MAMP setup

[TommyLox]

Hi - I'm can't seem to be able to receive emails when I complete and submit my forms. I followed the tutorials to the letter, so I guess the issue is doen to my MAMP configuration? My form_response.php code block is:

 

<?php

 

$name_first = $_POST['name_first'];

$email = $_POST['email'];

$football_team = $_POST['football_team'];

$best_player = $_POST['best_player'];

$comments = $_POST['comments'];

 

print "First name: {$name_first} with an email of: {$email}. Your

favourite football team is: {$football_team} and you feel the best

player is {$best_player}. We also take note of your comments:

{$comments}";

 

$email_message = "First Name: {$name_first} with an email of: {$email}";

 

mail('tomanderson83@gmail.com','Form Response ', $email_message);

 

?>

 

I am unsure how to fix this and receive the email, please help! Thanks a million!!

[falkencreative]

As a general rule, I tell people not to test the mail() function on their local computer, but rather to test that functionality on your web hosting. I believe it is possible to get mail() to work properly, but my understanding is that it is a bit fiddly and requires editing your php.ini file with your SMTP details.

[Wickham]

If you want to send from MAMP, have a look at this tutorial:-

http://roshanbh.com.np/2007/12/sending-e-mail-from-localhost-in-php-in-windows-environment.html

Find php.ini in the MAMP folders and edit carefully (save a copy of the original).

 

Note that it says "Note : Some smtp server verifies the email address of the sender so the email address which is in the place of “sender@sender.com” should be a valid and existing email address otherwise mail might not be sent to the “you@yourdomain.com”."

For your first tests, send From your own domain To your own domain because if the "From" part of the email has a strange domain it may be viewed as spam because emails sent from a different domain name from your own looks like a problem and eventually you will be blocked. It happened to me and I had to phone to get unblocked.

[TommyLox]

Thanks Ben and Wickham. I agree that it's fiddly (!), so I will resist testing the mail function through MAMP for now and test that functionality on my web host.