Re: mail prob

From: "W.D." <suedeuno@yahoo.com> > so there is no way to pull this variable from an email form field? > Eh? Of course, $from can be set by a form field if you want. Or a database, or any way you can set a variable. Then pass it to mail(), per my last message. > > > > 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 >