Question

I’m running a web server using XAMPP. I have using a web form to send emails using PHP scripting. I was wondering, can some tell me why i’m getting this error?

Warning: mail() [function.mail]: “sendmail_from” not set in php.ini or custom “From:” header missing in C:\xampp\htdocs\format.php on line 24

Here is my php.ini code, with the relevant part provided:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/smtp
SMTP = localhost
; http://php.net/smtp-port
smtp_port = 25

; For Win32 only.
; http://php.net/sendmail-from
;sendmail_from = postmaster@localhost

Here is also my PHP script, just to show you what i coded (I can’t see anything wrong with line 24 by the way).

<?php

$to = '[e-mail]';
$subject = 'This is from your company';

$name = $_POST['name'];
$email = $_POST['email'];
$message = $_POST['message'];

$message = <<<EMAIL

Hi! My name is $email

$message

From $name
Oh ya, my email is $email

EMAIL;

$header = '$email';

if($_POST){
mail($to,  $subject, $message, $header);
$feedback = 'Thanks for the email';
}

?>

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Answer 1

Uncomment the sendmail_from setting in the ini file:

sendmail_from = postmaster@localhost

(remove the semicolon from the beginning). You might also change the postmaster@localhost to something you’d actually want people to see as a sender