Sending Email Problem In Php please help me.

[contactskn 2]

Hello friends first of all a happy christmas to you all there. I have coded in php somewhat similar code shown below but it is showing error that is echoing "The email($email_subject) was NOT sent." I am not able to understand why it is happening. Am I wrong with my code or some other problem please help me out dear friends. 

<?php$email_to = "somebody@email.com";$email_subject = "Test E-Mail (This is the subject of the E-Mail)";$email_body = "This is the body of the Email \nThis is a second line in the body!";if(mail($email_to, $email_subject, $email_body)){    echo "The email($email_subject) was successfully sent.";} else {    echo "The email($email_subject) was NOT sent.";}?>

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[pyost 0]

Is the code just similar, or exactly the same? The script you have posted should work, though it might be a good idea to add some headers to the e-mail (refer to the PHP mail() page). There is a slight chance that you don't have the modules required for sending mail, so it would be useful to know where you are testing the script.

[truefusion 3]

Where are you testing this at? On a local server or remote? If on a local server, bear in mind that PHP cannot send mail on its own and requires a MTA that supports SMTP, like postfix or other, to be installed on the server and configured properly. If on a remote server, then you may want to contact the administrator to see if the PHP mail function has not been disabled, etc.

[jlhaslip 4]

In my experience, some Servers require a From Header to be included in emails sent via php.I believe this is an anti-spam requirement from the Server Admins, and assumes as noted above that the server allows php mail functionality.