PEAR Mail

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Well... I'm desperate about this. I've been trying to send an email using the PEAR::Mail() function, and nothing seems to work. I've now got this code, which doesn't work at all. What am I doing wrong?

if(!empty($to) && !empty($subject) && !empty($text)) {
require_once('/Applications/MAMP/htdocs/PEAR/Mail.php');
$smtp = array("host"=>"ssl://smtp.gmail.com", "port"=>"465", "auth"=>true, "username"=>"my_mail@gmail.com", "password"=>"my_pass");
$mail = Mail::factory("smtp", $smtp);

$headers = array("From"=>$from, "Subject"=>$subject, "Cc"=>$cc, "Bcc"=>$bcc);
$sent = $mail->send($to, $headers, $text);
    	
     if(PEAR::isError($sent)) {
    	echo "<p>" . $sent->getMessage() . "</p>";
     }
}

 

[nuxx]

Why do you have PEAR installed in your htdocs folder? PEAR comes pre-installed with MAMP in the /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/PEAR/ folder.

To install additional packages simply type the following in a terminal window;

/Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/bin/pear install -a Mail-1.1.14

Note: Mail-1.1.14 may be a little out-of-date now. You should check on the PEAR website first.

The -a flag instructs the installer to include all dependencies. For the PEAR Mail package these are Net_Socket, Auth_SASL and Net_SMTP. After installation these can be found in sub-folders of the /Applications/MAMP/bin/php5/lib/php/ folder.

Here's some PHP code to test the install. Works like a charm for me.

<?php
require_once "Mail.php";

$from = "Steve <a@b.com>";
$to = "Steve <a@b.com>";
$subject = "[Site Message]";
$body = "Hello";

$host = "outgoing.mail.server";
$username = "username";
$password = "password";
$port = "80";

$headers = array ('From' => $from,
  'To' => $to,
  'Subject' => $subject);
$smtp = Mail::factory('smtp',
  array ('host' => $host,
  	'port' => $port,
    'auth' => true,
    'username' => $username,
    'password' => $password));

$mail = $smtp->send($to, $headers, $body);

if (PEAR::isError($mail)) {
  echo("<p>" . $mail->getMessage() . "</p>");
 } else {
  echo("<p>Message successfully sent!</p>");
 }
?>

 

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Ouh, I didn't know that Thanks a lot!

 

[nuxx]

I added some PHP code to my last post that will let you test the install.

 

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One more question: I went to /Mail/smtp.php, and edited the info there. How do I use it now? Do I also include smtp.php, or is Mail.php enough? And do I create the array for the second parameter, or is it already created in some variable?

 

[nuxx]

Not sure why you need to edit smtp.php. The PHP code I since included in my first post should work, after installation of the Mail package and dependencies, without any tweaks. Mail.php alone should suffice. Take a look at the code.

 

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I haven't edited Mail.php. It's just that the Mail package also includes an smtp.php file in the Mail folder, which contains all the data needed (host, username, pass, auth, port). So I edited that one, and I don't know how to give Factory::Mail the second parameter based on the info I entered in there.

 

[nuxx]

I haven't edited Mail.php.

Ooops. My bad. Changed to smtp.php

Again, you shouldn't need to edit any of the installed files. The values host, port etc. are declared in your .php code.

 

[Mars™]

Pear Mail

I am lost.
I have downloaded Pear's mail 1.2 but what can I do with it?
I do not have any such directory as "/Applications/MAMP/"
The applications folder does not have a MAMP folder and I would not expect that it would have. That is such an obscure name something tells me it would be hidden away in some invisible folder... not the applications folder. Yet I still checked... to no avail.
I checked in the Library, system, user folders... everywhere I could.

I have a dual quad core mac pro, all the latest system updates etc, and would love to have this Pear mail working.

Please advice.

 

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I am lost.
I have downloaded Pear's mail 1.2 but what can I do with it?
I do not have any such directory as "/Applications/MAMP/"
The applications folder does not have a MAMP folder and I would not expect that it would have. That is such an obscure name something tells me it would be hidden away in some invisible folder... not the applications folder. Yet I still checked... to no avail.
I checked in the Library, system, user folders... everywhere I could.

I have a dual quad core mac pro, all the latest system updates etc, and would love to have this Pear mail working.

Please advice.

I don't know anything about PEAR, but MAMP is an application you have to install that lets you run PHP on your local machine.

 

[Mars™]

I don't know anything about PEAR, but MAMP is an application you have to install that lets you run PHP on your local machine.

Thanks. Got MAMP.
I copied it to the applications folder as directed. Opened the app, nothing apparently useful inside the app....

Tested the php script above with my SMTP and password etc...

I get this error:
"Warning: include_once(Net/SMTP.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /Library/WebServer/mydomain/Mail/smtp.php on line 348 Warning: include_once(): Failed opening 'Net/SMTP.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php') in /Library/WebServer/mydomain/Mail/smtp.php on line 348 Fatal error: Class 'Net_SMTP' not found in /Library/WebServer/mydomain/Mail/smtp.php on line 349"

I do indeed have a Mail folder with a smtp.php file, and the access permissions are read + write.
I don't get it.