Re: why is this not a bug?

On 7/12/00 at 11:33 PM, rasmus@php.net (Rasmus Lerdorf) wrote: > > If I configure php4 such that I tell it sendmail_path is /usr/local/turkey -t > > (not a valid filename) it, still merrily returns '1' when I invoke mail(). How > > can it return a true value on a command that has to fail? > > > > This is pretty frustrating... > > > > > > php4pl2/OSX/Apache 1.3.12 > > From ext/standard/mail.c: > > sendmail = popen(sendmail_path, "w"); > > if (sendmail) { > fprintf(sendmail, "To: %s\n", to); > fprintf(sendmail, "Subject: %s\n", subject); > if (headers != NULL) { > fprintf(sendmail, "%s\n", headers); > } > fprintf(sendmail, "\n%s\n", message); > ret = pclose(sendmail); > if (ret == -1) { > return 0; > } else { > return 1; > } > } else { > php_error(E_WARNING, "Could not execute mail delivery program"); > return 0; > } > > From the popen() man page: > > RETURN VALUE > The popen function returns NULL if the fork(2) or pipe(2) calls > fail, or if it cannot allocate memory. > > So, either your OSX is broken (which is not all that unlikely) or your > sendmail_path is not what you think it is. Write yourself a tiny little C > program to test popen() on your system. > OSX doesn't appear to be broken - for example, I can use sendmail services through other interfaces (such as mailviewer). And I can get information from sendmail using /usr/sbin/sendmail -whatever without problems from the shell... If I invoke /usr/sbin/turkey -t from the command line, I get a failure (shell returns command not found) - as of course it must, since it corresponds to nothing... but mail() reports '1'. This can't have anything to do with sendmail, and the OS is doing what it ought...or isn't it? I'm not a c programmer, so it's not going to happen that I use the method you've described - although I understand the logic fine and can see why that would be a useful test. Are there any living examples of people using php4 on and OSX box (BSD) with the mail() function working? I just love this tool, but this is a show stopper... BTW, if you take a look at www.surveys123.com, you can see an online survey building system that I built with php/mysql... ----------------------------------------------------- omnivore: omnivore@sympatico.ca Networked and Desktop interactive technologies tel: +1 416 603 3309 Build surveys online with surveys123: http://www.surveys123.com Your Online Science & Astronomy Superstore: http://www.e-sci.com