whether 4.2.3 supports php mail() function?

[impin]

is it wise to use php 4.2.3 to send mails.. using php mail() function?

[TheServant]

mail() is supported in PHP 4.

Additional parameters is the only parameter you may have issues with in PHP 4.2.3. It was only PHP 4.3 where that was fixed and finalized.

It is only wise if you use it correctly. Verify and sanitize all input so people don't abuse the system.

[impin]

is anything wrong in this code?

<?php
if(isset($_POST['email'])) {
	
	
	$email_to = ""; //mail id
	
	$email_subject = "";
	
	
	$name = $_POST['name']; 
	$email = $_POST['email'];
	$phone = $_POST['phone']; 
	$services = $_POST['services'];
	$message = $_POST['message'];
	
			
	
	
	$email_message = "Form details below.\n\n";
	
	function clean_string($string) {
	  $bad = array("content-type","bcc:","to:","cc:","href");
	  return str_replace($bad,"",$string);
	}
	
	$email_message .= "Name: ".clean_string($name)."\n";
	$email_message .= "Email: ".clean_string($email)."\n";
	$email_message .= "Phone: ".clean_string($phone)."\n";
	$email_message .= "Services: ".clean_string($services)."\n";
	$email_message .= "Message: ".clean_string($message)."\n";
	

// create email headers
$headers = 'From: '.$email."\r\n".
'Reply-To: '.$email."\r\n" .
'X-Mailer: PHP/' . phpversion();
//mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers);

if (mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message, $headers))
{
	echo "<h4>Thank you for sending email</h4>";
} else {
  echo "<h4>Can't send email</h4>";
}

?>
<?php
}
?>

i get result cant send mail...

script runs in php 4.2.3... is anything do with the script?
plz help.

[TheServant]

Two things:
Put:

ini_set('display_errors',1);
error_reporting(E_ALL);

at the top of your page so we can see any errors.

Then change your mail() to exclude headers by changing line 39 to:

if (mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_message))

What happens then?

[impin]

i get this...

Warning: Failed to connect to mailserver, verify your "SMTP" setting in php.ini in E:\Program Files\Ensim\WEB ppliance\SiteDa ta\Domains\outs ourceprojectsto india.com\ROOT\ Inetpub\wwwroot \mail.php on line 11
Mail Not Sent.

[TheServant]

Well it looks like your SMTP settings in your php.ini that may not be working. What do you have in your php.ini? Also bear in mind that when you change something in php.ini, you should check that it has taken effect by running a script with:

<?php phpinfo(); ?>

And if it hasn't taken effect, you may need to restart your server.

It's probably worth googling:

Warning: Failed to connect to mailserver, verify your "SMTP" setting in php.ini

To see some solutions of what to look for/check when you get that warning.