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Ader Reynoso
4,968 PointsEmail error
I really like this course! I will appreciate your help in this: Why when I send the email form I received this message: "There was a problem sending the email: Could not instantiate mail function." What else do I need to do?
Thanks in advance for your help!
Ader Reynoso
4,968 PointsThanks for your help!
Im receiving this message: Hay un error No se puede mandar el email Message body empty
this is my code: <?php if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST"){ $name = trim ($_POST['name']); $email = trim ($_POST['email']); $message = trim($_POST['message']); if ($name =="" OR $email =="" OR $message ==""){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner tu Nombre, tu E-mail y tu Mensaje,"; exit; } foreach($_POST as $value) { if(stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE ) { echo "Existe algún problema con la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } } if ($_POST ["address"] != "") { echo "Hay un error en la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } require_once("inc/phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php"); $mail = new PHPMailer(); if(!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner un correo valido"; exit; }
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body ."Name: " .$name ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Email: " .$email ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Mensaje:" .$message. "\n";
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "aderreyra@gmail.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "here my pass";
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom($email, 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress("aderreyra@gmail.com", 'Ader Reynoso');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer GMail SMTP test';
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Hay un error No se puede mandar el email " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
} ?> <?php $titleName = "Contacto"; $section = "contact"; include('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section page"> <div class="wraper">
<h1>Contact</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") {?>
<p>Thanks for the Email.I’ll be in touch Shortly.</p>
<?php } else{ ?>
<p>I’d love to hear from you! Complete the form to send me an e-mail.</p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="name">Name</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="email">E-mail</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="message">Message</label>
</th>
<td>
<textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
<th>
<label for="address">Address</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="address" id="address">
<p>"Si eres humano por favor no llenes esta información"</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div> <?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
3 Answers
drewbumpas
5,529 PointsI'm not sure if this is your problem without seeing your code but If you're on localhost you will need to configure an SMTP server to send the email. If you don't have an SMTP server running on localhost you can configure your mail to send through an external service like gmail by using this PHPMailer example - https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/blob/master/examples/gmail.phps
Ader Reynoso
4,968 PointsHi Friend! I tried the code you send me I received this message:" Hay un error No se puede mandar el email Message body empty" Please if you can help me I'll apprecite a lot your help. This is mi code: <?php if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST"){ $name = trim ($_POST['name']); $email = trim ($_POST['email']); $message = trim($_POST['message']); if ($name =="" OR $email =="" OR $message ==""){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner tu Nombre, tu E-mail y tu Mensaje,"; exit; } foreach($_POST as $value) { if(stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE ) { echo "Existe algún problema con la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } } if ($_POST ["address"] != "") { echo "Hay un error en la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } require_once("inc/phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php"); $mail = new PHPMailer(); if(!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner un correo valido"; exit; }
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body ."Name: " .$name ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Email: " .$email ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Mensaje:" .$message. "\n";
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "aderreyra@gmail.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "***********"; I put my password here
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom($email, 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress("aderreyra@gmail.com", 'Ader Reynoso');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer GMail SMTP test';
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Hay un error No se puede mandar el email " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
} ?> <?php $titleName = "Contacto"; $section = "contact"; include('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section page"> <div class="wraper">
<h1>Contact</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") {?>
<p>Thanks for the Email.I’ll be in touch Shortly.</p>
<?php } else{ ?>
<p>I’d love to hear from you! Complete the form to send me an e-mail.</p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="name">Name</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="email">E-mail</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="message">Message</label>
</th>
<td>
<textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
<th>
<label for="address">Address</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="address" id="address">
<p>"Si eres humano por favor no llenes esta información"</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div> <?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Ader Reynoso
4,968 PointsThanks friend! I think this is the problem, but I uploaded in my server and I received the same message Should I configure the same in my hosting? Is there a tutorial how to do that?
Thanks again!
Ader Reynoso
4,968 PointsHay un error No se puede mandar el email Message body empty <?php if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] =="POST"){ $name = trim ($_POST['name']); $email = trim ($_POST['email']); $message = trim($_POST['message']); if ($name =="" OR $email =="" OR $message ==""){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner tu Nombre, tu E-mail y tu Mensaje,"; exit; } foreach($_POST as $value) { if(stripos($value, 'Content-Type:') !== FALSE ) { echo "Existe algún problema con la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } } if ($_POST ["address"] != "") { echo "Hay un error en la información que acabas de mandar"; exit; } require_once("inc/phpmailer/PHPMailerAutoload.php"); $mail = new PHPMailer(); if(!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)){ echo "Por favor tienes que poner un correo valido"; exit; }
$email_body = "";
$email_body = $email_body ."Name: " .$name ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Email: " .$email ."<br>";
$email_body = $email_body ."Mensaje:" .$message. "\n";
//Tell PHPMailer to use SMTP
$mail->isSMTP();
//Enable SMTP debugging
// 0 = off (for production use)
// 1 = client messages
// 2 = client and server messages
$mail->SMTPDebug = 2;
//Ask for HTML-friendly debug output
$mail->Debugoutput = 'html';
//Set the hostname of the mail server
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
//Set the SMTP port number - 587 for authenticated TLS, a.k.a. RFC4409 SMTP submission
$mail->Port = 587;
//Set the encryption system to use - ssl (deprecated) or tls
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
//Whether to use SMTP authentication
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
//Username to use for SMTP authentication - use full email address for gmail
$mail->Username = "aderreyra@gmail.com";
//Password to use for SMTP authentication
$mail->Password = "my password here";
//Set who the message is to be sent from
$mail->setFrom($email, 'First Last');
//Set who the message is to be sent to
$mail->addAddress("aderreyra@gmail.com", 'Ader Reynoso');
//Set the subject line
$mail->Subject = 'PHPMailer GMail SMTP test';
if(!$mail->Send()) {
echo "Hay un error No se puede mandar el email " . $mail->ErrorInfo;
exit;
}
header("Location: contact.php?status=thanks");
exit;
} ?> <?php $titleName = "Contacto"; $section = "contact"; include('inc/header.php'); ?>
<div class="section page"> <div class="wraper">
<h1>Contact</h1>
<?php if (isset($_GET["status"]) AND $_GET["status"] == "thanks") {?>
<p>Thanks for the Email.I’ll be in touch Shortly.</p>
<?php } else{ ?>
<p>I’d love to hear from you! Complete the form to send me an e-mail.</p>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>">
<table>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="name">Name</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="email">E-mail</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="email" id="email">
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>
<label for="message">Message</label>
</th>
<td>
<textarea name="message" id="message"></textarea>
</td>
</tr>
<tr style="display:none;">
<th>
<label for="address">Address</label>
</th>
<td>
<input type="text" name="address" id="address">
<p>"Si eres humano por favor no llenes esta información"</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>
<?php } ?>
</div>
</div> <?php include('inc/footer.php'); ?>
Calvin Nix
43,828 PointsCalvin Nix
43,828 PointsCould you provide the code you are using?