[PHP] Re: mail() again...
what is recommended to use instead of mail() then?
cheers
"Manuel Lemos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> On 09/01/2002 02:30 AM, Liam Mackenzie wrote:
> > It seems nearly everyone has a problem with this function, probably
because
> > it relies on third party software.
>
> Yes, mail() is probably the most problematic of the frequently used
> functions of PHP. That can be for many reasons like the need for manual
> configuration of PHP, useless/meaningless or non-existing error messages
> produced by mail(), inconsistent documentation of mail() in PHP manual,
> installation problems of the MTA, configuration problems of the user
> networks, anti-spam measures, etc...
>
> The main difficulty is that it takes a lot of expertise to figure out
> which of these problems are affecting you.
>
>
> > It doesn't work. That's my problem!
> > I'm using Sendmail as my MTA, not running as a Daemon as I have
POP3/SMTP
> > server running on the same
> > machine (eXtremail)
> > I'm starting Sendmail like this:
> > /usr/lib/sendmail -q1h
> >
> > When I do this:
> > $this = mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "Subject", "Message goes here");
> > echo $this;
> >
> > The scripts hangs, and eventually my browser times out.
> > Is there any way I can get some error messages? Or at least get it to
tell
> > me what on earth it's doing?
>
> Adding -v to the configuration of sendmail in php.ini may provide you a
> clue. Anyway, my guess is that your machine may not have a reverse DNS
> address. What is its IP?
>
>
> > There's nothing in any of my Apache logs, nothing in eXtremail's logs,
but I
> > get this in my syslog...
> >
> > Sep 1 15:28:01 nudenurd sendmail[19146]: g815S1fW019146: from=nobody,
> > size=63, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> > msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > relay=nobody@localhost
>
> It seems you are missing seting th return-path. Use mail() 5th argument.
>
>
> > Anyone got any ideas? Anyone know if there's any docs on this kind of
> > thing? I looked, I failed...
> > Or where I can get some information on where to get an alternate MTA
that
> > WORKS out of the box (or tar.gz)
>
> If all else fails, you may want to try this PHP class, with several
> variants that let you send messages by several methods besides mail(),
> like: using sendmail directly, using qmail-inject or even relay on
> specific SMTP server or even the most drastic measure that is to send
> messages directly to the receipient SMTP server.
>
> http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Manuel Lemos
>
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[PHP] Re: mail() again...
the mail server is hosted on the mail server. i think thats whats casuing
the problem.
how can i get around this?
i use unix. i remember a command to find out the smtp server.. anyone know?
cheers
"Manuel Lemos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> On 09/02/2002 07:59 AM, :B Nerdy wrote:
> > what is recommended to use instead of mail() then?
>
> It depends on what is your problem. In most cases mail will do taking
> some care that may be platform dependent like the header line break
> issues that have to be \r\n under Windows but under Unix with sendmail
> or wrappers you'd better use \n .
>
> Anyway, if you use the class I mentioned you will be able to choose
> exactly the transport method that suits better your needs and platform
> constraints.
>
> In your case, maybe using the sendmail sub-class will give you enough
> control because it lets you call sendmail program wherever it is in your
> disk passing any command line switches to better control its operation
> without depending on any php.ini (except for safe mode that has to be
off).
>
> Manuel Lemos
>
>
> > cheers
> >
> >
> > "Manuel Lemos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>On 09/01/2002 02:30 AM, Liam Mackenzie wrote:
> >>
> >>>It seems nearly everyone has a problem with this function, probably
> >>
> > because
> >
> >>>it relies on third party software.
> >>
> >>Yes, mail() is probably the most problematic of the frequently used
> >>functions of PHP. That can be for many reasons like the need for manual
> >>configuration of PHP, useless/meaningless or non-existing error messages
> >>produced by mail(), inconsistent documentation of mail() in PHP manual,
> >>installation problems of the MTA, configuration problems of the user
> >>networks, anti-spam measures, etc...
> >>
> >>The main difficulty is that it takes a lot of expertise to figure out
> >>which of these problems are affecting you.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>It doesn't work. That's my problem!
> >>>I'm using Sendmail as my MTA, not running as a Daemon as I have
> >>
> > POP3/SMTP
> >
> >>>server running on the same
> >>>machine (eXtremail)
> >>>I'm starting Sendmail like this:
> >>>/usr/lib/sendmail -q1h
> >>>
> >>>When I do this:
> >>>$this = mail("[EMAIL PROTECTED]", "Subject", "Message goes here");
> >>>echo $this;
> >>>
> >>>The scripts hangs, and eventually my browser times out.
> >>>Is there any way I can get some error messages? Or at least get it to
> >>
> > tell
> >
> >>>me what on earth it's doing?
> >>
> >>Adding -v to the configuration of sendmail in php.ini may provide you a
> >>clue. Anyway, my guess is that your machine may not have a reverse DNS
> >>address. What is its IP?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>There's nothing in any of my Apache logs, nothing in eXtremail's logs,
> >>
> > but I
> >
> >>>get this in my syslog...
