Sending Email from server PHP

Question

I have a form in html file and I'm trying to get email on my gmail account when user fill the form and submit it. My website is running on Server not on local host.My code has no error but still not getting the email .I dont know why? Can any one give me sample code or tell me what am I doing wrong? .. Thanks in advance ... Here is my Code

<form id="main-contact-form" name="contact-form" method="post" action="sendemail.php">
    <div class="row  wow fadeInUp" data-wow-duration="1000ms" data-wow-delay="300ms">
      <div class="col-sm-6">
        <div class="form-group">
          <input type="text" name="name" class="form-control" placeholder="Name" required="required">
        </div>
      </div>
      <div class="col-sm-6">
        <div class="form-group">
          <input type="email" name="email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email Address" required="required">
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
      <input type="text" name="subject" class="form-control" placeholder="Subject" required="required">
    </div>
    <div class="form-group">
      <textarea name="message" id="message" class="form-control" rows="4" placeholder="Enter your message" required="required"></textarea>
    </div>                        
    <div class="form-group">
      <button type="submit" class="btn-submit">Send Now</button>
    </div>
</form>

And the sendemail.php is

<?php 
$name = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['name']));
$from       = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['email'])); 
$subject    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['subject'])); 
$message    = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['message'])); 
$to         = 'khurram.ansar@gmail.com';

$headers   = array();
$headers[] = "MIME-Version: 1.0";
$headers[] = "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1";
$headers[] = "From: {$name} <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Reply-To: <{$from}>";
$headers[] = "Subject: {$subject}";
$headers[] = "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion();

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

die;

What's the output of `var_dump(mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers));` — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Jan 02 '17 at 07:24
Does mail work? Try `mail('khurram.ansar@gmail.com','test','test');` – [Brucie Alpha](http://stackoverflow.com/users/5380431/brucie-alpha) — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Jan 02 '17 at 07:35
You are connected to a mail server right? What is the host you are using? — Ruby Nanthagopal, Jan 02 '17 at 07:39
The [`mail()`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php) function expects `$headers` to be a string, not an array. — Nisse Engström, Jan 02 '17 at 07:42
Please check you SPAM folder for the mail, after correcting headers. Because gmail put mails from unknown servers to spam. — Ruby Nanthagopal, Jan 02 '17 at 08:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 02 '17 at 07:56

According to the documentation :

Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n).

So your php file should be like :

<?php
$name = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['name']));
$from = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['email']));
$subject = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['subject']));
$message = @trim(stripslashes($_POST['message']));
$to = 'khurram.ansar@gmail.com';

$headers = "MIME-Version: 1.0" . "\r\n" .
        "Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1" . "\r\n" .
        "From: {$name} <{$from}>" . "\r\n" .
        "Reply-To: <{$from}>" . "\r\n" .
        "Subject: {$subject}" . "\r\n" .
        "X-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion();

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

die;
?>

Sending Email from server PHP

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