i am new to php and i followed the php tutorial on this site, what could be the reason that it is not working?
a few facts:
php is working on my server- i already checked
i tried the part that is talking about Creating The Form To Mail Script
and i cant think of anything taht i did wrang....

define "not working"

by not working i mean that inorder to test it i put my email asress to see if the mail was sent and i never got any mail . this is the part in the code:

PHP Code:

if(mail($to,"Comments From Your Site",$message,"From: $email\n")) {
echo "Thanks for your comments.";
} else {
echo "There was a problem sending the mail. Please check that you filled in the form correctly.";
} 


so i recieve the reply :"Thanks for your comments.
but thats it.....

1/ Where is/was the tutorial you followed ?

2/ are you sending to a aol/hotmail/yahoo/gmail address ? if so check your junk mail folder

3/ was this on your machine or a webserver with a SMTP server set up in php.ini ?

there are so many things that can happen it's almost impossible to diagnose with more input from you.

BTW The fact that you received a "Thanks for ... " message after sending points towards a issue with you receiving mail NOT a sending issue.

the tutorial is here http://www.freewebmasterhelp.com/tutorials/php

i am sending to a gmail address

about the SMPT there is no mention about it in the tutorial so maybe that is the problem , i didnt change or add anything i just checked that my server , where i put the files, is working with php....

So the tutorial isn't on this site then

you need to check;

if the mail is being junked at gmail and with your host for the mail server settings if it isn't.

that site refered to this place. that is why i thought it is the same place....
any way i thoght it was a good tutorial except it is not working.....

the code is

PHP Code:

$to = "mymail@gmail.com";
$subject = "something";
$body = "something";
$headers = "From: webmaster@gowansnet.com\n";
mail($to,$subject,$body,$headers); 


i tried other mails not only my gmail and it isnt working so i think that a there is something missing maybe it has something to do with something i read in another thread about php.ini i am talikung about this thread

mail() always return true if the sendmail or any similar software is configured on the server and it received your message and put it into the queue. Thus it is the problem either of software outside php or of the receiving server. I can predict that it is more probably problem with your sendmail, because if relaying is prohibited and your mail server does not serve gowansnet.com and the mailbox webmaster is not physically set up on your server then your message simply won't be sent to anywhere. Moreover it will be returned to me@localhost instead of your mailbox. Try adding "Return-path: your-mailbox@yourserver" and "Reply-to: your-mailbox@yourserver" headers also.