> >>>
> >>>Sep 1 15:28:01 nudenurd sendmail[19146]: g815S1fW019146: from=nobody,
> >>>size=63, class=0, nrcpts=1,
> >>>msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >>>relay=nobody@localhost
> >>
> >>It seems you are missing seting th return-path. Use mail() 5th argument.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Anyone got any ideas? Anyone know if there's any docs on this kind of
> >>>thing? I looked, I failed...
> >>>Or where I can get some information on where to get an alternate MTA
> >>
> > that
> >
> >>>WORKS out of the box (or tar.gz)
> >>
> >>If all else fails, you may want to try this PHP class, with several
> >>variants that let you send messages by several methods besides mail(),
> >>like: using sendmail directly, using qmail-inject or even relay on
> >>specific SMTP server or even the most drastic measure that is to send
> >>messages directly to the receipient SMTP server.
> >>
> >>http://www.phpclasses.org/mimemessage
>
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Manuel Lemos
>
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[PHP] fsockopen proxy?
im unable to access the web without first authenticating with the proxy. how can i still use fsockopen and authenticate myself with php? cheers -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: which version to use?
i used the stable versions avalible at each website. mysql 3.23 and apache 1.3 something never given me a problem and ive been running it for a few weeks.. let alone some ppl running them for months/years cheers "Anil Garg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 015701c255b3$a2704990$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:015701c255b3$a2704990$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hi > > What version combinations of php and mysql should be used? > > regards > anil > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] Re: fsockopen proxy?
its failing before i can even authorize myself for use in the proxy at
if ($fs = fsockopen("wwp.icq.com",80)) {
what must i do?? :/ the proxy is on port 8080?
cheers
":B Nerdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> im unable to access the web without first authenticating with the proxy.
how
> can i still use fsockopen and authenticate myself with php?
>
> cheers
>
>
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[PHP] linux install error
i got the following error on install.. any ideas? In file included from /usr/include/math.h:348, from /root/php-4.2.3/main/php_config.h:2107, from my_config.h:5, from global.h:33, from net.c:14: /usr/include/bits/mathinline.h: In function `pow': /usr/include/bits/mathinline.h:382: parse error before `0' make[4]: *** [net.lo] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory `/root/php-4.2.3/ext/mysql/libmysql' make[3]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[3]: Leaving directory `/root/php-4.2.3/ext/mysql/libmysql' make[2]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/php-4.2.3/ext/mysql' make[1]: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/php-4.2.3/ext' make: *** [install-recursive] Error 1 -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] cookies?
i wish to POST submit to a login form on another server and then after that POST some more information on the resulting page. the thing is, after the first login, the website sends me a cookie. it probably holds the session id and or authentication information. how will can i relay this back to the page so i can view the resulting page without being kicked out because of no cookie?? ive already used curl and am able to post things to scripts. but this cookie problem i dont know how to get around. any idea? cheers -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] i got a method but how in php now?
i can do what i need on a command line with curl. but how would i do it in php & curl? this is my curl commands curl -D hc -d "login=xx&password=xx&TYPE=login" http://someserver.com/script/ curl -b hc -d "sendmsg=1&min=&message=test" http://someserver.com/msgscript/ so really want i need is how do i specify with curl in php HOW TO RECORD cookies? and then how to RELAY them back.. cheers. ":B Nerdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > i wish to POST submit to a login form on another server and then after that > POST some more information on the resulting page. > > the thing is, after the first login, the website sends me a cookie. it > probably holds the session id and or authentication information. how will > can i relay this back to the page so i can view the resulting page without > being kicked out because of no cookie?? > > ive already used curl and am able to post things to scripts. but this cookie > problem i dont know how to get around. > > any idea? > cheers > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] solved
its cool. ive solved it.. there is an option in php curl to save the headers. i just feed that back out. and it implements the cookies cheers ":B Nerdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > i can do what i need on a command line with curl. but how would i do it in > php & curl? > > this is my curl commands > curl -D hc -d "login=xx&password=xx&TYPE=login" > http://someserver.com/script/ > curl -b hc -d "sendmsg=1&min=&message=test" > http://someserver.com/msgscript/ > > so really want i need is how do i specify with curl in php HOW TO RECORD > cookies? > and then how to RELAY them back.. > > cheers. > > ":B Nerdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > i wish to POST submit to a login form on another server and then after > that > > POST some more information on the resulting page. > > > > the thing is, after the first login, the website sends me a cookie. it > > probably holds the session id and or authentication information. how will > > can i relay this back to the page so i can view the resulting page without > > being kicked out because of no cookie?? > > > > ive already used curl and am able to post things to scripts. but this > cookie > > problem i dont know how to get around. > > > > any idea? > > cheers > > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] preg help ?
ive got a html document with the following string in it:
what i want to do is get the string which corresponds to value. so that is
\oiXESASZC?~adQXZDQ?_
ive used
preg_match_all ('',
$contents,$out, PREG_PATTERN_ORDER);
but it returns the whole document :(
a little help? cheers
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