Re: going to try one more time about mail problems
| From: | Rasmus Lerdorf | Date: | Thu, 01 Jun 2000 14:26:31 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: going to try one more time about mail problems | ||
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> 1) Yes, the sendmail_path in php.ini has been properly setup.
What exactly is it set to? Check your phpinfo() output.
> However, if I use this code it does work:
>
> $MP = "/usr/lib/sendmail -t ";
> $fd = popen($MP,"w");
> fputs($fd, "To: wizaerd@wizaerd.com\n");
> fputs($fd, "From: jsheble@zanova.com\n");
> fputs($fd, "Reply-To: jsheble@zanova.com\n");
> fputs($fd, "Subject: Test EMail\n");
> fputs($fd, "X-Mailer: PHP/".phpversion()."\n\n");
> fputs($fd, "This is a test\n");
> pclose($fd);
>
> If the one section of code works and the other does not, not to mention
> sending mail from the command line works, then most likely it is not a
> sendmail configuration problem. I have nbeen told that the second method is
> all that sendmail really does behind the scenes for the mail() anyways, but
> I was also told that the second approach would be more intensive (CPU
> cycles, memory footprints, etc... I dunno why, I just know what I've been
> told).
Well, whoever told you that second part doesn't really understand what is
going on. The difference is insignificant.
> I'm afraid that if I do not get this rectified, I am going to have to
> abandon PHP on this project or even this project altogether.
Is this supposed to make people so worried that they will answer your
question? I doubt anybody cares if you switch.
-Rasmus