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newbie here - i've got everything up and running but am trying to get email working through php - it keeps saying that i haven't defined sendmail_from in php.ini.....i have though (in \apachefriends\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini which i think is the right one).....any ideas?

how can you alternatively set it up within the page's code - ini_set?

thanks

You should be able to send mail with php, are you sure you configured it right ?
you could post your mail configuration here....
check phpinfo() for the right path to the php.ini
Did you restart apache after you changed php.ini ?
If you for some reason you cant get it to work, witch you really should, you can always use the pear mail class
http://pear.sourceforge.net/manual/core.mail.smtp.php

thanks for the reply

this is how i configured it; the php.ini file is as per the path specified in phpinfo. which is why i stumped? is there anything else i need to do below, or do i have to move the php.ini file any other than where it is
(apachefriends\xampp\apache\bin\php.ini)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = smtp.homecall.co.uk

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from =richard.king@homecall.co.uk

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

sussed it now thanks before anybody else replies!

How did you fix this, I have exactly the same problem. Current php.ini entries are:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from =richard.king@homecall.co.uk #(my own email address)

joannew wrote:How did you fix this, I have exactly the same problem. Current php.ini entries are:

[mail function]
; For Win32 only.
SMTP = localhost

; For Win32 only.
sendmail_from =richard.king@homecall.co.uk #(my own email address)

Those settings should work. You do have to restart Apache for them to take effect. Are you sure the mail server is running on localhost?

No. How do I check?

joannew wrote:No. How do I check?

If you didn't start Mercury, it isn't running. It doesn't run automatically by default.