Sending an email in php is not working

Question

Having an inquiry form in my website unable to send an email after entering an email and click on submit getting as "Mail could not be sent".It is redirecting to another and displaying the message.Need to display the message on the same page.Here is the code:

index.php

<form action="contact.php" method="post"  enctype="multipart/form-data">
  <input type="email" size="30" placeholder=" Enter your Email and Get Notified..."  name="email" id="email">
  <a href="#"><button type="submit" class="btn span btn-4 btn-4a icon-arrow-right"><span></span></button></a>
  <div id="response"></div>
</form>

contact.php:

<?php

$connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "mk_group", "12345") or die(mysql_error());
$db = mysql_select_db("group", $connection);    
$email = $_POST['email'] ;
$sql2 = mysql_query("insert into contact_us(email) values ('$email')");
if ($sql2) 
{
 $to = "xxx@gmail.com,yyy@gmail.com";
 $subject = 'the subject';
 $message = 'hello';         
 $retval = mail ($to,$subject,$message);         
 echo "Message sent successfully...";
}else {
  echo "Message could not be sent...";
}
?>

Strongly recommend don't use `mysql_*` . use `mysqli_*` or `PDO` — Bilal Ahmed, Sep 25 '17 at 11:46
Just read the documentation .. http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php — Renjith V R, Sep 25 '17 at 11:50
It is better to insert records in the database only when the email gets sent. — Mr Pro Pop, Sep 25 '17 at 11:51

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 25 '17 at 11:51

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Function mail(string $to , string $subject , string $message) requires 3 arguments and you set just one

answered Sep 25 '17 at 11:51

Artem Ilchenko

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Yeah as simple as that. – Mr Pro Pop Sep 25 '17 at 11:54

Sending an email in php is not working

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