Send an email using php

Question

I'm trying to send an email using php, but when I try it on browser I get error:

"The server failed to send the message. Please try again later."

Here is my php file

<?php
if( isset($_GET['n']) && isset($_GET['e']) && isset($_GET['m']) ){
        $n = $_GET['n']; // HINT: use preg_replace() to filter the data
        $e = $_GET['e'];
        $m = nl2br($_GET['m']);
        $to = "amal.soltni@esprit.tn";
        $from = $e;
        $subject = 'Contact Form Message';
        $message = '<b>Name:</b> '.$n.' <br><b>Email:</b> '.$e.' <p>'.$m.'</p>';
        $headers = "From: $from\n";
        $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
        $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
        if( mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ){
                echo "success";
        } else {
                echo "The server failed to send the message. Please try again later.";
        }
}
?>

Possible duplicate of [How to send an email using PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5335273/how-to-send-an-email-using-php) — Pedro Lobito, May 01 '17 at 08:15
Enable error reporting, ini_set( 'display_errors', 1 ); error_reporting( E_ALL ); than check — Bachcha Singh, May 01 '17 at 08:16
@Amal Are you testing it from your local server, Can you share the link which is calling this code? — Tausif Anwar, May 01 '17 at 08:21
@TausifAnwar http://45.55.229.122/amal/email.php?n=amal&e=amal.soltani@esprit.tn&m=test — Amal, May 01 '17 at 08:24
I don't see any error in your code, as you are getting error : "The server failed to send the message. Please try again later.", this means your mail function is not executing. Check your mail server you are using to send mail — Ndroid21, May 01 '17 at 08:36

Tausif Anwar · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-01T08:29:02.470

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Try This one to send the mail and use live server to execute this code, don't use localhost to send the mail

    <?php
    if( isset($_GET['n']) && isset($_GET['e']) && isset($_GET['m']) ){
    $n = $_GET['n']; 
    $e = $_GET['e'];
    $m = nl2br($_GET['m']);
    $to = "amal.soltni@esprit.tn";
    $from = $e;
    $subject = "My subject";
    $message = '<b>Name:</b> '.$n.' <br><b>Email:</b> '.$e.' <p>'.$m.'</p>';;
    $headers = 'From: .$from.' . '\r\n' .
    $send = mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers);
   }else {
      echo "The server failed to send the message. Please try again later.";
    }
    ?>

edited May 01 '17 at 08:29

answered May 01 '17 at 08:22

Tausif Anwar

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Use var_dump($send); die("dead"); and share the response. – Tausif Anwar May 01 '17 at 08:29
I used appache2 server and I'm not getting an error but I've not recieve any emai – Amal May 01 '17 at 08:30
I get "NULL dead" – Amal May 01 '17 at 08:32
can you add you gmail's email id in $to variable to test it? – Tausif Anwar May 01 '17 at 08:34

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 01 '17 at 07:06

Please use this following code.

   <?php
        if (isset($_POST["submit"]))
    {
        $n = $_POST['n'];
        $e = $_POST['e'];
        $m = $_POST['m'];
        $to = "amal.soltni@esprit.tn";
        $from = $e;
        $subject = 'Contact Form Message';
        $message = '<b>Name:</b> '.$n.' <br><b>Email:</b> '.$e.' <p>'.$m.'</p>';
        $headers = "From: $from\n";
        $headers .= "MIME-Version: 1.0\n";
        $headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1\n";
        if( mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers) ){
                echo "success";
        } else {
                echo "The server failed to send the message. Please try again later.";
        }
    }

  ?>

  <form method="post" >
  <input type="text" name="n" placeholder="Name"><br>
  <input type="email" name="e" placeholder="Email"><br>
  <textarea col="10" rows="5"  name="m" placeholder="Message"></textarea><br>
  <input type="submit" name="submit">
  </form>

Send an email using php

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