note 107558 added to function.mail

* Solution for using mail()/sendmail to send in background mode * <?php $additionalParameters = '-ODeliveryMode\=b'; mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $additionalParameters); ?> * More details * Let's assume you want to send mails in your php script. Normally calling the mail() function will pause the php script until the mail transfer agent (which is sendmail in most cases) delivered the mail. Actually this behavior may end up in a quite long timeout, e.g. if the destination server is not reachable or the internet connection of the server where sendmail is running is not working properly. If you search the internet you will find some advices to prevent this behavoir by passing an argument to sendmail which will force the mail transfer agent to run in background mode. Just look at this note: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php#104054 I tested this solution but had no success. Sendmail was still working in the normal foreground mode... So what will be a working solution? At first let's assume we want to call sendmail from the command line and change it's delivery mode to background. The right sytax for doing so would be: sendmail -i -t -ODeliveryMode=b Notice that there is NO SPACE between the '-O' and the option name 'DeliveryMode'. Ok. Now let's use this option in our php mail function: <?php $additionalParameters = '-ODeliveryMode=b'; mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers, $additionalParameters); ?> Fine, this should normally work. But it won't... I don't know if this is actually a bug but I still post it here for all the other users running into the same problem. What happend? If you take a closer look at the running processes and their command line options when php is calling sendmail you will see something like this: pstree -a ... php-cgi | | - sh -c /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i -ODeliveryMode=b | | - sendmail -t -i -ODeliveryMode b Notice the missing '=' between the option and it's value. So sendmail will not parse this option because of the missing equal sign. Solution: Escape the '=' with a backslash '\'. I think php should take care of this. But I'm not sure. Maybe someone could give me a hint to post this as a bugfix or not. Take care André ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 79.241.206.92 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/107558 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/107558 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/107558 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php