do you have an ini, not the exe, file in c:\winnt\system32 ? jeff.
----- Original Message ----- From: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff D. Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "mike cullerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] command line are -c doesn't work on win2k? > Jeff, > > If mail is working, then agree with your point about config. > > Appendix B. Using PHP from the command line > Usage: php [-q] [-h] [-s [-v] [-i] [-f <file>] | {<file> [args...]} > -q Quiet-mode. Suppress HTTP Header output. > -C Do not chdir to the script's directory > -c <path> Look for php.ini file in this directory > > PHP is case sensitive (whereas Windows is not). > Where is the .ini file? (not the PHP.exe file) > > Does this help? > =dn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff D. Hamann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "mike cullerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 18 January 2002 17:25 > Subject: Re: [PHP] command line are -c doesn't work on win2k? > > > > This will work from the dir that contains php.exe...... > > > > <? > > mail( "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "subject", "test" ); > > ?> > > > > here are the php.ini smtp lines... > > > > [mail function] > > ; For Win32 only. > > ;SMTP = stimpy - this works fine as does > > SMTP = 192.168.0.2 > > > > ; For Win32 only. > > sendmail_from = [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I don't see how this could be a config problem. The emails I have been > > sending state that the script works *fine* from the same dir as php.exe. The > > problem arises when I attempt to run the script from another directory... > > > > Jeff. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "DL Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "mike cullerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Jeff D. Hamann" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:09 AM > > Subject: Re: [PHP] command line are -c doesn't work on win2k? > > > > > > > Mike and Jeff, > > > > > > > what about the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"? is it failing on a 'bad' email address? > > or > > > > maybe putting everything in variables and trying > > > > > > > > mail($to,$subject,$message); > > > > > > =there's a difference between the way PHP talks to an SMTP server (using > > mail()) on Win32 compared to *nix - > > > which can make advice on the forum 'tricky'. On Windows the email msg is > > shunted out of PHP and thrown at the > > > SMTP server with no ceremony - and no 'backwards' communication eg a > > confirmatory msg "got it thanks". Whereas > > > *nix systems allow for some discussion between PHP and sendmail (for > > example). > > > > > > =thus under Windows the quality of the email address is almost irrelevant > > (to PHP at least). However the email > > > lines from PHP.INI will be of interest. Can you post them please Jeff? > > > > > > =Regards, > > > =dn > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on 1/18/02 9:14 AM, Jeff D. Hamann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > nope. no difference. > > > > > > > > > > jeff. > > > > > > > > > > "Mike Cullerton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > > >> on 1/18/02 12:00 AM, Jeff D. Hamann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >>> I've been trying to figure out what was wrong with my script... > > > > >>> > > > > >>> <? > > > > >>> mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "Subject", "command line mail() test"); > > > > >>> ?> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> from the command line, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> php mail_test.php > > > > >>> > > > > >>> and getting, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> X-Powered-By: PHP/4.0.6 > > > > >>> Content-type: text/html > > > > >>> > > > > >>> attempting to deliver the mail<br> > > > > >>> <b>Warning</b>: Unknown error in <b>mail_test.php</b> on line > > > > > <b>3</b><br> > > > > >> > > > > >> didn't notice any other responses, and this is just a guess here, but > > how > > > > >> about taking the '()' out of the body of the message. ie, "command > > line > > > > > mail > > > > >> test" > > > > >> > > > > >> -- mike cullerton michaelc at cullerton dot com > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- mike cullerton michaelc at cullerton dot com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]