issue in sending email with custom headers

Question

I'm having some issues in understanding how to send custom headers with the php mail() function.

What's wrong with this code?

<?php 
function send_email($name, $lastname, $from, $subject, $message){
    $to = 'to_adress@gmail.com';
    $headers = 'To: ' . $to . 
      '\r\nFrom: ' . $from .
      '\r\nSubject:' . $subject;

    mail($to, $subject, $message, $headers);
    print 'Email sent';

  }

  send_email('jhon', 'doe', 'from_adress@gmail.com', 'subject', 'message');

 ?>

It gives me no php error, and the email does not arrive.

What does it do, since you're asking? Does it not send an email? Does `mail()` return false? Do you get a PHP error? What happens? — h2ooooooo, Nov 10 '12 at 12:27
If you have the option, try a library like phpmailer (http://phpmailer.worxware.com/). — Dirk McQuickly, Nov 10 '12 at 12:33
I'm just making a really simple contact form. I would like to avoid using any other library :) — gaggina, Nov 10 '12 at 12:35
if you are trying this on localhost.. check if you have smtp installed.. — Dinesh, Nov 10 '12 at 12:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '12 at 13:02

'\r\n' is not the same as "\r\n". Try something like this instead:

$headers = 'To: ' . $to . "\r\n"
         . 'From: ' . $from . "\r\n"
         . 'Subject: ' . $subject;

However you don't need to repeat the To: and Subject: headers, so just using this should do:

$headers = 'From: ' . $from;

issue in sending email with custom headers

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