aidan Thu Apr 28 08:57:54 2005 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions mail.xml
Log:
Add a little more info about sendmail_from
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml?r1=1.31&r2=1.32&ty=u
Index: phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml:1.31
phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml:1.32
--- phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml:1.31 Sun Feb 13 22:37:34 2005
+++ phpdoc/en/reference/mail/functions/mail.xml Thu Apr 28 08:57:53 2005
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.31 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.32 $ -->
<refentry id="function.mail">
<refnamediv>
<refname>mail</refname>
@@ -92,16 +92,29 @@
<para>
This is typically used to add extra headers (From, Cc, and Bcc).
Multiple extra headers should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n).
- <note>
- <para>
- If messages are not received, try using a LF (\n) only.
- Some poor quality Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF
- automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used).
- This should be a last resort, as it does not comply with
- <ulink url="&url.rfc;2822">RFC 2822</ulink>.
- </para>
- </note>
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ When sending mail, the mail <emphasis>must</emphasis> contain
+ a <literal>From<literal> header. This can be set with the
+ <parameter>additional_headers</parameter> parameter, or a default
+ can be set in &php.ini;.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Failing to do this will result in an error
+ message similar to <literal>Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not
+ set in php.ini or custom "From:" header missing</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ If messages are not received, try using a LF (\n) only.
+ Some poor quality Unix mail transfer agents replace LF by CRLF
+ automatically (which leads to doubling CR if CRLF is used).
+ This should be a last resort, as it does not comply with
+ <ulink url="&url.rfc;2822">RFC 2822</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
@@ -216,8 +229,8 @@
$to = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]';
$subject = 'the subject';
$message = 'hello';
-$headers = 'From: webmaster@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . "\r\n" .
- 'Reply-To: webmaster@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] . "\r\n" .
+$headers = 'From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' . "\r\n" .
+ 'Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]' . "\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
@@ -236,7 +249,7 @@
<![CDATA[
<?php
mail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]', 'the subject', 'the message', null,
- '-fwebmaster@' . $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME']);
+ '[EMAIL PROTECTED]');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
