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

PaulCheung paulcheung at tiscali.co.uk
Fri Apr 25 04:02:45 EDT 2008


My PHP.INI is sitting in the root directory. Search using "mail" and 
hopefully it will be of some help. It might be prudent before you alter your 
PHP.INI to make a backup.

Paul
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mikesz at qualityadvantages.com>
To: "NYPHP Talk" <talk at lists.nyphp.org>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [nycphp-talk] using PHP mail function on Windows server?


> Hello Kristina,
>
> Friday, April 25, 2008, 3:16:55 AM, you wrote:
>
>> 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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>
> php.ini is probably in the WINDOWS folders or the equivalent on your
> server as is my.ini as I remember.
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> mikesz                            mailto:mikesz at qualityadvantages.com 




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