Hi David, mail() and imap_mail() both call's the internal function TSendMail(). This is the function that generates the error. the imap version does some additional chacks for headers. I'll take a look to see if we can make the error message more informative.
- Frank > ok thanks. but still, how is it that > > mail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]','subject','body',"From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > > should produce an error message stating "custom "From:" header missing"? > > and is there any reason the custom header can't be parsed, and if a > "From:" header is found, to use that instead of sendmail_from value? > > thanks again. > > > On Wed, August 18, 2004 6:11 pm, Frank M. Kromann said: > > > > These extra parameters to the TSendMail function are used by imap_mail(). > > To use this function you need to load the imap extension but you get a few > > more options that are not available in the standard mail function. See > > http://php.net/imap_mail for more information. > > > > - Frank > > > > > >> sorry in advance for the length, formatting and possible redundancy of > >> this message. > >> > >> Anyway, on Windows, leaving "sendmail_from" blank and setting a "From:" > >> header in the extra headers parameter doesn't work. > >> > >> test.php: > >> <?php > >> mail('[EMAIL PROTECTED]','subject','body',"From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"); > >> /* > >> Warning: mail(): "sendmail_from" not set in php.ini or custom "From:" > >> header missing in C:\dev\quiktests\test.php on line 3 > >> */ > >> > >> ??--> http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=28976 > >> there are also a couple user notes on the mail manual page to the > > effect > >> of "use ini_set()", but that seems messy, especially for distributed > >> scripts to do a check everytime they send mail(): > >> if(PHP_OS == 'Win' && empty(ini_get("sendmail_from")){ > >> ini_set("sendmail_from", $tempFromAddress); > >> } > >> > >> > >> I don't know C (or any cvs/patch tools), but here's what I think is > > going on: > >> > >> in ext/standard/mail.c we find the following code (notice the last > >> argument to TSendMail() is NULL): > >> > >> [code] > >> .... > >> PHPAPI int php_mail(char *to, char *subject, char *message, char > > *headers, > >> char *extra_cmd TSRMLS_DC) { > >> ..... > >> if (!sendmail_path) { > >> #if (defined PHP_WIN32 || defined NETWARE) > >> /* handle old style win smtp sending */ > >> if (TSendMail(INI_STR("SMTP"), &tsm_err, &tsm_errmsg, headers, > > subject, > >> to, message, NULL, NULL, NULL) == FAILURE) { > >> .... > >> [/code] > >> > >> > >> unfortunately, in win32/sendmail.c we find this: > >> > >> [code] > >> .... > >> PHPAPI int TSendMail(char *host, int *error, char **error_message, > >> char *headers, char *Subject, char *mailTo, char *data, > >> char *mailCc, char *mailBcc, char *mailRPath) > >> { > >> .... > >> /* Fall back to sendmail_from php.ini setting */ > >> if (mailRPath && *mailRPath) { > >> RPath = estrdup(mailRPath); > >> } else if (INI_STR("sendmail_from")) { > >> RPath = estrdup(INI_STR("sendmail_from")); } > >> else { > >> if (headers) { > >> efree(headers); > >> efree(headers_lc); > >> } > >> *error = W32_SM_SENDMAIL_FROM_NOT_SET; return FAILURE; > >> } > >> .... > >> [/code] > >> > >> it seems mailRPath will always be NULL and "sendmail_from" will always > > be > >> "fallen back" to, and thus you get an error. > >> > >> maybe, probably, i'm missing something, but at the very least, the > > error > >> message ("custom "From:" header missing") or the documentation could be > >> altered. > >> > >> thanks. > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php