Question

I got the following code and before sending i check the fields are populated or not…when sending the email i get the message ‘We have received your email .’ but i cannot see the email in my inbox, tried it with two different emails but same results… cannot figure out why can you help me please. here is the code:

if($badinput == NULL){ ?>
    <h2>We have received your email .</h2>
    </div>
    <?php

    require_once("libs/inc.email_form.php");

    $email_fields = array(
        "Name"              => $_POST['name'],
        "E-Mail Address"        => $_POST['email'],
        "Telephone Number"      => $_POST['telephone'],
        "Callback"          => $_POST['callback'],
        "Enquiry"           => $_POST['enquiry']
    );

    contact_form( "[e-mail]",  $_POST['email'], " Enquiry", "test", $email_fields);
}
else
{
    echo $badinput . "</div>";
}
?>

here is the function in libs/inc.email_form.php:

function contact_form($to, $from, $subject, $message, $fields){ 
    if(!$to || !$from || !$subject || !$message || !$fields){
        print form function is missing a variable";
        return false;
    }

    $msg_body = $message."\n\nSubmitted ".date("l, F j, Y, g:i a")." [EST]\n\nSUBMISSION DETAILS:\n";

    // clean up all the variables
    foreach($fields as $k => $v){
        $msg_body .= "\n".$k.": ".clean_var($v);
    }

    // add additional info
    $referer = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] : "could not determine" ;
    $user_agent = (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'])) ? $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] : "could not determine" ;
    $msg_body .= "\n\nAdditional Info:\nIP = ".$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']."Browser Info: ".$user_agent."Referral: ".$referer." \r";

    // send it
    $emailer = new emailer;
    if(is_array($to)){
        foreach($to as $t){
            $emailer->send_email($from, $subject, $msg_body, $to);
        }
    }else{
        $emailer->send_email($from, $subject, $msg_body, $to);
    }

    return true;
}

Answer 1

I see no reason for using a class if it’s just probably still using the standard PHP mail() function.

Please try using this code to test if mail actually get sent:

if (mail('[e-mail]', 'subject', 'test email'))
    echo 'Mail was sent';
else
    echo 'Mail could not be sent';

Also please check the Spam folder as many emails send through PHP mail() get flagged as spam due to incorrect or incomplete headers or because of abuse and bad IP reputation (especially if you’re using shared hosting).