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PHP

Tamas Dukai
Tamas Dukai
6,103 Points
Posted by Tamas Dukai
Tamas Dukai
6,103 Points

Error with PHP mailer

Following the video I am getting this error message: Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Here is my code:

<?php

if($_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST") { $name = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "name", FILTER_SANITIZE_STRING)); $email = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "email", FILTER_SANITIZE_EMAIL)); $details = trim(filter_input(INPUT_POST, "details", FILTER_SANITIZE_SPECIAL_CHARS)); 

if($name == "" || $email == "" || $details == "") {
    echo "Please fill in the required fields: Name, Email and Details";
    exit;
}

if($_POST["address"] != "") {
    echo "Bad form input!";
    exit;
}

require("includes/phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php");

$mail = new PHPMailer;

if (!$mail->ValidateAddress($email)) {
    echo "Invalid Email Address";
    exit;
}

$email_body = "";
$email_body .= "Name: " . $name . "\n";
$email_body .= "Email: " . $email . "\n";
$email_body .= "Details: " . $details . "\n";

$mail->setFrom($email, $name);
$mail->addAddress('dtommy79@localhost', 'Tom');     // Add a recipient

$mail->isHTML(false);                                  // Set email format to HTML

$mail->Subject = 'Personal Medai Library Suggestion form' . $name;
$mail->Body    = $email_body;

if(!$mail->send()) {
    echo 'Message could not be sent.';
    echo 'Mailer Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
    exit;
}

header("location:suggest.php?status=thanks");

}