#28294 [NEW]: mail() always returns false, even on success

From: roguedragon at merging dot org Operating system: FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE PHP version: 4.3.6 PHP Bug Type: Mail related Bug description: mail() always returns false, even on success Description: ------------ I've seen multiple bugs were reported about this in the past, but all were using older versions of PHP, and most were said to be fixed or had patches that were entered into the CVS for the next version. But, here I am with the problem. On the server listed above (FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE/Apache 1.3.29/PHP 4.3.6), --enable-sigchild was used in compilation. (There was a patch posted about On a simple mail script, the mail() function always returns false, even though the mail is actually going through. (Script posted below) After reading through the bug reports, I recompiled without the --enable-sigchild flag and rebooted everything. phpinfo() no longer states that it was compiled with --enable-sigchild, but the problem still exists. I tested the same script on another server that was compiled with --enable-sigchild, and had the same results. mail() returned false even though it sent the email out. (FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE/Apache 1.3.27/PHP 4.3.2) On a server that was NOT compiled with --enable-sigchild (FreeBSD 4.9-RELEASE/Apache 1.3.29/PHP 4.3.4), mail() returned the correct status. Any suggestions? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php if( mail( 'xxx@xxx.xxx', 'test subject', 'just a test message', "From: 'me@mine.com' ) ) echo "Success"; else echo "Failed."; ?> -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28294&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (php4): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=trysnapshot4 Try a CVS snapshot (php5): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=trysnapshot5 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=globals PHP 3 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=php3 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=28294&r=float