Re: mail prob
| From: | W.D. | Date: | Fri, 23 Feb 2001 06:02:04 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: mail prob | ||
| References: | 1 2 3 4 5 | Groups: | php.general |
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so there is no way to pull this variable from an email form field?
> From: "W.D." <suedeuno@yahoo.com>
>
> > I'm using a remote host, and when I call mail() with all the var's
pulling
> > values from form fields, it still shows as nobody in from header. Is
this
> a
> > server situation? Theyre using php4 support and they claim its that I'm
> not
> > using appropriate variables in the function.
> >
> >
>
>
> You have to set the From header manually:
>
>
> <?php
> $to = "who@where.com";
> $from = "me@myserver.com";
> $subject = "Blah";
> $body = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.";
>
> mail($to, $subject, $body, "From: $from");
> ?>
>
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php
>
>
> Regards
>
> Simon Garner
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