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PHP mail not working but sendmail does

  • Posted on September 22, 2014
  • romeldrisAsked by romeldris

Hey guys,

I’m able to send mails through sendmail but I’m unable to send mail with the PHP mail() function. I changed it in the config files as well but it’s not being sent. When I type sendmail in the terminal, I’m able to send it. Am I supposed to configure something else to get PHP mail to work?

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Etel Sverdlov • June 3, 2016

This question was answered by @kamaln7:

Are you getting any errors? Try adding the following line at the top of your php script:

ini_set('display_errors', 1); error_reporting(-1);

That should make php output all errors to the web browser.

You can see the comment here.

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