Problem with PHP PEAR Mail

Question

I am trying to use PEAR Mail to send using an external smtp server. It seems to hang for a while, then the script ends. It outputs all of my "echo" statements up till the one after the send. Nothing is output past the echo that says "before send". Can anyone tell me what might be wrong here? (dummy values substituted for smtp values). Mail is not being sent. Thanks for helping!

echo "start";
$n = $_POST['txtName'];
$e = $_POST['txtEmail'];
$t = 'Kenny <[email protected]>';
$f = 'Kenny <[email protected]>';
$s = 'CPA TEST';
$b = "name: $n email: $e"; 

include("mail.php");
echo "after include";
/* mail setup recipients, subject etc */
$recipients = $t;
$headers["From"] = $f;
$headers["To"] = $t;
$headers["Subject"] = $s;
$mailmsg = $b;
/* SMTP server name, port, user/passwd */
$smtpinfo["host"] = "my_smtp_host";
$smtpinfo["port"] = "25";
$smtpinfo["auth"] = true;
$smtpinfo["username"] = "my_email";
$smtpinfo["password"] = "my_password";
echo "before object";
/* Create the mail object using the Mail::factory method */
$mail_object =& Mail::factory("smtp", $smtpinfo);
echo "before send";
/* Ok send mail */
$send = $mail_object->send($recipients, $headers, $mailmsg);
echo "after send";
if (PEAR::isError($send)) { print($send->getMessage());}else{print "end";} 
echo "done";

Answer 1

If someone is running on linux and runs into the same problem as Jayme. Here is another simple solution for installing the missing "Net/" classes. These missing classes causes the script to interrupt.

sudo pear install Net_SMTP

Answer 2

I ran into the same issue where it hung on the send command. My first step was to run from the command line to see the full error message (as Rap suggested above).

php mymailsample.php

It spit out the following

Warning:  include_once(Net/SMTP.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in mail/Mail/smtp.php on line 348
PHP Warning:  include_once(): Failed opening 'Net/SMTP.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php') in mail/Mail/smtp.php on line 348
PHP Fatal error:  Class 'Net_SMTP' not found inmail/Mail/smtp.php on line 349

I downloaded the following, and put them in /Net

http://pear.php.net/package/Net_SMTP/download
http://pear.php.net/package/Net_Socket/download

I had to adjust the permissions of the SMTP and Socket libraries so they could be read by Apache.

And voila, it worked!

Answer 3

Try this to ensure your mail is working:

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Sandra Sender <[email protected]>";
$to = "Ramona Recipient <[email protected]>";
$subject = "Hi!";
$body = "Hi,\n\nHow are you?";

$host = "mail.example.com";
$username = "smtp_username";
$password = "smtp_password";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 }
?>

If this does not work then you will need to check your PHP Configuration.

See http://php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php for more information.