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Asked: 2026-05-13T22:08:43+00:00

I have a small script which im using to test PHP mail(), as below:

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I have a small script which im using to test PHP mail(), as below:

<?php
error_reporting(E_ALL);
ini_set("display_errors",1);

mail('x@x.com','test','test') or die('could not send') ;

echo "Mail Sent";

?>

When I run this script I get no output at all. I don’t get an error, I dont get anything echoed, I view the source, nothing.

Ive tried so many different variations, if I take out the mail function in the code above it will work fine.

This is a Windows hosted server so I have not access to php.ini or anything

Could it be some configuration that is causing no output when its encountering an error?

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to the PHP Runtime Configuration guide:

    Note: Although display_errors may be
    set at runtime (with ini_set()), it
    won’t have any affect if the script
    has fatal errors. This is because the
    desired runtime action does not get
    executed.

    Your code appears to have a syntax error ('test, is missing a closing apostrophe). Thus, your program is encountering a fatal error. The only way to get a fatal error to display (EDIT: outside the error log) is to set display_errors = 1 in your php.ini file.

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