Why is the email not being sent? (php)

Question

PHP

I welcome everyone! Not strong in PHP. You need to make sure that the script sends a letter to email.
There is an index.html file and in it the submit form looks like this:

<form action="mail.php" method="post" id="main_form">
<input name="title" type="text" placeholder="ИМЯ" id="main_name">
<input name="phone" type="text" placeholder="ТЕЛЕФОН" id="main_telephone">
<input name="mess" type="text" placeholder="E-MAIL" id="main_email">
<input type="submit" value="ОТПРАВИТЬ" class="ex_hover">
</form>

And there is a separate mail.php file

<?php 
// если была нажата кнопка "Отправить" 
if($_POST['submit']) {
$title = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['title'])), 0, 1000); 
$mess = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['mess'])), 0, 1000000); 
$phone = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['phone'])), 0, 1000000); 
// $to - кому отправляем 
$to = '[email protected]'; 
// $from - от кого 
$from='[email protected]'; 
// функция, которая отправляет наше письмо
mail($to, $title, $mess, 'From:'.$from); 
echo 'Спасибо! Ваше письмо отправлено.'; 
} 

?>

I need that after a person left a request, it went to my mail

Answer 1

Are you testing locally by any chance? well, opneServer or Denver? if so, look for letters in the !send or tmp folders!

Answer 2

if($_POST['submit']) {
I don't see an input named submit in the form

Answer 3

So that the mail(); worked, you should at least have an SMTP service installed on the server, and a reverse zone configured. If this is difficult for you, then try this option:
1. Download: swiftmailer.org/download
2. Write a script that will send mail through your GMAIL account

<?php
// если была нажата кнопка "Отправить" 
if($_POST['submit']) {
$title = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['title'])), 0, 1000); 
$mess = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['mess'])), 0, 1000000); 
$phone = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['phone'])), 0, 1000000); 
// $to - кому отправляем 
$to = '[email protected]'; 
// $from - от кого 
$from='[email protected]'; 
// функция, которая отправляет наше письмо

// подключаем swift_required.php который вы скачала и п.1
require_once '/path/to/swift-mailer/lib/swift_required.php';

// создаем письмо
$message = Swift_Message::newInstance()
  ->setSubject($title)
  ->setFrom(array($from))
  ->setTo(array($to))
  ->setBody($mess);

// настраиваем подключение к gmail
$transport = Swift_SmtpTransport::newInstance('smtp.gmail.com', 465, 'ssl')
  ->setUsername('[email protected]')
  ->setPassword('password');

// отправляем
$mailer = Swift_Mailer::newInstance($transport);
$mailer->send($message);

Answer 4

An even simpler email can be sent via PHPMailer.
Yes, it is better to use authorization so that the letter is more likely not to fall into spam.

Answer 5

Try this code for mail.php

<?php
//Принимаем значения формы, обрабатываем и заносим в переменные. Эту часть кода в самое начало файла, до DOCTYPE
if (!empty($_POST['title'])) $name = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['title'])), 0, 1000);
if (!empty($_POST['phone'])) $phone = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['phone'])), 0, 20);
if (!empty($_POST['mess'])) $text = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['mess'])), 0, 1000000);
?>

<?php
//Формируем письмо. Эту часть кода вставить в любое место между body
if(isset($name,$phone,$text)) {
  $subject = "Форма обратной связи"; //тема сообщения
  $message = "Имя: ".$name."<br>Телефон: ".$phone."<br>Текст: ".$text."<br>"; //содержание сообщение
  $emailto = "[email protected]"; //e-mail кому
  $emailfrom = "[email protected]"; //e-mail от кого
  $chek = mail($emailto, $subject, $message, "Content-type:text/html; Charset=utf-8\r\nFrom:".$emailfrom."\r\n"); //отправляем сообщение
  if($chek) echo "Ваше письмо успешно отправлено!";
  else echo "Ваше письмо не отправлено!";
}
else {
  echo "Вы заполнили не все поля!";
}
?>

ps The problem with your code not working was that you did not pass the submit value and the if($_POST['submit']) check did not pass. My version of sending a letter is better, but it can be modified for special cases, but in 90% of the case it will work as it should. I myself use this one.

Answer 6

maybe this is a better option?

$headers = "From: [email protected] <[email protected]>\r\n"; 
$headers .= "Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8";


$title = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['title'])), 0, 1000); 
$mess = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['mess'])), 0, 1000000); 
$phone = substr(htmlspecialchars(trim($_POST['phone'])), 0, 1000000);

if(empty($title))
die("Отсутствует заголовок");

if(empty($mess))
die("Отсутствует сообщение");

if(empty($phone))
die("Отсутствует телефон");


$msg = $mess."<br />".$phone;

$to = '[email protected]';

if(mail($to, $title, $msg, $headers)) {
die("Успешно");
} else {
die("Сообщение не отправлено");
}

despite the fact that this option supports html tags in emails.

Answer 7

The problem is in the submit code
. The plugin submits on behalf of the user filling out the form.
The problem is solved, described here
Sends both by standard means and with the smtp plugin