note 109655 added to function.mail

I've noticed that on some versions of PHP occasionally mail() returns the empty string for success, rather than true or false. The empty string evaluates to false. if you use constructs like if ( mail( ... ) ){ # do something here on success } this wont work consistently. so you need code like $ret=mail(....) if ( $ret == '' || $ret ){ # do something here } to get consistent results. ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 212.46.151.2 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/109655 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/109655 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/109655 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php