You have to be especially careful about this part, depending on your server setup:
"Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary." If this is not so, the sendmail binary may have been found, but will not work because it is not accessible, sort of an "I see you but I can't touch you" situation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Paul Blondé -----Original Message----- From: Keith Roberts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 9:55 AM To: php-install@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP-INSTALL] help with mail() function What configure command did you use Bill. I've compiled php 5.2.1 on Fedora Core 6, and used the following configure command: './configure' '--with-apxs2=/usr/local/apache-2.2.0/bin/apxs' '--prefix=/usr/local/php-5.2.1' '--enable-shared=all' '--with-mysql=shared' '--with-mysql-sock=/var/lib/databases/mysql/mysql.sock' '--with-mysqli=shared' '--with-pgsql=/usr/local/postgresql-8.2.1/bin' '--with-xsl' '--with-zlib-dir=/usr/include' mail() is working OK on my system. >From the manual: LXXIX. Mail Functions Introduction The mail() function allows you to send mail. Requirements For the Mail functions to be available, PHP must have access to the sendmail binary on your system during compile time. If you use another mail program, such as qmail or postfix, be sure to use the appropriate sendmail wrappers that come with them. PHP will first look for sendmail in your PATH, and then in the following: /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/etc:/etc:/usr/ucblib:/usr/lib. It's highly recommended to have sendmail available from your PATH. Also, the user that compiled PHP must have permission to access the sendmail binary. Installation There is no installation needed to use these functions; they are part of the PHP core. Did php actually find the sendmail binary or its equivalent when you compiled php? Regards Keith On Fri, 27 Jul 2007, Bill Beck wrote: > To: php-install@lists.php.net > From: Bill Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PHP-INSTALL] help with mail() function > > Hello all, > > I've compiled PHP5 on an Ubuntu machine. Getting this error when trying > to use mail(), and have looked for the obvious problems: > > error message: > > *Fatal error*: Call to undefined function mail() > > After running ./configure (as root) it shows that php found sendmail, and > my admin panel confirms it's running: > > checking for sendmail... (cached) /usr/sbin/sendmail > > So sendmail is there, and the php_config.h file indeed shows #define > HAVE_SENDMAIL 1 > but no mail function. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > > Bill B > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.karsites.net http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk This email address is challenge-response protected with http://www.tmda.net ------------------------------------------------------------
