.$field_message;

$headers = 'From: '.$email."\r\n";
$headers .= 'Reply-To: '.$email."\r\n";

$mail_status = mail($mail_to, $subject, $body_message, $headers);

if ($mail_status) { ?>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        alert('Thank you for the message.');
        window.location = 'index.html';
    </script>
<?php
}
else { ?>
    <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
        alert('Message failed. Please, send an email manually to coverupemail@email.com');
        window.location = 'index.html';
    </script>
<?php
}
?>

My HTML code linking to index.php

<form method="post" action="index.php">
    <p class="contact">
        <input type="text" name="name" id="name" value="" size="22" />
        <label for="name"><small>Name (required)</small></label>
    </p>
    <p class="contact">
         <input type="email" name="email" id="email" value="" size="22" />
         <label for="email"><small>Mail (required)</small></label>
    </p>
    <p class="contact">
        <textarea name="message" id="message" value="" rows="10"></textarea>
        <label for="message"><small>Message (required)</small></label>
    </p>
    <p class="contact">
        <input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" value="Submit" />
        <input name="reset" type="reset" id="reset" tabindex="5" value="Reset Form" />
    </p>
</form>

Try just using "smtp.gmail.com" as your SMTP address in your ini config... Also, don't you have to provide a login when using GMail SMTP. They're not an open relay... — Kinnectus, Jun 08 '14 at 20:04

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

What is the $mail_status value ? Even if its "1" it does not guarantee the sending of mail :( it then depends upon the server PHP returns 1 the moment the message is handed over to the mail sending part of the server.

Cases 1 : if the script is running on server then try a sample code to verify that actually mail are been sent create a page mailtest.php with the following code

<?php mail("coverupemail@email.com","Test Msg","Hello this is just test message");?>

this will verify that yes its working.

Case 2 : if you are working on a localhost then u will have to have some SMTP server or mail server to make it easy you can use gmail to send via your localhost ( i did this i use my gmail account )

Also see this link Email sending

btw a. ini_set() i think is not used. b. also window.location = 'index.html'; will just navigate to the index page wat if the person navigates back ? the mail wud be sent again maybe... so i wud suggest to use

location.replace('index.html');

Thx

PHP emails not sending

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