Simple PHP Email Form

[The Dark Knight]

<?php

$subject ="$subject";

$message="$detail";

$mail_from="$customer_mail";

$header="from: $name <$mail_from>";


$to ='[e-mail]';

$send_contact=mail($to,$subject,$message,$header);


if($send_contact){
echo "We've recived your contact information";
}
else {
echo "ERROR";
}
?>

Right. Nothing could be simpler.

I've even set up an SMTP server on my system, but on execution of the above it gives me the error : Warning: mail() [function.mail]: SMTP server response: 501 Syntax Error: Unbalanced angle brackets

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[Charles Stover]

$subject ="$subject";
$message="$detail";
$mail_from="$customer_mail";
Why?

$subject = $subject;
$message = $detail;
$mail_from = $customer_mail;



I imagine the error lies in the $header. Most likely the $mail_from, since < and > are the only "angle brackets" I can see.

[The Dark Knight]

Edited:

$header="from: $name <$mail_from>";

To:

$header="from: $mail_from;

And it worked, although I'm not happy about ditching the name of the user. Makes one entry invalid.

[iDunk]

It sounds to me like it could be a server configuration issue.... :-\ I've always been able to do the NAME <[e-mail]> format and have it work.... :-\

-iDunk

[Charles Stover]

name <email> is valid. But whatever works.

[Michael]

$header = "From: " . $name . " <" . $email . ">";

That's what I use!

Works!