PHP contact form not sending emails

Question

I downloaded a template for my website.
The template comes with a contact form that should work.

There is my MailHandler.php file (in French) :

<?php
    $owner_email='[email protected]';
    //SMTP server settings
    $host = '';
    $port = '465';//"587";
    $username = '';
    $password = '';

    $subject='Vous avez reçu un message depuis le formulaire de contact de votre site ';
    $user_email='';
    $message_body='';
    $message_type='html';

    $max_file_size=50;//MB
    $file_types='/(doc|docx|txt|pdf|zip|rar)$/';
    $error_text='Quelque chose cest mal passe';
    $error_text_filesize='File size must be less than';
    $error_text_filetype='Failed to upload file. This file type is not allowed. Accepted files types: doc, docx, txt, pdf, zip, rar.';

    $private_recaptcha_key='6LeZwukSAAAAACmqrbLmdpvdhC68NLB1c9EA5vzU'; //localhost


    $use_recaptcha=isset( $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"]) and isset($_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);
    $use_smtp=($host=='' or $username=='' or $password=='');
    $max_file_size*=1048576;

    if($owner_email=='' || $owner_email=='#'){
        die('Attention, recipient e-mail is not set! Please define "owner_email" variable in the MailHanlder.php file.');
    }

    if(preg_match('/^(127\.|192\.168\.)/',$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])){
        die('Attention, contact form will not work locally! Please upload your template to a live hosting server.');
    }

    if($use_recaptcha){
        require_once('recaptchalib.php');
        $resp = recaptcha_check_answer ($private_recaptcha_key,$_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"],$_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"],$_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);
        if (!$resp->is_valid){
            die ('wrong captcha');
        }
    }

    if(isset($_POST['name']) and $_POST['name'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>Visitor: ' . $_POST['name'] . '</p>' . "\n" . '<br>' . "\n"; $subject.=$_POST['name'];}
    if(isset($_POST['email']) and $_POST['email'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>Email Address: ' . $_POST['email'] . '</p>' . "\n" . '<br>' . "\n"; $user_email=$_POST['email'];}
    if(isset($_POST['state']) and $_POST['state'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>State: ' . $_POST['state'] . '</p>' . "\n" . '<br>' . "\n";}
    if(isset($_POST['phone']) and $_POST['phone'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>Phone Number: ' . $_POST['phone'] . '</p>' . "\n" . '<br>' . "\n";}
    if(isset($_POST['fax']) and $_POST['fax'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>Fax Number: ' . $_POST['fax'] . '</p>' . "\n" . '<br>' . "\n";}
    if(isset($_POST['message']) and $_POST['message'] != ''){$message_body .= '<p>Message: ' . $_POST['message'] . '</p>' . "\n";}
    if(isset($_POST['stripHTML']) and $_POST['stripHTML']=='true'){$message_body = strip_tags($message_body);$message_type='text';}

try{
    include "libmail.php";
    $m= new Mail("utf-8");
    $m->From($user_email);
    $m->To($owner_email);
    $m->Subject($subject);
    $m->Body($message_body,$message_type);
    //$m->log_on(true);

    if(isset($_FILES['attachment'])){
        if($_FILES['attachment']['size']>$max_file_size){
            $error_text=$error_text_filesize . ' ' . $max_file_size . 'bytes';
            die($error_text);
        }else{
            if(preg_match($file_types,$_FILES['attachment']['name'])){
                $m->Attach($_FILES['attachment']['tmp_name'],$_FILES['attachment']['name'],'','attachment');
            }else{
                $error_text=$error_text_filetype;
                die($error_text);
            }
        }
    }
    if(!$use_smtp){
        $m->smtp_on( $host, $username, $password, $port);
    }

    if($m->Send()){
        die('success');
    }

}catch(Exception $mail){
    die($mail);
}
?>

When I send a mail from the contact form, it shows me that it should have been sent because of the pop-up "Success !". But I never received any mails.

Answer 1

Actually you should be able to use Gmail. It is just really slow. Use

//SMTP server settings
$host = 'tls://smtp.gmail.com';
$port = '587';
$username = '[email protected]';
$password = 'your_password';

Make sure your mail library is using smtp. Else use phpmailer as others suggested with the above settings.