Yeah i know that ill phone them tomorrow and tell them to fix it. But how can i have used it before on my old website i had? That’s what i do not understand. But i this case what else can i do that is efficient for my contact form
Any changes or updates to the software on the server could have caused your issue. They also could have tightened security, removing the capability. I can’t answer it knowledgeably since I have no first-hand knowledge of the setup.
If your server does not allow php’s mail function to be run(which we’ve already established we don’t know that’s a definite), you can always use SMTP to send mail(unless they’ve blocked SMTP connections as well). What that means is that instead of using PHP to send the mail, it connects to a mail server, in the same way that a mail client on your computer would connect to send a mail out.
Until you know what exactly the issue is with the server your site resides on, I would hold off on re-engineering your script, but if you don’t want to wait, I would suggest looking at PHPMailer’s script. I use it as the backend for all my mail needs: http://phpmailer.worxware.com/
Ok i think I am going to wait for tomorrow and then contact them first to ask what the issue is there, I know they said they are working on there mail servers but that was like 2 days ago.
But before I go to the PHP Mailer thing. I love the PHP mail function less complicated.
In general the PHP mail function can’t be trusted. This is one reason (of many) to use a library like Swiftmailer. Swiftmailer provides multiple transport options and added levels of debugging for troubleshooting mail delivery failures. The standard mail function provides none of this and is completely at the mercy of the server set-up. Not to mention using an smtp transport instead of the mail function provides easy testing locally with services like Mail Catcher.
Haha, that would have been super nifty to know before taking a couple hours to re-engineer the script.
Sorry man, that’s what people said I don’t always believe what people say. And like with your help I have learned a lot
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