#40139 [NEW]: Mail command not returning true on success

From: sab2002a at yahoo dot com Operating system: FreeBSD 5.4 PHP version: 4.4.4 PHP Bug Type: Mail related Bug description: Mail command not returning true on success Description: ------------ I have PHP setup as a CGI and am using qmail as my mail server. When I use the mail() function, on success, I do not get a true return on the function. I get no return. On failure, I do get a false return. Reproduce code: --------------- <?php if (!mail('email@address.com','test','test','From: email@address.com')) echo "An error occurred"; else echo "no error occurred"; ?> Expected result: ---------------- Expect to see "no error occurred" and email sent. Actual result: -------------- The email gets sent but I get a "An error occurred" message. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=40139&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 4.4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=trysnapshot44 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=40139&r=mysqlcfg