Re: mail function works, but always from nobody@localhost!
| From: | KK | Date: | Tue, 04 Mar 2003 08:32:11 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: mail function works, but always from nobody@localhost! | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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add an extra variable to your mail function. php takes an optional 4th
parameter, which adds features like "From" and "Reply". example:
$extra = "From: $name <$email>\r\n\Reply-To: $email";
so the mail function would be:
mail($recipient,$subject,$body,$extra);
Hope this helped.
"Ml" <slickmik@eden.rutgers.edu> wrote in message
news:20030304051003.3427.qmail@pb1.pair.com...
> How exactly would I go about fixing my current php/sendmail setup so that
it
> uses the value specified in my php input form in the
> from box instead of always setting the email from address as :
> nobody@locahost ???
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
>