[thelist] PHP Mail Headers

[Burhan Khalid]

Your problem isn't with your mail() call, it is with the PHP configuration 
at your ISP. There is a line in php.ini that specifies the
outgoing email address (and smtp server). I have a similar situation with my 
PHP feedback page at m.e.o. The from field always says nobody at leo.evolt.org. 
My workaround was to append the end of the message with the name of the 
sender and their email. You can try adding the extra headers, but it will 
not change the From : field in your email. I have yet to find out a 
workaround for this.

I'm sure you know this, but there is the link to the php.net reference for 
mail() (they have some good examples with headers)

<a 
href="http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php">http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.mail.php</a>

<tip author="Burhan Khalid">

Using email functions in PHP? Want a quick validation routine?
Use this function, which does a pretty comprehensive validation of
email address(s). Not fool proof, but it works :

function checkEmail($address)
{
if(ereg( "^[^@  
]+@([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+\.)+([a-zA-Z0-9\-]{2}|net|com|gov|mil|org|edu|int)\$",$address))
		return true;
	else
		return false;
}

Usage :

  if (checkEmail($funkyemail)) { <proceed> } else { <error> }


</tip>

Regards,
Burhan Khalid
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