Re: How to write errorhandling??

Hi, I never said it is impossible to use mail() on a WIN machine - it just needs some additional adjustments of the php configuration file. For those who need more information on the topic check the user contributed notes at http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.mail.php Regards Dobromir Velev -----Original Message----- From: DL Neil <PHPml@DandE.HomeChoice.co.uk> To: Dobromir Velev <diadomraz@rambler.bg>; php-db@lists.php.net <php-db@lists.php.net>; news.letters@gmx.de <news.letters@gmx.de> Date: Monday, October 22, 2001 2:29 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] How to write errorhandling?? >Luditus/Dobromir, >It IS possible to run the mail function on a Win machine - I had a Win2000/IIS(with its own SMTP stub) box running PHP >mail happily. >Also it is possible to have a Win-with-no-local-SMTP configuration. I have re-jigged my WinNT portable to run the same >PHP/Apache script connecting directly to my ISP's SMTP server (in part using the path var mentioned). >I haven't tried to combine email with 'headers' though! >...if that's the problem... >=dn > > >> Hi, >> I see that everybody is looking for the error in the header function - but >> the error actually is that Luditus is trying to use mail on a Windows box >> with no SMTP server on it. >> It is possible to suppress the mail function output using @mail, but it >> won't fix the problem - if you want to use mail function on a WIN machine >> you'll need a sendmail like program and you will have to adjust the >> sendmail_path variable in your PHP configuration. >> >> >Hi Fokes, >> > >> >I would like to send an mail via the mail function. >> > >> >If the mail failes I would like to redirect to an errorpage. Currently my >> >code looks like this: >> > >> > if ( mail($email,$subject_confirm_account, $message_confirm_account, >> >$from_confirm_account) ){ >> > HEADER("Location:index.php?fuseaction=txt&msg=registered"); >> file://success >> > } >> > else{ >> > HEADER("Location:index.php?fuseaction=txt&msg=mailproblem"); // mail >> could >> >not been sent >> > }; >> > >> >Unfortunatelly I get an erromessage like that: >> > >> >Warning: Failed to Connect in >> >e:\projects\globosapiens\07_production\actual\account\include\user.php on >> >line 256 >> > >> >Warning: Cannot add header information - headers already sent by (output >> >started at >> >e:\projects\globosapiens\07_production\actual\account\include\user.php:256) >> >in e:\projects\globosapiens\07_production\actual\account\include\user.php >> on >> >line 260 >> > >> >Where is the problem??? I can't see it. > > >-- >PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >