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[nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?

Kristina Anderson ka at kacomputerconsulting.com
Thu Apr 24 15:16:55 EDT 2008


Hi Paul,

Thanks.  We are on PHP 4.x and Windows 2003 server and looking through 
the directories through FTP, there doesn't appear to be an existing 
PHP.INI file...the tech support is directing my client in what settings 
to configure in PHP.INI (Port 25 and STMP=localhost and so on)...I'm 
assuming for PHP 4.x I have to create this PHP.INI file?

Is it worth trying the below on a 4.x platform?

--Kristina

> Hi Kristina
> 
> I was wrestling with this problem a few months ago, I remember having 
to do 
> some fiddling with the PHP.INI. Anyway the coding below works for 
WINDOWS 
> and PHP 5
> 
> 
> <?php session_start; ob_start;
>     ini_set("SMTP", "smtp.isp.com");
>     ini_set("smtp_port", "25");
>     ini_set("sendmail_from", admin at isp.com);
> 
>    $to  = "johndoe at hotmail.com";
>    $subject  = "Enter your subject here";
> 
>    $message = "YES IT WORKED @ LONG LAST
>                         I can put anything I like here";
> 
> 
>    $from  = "FROM: admin at isp.com ";
>    mail("$to", "$subject", "$message", "$from");
> 
>    echo "The email has been sent";
> ?>
> 
> Paul
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kristina Anderson" <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com>
> To: <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:28 AM
> Subject: [nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?
> 
> 
> > Hi everyone --
> >
> > My current client's app is a PHP 4 site running on a Windows box 
(don't
> > ask...I have no idea why).  I'm trying to use the mail() function 
and
> > the mail isn't cooperating.
> >
> > (Two things that I noticed in phpinfo() are that Internal Sendmail
> > Support for Windows is enabled and the Zend engine is installed.
> >
> > So maybe I could/should be using another method to send the mails, 
or
> > there is a trick that I'm not aware of that I need to use to get 
this
> > to work?)
> >
> > It's not necessarily super high volume but we will be sending a
> > significant amount of automated emails to registered people on the 
site.
> >
> > Thanks for any help...
> >
> > --Kristina  (completely Uncertified in PHP and Unsure why the mail 
is
> > not sending!)
> >
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