setting up a my sql cant get auto email

pjwhite99

when i fill out the form on my site it will not send the auto email to the email address i put in the form, if you know what i mean its ment to send a email so people can press a link to make there account work

here is the code for my register.php

[PHP]

<?

include 'db.php';

// Define post fields into simple variables
$first_name = $_POST;
$last_name = $_POST;
$email_address = $_POST;
$username = $_POST;
$info = $_POST;

/* Let's strip some slashes in case the user entered
any escaped characters. */

$first_name = stripslashes($first_name);
$last_name = stripslashes($last_name);
$email_address = stripslashes($email_address);
$username = stripslashes($username);
$info = stripslashes($info);


/* Do some error checking on the form posted fields */

if((!$first_name) || (!$last_name) || (!$email_address) || (!$username)){
echo 'You did not submit the following required information! <br />';
if(!$first_name){
echo "First Name is a required field. Please enter it below.<br />";
}
if(!$last_name){
echo "Last Name is a required field. Please enter it below.<br />";
}
if(!$email_address){
echo "Email Address is a required field. Please enter it below.<br />";
}
if(!$username){
echo "Desired Username is a required field. Please enter it below.<br />";
}
include 'join_form.html'; // Show the form again!
/* End the error checking and if everything is ok, we'll move on to
creating the user account */
exit(); // if the error checking has failed, we'll exit the script!
}

/* Let's do some checking and ensure that the user's email address or username
does not exist in the database */

$sql_email_check = mysql_query("SELECT email_address FROM users WHERE email_address='$email_address'");
$sql_username_check = mysql_query("SELECT username FROM users WHERE username='$username'");

$email_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_email_check);
$username_check = mysql_num_rows($sql_username_check);

if(($email_check > 0) || ($username_check > 0)){
echo "Please fix the following errors: <br />";
if($email_check > 0){
echo "<strong>Your email address has already been used by another member in our database. Please submit a different Email address!<br />";
unset($email_address);
}
if($username_check > 0){
echo "The username you have selected has already been used by another member in our database. Please choose a different Username!<br />";
unset($username);
}
include 'join_form.html'; // Show the form again!
exit(); // exit the script so that we do not create this account!
}

/* Everything has passed both error checks that we have done.
It's time to create the account! */

/* Random Password generator.
http://www.phpfreaks.com/quickcode/Random_Password_Generator/56.php

We'll generate a random password for the
user and encrypt it, email it and then enter it into the db.
*/

function makeRandomPassword() {
$salt = "abchefghjkmnpqrstuvwxyz0123456789";
srand((double)microtime()*1000000);
$i = 0;
while ($i <= 7) {
$num = rand() % 33;
$tmp = substr($salt, $num, 1);
$pass = $pass . $tmp;
$i++;
}
return $pass;
}

$random_password = makeRandomPassword();

$db_password = md5($random_password);

// Enter info into the Database.
$info2 = htmlspecialchars($info);
$sql = mysql_query("INSERT INTO users (first_name, last_name, email_address, username, password, info, signup_date)
VALUES('$first_name', '$last_name', '$email_address', '$username', '$db_password', '$info2', now())") or die (mysql_error());

if(!$sql){
echo 'There has been an error creating your account. Please contact the webmaster.';
} else {
$userid = mysql_insert_id();
// Let's mail the user!
$subject = "Your Membership at Digital TV Donegal!";
$message = "Dear $first_name $last_name,
Thank you for registering at our website, http://www.irelandwebdesign.biz!

You are two steps away from logging in and accessing our exclusive members area.

To activate your membership, please click here: http://www.irelandwebdesign.biz/activate.php?id=$userid&code=$db_password

Once you activate your memebership, you will be able to login with the following information:
Username: $username
Password: $random_password

Thanks!
The shane

This is an automated response, please do not reply!";

mail($email_address, $subject, $message, "From: MyDomain Webmaster<admin@mydomain.com>\nX-Mailer: PHP/" . phpversion());
echo 'Your membership information has been mailed to your email address! Please check it and follow the directions!';
}

?>
[/PHP]

were the form is its www.irelandwebdesign.biz


what would i be doing wrong do i need to put a email address in the php scrip somewere or anything?

moycullen14

First of all check the return from the mail() call. Is it OK?

The code looks OK. Your problem could be with the SMTP server and/or port. These are probably specified in php.ini. The settings on a windows server might look like:


SMTP = "my.mailserver.dom"
smtp_port = 25

Check that and see how you go.

pjwhite99

thats it you were right it was the settings thanks